Thomas Edison into gold mining ?...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 18, 1880



* Inventor Thomas Edison

* Venture into gold mining ?

* Separation - extraction



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 14 has an article headed: "FUGITIVE GOLD" "Which is Said to Escape from Hydraulic Mines, Etc." "Edison's Method of Saving It Not Described...." T... See More  

Locomotive print...

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Edison's Railway Telegraphy...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 20, 1886  The front page has illustrations of "the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway" and an associated article. Inside the issue is: "The Ingersoll Stone Channeling Machine"; "Benson's Improved Farm Locomotive"; "The Edison System of Railway Telegraphy"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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A nice train issue...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, September 5, 1885  The cover page is a full page illus. of H.M. Stanley with an article on the second page on his being appointed the First Governor of the New Free State of the Congo.

This paper contains 2+ full pages of prints and an article concerning: FOUR-COUPLED PASSENGER ENGINE, GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND. Detailed drawings ... See More  

Star route scandal trial verdict...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 15, 1883



* Star route scandal trial

* Thomas J. Brady & Stephen W. Dorsey

* Not guilty verdict



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Acquitted" "A Verdict of Not Guilty Rendered in the Star-Route Trial" and more. Text takes up 2 1/2 columns.

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Battle of Wilson's Creek reunion.....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 9, 1883



* Battle of Wilson's Creek

* Springfield, Missouri

* Survivors reunion



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE BLUE AND THE GRAY" "Reunion of Survivors of the Battle of Wilson Creek" "Federals and Ex-Confederates Fraternize at Sprin... See More  

Miles City, Montana lynching & fire...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 27, 1883



* Miles City, Montana

* Custer County

* Lynching - hanging



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "VIGILANTES' VENGEANCE" "Bill Rigney Hanged by a Mob at Miles City, Mont." and more. (see)

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Outlaw Frank James & Mardi Gras...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, February 11, 1880



* Outlaw Frank James

* Mardi Gras carnival



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Frank James Again"

Page 4 has: "A Mimic Mardi Gras" "The Streets of the City in the Possession of Merry Masqueraders Last Night" and more. (see) Tex... See More  

Marianna, Arkansas Negro lynching..

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 27, 1883



* Marianna, Arkansas

* Negro lynching

* Lee County



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "CALENDAR OF CRIME" "A Negro Fire-Bug Murdered by a Mob at Marianna, Ark." and more. (see)

This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and l... See More  

1882 SS Daphne disaster...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 4, 1883



* SS Daphne disaster

* Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

* Shipyard launching sinking



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "CAPSIZED IN THE CLYDE" "Frightful Accident at the Launching of the Steamer Daphne, Near Renfrew, Scotland" and more. (see)

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Commerical Point, Ohio lynching....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 2, 1880



* Commercial Point, Ohio

* Pickaway County



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "TRACED TO A TREE" "Judge Lynch Holds Court in the Interior of Ohio" "The Body of a Bully Found Dangling in Mid-Air"

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"Pennsylvania Yankee" town...

THE PENN YAN EXPRESS, New York, 1890  An uncommon title from this town of 5100 pop. in upstate New York.  The name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Pennsylvania Yankee". Various news of the day with a wealth of ads, many of which are illustrated.

Four pages, large folio size, evenly toned, fragile so it must be handled carefully, but otherwise in nice condition.

Early ballooning...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 16, 1877



* Ballooning "Amazon" flight

* Lizzie Ihling Wise

* John Wise niece



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The back page has an article headed: "UP IN A BALLOON" "The Airy Adventures of Lizzie Ihling Wise" and more. (see)

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Beer drinking in Germany...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 15, 1880



* Red Hill, Colorado becomes a ghost town

* Powder explosion disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "RED HILL IN RUINS" "The Little Place Demolished by Giant Powder" and more. (see)

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James A. Garfield... Long Branch, New Jersey...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 6, 1881



* President James A. Garfield

* Going to Long Branch, New Jersey to die



The front page has one column headlines: "With Prayers", "The People's Patient will be Followed", "On His Journey this Morning to" "Long Branch and Renewed Life", "The Start to be Made at 6 O'clock"&nb... See More  

The controversial Alexander G. Bell telephone patent case...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 2, 1886  Includes an article of: THE BELL TELEPHONE CASE . This article details the Interior Department recommends that the Attorney General investigate to see if Bell's first patent was valid. The front page of the issue "Hydraulic Machinery for Operating the drawbridge Across the Harlem River at Second Ave. N.Y. City". Inside t... See More  

Popular for the colorful political cartoons...

PUCK, New York, May 18, 1887 



* 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  

SS Schiller ocean liner disaster...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, May 9, 1875



* German ocean liner SS Schiller

* Isles of Scilly sinking disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "GONE DOWN" "Horrible and Heart-Rendering Ocean Disaster" "The Steamship Schiller Lost off the Coast of the Scilly Isles" &... See More  

Jews - Jewish trial & penalty...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, January 13, 1880



* Jews - Jewish - Judaica



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 6 has an article headed: "CODE OF THE JEWS" "Trials in Capital Cases Among the Ancient Israelites" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/2 columns.

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Georgetown, Colorado boom...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 7, 1875



* Georgetown, Colorado

* "Silver Queen of Colorado"



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "COLORADO" A Batch of Correspondence, Descriptive and Otherwise" "Georgetown, its Mountains, Mines and Smelting Works" and more. (see)

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Early Denison, Texas...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, April 23, 1875



* Denison, Texas

* Grayson County



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "Northern Texas" "Denison--Its History and Rapid Progress" "Business and Prospects of the City"

Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity along spine, very nice co... See More  

1875 St. Patrick's Day..

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 18, 1875



* St. Patrick's Day celebration



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "ERIN GO BRAUGH" "Imposing Display in Honor of Ireland's Patron Saint" "Ten Thousand Lovers of the Old Sod Tramp the Streets" and more. (see) Lengthy... See More  

Mardi Gras in Memphis, Tennessee...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, February 10, 1875



* Early Mardi Gras report

* Memphis TN Tennessee



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE CARNIVAL" "A Grand and Imposing Pageant at Memphis" "Momus Holds a disputed Sway for at Least One Day" and more. (see)

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Speech by Mark Twain...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 23, 1876  The last column of the front page and most of page 2 are taken up with a report of: "Forefathers' Day" "New-Englanders at Dinner" "The Annual Festival of the New-England Society--Speeches by Hon. G. William Curtis, 'Mark Twain', Rev. Edward Everett Hale..." and more (see). It is on page 2 where appears Twain's sp... See More  

St. Louis, Missouri lynching....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 11, 1877



* Karl Strahl lynching - hanging

* Goetz murders



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "HORROR'S HARVEST" "Carl Strahl, the Double Murderer, Executed by Judge Lynch" "The Murderer Leads His Captors to Where Goetz's Body Rests" "... See More