Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 1948

* United Airlines Flight 624 disaster
* Douglas DC-6 airliner airplane crash
* Mount Mt. Carmel PA Pennsylvania

This 40 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "43 Die as Plane Hits Live Wire, Explodes" with subheads and photo of the crash site. (see)  More... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 22, 1934 

* Son Griggs negro lynching 
* Kirbyville, Texas 

This 42 page newspaper has small one column headlines on the back page (pg. 42) "HANG, SHOOT, DRAG NEGRO" "Texas Mob Lynches Prisoner Arrested With White Woman"

Tells of the lynching of Negro Son Griggs in... Read full description  

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1, 1951

* Union  West Virginia 
* Coal mine explosion 
* Cabin Creek field 

This 62 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "COAL MINE BLAST FATAL TO TWELVE" "Bodies Are Found Deep in W. Va. Mountain"

Tells of the Truax-Traer Coal... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 17, 1951

* Elizabeth, New Jersey disaster
* Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando airplane

This 8 page newspaper has a four headline on the front page: "Former Resident Here Heads One Inquiry Into Air Crash" with subhead. (see)

Tells of the C-46 airplane crash disaster at Elizabeth, New... Read full description  

THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, January 24, 1927  This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Charlie Chaplin Suffers Relapse, Sent Back to Bed" and more. (see)

Other news of the day. Light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise good.

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, January 26, 1929

* Kingston WV West Virginia
* Coal mine explosion disaster

This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "17 ENTOMBED BY GAS BLAST IN COAL MINE" and "Flame Shoots from Shaft With Force Enough to Raze House" and more. This tells of the Kingston Pocahontas... Read full description  

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Russell, Kansas, July 15, 1966   This 6 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Fellow Employee Could Have Been Slayer of Nurses".

This tells of the famous mass murder of 8 student nurses in Chicago IL.

Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in nice... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 19, 1930

* Bethany, Oklahoma
* Camel Creek tornado disaster

The 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:  "TEN KILLED BY TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA", "25 Reported Inured as Windstorm Strikes Town of Bethany" and more.

Tells of the tornado outbreak in... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 29, 1930 

* Albert Einstein 
* Margot wedding 

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline at the  bottom of the front page: "Einstein Spares Half Hour to See daughter Wed" with subheads and photo of Margot Einstein. Tells of the wedding of Albert Einstein's... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, July 29, 1930  This 24 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "15 of Crew, Woman, Drowned As Erie Sand Dredge Sinks" and more. (see)

Tells of sinking of the sand dredger George J. Whelan off of Dunkirk, New York in Lake Erie.

Other news of the day. Light browning... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 19, 1930 

* Elizabeth, New Jersey 
* Oil refining plant disaster 

This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "4 KNOWN DEAD AND 100 HURT IN N. J. BLAST" with subheads. (see)

Tells of the Standard Oil Company refinery plant explosion... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 27, 1932  This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "30 MINERS TRAPPED BY MINE BLAST".

This tells of the coal mine explosion in the Boissevain coal mine of the Pocahontas Fuel Company in Virginia.

Other news of the day. Little spine wear,... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 17, 1968 

* U.S. Open Golf Championship 
* Lee Trevino wins (1st report) 

This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on page 6: "Last Years 'Poor Boy' Lee Trevino Shot First Ever Four Sub-par Rounds"

Tells of the 1968 U.S. Open in which Lee Trevino won the title for the first... Read full description  

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, June 18, 1962 

* U.S. Open golf championship 
* Jack Nicklaus 1st title 
* Arnold Palmer finishes second 

This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Nicklaus Tops Palmer In U.S. Open Playoff" and more. (see)

More in the sport's section... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 29, 1964 This 40+ page newspaper has a very nice banner headline on the front page of the sport's section: "USC WINS BUT GETS NO BOWL" with subheads and related photos. (see)

This tells of the upset of # 1 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish by the USC Trojans at the end of the 1964 regular season.... Read full description  

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 11, 1933

* The Long Beach, California earthquake

This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:  "EARTHQUAKE DEATH LIST GROWS!" with subheads and related photo with map (see photos).

Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Light browning with some... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, October 4, 1933  This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "52 Burn to Death, Trapped in Gully By Forest Blaze" with subheads. (see)

This tells of the 1933 Griffith Park fire in Los Angeles, California.

Other news of the day. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, October 16, 1937 

* Mulga, Alabama 
* Coal mine disaster - Early same day report 

This 8 page newspaper has a early same day breaking news one column headlines on the front page: "30 Men Are Killed By Mine Blast" "Explosion in Alabama Coal Mine Today Is Blamed on Gas"

... Read full description  

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, November 27, 1926

* Carnegie Tech (Mellon) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish... One of the greatest upsets
* Knute Rockne skips game (mistake)

This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "College Gridiron Season Closes In East Today"

This game would be a huge upset of Notre Dame by Carnegie Tech.... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, October 19, 1936

* Sand Merchant sinking in Lake Erie
* Cleveland OH Ohio

This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 4 that reads: "18 Men and Woman Drowned as Canadian Ship Sinks in Lake Erie" with subheads (see images).

This tells of the Canadian sand ship "Sand Merchant" sinking in... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 8, 1938 

* Ocean Grove, New Jersey 
* North End Hotel fire 
* Asbury Park 

This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3 that include: "$150,000 FIRE RUINS OCEAN GROVE HOTEL" "Firemen of Nine Communities Finally Control the Flames, Saving Near-By Homes"... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, March 7, 1938  This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines at the bottom of the front page:

* Niemoeller in Nazis' Hands Likened to Jesus in Jews'
* Imprisoned Pastor's Colleague Draws Tears to Eyes of Big Congregation

Tells of the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller being thrown into... Read full description  

OMAHA EVENING BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, November 28, 1933

* Roger 'Terrible' Touhy freed 
* San Jose, California lynchings photo 

This 24 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FREE TOUHY IN KIDNAPPING" with subhead. (see) Tells of Chicago mob boss Roger Touhy being acquitted for the kidnapping... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK WORLD, New York, September 24, 1919 

* Steel strike of 1919 
* Riots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

This 28 page newspaper has a three line banner headline on the front page: "STEEL STRIKE SHUTS MORE MILLS, DEADLOCK UNBROKEN; 4 NEW DEATHS, MANY WOUNDED, IN RIOTS WITH POLICE; SENATE BEGINS INQUIRY AT ONCE INTO CAUSE OF... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 24 & 25, 1938 

* Frank Hawks killed in airplane crash 
* Aviation - aviator 

The Aug. 24th issue has one column headlines on page 5 include: "Frank Hawks, Noted Flier, Dies In Crash" "Socialite Companion Also Perishes In Blazing Plane" "HIT WIRE"... Read full description