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  • King Neptune visits the USS Oregon in 1898...
    Item #726354
    SECOND SECTION only of the San Francisco Call, May 8, 1898 

    * King Neptune makes a visit onboard the USS Oregon
    * United States Navy martime  "Line-Crossing Ceremony"
    * "Race of the Oregon" from San Francisco to Florida
    * Spanish-American War - "Pollywogs" to "Shellbacks" 

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  • 1898 Battle of Manila Bay....
    Item #726278
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 6, 1898

    * Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines
    * Admiral George Dewey's victory
    * Spanish-American War

    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MANILA BOMBARDED" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally... Read full description  
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  • Fluoroscope X-Ray invention...
    Item #726050
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 8, 1897

    * Nikola Tesla & Thomas Edison 
    * "War of Currents" heated  rivalry 
    * "Glow Lamp" (cold light) invention

    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "Electric Lighting" with subheads and small engraving of Edison. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard... Read full description  
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  • Early Stephen Crane... Camp Life - Ocean Grove, New Jersay...
    Item #724780

    THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 29, 1891 

    * Stephen Crane
    * Writer and illustrator (unsigned)
    * Only 19 years old

    Nearly all of page 23 is dedicated to: "TENT LIFE AT OCEAN GROVE". Subheadings include: "Old Ways and Amusements of the People Who Spend the Summer at the Great Camp Meeting Resort", "UNDER IRON-CLAD... Read full description  

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  • Ad for historic pier... Promoting Atlantic City as a summer vacation spot...
    Item #724595
    THE SEASON - ATLANTIC CITY,  For the week ending July 17, 1894  

    * The "Missing Link" of Amusement History
    * "Golden Age" of New Jersey's ocean resort 

    This was a seasonal newspaper to promote the attributes of Atlantic City as a summer vacation spot. Page 2 notes that it was: "...distributed FREE on all express... Read full description  
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  • 1898 Battle of Virden, Illinois...
    Item #723659
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 13, 1898

    * Battle of Virden - Riot - Massacre - labor conflict
    * Macoupin County, Illinois coal mining - miners


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TROUBLE NOT OVER" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find... Read full description  
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  • 1899 Henry Ware Lawton killed...
    Item #723215
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 20, 1899

    * U.S. General Henry Ware Lawton killed
    * Battle of Paye - Philippine-American War

     

    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TRIBUTE TO LAWTON" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not... Read full description  
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  • Isaac Burns Murphy wins the Kentucky Derby... One of the best of all time...
    Item #722686
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, May 14, 1891 

    * 1891 Kentucky Derby victory
    * Isaac Burns Murphy - 
    African-American jockey
    * 1st to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

    Inside has a report of the running of the 1891 Kentucky Derby, won by the horse Kingman, ridden by Hall of Fame African-American jockey Isaa... Read full description  
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  • 1898 Battle of Santiago de Cuba ends...
    Item #722114
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 16, 1898

    * Fall of Santiago de Cuba
    * Spanish Navy surrenders
    * Spanish-American War


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FINALLY SETTLED" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not... Read full description  
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  • Hawaii to be annexed to the United States ?...
    Item #721250
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 9, 1898  

    * Annexation of Hawaii asked for by the president 

    The front page has content both on the Spanish-American War, and the work towards Hawaii being annexed to the United States.
    A one column heading reads: "TO ANNEX HAWAII" with subheads. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition... Read full description  
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  • Country's leading women's suffrage publication...
    Item #720453
    THE WOMAN'S TRIBUNE, Washington, D.C., April 26, 1890 

    * Turn of the 20th century
    * Women's suffrage


    Their motto in the masthead: "Equality Before The Law". This was the country's leading women's suffrage publication having begun in Beatrice, Nebraska, before moving to Washington, D.C. Published by Clara Bewick Colby, a women's... Read full description  
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  • Popular for the colorful political cartoons...
    Item #719701
    PUCK, New York, March 14, 1894 

    * Color political prints

    Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are very desired... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #719125
    Item #719125
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1895  Starting on the last column of the front page and taking much of page 2 are a pair of articles which show two methods used to weight regions for political gain in New York City. In this instance, it was Reapportionment (Democrats) vs. Gerrymandering (Republicans). Included are significant details along with a map showing the reapportionment. See... Read full description  
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  • From 1898 Territorial New Mexico...
    Item #717660
    LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, New Mexico (Territory), Feb. 19, 1898 

    * Very early for this state

    An uncommon territorial newspaper from 14 years before statehood
    Four pages, large folio size, edge tears & some edge chipping, very fragile & must be handled very carefully.

