Minnesota Golden Gophers football... 1940 National champs....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, section 2 (sports) only, December 3, 1940



* Minnesota Golden Gophers

* National champions (1st report)

* NCAA college football



Page 3 of this section has a one column heading: "MINNESOTA WINS ROCKNE TROPHY FOR THIRD TIME" with subhead and standings. (see) First report coverage on the Minnesota Golden Gophers officially being named national champions of coll... See More  

Babe Ruth Day... Duluth Dukes bus crash in 1948...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 26, 1948 



* Duluth Dukes minor league baseball team 

* 1948 bus crash disaster

* Babe Ruth Day proclaimed!



Page 19 has the Proclamation by the Mayor of New York making July 26, 1948 "Babe Ruth Day."



Additionally, one column headlines on page 14 has: "BASEBALL RALLIES TO ASSIST DULUTH", with subheading: "Cardinals Will... See More  

For immigrants from Sweden...

BUDSTIKKEN, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 9, 1890 



* Rare Swedish immigration publication



A quite uncommon Swedish language newspaper published for Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the Minnesota farmlands.  Eight pages, some margin tears, otherwise good condition.

Bobby Jones wins 1927 U.S. Amateur title...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 29, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones wins

* The Minikahda Club - Minneapolis

* United States Amateur Championship



The sport's section (page 8) has a four column headline: "Atlanta Marvel Regains Lost Amateur Title" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Bobby Jones winning the U.S. Amateur championship at the Minikahda Club in Minneapol... 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  

Marlborough Apartment Hotel fire disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1940



* Marlborough Hotel fire disaster

* Minneapolis, Minnesota



Page 25 has a one column heading: "18 DIE AS FIRE RUINS MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the Marlborough apartment hotel fire disaster at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publicat... See More  

Union Railway Station... Picturesque Minnesota...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 6, 1894  The front page features a full illustration of: "The New Union Railway Station at St. Louis, Missouri". Inside includes a full page "Picturesque Minnesota Summer Resorts" with five photos. A full page: "Maneuvers of the Detachment of the Regular Army Under General Miles, in Camp Near Evanston, Illinois" has... See More  

1889 Duluth, Minnesota riot....

THE COLDWATER REPUBLICAN, Semi-Weekly, Michigan, July 12, 1889



* Duluth, Minnesota

* Strike & riot



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Bloody Riot at Duluth" with subheads. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete in 4 pages, generally in nice condition. Should be handled with care.

1883 Rochester, Minnesota tornado...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 23, 1883



* Rochester MN Minnesota

* Tornado disaster (1st report)



The front page has one column headings: "Wrecked By The Wind" "Rochester, Minn., Desolated by a Cyclone" "Twenty-Four Lives Lost and Forty Persons Seriously Injured" and more. Text takes up almost two full columns.

Other news of the day throughout. Comp... See More  

New Ulm, Minnesota lynch mob....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 29, 1866



* New Ulm MN Minnesota

* Lynchings - lynched - hangings



The front page has an article headed: "Minnesota" "Terrible Tragedy at New Ulm--Prisoners Seized by a Mob and Hung" See image for text here.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor margin wear, generally in very nice condition.... See More  

Minnesota Golden Gophers... 1940 National champs....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1940



* Minnesota Golden Gophers

* National champions (1st report)

* NCAA college football



This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 35) that include: "MINNESOTA RATED TOP TEAM OF 1940", "Gophers Finish First in Final Associated Press Poll of Football Writers", "Stanford Is Runner-Up" and mo... See More  

Broadside "supplement"...

RED WING REPUBLICAN--SUPPLEMENT, (Minnesota), not dated but presumably from the 1870's. This is a single sheet broadside (printed on one side only) with reports from various newspapers throughout the state.

Single sheet, 12 by 16 inches, light foxing in one corner, great condition.

Detroit & Becker County, MN tornado disaster...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 11, 1902



* Detroit and Becker county tornado

* White Earth Indian Reservation



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TORNADO IN THE WEST", "Great Damage Done to Farms In Two Counties", "Many Lives Are Reported Lost" and more. 1st report coverage on the tornado ... See More  

Red Wing, MN... the missing link is found!

