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Preface, 1885-89, 1890-91, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904,
1905, 1906, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1921-30, 1931-75

NEWSPAPER REFERENCES 1907-1908

1907
Jan 8     Billings (MT) Gazette(p 7, c 2)
            Witch's Gold, advertised.
Jan 20   Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 3, c 3)
            "The Long Trail," The Youth's Companion, Dec 1906 - Feb 1907.
Jan 26   Harbor (WA) San Juan Islander (p 7, c 2)
            Garland returned to West Salem and began work on "A Trailer's Impressions of Europe."
Jan 27   Washington (DC) Herald (pt 2, p 2, c 1)
            Witch's Gold, added to Public Library.
Feb 8    New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
            Garland had purchased a home in Chicago on Greenwood Avenue.  Had a home at West
            Salem, Wisconsin, and a farm in Oklahoma.
Feb 8    Estancia (NM) News (p 5, c 2)
            "The Long Trail," The Youth's Companion, Dec 1906 - Feb 1907.
Feb 20   Abbeville (SC) Press & Banner (p 5, c 7)
            "The New Colonel," an article summarized from Ulysses S. Grant:  His Life and Character.
Feb 24   Washington (DC) Herald (pt 2, p 6, c 4)
            The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop among President Roosevelt's Library.
Mar 8    New York (NY) Sun (p 3, c 6)
            Garland spoke at Ernest Howard Crosby funeral.  Crosby was a writer of prose and verse, a philanthropist, and active in education                     reform.
Mar 18  Walla Walla (WA) Evening Statesman (pt iii, p 3, c 2)
            The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop and Hesper were added to the Public Library.
Apr 1    New York (NY) Tribune (p 5, c 2)
            Garland spoke at the 2nd Annual Dinner of the MacDowell Association.
Apr 14   Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (want ad sec, p 8, c 2)
            Her Mountain Lover, advertised.   
Apr 25   New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 6)
            Garland, brief biographical sketch.  The Long Trail, mentioned.
May 2   New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 4)
            The Long Trail, advertised.
May 14 Walla Walla (WA) Evening Statesman (p 2, c 4)
            Her Mountain Lover, at Public Library.
May 18 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 5)
            Garland among reviewers of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
May 22 Abbeville (SC) Press & Banner (p 4, c 5)
            "The New Colonel," an article summarized from Ulysses S. Grant:  His Life and Character.       
May 25 New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 5)
            Garland among reviewers of Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
May 29 Washington (DC) Herald (p 7, c 3)
            Garland mentioned as a product of Wisconsin.
June 4   Coeur d'Alene (ID) Press (p 4, c 2)
            Announced Garland's plans to travel south from the Canadian Rockies leading a pack train.
June 14  New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 4)
            Announced Garland's plans to travel south from the Canadian Rockies leading a pack train.
Jan 15   Caldwell (ID) Tribune (p 5, c 2)
            Garland mentioned as a product of Wisconsin.
June 16  Washington (DC) Times (woman's mag, p 8, c 5 - 6)
            Garland offered to tour large cities and give free lectures to benefit the Edward MacDowell             Association benefit fund.
June 30  Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 5, c 1 - 2)
            Renaming the Indians project.
July 6    Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 7)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
July 7    Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 10, c 4)
            Announcement that Wright Lorrimer had purchased the play rights to one of Garland's
            novels that was currently being dramatized by Cecil de Mille.
July 11  Palestine (TX) Daily Herald (p 6, c 4)
            Witch's Gold, in Public Library.
July 15 Bemidji (MN) Daily Pioneer (p 2, c 4)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
July 19 Bisbee (AZ) Daily Review (p 2, c 4)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
July 24 Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 5, c 7)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
July 30 Coeur d'Alene (ID) Press (p 5, c 3)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
Aug 9    Palatka (FL) News (p 3, c 2)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
Aug 10  Topeka (KS) Daily State Journal (p 5, c 5)
            The Long Trail, advertised.
