A rare and original issue of The Oakland Daily News for Tuesday, September 5, 1871
This Republican newspaper was founded in 1866 and was published daily, except on Sunday, until at least 1877 - delivered by carrier for 15 cents per week. At this time the Republican Governor of California was Henry Haight and The President of the United States was Ulysees S. Grant.
The paper covers national headlines and local political news and activities.
This issue of 2 pages, 4 sides features a variety of advertisements including real estate sales and medicinal cures. The front page features fascinating real estate offers of "Houses for All!" for $1,000 down - see scan. As horses were the principal mode of local transportation, buggies and stables regularly feature in the classified ads!
News items include a report on a new colony of Welsh emigrants located in Patagonia and the new Republican State Platform which calls for no more Chinese immigrants (Seventh Article - see scans)
California newspapers of this early date are rarely seen. Great reading for the historian. Good condition for its age - the usual folds and minor tears - see scans. Page size 17.5 x 23.5 inches .
Note: International mailing in a tube is expensive ($21).The quoted international rate assumes the paper is lightly folded and mailed in a reinforced envelope
Y Wladfa
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| Ariannin Cymreig (Welsh) Galenses (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
 Flag of Y Wladfa colony | |
| Total population | |
| 70,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Chubut Province | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, Patagonian Welsh, English[citation needed] | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism (mostly Methodism and Presbyterianism) and Roman Catholicism[citation needed] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Welsh, Argentines, English Argentines, Irish Argentines, Scottish Argentines, Welsh Americans, Welsh Canadians, Welsh Australians, Afro Argentine |
Y Wladfa (Welsh pronunciation: [ə ˈwladva], 'The Colony'),[2] also occasionally Y Wladychfa Gymreig (Welsh pronunciation: [ə wlaˈdəχva ɡəmˈreiɡ], 'The Welsh Settlement'),[3][4] refers to the establishment of settlements by Welsh colonists and immigrants in the Argentine Patagonia, beginning in 1865, mainly along the coast of the lower Chubut Valley.[5] In 1881, the area became part of the Chubut National Territory of Argentina which, in 1955, became Chubut Province.[6]
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Argentine government encouraged emigration from Europe to populate Argentina and south Patagonia particularly, which until the Conquest of the Desert had sparsely rural and coastal settlements.[citation needed]Between 1856 and 1875, 34 settlements of immigrants of various nationalities were established in Santa Fe and Entre Ríos. In addition to the main colony in Chubut, a smaller colony was set up in Santa Fe by 44 Welsh people who left Chubut, and another group settled at Coronel Suárez in southern Buenos Aires Province.[7][8]
The Welsh-Argentine community is centred on Gaiman, Dolavon, Trelew, and Trevelin.[9] There are 70,000 Welsh-Patagonians. However, Chubut estimates the number of Patagonian Welsh speakers to be about 1,500, while other estimates put the number at 5,000.[10][11]