THE REPUBLICAN, Red Wing, Minnesota, January 14, 1882



* Red Wing, Minnesota

* Dr. E.D. Cope finds human-like skull skull and declares it the missing link



Page 3 has a one paragraph article, "The Long Sought Missing Link", which tells of Prof. E.D.Cope (of Philadelphia and the Smithsonian Institute fame), discovering a small human-like skull near the Big Horn River, Wyoming Territo... See More  

William "Pudge" Heffelfinger...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 11, 1937 



* William "Pudge" Heffelfinger 

* Yale University football star 

* Best football player ever ? 



This 52 page newspaper has two column headlines in the sport's section (page 34): "Heffelfinger Named Best Player Of All Time at Touchdown Club" and"Yale Football Immortal, First Guard to Run Interference, Ma... See More  

Nile Kinnick upsets Minnesota...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 19, 1939



* Nile Kinnick stars - Iowa Hawkeyes

* Minnesota Golden Gophers upset



This 50+ page Sunday newspaper has various college football reports in the sport's section with a one column heading on the front page of this section (inside, near back): "Hawkeye Rally in Final Period Beats Gophers" with stats and lineup. See images for t... See More  

Bobby Jones wins 3rd of grand slam...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, July 13, 1930



* Bobby Jones wins U.S. Open

* 3rd of 4 major wins (year of grand slam)

* Gallant Fox - horse racing



This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 3: "JONES DEFEATS SMITH TO TAKE NATIONAL OPEN" 1st report coverage on Bobby Jones winning the U.S. Open golf championship at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minneso... See More  

Tyler MN tornado disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 22, 1918



* Tyler MN Minnesota

* Tornado disaster (1st report)



This 20 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 7: "13 Killed In Tornado" and "Tyler, Minn., Is Wrecked by Windstorm" which is a 1st report on the tornado disaster at Tyler, Minnesota. Unfortunate for such a small inside page report, probably because the first few pages ... See More  

Catfish Hunter's 1968 perfect game...

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, May 9, 1968



* James Catfish Hunter's perfect game

* Oakland Athletics A's

* MLB baseball



This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 8: "Athletics Hunter Pitches First Perfect Game"



This was actually the first perfect game thrown in the American League in 46 years.



Other news, sports and advertisements o... See More  

1958 Colfax, Wisconsin tornado outbreak...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 5, 1958 



* Colfax, Wisconsin 

* Tornadoes outbreak 

* Memomonie, Wisconsin 



This 14 page newspaper has a two column breaking news headline on the front page: "Twenty Nine Die In A 90-Mike Tornado Slash"



Tells of the tornado outbreak in Wisconsin that severely damaged the town of Colfax WI.



Other news o... See More  

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, October 10, 1925



* Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators

* Game 3 (during game 3)

* World Series



This 16 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "PITTSBURGH 3; WASHINGTON 2" with subhead, lineup and a few players photos. Also inning by inning reporting also on the front page. Nice scoreboard graph as well. (see)



More... See More  

Super Bowl IV... Two issue set...

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, January 10 & 12, 1970



These newspapers are 8 & 10 pages and have reporting on Super Bowl IV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings.



The January 10th issue has a two line headline on the back page that reads:



* Minnesota Vikings Big Favorites Over K.C. Chiefs



which has pre-game reporting.



The January 12th issue has two colum... See More  

Giants vs Senators... World Series...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, October 5, 1933



* New York Giants

* Washington Senators

* World Series Baseball



This 46 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Giants Overwhelm Senators, 6-1, To Take 2-0 World's Series Lead" and more. (see)



Much more on pages 26 & 27 with photos and box scores. (see) Nice to have in a New York City n... See More  

Publication for the farmer's wife...

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Unusual broadside issue...

ADVANCE SUPPLEMENT, Red Wing, Minnesota (though not noted as such on the issue), February 11, 1880 



* Rare broadside issue



This is a very curious half-sheet which is printed on the front side only. Included are several news items headed: "Our City" "An Interesting Game" "Belle Creek" Hay Creek" and other tidbits (see). There is mention of Red Wing in o... See More