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Esperantistas en el café Continental (1909)

El 1 de febrero de 1881, los hermanos igualadinos Carlos y Bartolomé Godó fundaron La Vanguardia . La publicación se definió como «Diario político y de avisos y noticias, órgano del partido constitucional de la provincia» y was committed to helping the party to reach the mayor of the city. On the first page which would be the most important daily and long-lived in the city, weather information shared space with the propaganda of "universal grajeas" Dr. Salvat to treat venereal diseases.

Effective January 1, 1888, coinciding with the start of the Universal Exposition of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe newspaper was first defined as "independent." La Vanguardia went through many vicissitudes since then. After the outbreak of civil war, the Generalitat seizure of the newspaper and became its official organ. In late 1937, after the transfer of republican government in Barcelona on October 31, the paper would become the official organ of the Second English Republic. Franco's victory caused a radical shift. Won the newspaper a new director and a name change: until August 11, 1978 the Barcelona newspaper was published under the heading of English La Vanguardia.
however, was during the last week of July 1909 when the paper did not hit the streets. The general strike was followed July 26 majority and peaceful manner in the main cities in Catalonia. The next day, news the so-called Disaster Barranco del Lobo, which killed at least one hundred fifty reservists, stirred a revolt in the streets of Barcelona which led to what became known as the Tragic Week.

Barricade in Barcelona during the Tragic Week

La Vanguardia reappeared on August 1, 1909 giving official version of "events in Barcelona according [...] with the instructions of the military censorship. "

At a meeting of representatives from most local newspapers with absolute unanimity and spirit lifted in favor of public tranquility, peace and the need for the highest interests of the city, it was agreed to accept as common a note of the events in Barcelona from the present 26 to 30, made in accordance with the instructions of the military censorship.

Only a month later, in September, the obituaries that always occupied the front page of La Vanguardia coexisted with small reports of events (one injured by the kick of a horse, a deserter arrested by the lads in the squad ...) and numerous advertisements for pharmaceuticals. However, it also could Mass read news of amends for the events of the Tragic Week, news of the campaign in the Rif or detention of Ferrer Guardia (page 2 of Thursday, 2 September) Alella.

Photo Zamenhof in La Vanguardia (09/04/1909)

And at his side, echoed the diary first and then the preparation of acts the V International Esperanto Congress held in Barcelona between 5 and 11 September.
The importance of Esperanto in the city is also seen in advertisements for courses or in the representation of Mistero Pain, of Adrià Gual, theater Català (Rome). Outside the acts of Congress, between the strong anarcho-syndicalist movement of the city, also spoke in Esperanto, and considered the language created by Zamenhof. This
PDF document (a bit heavy, 42 MB) I compiled the news published in La Vanguardia in relation to the V International Congress of Esperanto (the archive of the newspaper can be found here ). In drafting
Calle Pelayo even dared to Esperanto.

Povos esperantistoj kunveni The evening star in the kafejo ĉiutage Continental

La Vanguardia, Thursday, 2 de septiembre de 1909, p. 8.