The Wedding at the White House....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  March 3, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - VII." by W. A. Rogers; photos of "Some of the Principal Members of the New Japanese Cabinet"; "The Wedding at the White House" and "R. and Mrs. Longworth and President Roosevelt after the Wedding at the White House" by Curtis; "Coun... See More  

Breaking World Records for Speed...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 10, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - IV. " by W. A. Rogers and a full page illustration of "The Sultan of Morocco, Painted from Life at the Court at Fez" by Arthur Schneider. Photos of "The Automobile Races on Ormond-Daytona Beach, Florida" and "Breaking the World's Records for Speed in... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 30, 1905  Front page illustration "Happy New Year!" by W. A. Rogers; New Senators of the United States; The Revolution Which is Terrorizing Russia; Latest Photographs of the Emperor of Germany and Crown-Prince Frederick and His Bride; "Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, from the Painting by W. D. Stevens; and other advertisements of the ... See More  

1905 murderer Mary Rogers execution...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 8, 1905



* Mary Rogers execution - hanging

* Last Woman executed in Vermont

* Husband murderer - Windsor VT



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "VERMONT TAKES LIFE OF A WOMAN" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totall... See More  

Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 4, 1905 Front page illustration "Fitz Murphy: "Come one, come all! These 'rocks' shall fly From their firm base as soon as I!"; by W. A. Rogers; The President at Richmond, Virginia; The President's Southern Trip; The Visit of Price Louis of Battenberg in Command of the British Second Cruiser Squadron; Japanese Soldie... See More  

Early Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 21, 1905, from New York Front page illustration "Ditched" by W. A. Rogers; Plan to Detect and Arrest Automobilists [Automobile drivers] Who Break the Speed Laws; Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, From the Painting by James. C. Porter; Two Important Football Games of the Early Season; Only Photographs of the Japanese Naval Victory in the Korean Straits--The War's Decis... See More  

Motor-Boat Carnival... Golfing... Hunting by Auto...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 30, 1905 Front page illustration "Of Course" by W. A. Rogers; What Russia Has to Pay For; The Motor-Boat Carnival on the Hudson; Prominent Players in the Metropolitan Golf Association's Open Championship; How the Czar's Manifesto Was Received in Russia; Double page Photos, An Automobile Hunting Trip Through Maine and Canada;... See More  

Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 29, 1905  Front page illustration "Trying to Patch it Up" by W. A. Rogers; The Riddle of the Ages; Scenes on the Russian Convict Island of Sakhalin, Recently Captured by the Japanese; Incidents of the First Professional Golf Tournament on the Van Cortlandt Park Course, New York City; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for fu... See More  

Belmont Park...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 29, 1905 Front page illustration "Nothing More to Lose" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots Showing the Effects of Exploding Mines and Torpedoes Used in Modern Warfare; Riding to Hounds in Europe--Photographs of a Meet at Pau, France; Belmont Park, the Finest Race-Course in the World; Scenes and Incidents of the President's Western Trip; Port Arthur ... See More  

Mark Twain as Satan...

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Mark Twain... Inauguration Day... NY Railway Strike...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 18, 1905  Front page illustration "A Growing Menace" By W. A. Rogers; Photos of New York's Railway Strike; From My Unpublished Autobiography, by Mark Twain; Two Photos of Mark Twain, one from 1875 and one from 1905; "Mrs. Humphry Ward" by Albert Sterner; Double page Photos, The President and Inauguration-Day Ceremonie... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 4, 1905  Front page illustration "The President's Inaugural Address"; Vice-President-Elect Fairbanks Taking the Oath of Office in the Senate Chamber; The Inauguration; What the People Endorsed; Our Financial Situation; The War Department; The Department of Justice; The Postal Service; Progress in the Navy; Double page illustration "The ... See More  

Ice Yachting... Mark Twain Anecdote...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 4, 1905  Front page illustration "The Upheaval" by W. A. Rogers; Ice-Yachting and Skate-Sailing on the Shrewsbury River, in New Jersey; Match Games of "Curling" in and Around New York; The Automobile Show at the Madison Square Garden, New York; Plans for the New Terminal Station of the New York Central Railroad at Forty-Second Stree... See More  

Christmas issue... Mark Twain story...