    Background:The city is known for its rich history, with over 900 historic... Read full description  
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  • Treaty ends the Spanish-American War...
    Item #717569
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 10, 1898

    * Spanish-American War ends
    * Peace treaty signed in Paris


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE TREATY SIGNED" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this... Read full description  
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  • A "red, white & blue" Fourth of July issue...  an interesting curiosity...
    Item #717565
    WILLIAMSPORT REPUBLICAN, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1890 Printed at the top above the masthead: "FOURTH OF JULY EDITION"
    This is the complete issue which in celebration of the 4th of July opted to replace the typical black ink with alternating pages of red and blue, meaning pages 1, 4, 5 & 8 are printed entirely in blue... Read full description  
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  • Very first automobile advertisement...   Early Catalina Island...
    Item #716394
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 17, 1898  A very significant issue in the history of automobiles, as the noted reference work "Kane's Famous First Facts" records that the first automobile advertisement ever published in America is on the back page (not the very first appearance, which was in the July 30, 1898 issue). ... Read full description  

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  • For stamp collectors... Philately...
    Item #716389
    THE SOUTHERN PHILATELIST, Charleston, South Carolina, March, 1890  A monthly magazine themed on stamp collecting. Has 24 pages plus the outer wrappers, 5 3/4 by 9 inches, still in nice condition. 

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  • Beautiful & colorful front cover...
    Item #716318
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, August 4, 1892  The front page of this issue is very colorful and shows men & women: "Viewing The Regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club" called the 'Wasp'. Done in full color--unusual for front pages at this time--it makes a very nice display item.
    Never bound nor trimmed, some light soiling at the margins, generally in nice condition. 16 pages.

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  • Bombardment of San Juan, Puerto Rico...
    Item #716313
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 4, 1898  Full front page illus. of "Major-General Wesley Merritt, U.S.A." Inside has a full pg. with four illus. of "Some Notable General Officers at Tampa, Florida." Full pg. of illus. of "With Roosevelt's Rough Riders at San Antonio, Texas." Full pg. illus. of "The Bombardment of San Juan De Porto Rico, May 12,... Read full description  

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  • First woman to die in the electric chair...
    Item #716258
    THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, March 21, 1899  The first two columns are consumed with reports on the very first electric chair execution of a woman in America.
    Column heads include: "MRS. PLACE EXECUTED" "First Woman to Die in Electric Chair in New York" "But Two Shocks Were Given" "Most Successful Affair Yet at Sing Sing" "No... Read full description  

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  • Short-lived title from Texas...   Large map of the Brazos...
    Item #716228
    VELASCO DAILY TIMES, Texas, Feb. 28, 1892  A rare title as it existed for less than six months.
    Velasco was a town in Texas that was later annexed by the city of Freeport. Founded in 1831, Velasco is situated on the east side of the Brazos River four miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The town's early history is closely tied with the... Read full description  

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  • Edison & the beginning of the motion picture industry...
    Item #716201
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 20, 1893  The top of an inside page has a very historic article headed: "First Public Exhibition of Edison's Kinetograph" which was essentially the beginning of the motion picture industry.
    The article takes over a full column & a portion includes: "...the duration of each image is... Read full description  

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  • Dramatic headline from the Spanish-American War...
    Item #716191
    THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE--The Globe Extra! 8 O'Clock, April 23, 1898  A bold headline with a political cartoon featuring Uncle Sam: "SECOND PRIZE" "U.S. Warships Blockade Ports On Cuban Coast" with other subheads.
    Complete in 12 pages but two leaves are bound out of order. Good condition.