Aug 15 Wenatchee (WA) Daily World (p 2, c 4)
            Garland noted for being a mountain trailer.
Aug 22 Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 10, c 4)
            Garland traveled through Salt Lake City on his way to the Wilds of Wyoming.  Said he
            might find material for a story among the Wyoming sheep ranches.     
Aug 23  Rock Island (IL) Argus (p 10, c 4, 7)
            Witch's Gold and The Long Trail, at Public Library.
Sep 1    Washington (DC) Herald (p 5, c 1)
            Reference to Garland knowing hard times.
Sep 17   Pendleton (OR) East Oregonian (p 4, c 4 - 5)
            Sketch about Garland.
Sep 28   Washington (DC) Times (p 2, c 4)
            "In That Far Land," Circle Magazine, Oct 1907. 
Sep 28   Washington (DC) Post (p 7)
            "Social Gossip."
Oct 3     Warren (MN) Sheaf (p 1, c 2)
            A too true story, up-coming in Oct issue of Circle Magazine, of a young couple settled
            on the bleak prairies of South Dakota and developing their home, but the husband had
            also developed the Oklahoma fever.
Oct 5     Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 6, c 5)
            Circle Magazine, announced part one of Garland's "In That Far Land."
Oct 12   New York (NY) Tribune (p 5, c 6)
            Money Magic, brief review.
Oct 20   Salt Lake City (UT) Herald (news, p 5, c 2)
            Circle Magazine, announced part one of Garland's "In That Far Land."
Oct 27   Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 10, c 6)
            Money Magic, brief review.
Nov 1    Seattle (WA) Ranch (p 3, c 2)
            Poem, "The Transformation."
Nov 2    New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 7)
            Money Magic, brief review.
Nov 2    Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 2, c 6)
            Brief Garland biography.
Nov 5    New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 5)
            Money Magic, brief review.
Nov 5    Cairo (IL) Bulletin (p 1, c 7)
            Garland gave address at University of Chicago when the new auditorium was opened      
            in honor of musical composer Edward MacDowell.
Nov 8    Brattleboro (VT) Vermont Phoenix (p 9, c 6)
            Noted that Garland did not use tobacco, drink alcohol, or use profane language.
Nov 9    New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 1 - 2)
            Money Magic, reviewed.
Nov 9    Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 6 - 7)
            Garland traveled to the Wind River Mountains to rough it for a few months of camping.
Nov 15  Washington (DC) Herald (p 6, c 5)
            Details of Garland camping.
Nov 16  New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
            Money Magic, reviewed.
Nov 20  New York (NY) Tribune (p 4, c 2)
            Garland attended performance of Samuel Clemens' "The Prince and the Pauper."
Nov 21  Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 4, c 6)
            Details of Garland camping.
Nov 21  Pendleton (OR) East Oregonian (p 4, c 3)
            Garland praised the Wind River Mountains near Pinedale, Wyoming.
Nov 30  Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 6, c 7)
            Money Magic, in Public Library.
Dec 6    New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 7)
            Money Magic, reviewed.
Dec 6    New York (NY) Times (holiday book no, pt 1, p 735)
            "Hamlin Garland in a New Vein."
Dec 8    Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch (p 8, c 3)
            The Long Trail, advertised.
Dec 11   St. Johnsbury (VT) Caledonian (p 4, c 5)
            The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop, advertised.
Dec 14   Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 6)
            Garland lectured on Edwin Booth, Shakespeare, and his own writings.
Dec 24   Pendleton (OR) East Oregonian (p 4, c 3)
            Poem, "The Rattler."
 
1908
Jan 4     Daytona (FL) Gazette-News (p 4, c 5)
            The Long Trail and Money Magic, advertised.
Jan 5     Washington (DC) Herald (pt 3, p 11, c 3)
            Money Magic, advertised.
Jan 7     Coeur d'Alene (ID) Evening Press (p 3, c 4)
            Following a completed novel, Garland liked to travel into the mountains and camp.
