Oshkosh, Wisconsin fire disaster...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, April 30, 1875



* Oshkosh, Wisconsin fire



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "OSHKOSH" "Latest from the Ill-Fated Wisconsin Town" "Immense Destruction of Valuable Property" "Loss Estimated as High as Two Million Dollars" and more.... See More  

John Mitchel, Irish activist death...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 25, 1875



* John Mitchel death

* Irish nationalist activist



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "John Mitchel" "A Sketch of His Life, and an Estimate of His Character"

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

Civil Rights law in effect ?...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 8, 1875



* Civil Rights law tested

* Treatment of Negroes changed ?



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Civil Rights" "A Test Case in a Shaving-Saloon"

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

Lake County, Colorado KKK...

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



* Lake County, Colorado

* KKK - Ku Klux Klan



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "'Ku-Klux In Colorado" "The Mob Still Supreme in Lake County"

Complete in 8 pages, a little irregular along spine, nice condition.... See More  

Hale's piano factory fire disaster...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 4, 1877



* Hale' piano factory fire

* Samuel Archer King - ballooning



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "TOMBS OF FIRE" "A Fearful Sacrifice of Human Life" "Two Hundred People Imprisoned in a Burning Factory" "An Many More Maime... See More  

The Charleston earthquake of 1886...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 1886  This newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Stricken Charleston" with subheads "The Recent Shocks of Earthquake Completely Unnerve the Residents"; "Showers of Pebbles in Different Parts of the City add Terror to the Scene"; "The Majority of the People Still Afraid to ... See More  

Ku Klux Klan in Missouri...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 7, 1877



* KKK - Ku Klux Klan

* Outrages in Ripley County

* Ozarks Mountain - Missouri



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Ku-Klux" "Lawlessness in Ripley and Adjacent Counties--Men and Women Flogged by Bands of Outlaws" and more.

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Journeying to Pittsburgh...

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, March 4, 1871  The full front page is a print of: "Hon. Charles Sumner". Many prints within including: "Ice Boats ON the Hudson" "On The Way to Pittsburgh - Great Bend on the Alleghenies" being a train; another full page: "On the Way to Pittsburgh" has 3 prints; "At the Pawnbrokers" "Distant View of Paris..." ... See More  

Bodie, California as a boomtown...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 1, 1879



* Lee's Summit, Missouri

* Tornadoes outbreak - disaster

* Irving, Kansas



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "HORRIBLE HAVOC" "The Wind Manifesting Its Wrath Out West" "Death and Desolation Visible on Every Hand" "Men, Women and Chi... See More  

Famous millionaires of NYC....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 18, 1876



* Alexander Turney Stewart

* William Backhouse Astor, Sr.

* Cornelius Vanderbilt



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE THREE CROESUSES" "Manhattan's Great Millionaires and Their Peculiarities" "Astor, the Hoarder's, and Vanderbilt, the... See More  

Woodford Mambrino death....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 1, 1879



* Woodford Mambrino death

* Trotting stallion racehorse



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "Booked For Burial" "The Famous Trotting Sire Woodford Mambrino No More" and more. (see)

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W.W. Cole's Circus lion tamer attack ?......

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 21, 1879



* W.W. Cole's Circus & Menagerie



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "In The Lion's Den" "A Horrible Spectacle at Cole's Circus and Menagerie" "Torn to Pieces by a Ferocious and Untamed Leopard" and more. (see) Text takes up ... See More  

1877 Molly Maguires...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 2, 1877



* Molly MaGuires outrages

* Pennsylvania coal regions

* Mauch Chunck - Pottsville



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE MOLLY MAGUIRES" "Breaking Down of the Secret Conspirators in the Coal Region" and more. (see)

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1877 Bennett-May duel...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 10, 1877



* James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

* Frederick May

* Marydel, Maryland duel



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Piff, Paff, Pouff" "Three Shots Fired by Mr. May and James Gordon Bennett" and more. (see)

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Post Civil War school segregation...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, March 14, 1877



* School segregation

* Colored teachers



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Colored Teachers For Colored Schools" "A Memorial to the Board of Public Schools" This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowin... See More  

Life of a Southern moonshiner....

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, February 26, 1877



* Southern moonshiners

* Georgia & Carolinas



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Southern Moonshine" "A Strange Life in the Southeastern Mountains" "One of the Singular Results of the Great Rebellion"

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The Deseret Museum...

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Pneumatic message system...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 24, 1877  The front page features a large illustration "Pneumatic Transmission in New York City" with an accompanying article and more illustrations inside. Inside the issue is "New Experiments in Mechanical Flight" with illustrations; "Houyoux' Rotary Pump"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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"Tall oaks from little acorns grow"...

THE ACORN, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Feb. 1, 1878 



* Rare miniature title

* (Attleborough)

* Volume 1 Number 2



The vol. 1 number 2 issue from an amateur press, very common at the time. An acorn-themed masthead. Contains literary items, games, puzzles, "Chat with Visitors", etc. The back page as 2 small illustrations.

Four pages, 8 by 10 inches, nice condition.... See More  

Alfred Packer & cannibalism...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, September 9, 1874



* Alfred Packer

* Saguache, Colorado

* Cannibalism - murder



Page 5 has a small one column heading: "Murders In The Mountains Of Colorado" See image for text here.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little spine wear, generally good.

Northfleet sinking disaster...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, January 24, 1873



* British full rigged ship

* Northfleet sinking disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Most Terrible Marine Disaster" "A Ship Cut to the Waters' Edge" "Over 350 Persons Believed To Be Lost" and more. (see)

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Battle of Sand Butte... Modoc War...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 30, 1873



* Battle of Sand Butte

* Modocs Indians War

* Scarface Charley victory



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Battling The Modocs" "Disastrous Fight In The Lava Beds" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/3 columns.

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Frankfort, Kentucky beer riot...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 23, 1873



* Frankfort KY Kentucky

* Beer riot - breweries

* Modoc Indian War



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "The Frankfort Riot" "Twelve Hours of Disorder--The Trouble Caused by an Advance in the Price of Beer..." See image for text here.

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Actor Edwin Booth advertisement...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 9, 1873



* Actor Edwin Booth

* Hamlet & Richelieu



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an advertisement headed: "OPERA HOUSE....EDWIN BOOTH..." (see) Uncommon to find on the front page.

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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania boiler explosion....

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, February 4, 1873



* Conshohocken PA Pennsylvania

* Factory - boilers explosion disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Terrific Boiler Explosion" "Four Immense Boilers Scatter Shafts Of Destruction And Bolts Of Death" "Buildings Shattered and Men Blow... See More