Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, December 30, 1947 

* Haifa oil refinery massacre (1st report) 
* Jewish - Jews - Judaica - Arabs 

This 12 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Claim 36 Jews, 11 Arabs Killed In Haifa Riots". 1st report coverage on the Haifa Oil Refinery Massacre.

Other news... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 21, 1934 

* Bruno Hauptmann arrested (1st report) 
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping - Ransom money found 

This 10 page newspaper has two column headline on the front page: "ARREST IN LINDBERGH CASE BELIEVED TO HAVE SOLVED THE KIDNAPPING CRIME" with... Read full description  

THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS, California, March 8, 1937 The banner headline reads: "S.F. QUIVERS IN 'QUICKIE' QUAKE" with related subheads and a front page photo. More inside. Nice to have in a San Francisco newspaper.
The complete first section with 16 pages, very nice condition.

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, January 6, 1902

* Roulette, Pennsylvania
* Fire disaster

This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "A VILLAGE BURNED", "The Business Part Of Roulette, Pa., Destroyed", "Hotel, Stores, Telephone Exchange, Offices, Etc..." and more.  This... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 8, 1902

* Spindletop oil field fire disaster
* Beaumont, Texas

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ANOTHER GREAT FIRE", "Disastrous Conflagration In the Texas Oil Field", "Twelve Or More Lives Lost" and more. 1st report... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 7, 1902

* Wellsville, New York flood

This 4 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "WELLSVILLE FLOODED !", "Cloud Burst Makes Raging Rivers of the Small Streams", "MADISON STREET A WRECK" and more. This includes lengthy text.... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 15, 1902 

* Marshall Pass, Colorado train robbery 
* Narrow Gauge Railroad 
* Wild Bunch ? 

This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN", "At Chester, Colo., 250 Miles West of Denver", "Blew Open Two Express... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, May 7, 1902

* Admiral William  T. Sampson's death

This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "HIS LIFE WORK ENDED", "Rear Admiral Sampson Passes Away In Washington" with subheads and illustration of Sampson.  First report coverage on the death... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 21, 1902

* Baltimore, Maryland
* Tornado disaster

This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"TORNADO'S MAD WORK", "Many Deaths and Much Damage at Baltimore", "Nine Drowned In Harbor" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the tornado... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 2, 1947

* Johnny Lujack wins Heisman Trophy
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish - NCAA college football

This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 23: "Lujack Is Top College Grid Player in Nation", "Notre Dame Quarterback Voted Winner of Annual Heisman... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 21, 1906

* Jellico Tennessee/Kentucky
* Dynamite explosion

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Town Wrecked By Dynamite". 1st report coverage on the explosion disaster at Jellico, Kentucky/Tennessee from a railroad car loaded with 11 tons of... Read full description  

THE WORLD, New York City, June 27, 1930

* Southern Cross airplane flight
* Fokker F.VII trimotor monoplane
* Charles Kingsford Smith

This 28 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "SOUTHERN CROSS SOARS OVER CITY, LANDS SAFELY AT MINEOLA FIELD" with subheads and photo of the famed airplane. 1st report coverage... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 30, 1933

* Early Jewish concentration camp report
* Rise of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich

The front page, near the bottom, has a significant report headed: "Nazis Imprison Jews in Concentration Camp After French Paper Charges Abuses There" noting in part: "...The reason given is that the... Read full description  

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 23, 1905 

* 20th Century Limited wreck 
* Mentor, Ohio 

This 8 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page that include: "THE 20th CENTURY FLYER WRECKED" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the 20th Century Limited express passenger train... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, September 16, 1928 

* Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur Open 
* PGA golf 

This 40+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "JONES RETAINS TITLE" with subheads that include: "Jones Trounces Perkins, British Amateur... Read full description  

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 28, 1959 

* Poplarville, Mississippi
* Negro lynching - murder

This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FBI QUIZZES STUDENTS IN LYNCH PROBE" and
"Over 60 Agents Investigating Mississippi Mob Action". This is coverage on the lynching of negro Mack... Read full description  

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 19, 1901

* Sarah Bernhardt front page photo
* "the most famous actress the world has ever known"

This 8 page newspaper has a two column photo of Sarah Bernhardt, famous French actress with caption: "Mme. Sarah Bernhardt's Latest Picture"

News and advertisements of... Read full description  

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, June 2, 1903

* Flood of 1903
* Midwest region

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "CITY SUBMERGED", "Kansas City, Topeka and Des Moines Inundated" and "Fire Adds To The Horrors". Lengthy text on the flood of 1903 in the Midwest.

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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, February 10, 1902

* The great Paterson fire of 1902
* Trolley fire spreads due to the wind

This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "FIRE LOSS $10,000,000", "Paterson, N. J., Devastated--Best Buildings in the City Destroyed", "Hundreds Of Citizens... Read full description  

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, November 27, 1903

* Bonanza, Arkansas
* Mine disaster

This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "DEATHS IN COAL MINE" and "Thirteen Miners Killed by Explosion at Bonanze (sic), Ark."

See photos for 1st report coverage on the coal mine explosion at... Read full description  

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 21, 1903

* Pope Leo XIII death (1st report)

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "POPE DEAD", "Aged Prelate Passed Away This Afternoon", "The Late Pope Leo XIII" and more with two small related illustrations. The entire front page is... Read full description  

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 24, 1903

* Paterson, New Jersey
* Tornado disaster

The front page has one column headlines: "TORNADO AT PATERSON", "Many Buildings Blown Down" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the Paterson, New Jersey tornado disaster.

Other news and various advertisements... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 8, 1949

* 1947 World Series of baseball (game 3)
* New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st of 5 Championships in a row for Yanks

This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "YANKS TOP DODGERS WITH 3-RUN 9TH, 4-3, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD", "Mize's Pinch... Read full description