1934 Northfield Mount Hermon School murder...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Sept. 16, 1934



* Northfield Mount Hermon School murder

* Unsolved Killing of headmaster Elliot Speer



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Speer's Killer Still Unknown As Police Comb Murder Scene In Futile Search For Clews" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues inside with related photo. 

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1944 Charlie Chaplin indictments...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 15, 1944



* Charlie Chaplin indictments 

* Mann Act charges

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a one column heading: "CHARLIE CHAPLIN SURRENDERS ON U.S. INDICTMENTS" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice. 



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1940 Cole Bros. Circus fire disaster...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Feb. 21, 1940



* Cole Bros. Circus fire disaster

* Rochester, Fulton Co., Indiana 

* Death of several performing animals



Near the bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Pigmy Hippopotamus Boiled in His Tank As Fire Destroys 170 Circus Beasts in Cages" (see images) 

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The Soviets take a dramatic lead in the Space Race...

LOS ANGELES TIMES--EXTRA, Sept. 14, 1959  



* Luna 2 - Soviet spacecraft

* 1st to reach the Moon

* Russia takes "space race" lead



The banner headline is a sobering one for American scientists as it shows the Soviets are very much ahead in the space race: "ROCKET ON MOON; RUSSIA JUBILANT" with a lead-in phrase: "236,160 Mile Bull's-Eye:" There is a... See More  

Premiere of "The Goonies", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 14, 1985 (front & Calendar Sections)



* Best "The Goonies" film advertisement

* Grand Opening week movie premiere

* Adventure comedy cult classic



An issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "The Goonies" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywo... See More  

1979 Dith Pran and the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 19, 1979



* Cambodian photojournalist Dith Pran editorial

* His ordeal escaping the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia



Starting on the front page is a editorial on Dith Pran and his escape from the "Killing Fields" of Cambodia with heading:  "Dith Pran's Ordeal in Cambodia; Report from the Killing ... See More  

1979 premiere of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" film...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 2, 1979



* "Buck Rogers in the 25th century"

* Science fiction adventure film - movie

* Opening day premiere advertisement

* Actor Gil Gerard & actress Erin Grey



Page 42 has a 7 x 3 inch advertisement for the opening day of the science fiction film "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (see images)

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1916 hunt for Pancho Villa...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 20, 1916



* Pancho Villa expedition

* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid

* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit



The front page has a nice banner headline: "VILLA LOCATED; CAPTURE NEAR" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that... See More  

1914 First Battle of the Aisne...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 28, 1914



* First Battle of the Ainse River - France ending

* German Empire vs. United Kingdom & France

* World War I - WWI



The front page has a banner heading:  "Prussian Guard is Almost Annihilated in Fighting" with subhead and related photo. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp&quo... See More  

1922 massacre at Herrini, Illinois... Strikebreakers murdered...

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn., June 23, 1922



* Herrin massacre - Illinois

* Coal miners union

* Strikebreakers murdered



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "SLAYING AT HERRIN, ILL., NOW DECLARED TO BE REALLY A MASSACRE" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with all 16 pages, light toning, a few small binding slits along the spine, generally in good condition.



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1937 Salem, Illinois bus crash disaster....

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, March 24, 1937



* Salem, Marion County, Illinois

* Roller derby troupe bus crash disaster



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "17 KILLED AND 5 HURT WHEN BUS UPSETS, BURNS ON HIGHWAY NEAR SALEM, ILL." with subhead and related pictorial showing some of the victims. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with the names of the pa... See More  

X-15 rocket plane unveiled in 1958...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Oct. 16, 1958



* X-15 rocket airplane unveiling 

* Hypersonic rocket powered aircraft

* NASA & United States Air Force 



The top of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "Ultra-Modern Rocket Ship Unveiled In Cal." with lead-in: "ready For Man's Greatest Adventure" (see images)

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1982 Judas Priest w/ Iron Maiden MSG concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 14, 1982