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  • Broadside stock market price list...
    Item #716158
    Supplement To THE WALL STREET DAILY NEWS, New York, Oct. 1, 1898

    * Rare stock market sheet from New York City

    "A Daily Journal Devoted to Financial Interests" as noted in the masthead, but rather than being the typical newspaper, this is the monthly broadside (printed on one side only)chart noting: '"Highest & Lowest Prices and Total Sales of Stocks... Read full description  
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  • Nice headline on the Spanish-American War...
    Item #716138
    NEW YORK JOURNAL, April 9, 1898  A nice issue from the Spanish-American War with a banner headline: "ONE QUICK, FIGHTING DASH BY SPAIN---BUT TOO LATE; WE ARE ALL READY AND SHALL FORESTALL HER" with various subheads.
    The front page has a graphic bit concerning "Remember The Maine".
    The complete first section (of 2) with pages 1-8, slightly irregular at the blank spine, nice condition.
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  • Edison & the beginning of the motion picture industry...
    Item #716128
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 20, 1893  The top of an inside page has a very historic article headed: "First Public Exhibition of Edison's Kinetograph" which was essentially the beginning of the motion picture industry.
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  • A tiny magazine for stamp collectors...
    Item #715905
    THE COLLECTOR, New Chester, Pennsylvania, January, 1891  This is one of the smaller periodicals you will find, being a monthly "magazine" for stamp collectors. The masthead notes it is the: "Official Organ of the Sons of Philatelia".
    Eight pages, plus it still has the tan outer wrappers, measuring just 2 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches, in great condition.

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  • Among the smallest of newspapers you will find...
    Item #715668
    THE PENNY WHISTLE, Oakland, California, Sept. 1, 1890  A neat, tiny newspaper with a motto in the masthead: "There is Little Pay But Lots of Fun." This paper is complete in 8 pages and measures just 4 by 5 1/2 inches and is in excellent condition.
    Of special note is that it still has the original outer wrappers.
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  • First of this Texas newspaper we've offered...
    Item #715511
    MIDLAND GAZETTE, Texas, Feb. 7, 1890  This is the volume 1, number 35 issue of a title we've never offered previously. Quite rare, as Gregory's "History & Bibliography of American Newspapers" notes only two institutions as having any issues, one of which deaccessioned their holdings. This issue is from that institution (Bancroft... Read full description  

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  • Death of President Rutherford B. Hayes...
    Item #715088
    THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Penna., Jan. 25, 1893  

     * President Rutherford B. Hayes death

    The top of the first column on pg. 2 contains a report headed: "Death of Rutherford B. Hayes" which begins: "Rutherford B. Hayes died at Fremont, Ohio, on Tuesday night of last week, aged about 70 years..." with more (see photos). The balance of this... Read full description  
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  • 1898 Klondike Gold Rush... Yukon... Alaska...
    Item #714257
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 5, 1898

    * Klondike Gold Rush - Dawson City
    * Yukon - Alaska - Canada


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FROM DAWSON CITY" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile... Read full description  
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  • From the era of the Boer War in South Africa...
    Item #714160
    BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET - "TRANSVAAL SPECIAL", London, not dated being a "special" issue, but a back page notice mentions the next regular issue of "Black & White" will be ready Nov. 20, 1899.
    An interesting and uncommon periodical focused on the Boer War in South Africa. It is virtually filled with photos of the war, officers, etc., with... Read full description  

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  • 1899 Carrabelle, Florida hurricane disaster.....
    Item #713423
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 4, 1899

    * Carrabelle, Florida
    * Hurricane disaster
    * Lanark Village destroyed

     

    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "THIRTEEN VESSELS ASHORE IN FLORIDA" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find... Read full description  
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  • Spanish-American War comes to an end...
    Item #712251
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 8, 1898

    * Spanish-America War ending
    * Independence of Cuba


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SPAIN'S REPLY MADE" with subheads. And: "EVACUATES HAVANA" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues... Read full description  
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  • 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane...
    Item #712250
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 11, 1899

    * 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane
    * Guayama & Ponce, Puerto Rico


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "FIVE HUNDRED KILLED AT PONCE" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile... Read full description  
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  • Nice report on the Bill Cook gang...
    Item #710871
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, Oct. 24, 1894  

    * Bill Cook Gang

    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DESPERADOES IN CONTROL" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the infamous Bill Cook Gang.
    Eight pages, partially loose and some wear at the spine, light toning, somewhat fragile & should be handled carefully.
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  • Baseball caricatures by famed artist A.B. Frost...
    Item #710304
    HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, January, 1890  The entire back page is captioned: "Our National Game" showing twelve different baseball caricatures each with a caption, illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost.
    Other articles include: "Jamaica, New and Old" "The Russian Army" "The Smyrna Fig Harvest" "St. Andrew's" and many additional... Read full description  
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  • A golf-themed print on the front page...
    Item #709998
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1897 

