Shavuot begins... 1872 Jewish holiday...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 13, 1872



* Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Pentacost

* Jews - Jewish holiday - Hebrew festival



Page 4 has an article headed: "The Jewish Feast Of Pentacost" with subhead. (see)

Complete with 10 pages, nice condition.

1st Collin County, Texas legal hanging...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 7, 1872



* Stephen Ballew hanging

* Collin County, Texas

* 1st legal execution



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "The Gallows In Texas" "Hanging of the Notorious Steph. Ballew...." (see) Stephen Ballew was the first person legally hanged in Collin County.

Complete with 12 pages, minor margin wear, ice condition.... See More  

Gettysburg dead laid to rest...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 21, 1872



* re. Battle of Gettysburg

* Dead Confederate soldiers

* Hollywood Cemetery - Richmond



Page 7 has an article headed: "The Dead From Gettysburg" "Solemn Funeral Procession in Richmond Yesterday" "The Remains of 718 Confederate Soldiers Finally Interred" (see)

Complete with 12 pages, a little spine wear, generally very nice.... See More  

1872 Mount Vesuvius eruption...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 17, 1872



* Mount Vesuvius eruption

* Gulf of Naples, Italy



The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "VESUVIUS" "'The Mountain Has Fallen In and Ever So Many People Are Killed'" "Opening Of A New Crater" "A Party of Explorers Destroyed by the Fiery Lava" "Two Hundred Lives Sacrificed" "Stre... See More  

The great 1881 Thumb Fire in Michigan...

THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, September 12, 1881



* The great thumb fire - Huron

* re. James A. Garfield assassination



The top of the front page has small one column headings: "The Forest Fires" "The Loss of Life--Terrible Stories of Suffering" (see)

Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, a little margin wear, generally good.... See More  

1872 Women's suffrage... Mrs. Lozier...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 27, 1872



* Women's suffrage meeting at Cooper's Institute

* Suffragist Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier



The top of page 3 has one column headings that include: "Female Suffrage" "Meeting at the Cooper Institute Last Night" and more. (see)

Complete with all 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition.... See More  

Utah to be a sovereign Mormon state ?...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 8, 1872



* Utah to be a sovereign state ?

* Mormons - Mormonism - polygamy

* Brigham Young - Orson Pratt



The top of page 3 has one column headings that include: "The Proposed Mormon State" "Brigham Young Throwing Dust Into Congressional Eyes" "The Apostle Pratt Proclaims Polygamy To Be Irrevocable" and more. (see) Text takes up almos... See More  

The death of poet James Montgomery...

THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 1851  Page 3 has a relatively lengthy obituary of James Montgomery, Scottish poet, hymnist, and newspaper editor. Known for his deep Christian faith and philanthropy, his death was reported in most major newspapers throughout the United States. See images for details.



Four pages, and other than dampstining, the issue is otherwise in good conditi... See More  

Early balloning in 1873...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 9, 1873 



* Early Ballooning - Transatlantic voyage planning

* Balloonists John Wise & Washington Harrison Donaldson



The top of page 7 has one column headings: "Stop That Balloon" "The Voice of "Humanity" Pleading" "The Doom Of Professor Wise" and more. The flight didn't go that well as they were forced to land i... See More  

Popular for the colorful political cartoons...

PUCK, New York, Nov. 12, 1884 



* 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 much desired for their displayability. This issue has as its politic... See More  

Russian Mennonites coming to America ?....

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 23, 1873 



* Russian Mennonites

* Coming to America ?

* Anabaptists - Anabaptism



The top of page 11 has one column headings: "THE MENNONITES" "A Colony of Quakers from the Black Sea Coming to America" "Modern Anabaptists Swelling the Tide of Immigration" and more. (see)

Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Henry Bartle Frere & the African slave trade

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 11, 1873



* Sir Henry Bartle Frere

* Sultans of Zanzibar & Muscat

* African slave trade - traffic



The back page has a correspondence from Henry Bartle Frere at Zanzibar, Africa with heading: "The East African Slave Trade" (see)

Complete in 10 pages, nice condition.