Jan 9     Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 14, c 3)
            Garland signed petition proposed by National Institute of Arts & Letters to Congress to
             remove and abolish a tariff on works of literature, painting, sculpture, architecture,
             music, and drama.
Jan 10   Honolulu (HI) Pacific Commercial Advertiser (p 4, c 2)
            Money Magic added to Honolulu Public Library.
Jan 26   Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 3, c 3)
            Garland was an honorary pall-bearer at funeral service of Edward MacDowell at
            St. George's Church in New York City.
Jan 26   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 2, c 6)
            Garland was an honorary pall-bearer at funeral service of Edward MacDowell at St.
            George's Church in New York City.
Jan 28   Alexandria (DC) Gazette (p 3, c 2)
            Money Magic added to Alexandria Public Library.
Feb 4    Rock Island (IL) Argus (p 6, c 7)
            Boy Life on the Prairie new at Library.
Mar 20  Washington (DC) Times (p 10, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 20  Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 8, c 6)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 21  Washington (DC) Herald (p 7, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 21  Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 5, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 21  Tucumcari (NM) News & Tucumcari Times (p 12, c 3)
            At its monthly meeting, Woman's Literary Club discussed Garland among other            writers.
Mar 21  New York (NY) Sun (p 8, c 7)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 21  Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 6, c 7)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 24  New York (NY) Sun (p 4, c 3, 4)
            Garland among 300 in attendance at 3rd Annual Dinner of the MacDowell
            Association held at the Fine Arts Building.
Mar 26  Henderson (NC) Gold Leaf (p 3, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr -  Oct 1908.
Mar 28  Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 10, c 4--5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Mar 28  Salem (OR) Daily Capital Journal (p 2, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Apr 4    Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 8, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Apr 18   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Apr 23   Hopkinsville (KY) Kentuckian (p 7, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 7   Henderson (NC) Gold Leaf (p 2, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 17 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 6, c 1)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 19 Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 3, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 20  Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 11, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 21  Hopkinsville (KY) Kentuckian (p 4, c 1)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 22 Dakota City (NE) Dakota County Herald (p 2, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
May 23 Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 3)
            Garland to lecture on occult phenomenon.
May 30  Lexington (MO) Intelligencer (p 5, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
June 1   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
            The Tyranny of the Dark, advertisement.
June 8   Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 6, c 6)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
June 11 Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republican (p 2, c 1)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
June 16 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 11, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
June 17 Medicine Lodge (KS) Barbour County Index (p 1,  c 1)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
June 26  Kendrick (ID) Gazette (p 10, c 4 - 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
July 1    Cloverport (KY) Breckenridge News (p 6, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
July 7    Yorkville (SC) Enquirer (p 1, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
July 8    Wenatchee (WA) Daily World (p 3, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
July 8    Cairo (IL) Bulletin (p 4, c 5)
            Residents of Muskogee, Oklahoma, traveled by steamboat, "City of Muskogee," to
             cities along the major water ways to promote water travel between Oklahoma and
             the industrial Midwest.
July 11  Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 4)
            Garland mentioned among other writers of hypnotic motives.
July 22  Albuquerque (NM) Morning Journal (p 6, c 6)
            Garland mentioned in explanation of ghost-like noises in the Montclair, NJ, Erie
             Railroad Tunnel.
July 23  Wenatchee (WA) Daily World (p 3, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
July 29 Fort Benton (MT) River Press (p 7, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 5    Manning (SC) Times (p 4, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 7    New York (NY) Evening Times (p 11, c 7)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 14  Perrysburg (OH) Journal (p 1, c 3)
            The Tyranny of the Dark, added to Way Library.
Aug 16  Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 8, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 16 Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 17, c 6)
            Suggests Garland's West Salem home was named "Maple Shade."  Garland headed to    
            Wyoming for trip through the mountains.
