Murder in The Morning Appeal and the Carson City Daily 1900 & 1920

This exhibit will explore the reports and stories of murder in The Morning Appeal and the Carson City Daily Appeal from the years 1900 to 1920.

The Morning Appeal from Carson City, Nevada was a daily newspaper first issue released May 16, 1868. After changing owners several times, it would undertake several name changes. In 1907 it would get the name the Carson City Daily Appeal. Both The Morning Appeal and the Carson City Daily Appeal consist of four total pages containing advertisements, local instate stories, out of state stories, international stories, and government processes. The Morning Appeal would tend to house more local instate stories and government preceding while the Carson City Daily Appeal would focus on out of state states.

Stories of Murder tend to reside on the third page on The Morning Appeal while the first page presents them on the Carson City Daily Appeal. Between The Morning Appeal and the Carson City, there is an average of about 177 words with the longest being from the Carson City Daily Appeal with about 469 words detailing a crime from Fresno, California. While the shortest being 19 words was also from the Carson City Daily Appeal depicting a crime Frankfort, Kentucky.