1873 Third Carlist War..

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 7, 1873



* Third Carlist War

* Civil War in Spain

* Liberals - Republicans



Page 3 has many one column headings: "CHAOTIC SPAIN" "DISINTEGRATION" "Full Details of the Rising at Cartegena" "Battle of Alpens" and more. (see) Lengthy text.

Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.... See More  

1873 S.F. Chinatown sex slaves...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 31, 1873



* Chinatown's sex slaves (girls)

* San Francisco, California Chinese

* Human trafficking - Tong Wars



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "HIP YEE TONG" "An Infamous Secret Chinese Society in San Francisco" and more. (see)

Complete in 10 pages, nice condition.

Philadelphia Masonic Temple 1873 completion....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 4, 1873



* Masonic Temple - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Construction completion - dedication close



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "A Monster Masonic Temple" "A Quaker City Enterprise and its Peculiarties" and more. (see)

Complete in 10 pages, good condition.

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone in 1877..

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1877 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania...

THE HOLLIDAYSBURG REGISTER, Penn. Nov. 21, 1877



* Uncommon title

* Blair County



This four page newspaper has news of the day with many interesting advertisements.

Four pages, some wear at the folds, light staining, generally good.

Louis Pasteur is featured...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, June 3, 1882  The front page features a nice print of famed scientist Louis Pasteur, with the balance of the page taken up with text on his life and work.

The complete issue, measuring 11 by 15 1/2 inches, very nice condition.

Aerial balloon torpedo...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN New York, May 11, 1878. This famous title always featured the latest inventions and improvements of the day, many being illustrated. Included in this issue are: "The Balloon Torpedo" "Eclipse Injector" "Saw Mill Head Block" "Galvanic Battery" "Tricycle" and so much more. Descriptive articles accompany the illustrations.

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Burglar proof vault maufacturing...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 17, 1894  The front page features seven illustrations concerning: "The Manufacture Of Burglar-Proof Vaults".  A related report inside with another illustrations.

Sixteen pages, nice condition.

1873 Intercollegiate Regatta... rowing...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 16, 1873



* Intercollegiate Regatta

* Connecticut River

* Springfield, Massachusetts

* Boat - rowing



The top of page 7 has a four column map headed: "THE INTER-COLLEGIATE COURSE" and more which shows area where the race was to be held with the college boarding places. (see) One column headings include: "THE SPRINGFIELD REGATTA" "A Rapid S... See More  

Charles Goodrich murder.... Lizzie Lloyd King....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 12, 1873



* Charles Goodrich murder solved ?

* Lizzie Lloyd King (Kate Stoddard)



The top of page 3 has one column headings: "LIGHT AT LAST" "The Goodrich Murder Mystery Solved" "Confession Of Kate Stoddard" "The Story of a Discarded Woman" and more. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Lloyd King would eventually be found guilty of... See More  

Reinventing the English language...

WECLI FONETIC ADVOCET, Sinsinati, O., Octobur 5, 1850  [Weekly Phonetic Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio]  This is one of the more curious newspapers of the 19th century.

During this time there was a movement afoot to create a new mode of writing & spelling: to spell words as they sounded, phonetically. Obviously it never caught on, but it did result in this unusual newspaper which is alm... See More  

1873 Clay Street, Baltimore fire disaster...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 4, 1873



* Clay Street fire disaster

* Baltimore, Maryland



Page 5 has one column headings that include: "A BLAZE IN BALTIMORE" "The Monumental City in Danger of Destruction" "A Spark For A Furnace" "One Hundred Houses Destroyed" "The Losses Estimated at a Million of Dollars" and more with a nice, detailed map of the... See More  

Ten issues of this notable newspaper, all from 1802...

THE BALANCE & COLUMBIAN REPOSITORY, Hudson, New York, 1802  A lot of ten issues is this rather notable paper at the time, with high circulation. This is a nice 8 page newspaper with a variety of news items of the day, with some literary pieces as well. Measures 9 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches with an engraving of scales in the masthead. Very nice condition.