Aug 21  Palestine (TX) Daily Herald (p 8, c 2)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 22  Lexington (MO) Intelligencer (p 5, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Aug 26  Willmar (MN) Tribune (p 1, c 5)
            Hesper, added to Willmar Free Public Library.
Sep 5    Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 15, c 3)
            The Shadow World,  Harper's, publication as a book.
Sep 6    Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 26, c 6)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Sep 8    Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 3, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Sep 8    Albuquerque (NM) Citizen (p 3, c 1)
            "Texas," a 4-act play of American life on the frontier compared with Garland's realistic
            novels of life in the Midwest.
Sep 21   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 17, c 2 - 3)
            Discussion of psychic mediums in The Shadow World.
Sep 23   Columbia (MO) University Missourian (p 3, c 1 - 2)
            Discussion of psychic mediums in The Shadow World.
Oct 4     San Francisco (CA) Call (p 7, c 7)
            Garland headed to Wyoming for trip through the mountains.
Oct 10   New York (NY) Sun (p 9, c 7)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Oct 17   Washington (DC) Times (p 6, c 3)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Oct 17   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Oct 21   Palestine (TX) Daily Herald (p 6, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Oct 21   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 6)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Oct 23   New York (NY) Times (lit sec, p 586)
            "Garland's Trip to Shadow Land."
Oct 25   Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 32, c 5)
            The Shadow World, reviewed.
Oct 27   Chickasha (OK) Daily Express (p 4, c 2)
            Garland, a guest of Muskogee Commercial Club banquet, urged group to bring in an
            architect to design Muskogee as a city for the future.
Oct 24   Washington (DC) Times (p 8, c 3)
            Dr. Charles M. Sawyer, a spiritualistic medium, praised Garland's recent writings.
Oct 29   Heppner (OR) Gazette (p 6, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Oct 30   Ardmore (OK) Daily Ardmoreite (p 4, c 2)
            Garland to address 2,000 teachers attending Oklahoma State Teachers' Association
            meeting in Shawnee.
Oct 31   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 2)
            The Shadow World, reviewed.
Oct 31   Washington (DC) Evening Star (p 2, c 5)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Nov 5    Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 7, c 7)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Nov 13  Los Angeles (CA) Herald (p 1, c 3)
            Garland announced as a regular contributor to Herald beginning Nov 15.
Nov 14  Omaha (NE) Daily Bee (p 7, c 4)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Nov 14  Logan (UT) Republican (p 6, c 4)
            "Texas," a 4-act play of American life on the frontier compared with Garland's realistic
            novels of life in the Midwest.
Nov 26  Plymouth (IN) Tribune (p 3, c 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Dec 12   Topeka (KS) State Journal (p 15, c 2 - 3)
            "The Shadow World," Everybody's Magazine, Apr - Oct 1908.
Dec 13   Salt Lake City (UT) Tribune (p 24, c 5)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Dec 19   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 7)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Dec 19   El Centro (CA) Imperial Valley Press (p 6, c 1 - 2)
            The Shadow World, criticized.
Dec 22   Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 12, c 1)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Dec 23   New York (NY) Sun (p 7, c 3)
            Garland, president of Chicago's Cliff Dwellers' Club, an organization of writers,
            musicians, architects.
Dec 23   Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 12, c 1)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Dec 24   Bismarck (ND) Daily Tribune (p 12, c 1)
            The Shadow World, Harper's, publication as a book.
Dec 29   Pendleton (OR) East Oregonian (p 6, c 2)
            Garland to address 2,000 teachers attending Oklahoma State Teachers' Association
             meeting in Shawnee.
Dec 29   Fairmont (WV) News (p 8, c 3)
            Garland to address 2,000 teachers attending Oklahoma State Teachers' Association
             meeting in Shawnee.
Dec 30   Grand Forks (ND) Evening Times (p 4, c 2)
            The "Mark Twain Incorporated" organization was first formed by Samuel Clemens
            to protect his writings against unauthorized and un-remunerated use.  Garland was
            thought to also take these measures.





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