New York Number... Mark Twain's self obituary and portrait...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 15, 1902 Colored front cover. Frontpage photo:  "Americans of To-Morrow, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.", "The Beginnings of the St. Louis World;s Fair", "The West's Painter-Laureate", fullpage illustration "Dead Sure - A Bad Man to Stop", "St. Pierre, Miquelon, Destroyed by Fire" with photos, "Newfoun... See More  

Letters to Editor on Mark Twain's self obituary...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 29, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Newton Booth Tarkington; White House Workshop with photos; The Destruction of Timber upon Western Forest Reserves; fullpage illustration "An Autumn Drag-Hunt with the Meadowbrook Hounds" by Klepper; fullpage illustration "'First Night' at the Opera"; Marconi's Glace Bay T... See More  

Mark Twain on Christian Science...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Robert H. McCurdy; The Fate of Trust Legislation; fullpage illustration The Keystone of the Venezuelan Situation; First American Cable Across the Pacific; fullpage illustration "Dr. Lorenze in the New York Hopitals" by Ranson; New York's Museum of Art with photos; fullpage illustration "... See More  

1903 Booker T. Washington's San Diego visit...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 6, 1903



* Booker T. Washington address

* Educator, author & orator

* African American leader

* President George Marston



The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "WASHINGTON'S WORK FOR THE NEGRO RACE" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... See More  

Aeroplane Machines... Automobiling..

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 17, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXIII.- Albert J. Beveridge; The Outlook for Navy Legislation; fullpage illustration "A charge of the Moors on Fez"; Progress Through the Sky; New York's First Under-River Tunnel; fullpage illustration "The Future Offices of Our Congressmen"; Automobiling; and other news and adver... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 31, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXV -Edwin A. Alderman; The Subway and its Stations; Experiments just Made in Telephoning without Wires; To the Jews a Stumbling-block and to the Greeks Foolishness; Automobiling; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, XXVII - Peter Cooper Hewitt;  John Hay and the New Treaty;  The Day Before Lent in New Orleans; By Balloon Over the Irish Sea; The New Passenger Station in Chicago; New Electric Locomotives; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1903 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow XXVII. - Finley Peter Dunne; The Election of New Cardinals; Underground Moving Sidewalks in New York; Sven Hedin's Exploration; The Marine Band at the White House; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 14, 1903 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow XXIX. - George Ade; Reading the Articles of War in the Navy; The New Stock Exchange in New York; Tolstoy's "Resurrection"; The American Girl at the Court of King Edward; Who Will Control the World  a Hundred Years from Now?; Deer-hunting in Automobiles; and other news and advertisements of ... See More  

Boxers, lightship, & Presidential cabinet prints...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 28, 1903  Frontpage illustration Signor Marconi by Peter Newell; "A Turkish Victory in Macedonia"; The President and His Cabinet- The Largest Presidential Cabinet in the History of America"; The Boxers; "The Chinese Pay Germany for the Murder of Her Minister, Baron Von Ketteler"; and other news and advertisements of the ... See More  

Easter issue...

LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York, April 9, 1903  The front page IS a photo of little girl holding Easter lilies beneath which is a poem:"An Easter Lily". Articles within include: "The President's Daughter the Guest of Porto Rico" "Great Flood in the Mississippi Imperils Memphis"; double-page centerfold entitled "The North Atlantic Fleet Enjoying a Minstrel ... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1903  Frontpage photo Americans of To-morrow XXXI- Henry L. Stoddard; The President's Trip West; Harnessing a Glacier; The Edison of To-Day; Doublepage illustration "Vanderbilt--Neilson" by Granville Smith; article Racing on the Sand; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

Mark Twain Content....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 2, 1903  Frontpage Photo of Rudolph Keppler; Experiments with Lightning; Photos The Situation in Macedonia; Doublepage illustration "A Hold-up in Central Park" by Max F. Klepper; Why Not Abolish It? written by Mark Twain; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

Ralph Waldo Emerson...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 16, 1903  Frontpage Photo of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Impressions of Emerson; Photo, The Dedication of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis; Across the Continent in Ten Hours; Fullpage illustration "The Finest Race-Course in the World" by H. M. Pettit; Mr. Borglum's Broncos and Bronco-Busters; 4 page illustration "The Supreme C... See More  

Yachting...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1903 Frontpage Photo The Outrages in the Balkans; The Cup Yachts and the Season's Problems; Doublepage photo The Children of the West Greet the President; The President in the West; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

Poe...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1903 Frontpage Photo of The Tornado in Gainesville, Georgia; In the Path of the Georgia Cyclone; The Floods in the West; Doublepage illustration "The Last Hours of Cadet Days" by Fietcher C. Ransom; article about Poe; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details. ... See More  

Harvard-Yale Boating...

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New York City...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York,  July 11, 1903  Frontpage illustration of the Statue of Liberty; Photo of First Trial of "Shamrock III." in American Waters; New York City a Flood Centre; illustration "The New Hendrik Hudson Memorial Bridge" by Vernon Howe Bailey"; Doublepage illustration "Reliance" Wins" by George Gibbs; Lighting a Metropolis;... See More  

Pope Leo XIII...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 25, 1903 Frontpage illustration "Pope Leo XIII." by Henry McCarter; illustration "Pope Leo XIII." by Laszlo; "The Pope is Dead!"; Leo XIII. 1810-1903" by Sydney Adams; "The Strenuous Summer Life at Oyster Bay" by George Gibbs; "W. E. Henley"; "Plan for Municipal and Terminal Buildings at City ... See More  

Yachting... Tennis...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 8, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photos This Week's International Tennis Matches; The "Kanawha" Wins the International Cup for Steam-Yachts; illustration "Transforming the Metropolitan Opera House, New York" by Vernon Howe Bailey; "A Hundred-Foot Dive in Army Practice"; Doublepage illustration... See More  

Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, The Great Naval Parade Off Oyster Bay; The Intercollegiate Golf Matches; "Championship Diving at Highgate, England"; River-Diving in Maine---Down Stream on the Trunk of a Tree; Sculpture at the World's Fair--Mr. Bela L. Pratt's "Light and Darkness"; Doub... See More  

Battle of Antietam monument dedication......

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 17, 1903



* Battle of Antietam monument dedication

* Troops of New Jersey during Civil War

* Theodore Roosevelt tribute speech



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "THE PRESIDENT AT ANTIETAM" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are... See More  

Cricket... Chicago...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Training Leaders for the Macedonian Revolution; The English-American Cricket Matches; How New York City Guards its Shipping Interests; The Passing of a Curious Indian Custom; "Every One His Own Samson--A Peasant Custom in Holland"; Doublepage illustration "Chicago... See More  

Circus...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 17, 1903  Frontpage illustration "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by W. A. Rogers; Shipping a Circus Across the Pacific; The New Columbia Statue, by Daniel C. French; Another Deadly Invention for Modern Warfare; Where the Sealskins Came From; Doublepage illustration "The New Bridge System in New York City" by Vernon Howe Bailey; Sam Pa... See More  

Massachusetts...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 31, 1903 Frontpage illustration "The Rammany Inferno" by W. A. Rogers; Article, The Decision of the Alaska Boundary Commission; Photo, America Wins the Alaska Boundary Award; Where a False Step Means Death; The Queen of England, Dowager Empress of Russia, Duchess of Cumberland, and King of Denmark at Cards; Multiple Articles on the State o... See More