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MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE Brigham Young & John D. Lee TRIAL 1875 Old Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392944338501

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 29, 1875 * Mountain Meadows Massacre * Mormons - Mormonism trial * John D. Lee - Brigham Young Page 7 has a brief article headed: "The Mountain Meadow Massacre" with subhead. See image for text. Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.

Early PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME w/ Most Lopsided Score 38-1 in 1874 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392938246727

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 19, 1874 * Early professional baseball game * One of the most lopsided scores ever The top of page 3 has one column headings: "The National Game" "The Worst Muffing Affair on Record-The Great Chicago Club Beaten, 38 to 1" with box scores. (see) Described in one baseball reference book as one of the poorest games of baseball played between two professional clubs. Complete with 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition. wikipedia notes: Playing without suspended pitcher George Zettlein, the Chicagos are humiliated by Mutual 38-1. The Mutuals collect 33 hits, but are outdone by Chicago defensive miscues as they commit 36 errors in the game.

MOLLY MAGUIRES Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania James Jones Murder Trial 1876 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392938245407

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 19, 1876 * Molly Maguires murder trial * Mauch Chunk - Pennsylvania The top of page 3 has small one column headings: "The Molly Maguires" "The Jones Murder...." (see) Complete with 10 pages, a little spine wear, generally very nice.

1873 VIENNA WORLD'S FAIR Austria-Hungary History Exposition OPENS Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373202796190

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 3, 1873 * 1873 Vienna World's Fair opens * Austria-Hungary capital exposition The top of page 3 has many one column headings: "VIENNA" "Grand Opening of the World's Fair" "A May-Day Greeting from the Old World" "Science The Master Of The World" "Louise Muhlbach's Account" "OUR VIENNA VICTORY" and more. Lengthy text. Complete with 12 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise good.

WICKENBURG MASSACRE Stagecoach Murders La Paz Road Arizona AZ 1871 Old Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392936130428

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK TRIBUNE, November 17, 1871 * Wickenburg massacre, Arizona Territory Near the bottom of the front page is an article headed: "The Arizona Stage Tragedy" (see) wikipedia notes: The Wickenburg Massacre was the November 5, 1871, murder of six stagecoach passengers en route from Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, westbound for San Bernardino, California, on the La Paz road. Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, nice condition.

CHARLES MORTIMER Sacramento California HANGING Mary Shaw Murder 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373200573936

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 17, 1873 * Murderer Charles Mortimer hanging * Mrs. Mary Shaw Gibson murder * Sacramento, California crime The top of page 4 has one column headings that include: "THE GALLOWS IN CALIFORNIA" "Charles Mortimer Hanged for the Murder of Mary Gibson Shaw" "Robbery And Motive For The Deed" "Insanity At the Last Hour" and more. (see) Text takes up over 2 full columns. Other news of the day. Complete in 16 pages, nice condition.

MORMONS Mormonisn Outrages in Salt Lake City Utah vs. Gentiles 1870 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373200572869

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 8, 1870 * Mormonism - Mormons - Gentiles * Unrest in Salt Lake City, Utah The top of page 8 has one column headings: "MORMONISM" "Excitement in Salt Lake City-Mormon Outrages on Persons and Property..." (see) Text takes up just over one full column. Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, a little margin wear, generally nice.

Rare SACRAMENTO CA Capital of California OLD WEST Era 1868 Original Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373198491616

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper:  SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, California, Nov.12, 1868   * Wild Old West * Rare title * Post Civil War This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis. Very early for California. Nice condition.

DRUMMOND MINE EXPLOSION Westville Nova Scotia Coal Mining Disaster1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392934954482

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 15, 1873 * Drummond Mine explosion disaster * Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia The top of page 3 (9) has a one column headings: "FIRE DAMP" "Terrible Result of the Explosions Down the Drummond Mines" "Miners Overtaken and Slain by Their Most Deadly Enemy" "Villagers Flee to the Woods for Safety" and more with list of the killed. Text takes up over 2 columns. Complete with 12 pages, the page #'s are out of order, nice condition.