    * William Thomas Smedley
    * Golfing illustrations


    The full front page is an illus: "I Felt Her Seize My Hand and Shake It." which shows a woman greeting a man with a golf club, with caddies & others in the background. This print accompanies a story inside titled: "Colonel Bogie, A Golf Story"... Read full description  
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  • Gold mining in Johannesburg... Book plates of women of the world...
    Item #709990
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 22, 1896  The front cover of the issue contains a very large illustration "Mining at Johannesburg -- Natives on the Way to Their Work". Also in the issue is wonderful prints and article of "BOOK PLATES OF CELEBRATED WOMEN OF THE WORLD" which are fascinating prints of... Read full description  
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  • See the wealth of nice prints...
    Item #709988
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, July 5, 1890  The full ftpg. has 2 prints regarding: "Coney Island Jockey Club--The Great Match Race Between Tenny and Salvator...".
    Prints inside include: "The Swampers of the Lower Mississippi"; a full page on: "The Alaska Expedition"; a full page: "...Yale-Princeton Contest for the College Baseball... Read full description  
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  • Death of Jay Gould...   Black scholar William Sanders Scarborough...
    Item #709986
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 15, 1892   The full front page is a photo of: "The Late Jay Gould" with page 4 having an accompanying article of the same heading. Yet another page is filled with six photos of: "The Birthplace & Some of the Residences of the Late Jay Gould".
    Also of Judaica interest is an... Read full description  
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  • 1892 Spalding Hose Fair, Waverly, New York...
    Item #709865
    WAVERLY FREE PRESS, Waverly, New York, December 6-10, 1892 (6 issues)  This set includes 4 single-sheet issues of the "Spalding Hose Fair" (dated Dec. 6, 7, 8, and 9), one issue of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10), and a single sheet supplement of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10) - all providing day-by-day details of the... Read full description  
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  • Forty-four checks on the First National Bank of Alexandria...
    Item #708833
    A lot of 44 checks written on the "First National Bank of Alexandria", Virginia. Part-printed, part-handwritten, all with signatures & endorsements on the reverse, all dated 1890. Cut cancelations at the middle, minor loss to a lower corner of a minority of them.

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  • From Hollister, California...
    Item #707851
    THE SAN BENITO ADVANCE, Hollister, California, Sept. 20, 1895  

    * Rare old West publication

    This city of 41,000 is in the Monterey Bay area. The town wasn't founded until 1868 by William W. Hollister on the grounds of the former Mexican land-grant Rancho San Justo. At the time, Hollister was within Monterey County but since then San Benito County... Read full description  
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  • 1898 Battle of Sugar Point... Minnesota...
    Item #707765
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 8, 1898

    * Battle of Sugar Point - Leech Lake - Minnesota
    * Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians - Bugonaygeshig


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE INDIAN TROUBLES" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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  • Bicycles... The "accidental" discovery of x-rays... Biltmore estate...
    Item #706879
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 1, 1896  Page 3 has a notable report "Prof. Roentgen's Discovery" [Wilhelm Röntgen] which is the accounting of how the discovery of x-rays was made by accident.
    The front page shows the United States Navy Yard in New York. Also within the issue are articles: "A Twenty-Five Cent... Read full description  
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  • From this old gold mining camp in California...
    Item #706785
    THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, Placer County, California, Jan. 17, 1891  Placer mining in the Auburn area was very good, with the camp first becoming known as the North Fork Dry Diggings, later changed to Woods Dry Diggings. The area soon developed into a mining camp, and it was officially named Auburn in 1849.
    In 1851 Auburn was chosen as... Read full description  

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  • The Spanish-American War: map of what America is gaining...   Death of Bismarck...
    Item #705888
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, Aug 1, 1898  The front page features a nice map headed: "UNCLE SAM'S NEW TERRITORY AS A RESULT OF THE WAR" noting Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
    The front page has various reports on the Spanish-American War with reports headed: "MILES' ARMY WILL REST NEAR... Read full description  
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  • The Spanish-American War: Manila is about to fall to the Americans...
    Item #705886
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, Aug 18, 1898  

    * "Mock Battle of Manila"
     * Spanish American War 
    * Commodore George Dewey

    The front page has various reports on the Spanish-American War with reports headed: "DETAILS OF THE FALL OF MANILA" "Dewey Demanded That Spanish Commander Surrender" "Was Asked For More Time In... Read full description  
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