The ''Los Angeles Tribune'' was a newspaper published by

Edwin T. Earl Edwin Tobias Earl (May 30, 1858 – January 2, 1919) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Biography Early life Edwin T. Earl was born on a fruit ranch near Red Bluff, California on May 30, 1858.'Edwin T. Earl Di ...

(1858–1919) after he had made a fortune through his invention of the

refrigerated boxcar A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (co ...

used to ship oranges from

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to Eastern markets. Its first issue was on July 4, 1911, and its last was on July 5, 1918."Los Angeles Paper Quits," ''New York Times,'' July 5, 1918
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