1873 Intercollegiate Regatta... rowing...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 18, 1873



* Intercollegiate Regatta

* Connecticut River

* Springfield, Massachusetts

* Boat - rowing



The top of the front page has a four column map headed: "The Regatta Course At Springfield" which shows area where the race was to be held with the college boarding places. (see images) One column headings include: "THE COLLEGE REGATTA" and more. ... See More  

Mormons work towards outlawing polygamy...

ALLEGANY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 7, 1887 



* Mormon - Mormonism 

* The polygamy question



Polygamy by the Mormons was not officially outlawed until 1890, which was a condition required before statehood was granted which happened in 1896, however a front page report in this issue notes the efforts in Utah by Mormon leaders which lead up to this historic decision. "F... See More  

The historic Clawson polygamy case...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 16, 1884  



* Rudger Clawson polygamy trial

* Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

* Mormons - Mormonism



Page 2 has: "A Polygamist on Trial" being a report from Salt Lake, Utah Territory,  on the rather famous case of Rudger Clawson.

Clawson was the first practicing polygamist to be convicted and serve a sentence after the passage of the Edmunds... See More  

New Masonic temple cornerstone laid in 1870...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1870 



* Masonic - Masons - Freemasons



The top of the front page has one column headings that include: "THE MASONIC JUBILEE" "Grand Procession of Ten Thousand Masons" "Laying of the Cornerstone with Imposing Ceremonies" and more. (see images) Text takes up about 3 12 columns, all on the front page.

Complete with 8 pages, a little... See More  

1874 Charley Ross kidnapping...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 16, 1874



* 4 year old boy - Charley Ross kidnapping

* 1st American for ransom in U.S. (media coverage)



The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "THE LOST CHILD" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete in 10 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... See More  

1869 Women's Suffrage... Susan B. Anthony...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1869



* Early Women's suffrage meeting in Manhattan

* Susan B. Anthony as chairwoman - Ernestine Rose



Page 5 has an article headed: "The Working Women's Association. (see images)

Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, good condition.... See More  

A "Boomer" newspaper with a fascinating history...

OKLAHOMA WAR-CHIEF, Caldwell, Kansas, Jan. 21, 1886 



* Very rare Oklahoma Bomers publication



 An interesting newspaper with a fascinating history.

This newspaper was first published by the Oklahoma Boomer Movement to agitate for the opening of the unassigned lands in the Indian Territory to homesteading.

The paper was first published at Wichita, Kansas, in 1883, and after several... See More  

Sitting Bull... Death of Brigham Young...

THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Memphis, Tennessee, Aug. 30, 1877 



* Chief Sitting Bull

* Hunkpapa Lakota Indians

* Brigham Young death



Page 3 has as brief of a report of the death of Brigham Young as could be found, headed: "Death of Brigham Young". The report states: "Brigham Young died at 4 p.m. to-day." The same page has a lengthier report headed: "Sitti... See More  

Winslow Homer print...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1874  Certainly the best print in this famous illustrated newspaper is the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, captioned: "New York Charities--St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street".

Among the other prints are the full front page by Thomas Worth: "Pride & Politeness"; the full page with eleven scenes of "A... See More  

Montauk Point... Utah... Mormon... death of Tad Lincoln...

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, September, 1871  Featured in this issue is an article "Montauk Point, Long Island" which takes 12 pages and includes 22 illustrations. Another nice article is: "The Reformation in Utah" which takes over 8 pages & has a great wealth of information about this Territory. Near the beginning is: "When Utah was first settled,... See More  

Parson Brownlow's speech to residents of East Tennessee...

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, Dec. 14, 1865



* Parson William G. Brownlow



 Page 2 has: "Gov. Brownlow's Address" which b begins: "Governor Brownlow has recently issued an address to the East Tennesseeans in which he gives his sentiments on the question of reconstruction and suffrage in true Parson Brownlow style. He has always been in the habit of saying about ... See More  

Mrs. Surratt, one of the Lincoln conspirators...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 11, 1865 



* Mary Surratt & execution of the Lincoln conspirators

* Final words of assassins before going to the scaffold



The front page has a rather brief article headed: "THE ASSASSINATION" "Mrs. Surratt--Her Protestations of Innocence--Efforts of Mrs. Douglas to Obtain a Reprieve--Indignation of the Catholics". One bit notes: "... See More  

1873 Polaris expedition to North Pole..

NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 11, 1873



* Polaris expedition to North Pole (hardships)



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "THE POLARIS" with many subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 6 with large map headed: "THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS; Map Showing the Explorations for an Open Polar Sea and the Scenes of the Search for the Polaris crew by the Tigress and Juniat... See More  

"The Black Crook", the first full-fledged Broadway musical delayed!