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New York City's Rapid Transit...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 12, 1904  Front page Photo, Marquis Hirobumi Ito; Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, Commander of the Russian "Baltic Fleet Which Attacked the British Trawlers in the North Sea; Snap-Shots of Four Leading Players in the Football World--Captains at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia; Henry Watterson; Photos Taken at the Opening of New York's New Su... See More  

John D. Rockfeller...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1904  Front page illustration "Uncle Sam. "Enough Head-Lines--Produce the Evidence!" by W. A. Rogers; John D. Rockefeller, The Richest Man in the World; Ceremonies at the Notification of Frank W. Higgins, Republican Candidate for Governor of New York, With Photographs Taken at His Home; How Russia Treats Her Prisoners--Scenes in the R... See More  

Cowboy Carnival...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 8, 1904 D. Cady Herrick, Democratic Nominee for Governor of New York; The Open Championship Polo Match at Van Cortlandt Park; Snap-Shots of the Russian Auxiliary Cruiser "Lena," Which Has Been Dismantled in San Francisco Harbor; Snap-Shots of Events at the Recent "Cowboy Carnival" at Cheyenne, Wyoming; Double page illustration &q... See More  

Oil Fire at Antwerp...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 24, 1904 Front page illustration "Defiance!" by W. A. Rogers; Leaders in the Political Campaign--Photographs of the Headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committee; The War Game at Manassas--Views of the Troops in Camp Taken by our Special Photographers; Russian Submarine Mines Removed by Japanese Soldiers From the Harbo... See More  

Irish Leader, John E. Redmond...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1904  Front page Photo, Henry James; The "Futurity," Run at the Meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, August 27; With Admiral Togo on His Flagship, The "Mikasa," at the Japanese Naval Base, Near Port Arthur; The Latest Portrait of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Who is Now Visiting America; Dou... See More  

Chicago strike...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 27, 1904  Front page illustration "With All His Faults, We Love Him--Still" by W. A. Rogers; A Snap-Shot of Hon. William F. Sheehan, Chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, and Hon. Martin Littleton, Who Delivered the Speech Nominating Judge Parker at St. Louis; Photos of the Recent Disastrous Wreck on the Denver and Rio G... See More  

New York to St. Louis Automobile Run...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 13, 1904  Front page illustration "Git outer my patch, durn ye!" "Go 'way, boy; can't you see I'm only a lamb?" by W. A. Rogers; Thomas Taggart, Chairman-Elect of the Democratic National Committee; The Notification Ceremonies at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay; The Start of the Automobile Run From New York to the St. Louis ... See More  

Flag-Ship 'Kearsarge'...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 30, 1904  Front page illustration "There's Life in the Old Man Yet" by W. A. Rogers; Views at Esopus--Snap-Shots Taken at Judge Parker's Estate on the Hudson; The Visit of the North Atlantic Squardron to Portugal--Snap-Shots of Scenes on the Flag-Ship "Kearsarge"; How The Japanese Care for Their Wounded--Views in the Field Hospit... See More  

Republican Convention... Rowing Regatta...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 16, 1904  Front page illustration "The "Trust-Busters" at Work" by W. A. Rogers; Senator Fairbanks Opening the Republican Campaign in Indiana; Germany and the Far-Eastern Situation--Prince Adalbert Reviewing the Kaiser's Troops at Tientsin; INt Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie--Syracuse Winning the Four-Mile '... See More  

W. A. Rogers' baseball print (Polo Grounds)... Teddy Roosevelt on the cover... Republican Convention...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 2, 1904.  Front page Photo, Theodore Roosevelt; The Yale-Harvard Crews on the Thames in Trials for the 'Varsity Boat-Race on June 30; Coolies Unloading Supplies for Japanese Troops at Ri-Ka-Ho; Red Cross Plans for the Wounded Russians; Japanese Landing in the Harbor at Chinampo; Double page Photo, With the Japanese Troops--On the March Near Seoul, The ... See More  

Golfer, Walter J. Travis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1904  Front page illustration "Delighted" by W. A. Rogers; Walter J. Travis, Winner of the Amateur Golf Championship of Great Britain at Sandwich, England, on June 3; The Parade-Ground at Port Arthur--General Volkoff Delivering an Address to the Russian Troops; George Bruce Cortelyou, President Roosevelt's Choice for Chairman of the ... See More