BATTLE OF DRY Sorass LAKE Calif. Modoc Indians War Captain Jack 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373198459629

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 14, 1873  * Battle of Dry Lake * Modoc Indian War * Lava Beds - Captain Jack The top of page 7 has one column headings that include: "THE RED ENEMY" "Details of the Fight at Sorass Lake" "General Jack In Command" "A Victory At Last" "Rout of the Modocs, with the Loss of Horses and Ammunition" and more. (see) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.

JAMES O'KELLY New York Herald Irish Journalist Arrested in CUBA 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392930311588

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 8, 1873 * James O'Kelly arrested in Cuba * Irish nationalist journalist * Best title to be had - rare as such The top of page 5 has a map of Cuba with heading: "INSURGENT CUBA" and more. (see) One column headings include: "O'KELLY" The Arrest of the Herald Special Commissioner at Manzanillo" "Will They Dare Murder Him?" and much more. Lengthy text. Complete with 16 pages, minor margin wear, generally very nice.

NEWARK NJ Henry William Herbert GHOSTS Graveyard Haunted 1873 NYC Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392929612723

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 18, 1873 * Henry William Herbert - Frank Forester * Mount Peasant Cemetery - Newark NJ * Haunted graveyard - ghosts - goblin The top of page 5 has one column headings: "FRANK FORRESTER'S GHOST" "A Ghostly Goblin in a Newark Graveyard" and more. (see) Text takes up just over a full column. Complete in 16 pages, nice condition.

COLFAX MASSACRE Riots Grant Parish Louisiana LA NEGROES Murdered 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392928045716

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 15, 1873 * Colfax massacre - riot * Grant Parish, Louisiana The top of page 7 has one column headings: "The Negro Riot In Louisiana" "Colfax Grant Parish in Possession of the Negroes--A Reign of Terror--The Whites Arming for Resistance" (see) Complete with 16 pages, nice condition.

GEORGETOWN Sussex County DELAWARE Negro Rapist Execution Hanging 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373170143065

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 21, 1873 * Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware * Negro Joe Burton hanging - execution The top of page 8 has one column headings: "A NEGRO EXECUTION" "Much Ado About a Savage Murderer" "The Wages Of Sin" "Under The Gallows" and more. (see) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns. Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY Found Guilty Illegal VOTING Women's Woman Vote 1873 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392921032686

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 19, 1873  * Susan B. Anthony found guilty of voting (1st report) * Women's suffrage - Woman's rights advocate The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "THE WOMAN WHO DARED" "Close of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" "The Fourteenth Amendment Gives No Right to a Woman to Vote" "A Verdict Of Guilty" (see). The reporting takes up about 1 1/2 columns. Complete with 12 pages, a printing flaw slightly affects a few of the headings (see), minor spine wear, generally in very nice condition.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN Assassination FUNERAL & John Wilkes Booth Letter 1865 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392918908183

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, April 20, 1865 * Abraham Lincoln's assassination & funeral * John Wilkes Booth letter re. plot This is one of the more displayable issues on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln printed just 5 days after his death. Uncommonly large type used in the one column headlines which take two-thirds of the first column on the front page (see), beginning with: "THE RITES" "OBSEQUIES to the LAMENTED DEAD" and also including: "Solemn Scenes at the White House" "The Funeral Cortege" "Ceremonies In New York" "Outpouring OF The People" "The Remains of the Late President to Pass Through New York" plus there is also: "Booth Discovered" "He is Seen on a Train Near Reading, but Escapes" "Important Letter from the Assassin" "The ... See More  

FINAL DAYS of the American Civil War Lee's Surrender Close 3/30/1865 Newspaper

eBay Auction Item # 373217044211

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, March 30, 1865 * Final day s of the American Civil War * Surrender of Robert E. Lee close Page 4 has various reports on the Civil War with one column headings. See images here. Complete in 4 pages, this issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain very pliable and easy to handle. Nice condition.

