George Wallace Shot... Supreme Court Amish Schooling Decision...

AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, Akron, Ohio, May 16, 1972 (front page only)



* Governor George Wallace Shot

* Amish children only need to go to school through 8th grade

* Wisconsin vs. Yoder Supreme Court Decision



This displayable front page has: "Wallace Partially Paralyzed; Says Campaign To Continue", with subheads: "Big Question: Will Wallace Walk Again?", "Then I Realized... See More  

Richard Speck mass murder...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, July 18, 1966 



* Richard Speck Chicago, Illinois murders 

* Student nurses 



This 6 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Defer Arraignment Of Accused Killer"



Tells of the famous mass murder of 8 student nurses in Chicago IL.



Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise ... See More  

Eleanor Roosevelt's death report...

THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas,  November 8, 1962 



* Anna Eleanor Roosevelt death (1st report) 

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt wife 



This 10 page newspaper has a small one column photo of Mrs. Roosevelt with caption: "EX-1st Lady Dies"



Page 4 has a three column headline: "Mrs. Roosevelt Dies" with text. Other news of the day. A few binding hole... See More  

Brown vs. Board of Education "day of" reporting...

The death of the "father of the Blitzkrieg" Heinz Guderian... Panzer Armies....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1954



* Heinz Wilhelm Guderian death (1st report)

* "Father of the Blitzkrieg"... Nazi Panzer Armies

* Brown vs. Board of Education - "day of" reporting



This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 23: "GEN. GUDERIAN, 65, DEAD IN GERMANY", "Creator of Panzer Armies Led Drive in West--Was Acting Chief of Staff" w... See More  

Ada Lois Sipuel vs. Supreme Court ruling...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 13, 1948



* Ada Lois Sipuel - Supreme Court ruling (1st report)

* Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma

* Law school for African Americans



This 52 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Supreme Court Orders Oklahoma to Admit a Negro to Law School". Text continues on the back page (p. 52) with a one c... See More  

Hugo Black takes office.. U.S. Supreme Court...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 18, 1937



* Hugo Black - American politician and jurist

* Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

* Klu Klux Klan - KKK



Page 5 has a two column heading: "BLACK IS CONFIRMED, 63 TO 16, BY SENATE AS SUPREME JUSTICE" 1st report coverage on Hugo Black taking office as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Co... See More  

Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1934



* Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell

* United States Supreme Court decision



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "EMERGENCY POWER OF STATES UPHELD BY HIGHEST COURT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report text continues inside.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 42 pages, this is the rar... See More  

1933 End Of Prohibition.... beer & liquor...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 20, 1933. 



* Impending end of prohibition 

* 18th Amendment 

* Alcohol - beer -liquor 



The front page has a two column headline: "HOUSE PASSES DRY REPEAL BILL; GOES TO STATES"



with subheads that include: "Lame Duck Congress Ends Job Amid Cheers From Galleries" and more (see photos). Coverage on th... See More  

Repeal of prohibition fails in 1932...

NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, December 5, 1932



* Repeal of U.S. prohibition fails

* 18th Amendment continues

* John Nance Garner



The front page has a one column heading: "REPEAL LOST IN CONGRESS BY 144 TO 171" with subheads. (see) Ironically the repeal of prohibition would be ratified exactly one year later on December 5, 1933.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Comple... See More  

Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns from the Supreme Court...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, January 12, 1932



* Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns

* Supreme Court of the United States



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES RESIGNS", "As Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for Many Years" and more with photo of Holmes (see photos).



Other news, sports... See More  

10th Amendment Prohibition...

THE OMAHA NEWS, May 26, 1930 One column front page headline that reads "Asserts Day Law Crushes State Power", with a lengthy report to follow.  This issue also includes front page coverage of the following front page headlines: "Urges Fight For Ideals of Martyrs", "Shaylers on Europe Tour", "300 Danes to Visit in Omaha", and much more!  This is a complete issue with some spine ... See More  

1st steps to end prohibition ?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1930



* Prohibition - 18th Eighteenth Amendment

* Wets vs. Drys in Washington D.C.

* Beginning of the end ?



The front page has a two column headline: "FIRST WET BILL HEARINGS SINCE PROHIBITION CAME IN SET BY HOUSE COMMITTEE" with subheads. (see) Was this the beginning of the fight to repeal prohibition ?

