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A pair of issues: the inauguration & death of President W. H. Harrison...
Item # 727898 ·
NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER, New Jersey, March 5 and April 5, 1841  A nice pair of issues of the same title with the inauguration of President William Henry Harrison, and his death report one month later.
March 5: taking...
$255
John Wayne Gacy executed... serial killer clown...
Item # 727755 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 10, 1994

* John Wayne Gacy
* Serial "killer clown"
* Joel Rifkin guilty

The top of page 12 has a one column heading: "Gacy Executed in Illinois for Murders of 33" with subhead. First report...
$88
Aileen Wuornos execution... Woman serial killer...
Item # 727754 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 10, 2002

* Aileen Wuornos execution
* Prostitute & serial killer
* Monster (2003 film) fame

The top of page 33 has a three column heading: "Florida Executes Female Serial Killer" (see)
Complete...
$72
Jehovah's Witnesses jailed in 1936...
Item # 727744 ·
THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1936

* Jehovah's Witnesses jailed in Orange NJ
* Under Joseph Franklin Rutherford leadership
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society leader

The top of page 5 has a very small and discrete one...
$52
Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1675...
Item # 727740 ·
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 6, 1675

* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
* Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is the world's...
$42
First flight of the Hindenburg to the U.S...
Item # 727738 ·
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, May 8, 1936 

* Hindenburg - LZ-129 zeppelin - airship
* Very 1st flight to America - North Atlantic 
* Lakehurst, New Jersey disaster fame

The top of the front page has a one column heading:...
$52
Evangelist Dwight L. Moody 1876 sermon...
Item # 727736 ·
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 17, 1876

* Evangelist Dwight L. Moody's sermon
* Preaches at P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "THE REVIVAL" with subheads. Text takes up about 2  1/3...
$30
Item # 727734 ·
SECOND SECTION (pages 31-60) only of the New York Times, June 19, 1967 

* Golfer Jack Nicklaus win 1967 U.S. Open
* United States Open Championship - golf major
* Baltusrol Golf Club - Springfield, New Jersey

The top of...
$52
Item # 727732 ·
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1954 

* Discovery of the Khufu Ship (day of)
* A solar barque of pharaoh Khufu - Cheops
* Great Pyramid of Giza - Egypt landmark 

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading:...
$52
Item # 727730 ·
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1947 

* British ship SS Empire Lifeguard sinking
* Haifa Harbour - Israel - Haganah attack 
* Jewish refugees - Jews - Palestine 

The front page has a two column heading: "Terrorists Sink...
$48