MASSACRE CANYON Great Plains Indians Last Battle in Nebraska 1873 Old Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392916048283

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 14, 1873  * Massacre Canyon - Nebraska * Great Plains Indians The top of page 5 has a column with heads: "INDIAN SLAUGHTER" "Great Battle in the Republican Valley" "Bloody Fight Between the Pawnees and Sioux" "Sky Chief, Squaw and Papoose Among the Slaughtered" "Pawnees' Loss in Dead and Wounded Over 100" "Horrible Barbarity Of The Sioux". A detailed account of the battle of Massacre Canyon, fought in Nebraska. It was one of the last hostilities between the Pawnee and the Sioux and the last battle/massacre between Great Plains Indians in North America. Complete in 10 pages, toning at the folds with some archival mending, irregular along the spine.

GOINGSNAKE MASSACRE Tahlequah Oklahoma SHOOTOUT Cherokee Nation 1872 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373158305425

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 30, 1872 * Goingsnake massacre * Cherokee Nation - Oklahoma * Official report of the event The top of page 7 has one column headings that include: "THE CHEROKEE MASSACRE" "Official Reports Of the Fight" and more. (see) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns. Other news of the day. Complete in 16 pages, minor spine wear, generally very nice.

Abraham LINCOLN TOMB Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield IL Dedication 1874 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373153541103

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 16, 1874 * Abraham Lincoln's Tomb dedication * Oak Ridge Cemetery - Springfield, Illinois * Designer - Larkin Goldsmith Mead The top of the front page has one column headings: "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" "The Unveiling Of the Monument To Him At Springfield, Ill" and more. Lengthy text continues on page 2. Eight pages, light toning and some wear at the with a few tears, loose along the spine, must be handled with care.

Best JAMES GORDON BENNETT New York Herald Founder Biography DEATH 1872 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373153534098

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 3, 1872 * James Gordon Bennett death (1st report) * New York Herald fame - best title to be had This issue has black mourning borders throughout. The top of page 3 has one column headings "JAMES GORDON BENNETT" "The Metropolitan Press on the Founder of the New York Herald" and more. Text takes up entire page. Great to have in his publication, very rare as such. Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little margin wear, generally very nice.

Actor JOHN WILKES BOOTH Abraham Lincoln Assassin Found & KILLED 1865 Newspaper

eBay Auction Item # 373204594822

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: BOSTON DAILY JOURNAL, April 27, 1865  * Assassin John Wilkes Booth * Found at Garrett's Farm & shot dead * re. Abraham Lincoln's assassination Page 2 has an early report on the death of John Wilkes Booth as most newspaper reported the event on the 28th. A page 2 column is headed with: "IMPORTANT NEWS!" "The Assassin Booth and an Accomplice Driven From their Hiding Place!" "Booth Shot And Killed!" "His Accomplice Captured!" and other items relating to the later events of the Civil War. Some content also on the Lincoln funeral. Four pages, large folio size, never bound nor trimmed, minor foxing, nice condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

1871 HYDE PARK PA Pennsylvania Oxford Mine Cave In Disaster Original Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 392911752376

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 17, 1871 * Oxford Mine cave in * Hyde Park, Pennsylvania Page 7 has one column headings that include: "Excitement At the Coal Mines" "Caving In of the Mines at Hyde Park, PA." "People Deserting Their Homes in Terror" and more. (see) Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, irregular along the spine, generally nice.

WILLIAM CAPTAIN KIDD Infamous Pirate Treasure Hunt at Cape May NJ 1872 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373152253090

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 31, 1872 * William - Captain Kidd * Infamous 17th century pirate * Cape May, New Jersey treasure ? The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "'DIGGING FOR GOLD'" "The Everlasting Captain Kydd (sic) and His Bags of Treasure" "A Gigantic Joke On Jersey" and more. (see) Complete with 12 pages, a little margin wear, generally very nice.

LYDIA SHERMAN The Derby Poisoner Connecticut Serial Killer TRIAL 1871 Newspaper

eBay Fixed Price Item # 373152250433

Offered is an original, historic, & collectible old newspaper: THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 14, 1871 * Lydia Sherman - The Derby Poisoner * Connecticut serial killer - murderer The top of page 3 has one column headings that include: "THE CONNECTICUT MURDERESS" "Mrs. Lydia Sherman on Trial for Her Life" and more. (see) Text takes up over 2 full columns. Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.