* Judas Priest with Iron Maiden performances

* English heavy metal - hard rock bands

* Madison Square Garden music concert advertisement

* Lead singers Rob Halford & Bruce Dickinson 



Page 61 has a half page advertisement for a upcoming "Judas Priest with special guest Iron Maiden" concert at Ma... See More  

1978 Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) at MSG advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 10, 1978



* Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) concerts

* Madison Square Garden advertisement

* "Out of the Blue" tour w/ Trickster 



Page 49 has a nice full page advertisement for "ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA" concerts at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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1978 Black Sabbath & Fleetwood Mac concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, June 26, 1978



* Black Sabbath - English heavy metal rock band

* "Never Say Die!" Madison Square Garden - MSG

* Ozzy Osbourne - Tony Iommi w/ Van Halen concert tour

* Fleetwood Mac rock band concert advertisement

* JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania performance

* Rumours album Tour - Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Bucking... See More  

1985 "The Fat Boys"... beginning of new-school hip hop music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 12, 1985



* Early & rare "The Fat Boys" editorial 

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* Rapper Darren Robinson - Beatboxing pioneer



Beginning on page 67 is an editorial by Robert Christgau on the new hip hop sensation "The Fat Boys" with photo. (see images)

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1985 opening day ad for the film "Cat's Eye"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 16, 1985



* Stephen King's "Cat's Eye" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day film - movie premiere

* Anthology horror thriller - Drew Barrymore 



Page 48 has a nice advertisement for the opening day premiere of "Cat's Eye" in New York City. (see image)

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1947 Eastern Airlines Flight 605 disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 31, 1947



* Eastern Airlines flight 605

* Airplane crash disaster 

* Port Deposit, Maryland



The front page has a nice five column headline announcing: "53 KILLED AS AIRLINER CRASHES AND BURNS IN MARYLAND WOODS; DISASTER HERE LAID TO WIND SHIFT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with a related photo and map.

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Spindletop/Beaumont - 1st Texas oil strike... Tesla's wireless light... Davidson's flying machine...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 2, 1901  The most notable item is found on page 74: "THE BEAUMONT [TX] OIL WELL", now known as Spindletop, which tells of the 1st major oil strike in Texas which had occurred just a few weeks earlier. An article with a related photo are included. Also deserving attention is "Tesla's Wireless Light".

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First advertisement for a radio...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 25, 1905  This issue is desired for containing the first advertisement for a radio for sale. Although inconspicuously located near the back of the issue, it is a landmark item for any early radio collectors.

This advertisement for the Electro Importing Company's new radio transmitting-and-receiving package, the "Telimco Wireless Telegraph Outfit&q... See More  

United States to entrer World War I...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 27, 1917



* World War I - WWI

* Prelude to America entering

* Nice headline for display



The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR PLANS PROGRESS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. This was a about a week and a half before the United States entered the war.

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Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1942



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



Page 7 has one column headings: "POLAND IN APPEAL ON NAZI OUTRAGES" "Her Parliamentary Council at London Calls to the World Against Massacres" "Underground Aids Jews", "Finance Minister Strausburger, on Visit Here, Says Germ... See More  

Allied propaganda newspaper dropped from planes...

NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, May 29, 1944  A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied forces and dropped by Allied aircraft over Germany during the closing year of the war. This newspaper/leaflet was created to counter Goebbels' propaganda machine. Notice this dates ab... See More  

1979 No Nukes teach-in... Three Mile Island...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 30, 1979



* No Nukes Teach-In w/ speakers - Ralph Nader

* re. Three Mile Island nuclear energy accident 



Page 39 has a full page notice for a upcoming: "VILLAGE VOICE NO NUKES TEACH-IN" at Riverside Church in Manhattan. (see images)

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1983 "The Outsiders" opening day film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 29, 1983



* "The Outsiders" film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Coming-of-age- crime drama movie

* Francis Ford Coppola - Rob Lowe

* Tom Cruise - Matt Dillon & more



Page 44 has a 581/2 x 6 1/4 inch (not counting the locations underneath) advertisement for the opening day of the film &quo... See More