1955 Spring City, Tennessee School bus & train disaster...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 23, 1955



* Spring City, Tennessee 

* Train - school bus wreck disaster 



This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "10 Killed, 31 Injured In Tennessee As Freight Train Rams School Bus"



Tells of the freight train that demolished a school bus full of children in Spring City, Tennessee.



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Prints of Memphis & vicinity...

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, Sept. 23, 1871  The full ftpg. shows: "Hannah Binding Shoes". Inside has a nice fullpg. print of: "Ratisbon Cathedral" and: "Charles Dickens as Capt. Bobadill" "The Four-in-Hand Club, St. James's St., London. But perhaps the best print is a very nice full page; "A View of Memphis, Tennessee" showing the river as well, wi... See More  

Negro lynching in 1891 Arkansas

THE MEMPHIS APPEAL-AVALANCHE, Tennessee, July 20, 1891



* Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas

* Negro lynching - lynched - hanging



The front page has a a one column heading: "A SUNDAY LYNCHING" with subheads. (see)

Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, a little margin wear, otherwise good. Somewhat fragile and should be handled carefully.... See More  

Charleston, West Virginia train wreck...

THE MEMPHIS APPEAL-AVALANCHE, Tennessee, July 5, 1891



* Charleston, West Virginia

* Kanawha and Michigan Railroad

* Train wreck disaster



The front page has a a one column heading: "THIRTEEN LIE DEAD" with subheads that include: "The Worst Wreck That Ever Occurred in West Virginia" and more. (see)

Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 16 pages, light bro... See More  

Yellow Fever epidemic...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1879



* Yellow fever - jack

* Memphis, Tennessee crisis



The front page has: "THE GRASP OF THE RIVER" "Memphis Rapidly Becoming Deserted" and more.

Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, should be handled with care.

Tazewell, Tennessee...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 17, 1862 



* Tazewell TN Tennessee

* Baton Rouge LA Louisiana



Among the ftpg. Civil War heads are: "Interesting From New Orleans' "The Negro Brigade Controversy Still Pending" "Commerce & Trade Increasing" "General Butler's Measures to Relieve the Poor of New Orleans' "A Grant Melee Between the Police & A... See More  

Stage coach robbers and trouble with Indians...

DAIL MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Sept. 22, 1874 



* Uncommon title



The front page has both: "Hot Springs - The Stage Robbers Surrounded--Their Capture or Death Probable" and: "On The Frontier - An Engagement With the Indians--They are Defeated & Driven Southward". More news & ads inside.

Four pages, large folio size, bit irregular at the spine, very nice.... See More  

Battle to happen in Winchester, Virginia...

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 1, 1862  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The War In Virginia" "Movements of the Union and Rebel Armies" "Rebels Make the Shenandoah the Base of Their Operations" "Winchester to be the Scene of the Next Great Conflict' "Arrest of the Medicine 'Women' " "Movement of Rebels in Kentu... See More  

Mardi Gras in Memphis, Tennessee...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, February 10, 1875



* Early Mardi Gras report

* Memphis TN Tennessee



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE CARNIVAL" "A Grand and Imposing Pageant at Memphis" "Momus Holds a disputed Sway for at Least One Day" and more. (see)

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Comments on the "Wild West" in the President's address...

DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Dec. 7, 1881 



* President Chester A. Arthur

* State of the Union Address



Pages 2 and 3 containing the complete printing of President Chester Arthur's annual state-of-the-union address, headed: "THE MESSAGE" with other heads: "A Satisfactory Document, Especially in Length" "A Death-Like Silence About Republican Factions&qu... See More  

Battle near Corinth, Mississippi...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 28, 1863  Among the front page column headlines on the Civil War are: "A Fight in East Tennessee" "The Rebels Driven Below Philadelphia" "Uprising of the People in Virginia, North Carolina, & Tennessee Against the Rebels" "A Fight Near Corinth" "The Rebels Driven Back with Heavy Loss" "Our Cavalry Reported Whipp... See More  

Mount Vernon, Indiana cholera epidemic...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, July 22, 1873



* Mount Vernon, Indiana

* Cholera epidemic

* Jackson, Tennessee fire disaster



This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

The front page has one column headings: "Mt. Vernon, Ind." "The Cholera Abating" "Jackson, Tenn." "The Town Destroyed by Fire" and more.

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Woodhull & Claflin in their libel suit...

NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1874 



* Victoria Woodhull

* Tennessee Celeste Claflin



The back page has: "The Woodhull & Claflin Case" "The Challis Libel Suit Commenced--Two Jurors Obtained" takes close to have a column & begins: "The long-ending trial of Victoria C. Woodhull, Tennie C. Claflin, and Col. James H. Blood, charged with libeling Luther C. Challis ... See More  

Civil Rights...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, April 30, 1874



* Civil Rights in Tennessee

* Trinidad, Colorado



This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

The front page has one column headings: "Civil Rights in Tennessee" "The Colored People of Tennessee in Favor of the Bill..."

Page 2 has: "Discovery of a Remarkable Cave Near Trinidad, C... See More  

Steamer Lockwood disaster...

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 5, 1866



* Steamer Lockwood

* Mississippi River

* Memphis Tn Tennessee



Page 3 has a small one column heading: "Reported Steamboat Disaster". See image for very brief text.

Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4 pages, minor spine wear, ot... See More  

Mary Baker Eddy death...

THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, December 5, 1910



* Mary Baker Eddy death

* Christian Science



The front page has one column headlines that include: "LEADER OF CHURCH OF CHRIST HEARS CALL OF DEATH" "Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy Dies Following Indisposition Lasting Nine Days--Death Due to 'Natural Causes'" and more. (see)

1st report coverage on the death of Christia... See More  

The Shenandoah Valley...

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 20, 1862  The front page has war-related one column heads including: "News From Burnside's Army" "Headquarters Advanced from Catlett's Station" "Position of the Rebels in the Shenandoah Valley" "Evacuation of Warrenton by the Army of the Potomac" "Interesting From Tennessee" "Interesting From Key West" a... See More  

Approaching Savannah...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 13, 1864  Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Foster's Army" "Pocotaligo Bridge Destroyed" "Foster's Scouts Meet Sherman's Army" "He is Very Near Savannah" "The War In Tennessee" "The Army of the James" "The Army of the Potomac" and more.

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Early aviation flights...

THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, August 23, 1911 



* Early airplane flight 

* Powered aviation at it's beginning 



The front page has one column headlines: "ATWOOD FLIES 65 MILES IN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT", "Cross-Country Aviator Reaches Albany, Where He Will Attach Pontoons to Aeroplane Before Continuing Journey", "Makes Trip Wit... See More  

Early aviation flights...

THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, August 18, 1911 



* Early airplane flight 

* Powered aviation at it's beginning 



The front page has one column headlines: "FLYER COMPLETES MORE THAN HALF OF LONG FLIGHT", "Atwood Arrives Safely in Cleveland, 622 Miles From New York, in Fine Condition. Tremendous Ovation". Other news of the day. Compl... See More  

Connie Franklin murder case.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 19, 1929



* Connie Franklin murder?

* Arkansas ghost

* Mountain View, Arkansas



The front page has a banner headline: "FRANKLIN JURY STILL DEADLOCKED" with subheads (see photos). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.



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Mason and Slidell arrested...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, November 17, 1861.



* Mason and Slidell arrested

* Bristol, Tennessee



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS", "Arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, the Rebel Commissioners to Europe&quo... See More  

Death of General Longstreet...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, December 22, 1863  The front page reports "From East Tennessee", "Reported Death of Gen. Longstreet", "His Forces Said to be Completely Surrounded". "Gen. Longstreet divided his army on Monday, one part making an attack on Bean's Station and the other at Kelly's Ford, the design being to cut off Gens. Shackelford and Foster... It is... See More  

M.E. Norman steamboat disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 9, 1925 



* M.E. Norman steamer disaster (1st report) 

* Negro Tom Lee (hero) 

* Memphis, Tennessee 



The front page has one column headlines that include: "4 DEAD, 14 MISSING AS VESSEL UPSETS IN THE MISSISSIPPI", "The Norman, Carrying Mid-South Engineers, Suddenly Goes Down Near Memphis", "Many Noted Men Aboard" and m... See More  

The Civil War in Tennessee..

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11, 1862  Among the one column Civil War heads on the front page are: "War Against Treason!" "Arrest of Brig. Gen. Stone for Rank Treason" "Roanoke Island Captured!" "The War In Tennessee" "The Stone Blockade of Charleston" "The War in Kansas & New Mexico" and much more.

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