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 11, 1866



* "The Black Crook" - opening premiere delayed (2-days)

* Considered the first full-fledged Broadway musical

* Niblo's Garden, New York City



Page 7 has an advertisement of Niblo's Garden noting that although originally scheduled to open on September 10th it would now open on the 12th. The text states in part: "Mr. Wheatley respectfu... See More  

Civil Rights Bill in 1874...

RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 17, 1874



* re. Civil Rights Act of 1875 (Enforcement Act)

* Reconstruction era - Blacks



Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "The Civil Rights Bill" (see images)

Complete with 4 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Thomas Edison invents the phonograph...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 30, 1878



* Historic Phonograph invention

* Thomas Edison - inventor



Page 3 has a nice illustration of Edison's recent invention, the phonograph. Amazed by this uncomplicated apparatus, the report begins: "It is a peculiar feature of the Edison phonograph that no mere description can impart any real adequate idea of its performances. Fully famili... See More  

Baseball caricatures by famed artist A.B. Frost...

HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, January, 1890  The entire back page is captioned: "Our National Game" showing twelve different baseball caricatures each with a caption, illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost.

Other articles include: "Jamaica, New and Old" "The Russian Army" "The Smyrna Fig Harvest" "St. Andrew's" and many additional a... See More  

Whaling disaster of 1871....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 7, 1871



* Whaling disaster of 1871

* Bowhead whales hunting

* Arctic ice jam



Page 7 has a very brief article headed with small heading: "The Whaling Fleet Disaster" and subhead. (see image)

Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally in nice condition.



wikipedia notes: The Whaling Disaster of 1871 wa... See More  

Edison's latest telephone in 1879...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 27, 1879  



* Inventor Thomas Edison telephone invention

* Carbon button transmitter and 'chalk" receiver



The cover features "Meier's National and Astronomical Clock". Inside the issue is "Reynier's Electric Lamp"; "Tucker's Surf Boat"; "Edison's New Telephone" with very descriptive... See More  

A golf-themed print on the front page...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 31, 1897 



* William Thomas Smedley

* Golfing illustrations



The full front page is an illus: "I Felt Her Seize My Hand and Shake It." which shows a woman greeting a man with a golf club, with caddies & others in the background. This print accompanies a story inside titled: "Colonel Bogie, A Golf Story" where also is found a pr... See More  

1892 Spalding Hose Fair, Waverly, New York...

WAVERLY FREE PRESS, Waverly, New York, December 6-10, 1892 (6 issues)  This set includes 4 single-sheet issues of the "Spalding Hose Fair" (dated Dec. 6, 7, 8, and 9), one issue of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10), and a single sheet supplement of the Waverly Free Press (dated Dec. 10) - all providing day-by-day details of the Spalding Hose Fair of 1892. All issues have browni... See More  

Fourteenth Amendment ratified by North Carolina... 1st black Lt. Govenor...

NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1868 



* North Carolina ratifies 14th Constitution Amend.

* Very 1st African American Lt. Governor in U.S.



Page 5 has: "PROCLAMATION - The President Declares the Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by North Carolina" signed in type: Andrew Johnson.

This was one of the controversial Reconstruction amendments, particularly for many of the former C... See More  

The 1st "fixed" baseball game (1865)... Andersonville Prison warden...

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept.  29, 1865  



* Brooklyn Eckfords vs. New York Mutuals

* First documented fixed baseball game



The back page under "Out-Door Sports" "The National Game" has the summary and box score of a game between the Mutual and Eckford clubs, won by the Eckfords, 23-11. The summary mentions in part: "...Some of the fly tips taken by Mills surp... See More  

Mormonism - "The Religion of Polygamy"... Boss Tweed on the run...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 28, 1871  Page 2 has an entire column dedicated to: "THE MORMONS - THE RELIGION OF POLYGAMY. Affairs in Utah - Brigham Young - The Decline of Mormondom", which extends to the top of page three. The front page has multiple articles related to Boss Tweed, his order of arrest, and of him being on the run. Two additional articles on page two are: "THE KU-KLUX... See More  

By the Shaker Community during the 1870's...

THE SHAKER, Shakers, New York, and Shaker Village, New Hampshire, February, 1876  A monthly publication "Published By The United Societies" for folks in the Shaker community, quite famous today for the style of furniture they produced. This issue has much religious-related content including "Religion" "The Essential Sacrifice" "Science & Religion" &... See More