Other news, sports and advertisements of the... See More  

William Edward Hickman hangs....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 19, 1928



* William Edward Hickman hanged

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "'FOX' HICKMAN HOLDS COURAGE AS TRAP DROPS" and "Only Slight Pallor and Weakening Knees Show Emotions of Doomed Youth" with smaller subheads and photo of... See More  

William Edward Hickman...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 18, 1928 



* William Edward Hickman 'dead man walking' 

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 



This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Hickman Awaits Death In Noose", "Girl's Slayer, Resigned to Fate, Will Be Hanged Friday 10 A.M.".



This tells of the up... See More  

Marion Parker murder... William Hickman...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 10, 1928



* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder

* William Edward Hickman GUILTY



This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FIND HICKMAN SANE, GUILTY OF MURDER" "Los Angles Jury Returns Verdict Against Marion Parker's Slayer in 36 Minutes" "Youth Remains Unmoved" and more (see photos).



Oth... See More  

Marion Parker murder... William Hickman...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, December 24, 1927 



* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder 

* William Edward Hickman ARREST 



This 20 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Hickman Shows Worry; Examined by Alienist; Locate Three Cramers" and more. (see)



Tells of the recent kidnapping and murder of 12 year old Marion Parker by Wi... See More  

Prohibition in America starts...

THE SCRANTON TIMES, Scranton, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1920



* Prohibition in America starts 

* No beer - liquor 



This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"SUPREME COURT IS SPEEDING UP DRY DECISION" "Permits Rhode Island To Institute Original Proceeding To Test" "Validity Of Prohibition Act" which tells of the start of prohi... See More  

Women's suffrage passed in Senate...

THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 6, 1919



* Women's suffrage passed in Senate

* Women to vote in 1920 elections



The front page has one column headlines that include: "STATES EAGER TO BE FIRST FOR SUFFRAGE", "Race Seems to Be Between Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois and Michigan", "Marshall Signs The Amendment" and mo... See More  

1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis D. Brandeis...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 25, 1916



* Louis D. Brandeis

* 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice



This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5 "FAVORS BRANDEIS NOMINATION,10 TO 8", "Judiciary Committee, by Party Vote, Endorses Him for the Supreme Court", and more (see photos). See photos for coverage on the 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, getting clo... See More  

The Essential Facility Doctrine... a significant ruling...

Federal Supreme Court ends monopoly...

THE CALL, San Francisco, California, December 17, 1912  The front page of this issue features a banner headline "Huge Anthracite Coal Combine Is Destroyed By Federal Supreme Court" with subheads "Six Railroads Held Monopoly In Perpetuity", "Through Fuel Companies Which They Controlled Transportation Concerns Had Contracts to Purchase Output of the 'Independent'... See More  

Political cartoon by E.W. Kemble...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 11, 1912 (does not include Part II - see note below)  Included are the following illustrations and photos: "The Representative American Citizen?" and "IN 1912", both by Kemble. Also a fullpg. with 6 photos relating to the recovery of bodies from the Titanic; a halfpg. photo of a lifeboat drill recently ordered for all trans-Atlantic ships... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 25, 1911



This issue has a full, color cover before the front page. The front page of this issue is an illustration of "Balfour's Successor."



This issue is has an illustration of "The Little Fellow: 'Come, Mister President, You Can't have the Center of the Stage All the Time" by Kemble. There are photos of "How Georg... See More  

Governor Dix....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  August 26, 1911



This issue has a full, color cover before the front page. The front page of this issue is a photo of "England's Famine-Threatening Strike."



This issue has an article with photos on the next page of "The Most Graceful of Golfers" by an English Golfer. The double page of this illustration is "Governor Dix and His... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, June 3, 1911



There is a full color cover page on this issue. The front page of this issue is a photo of "New York's Most Famous Citizen."



This issue has an illustration of "A Gallery of Golf Enthusiasts--III.--John D." by Kemble. The double page illustration is of "The Serenade" by George W. Barratt and there is a full pag... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 13, 1911



There is a full color cover page on this issue. The front page of this issue is a photo of "Bangor's $10,000,000 Fire."



This issue has a double page illustration of "An Achievement of the Medal of Honor--Private John Kennedy...awarded....for distinguished bravery....He remained at his gun and resisted with its implements the adva... See More