The Death of Lady Curzon.... H.G. Wells...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 18, 1906 There is a front page illustration, "The English Cousin Arrives" by George McEvoy. There is both an article, "The Future in America" by H. G. Wells, author of War of the Worlds, and illustrations by Vernon Howe Bailey and E. V. Nanherdy to go with the article. "Japan's Capacity for the Supremacy of the ... See More  

Attempted Assassination of the King and Queen of Spain....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 23, 1906 There is a front page photo, "The Attempted Assassination of the King and Queen of Spain." "The Fault, The Visible Cause of the California Earthquake" by Herman Whitaker includes both an article and photos. Photos titled "The Fight on Mount Dajo." There is a double page photo, "An Instantaneous Phot... See More  

1906 Dora Montefiore & English suffrage...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 24, 1906



* Dora Montefiore - Women's suffragist

* Woman suffrage in England



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "ENGLISH WOMEN IN OPEN REVOLT" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper... See More  

New Japanese Ambassador to the U.S... Olympics...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 21, 1906.  Front page photo "The Devastating Lava Which Flows From Vesuvius" by Underwood & Underwood; "Experiences of a Police Commissioner" by William McAdoo; "The Athletic Team which will Represent America at the Olympian Games"; The New Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Viscount H. E. Aoki, and His G... See More  

Niagara Falls and Power Companies....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 7, 1906  Front page illustration "Pardners" by Frank Wing; "The Crime Against Niagara" by Orrin E. Dunlap; photos of "Niagara and the Power Companies"; "The Missionary and the African Savage" by H. W. Nevinson; photos of "England's Strenuous Suffragists--The Recent Arr... See More  

The death of Susan B. Anthony...

THE PROVIDENCE DAILY JOURNAL, Rhode Island, March 13, 1906 



* Susan B. Anthony death



The top of the front page has a column heading: "SUSAN B. ANTHONY DIES PEACEFULLY" with subheads: "Woman's Rights Leader Breathed Her Last This Morning" "Unconscious For 24 Hours" and more.

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The Monroe Doctrine.... Woodrow Wilson...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 10, 1906  Front page photo "Woodrow Wilson, President of Princeton University" by B. F. McManus; "Snap-Shots from the Canal Zone"; "The Monroe Doctrine and Morocco" by the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge; double-page illustration of "Comparison of the Strength of the Eight Great Naval Powers of ... See More  

Burning U.S. Stamps in Panama...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 24, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - VI." by W. A. Rogers; photos of "The Latest Photographs of Scenes in Panama" and "Burning $385,000 Worth of U.S. Stamps at Panama." "The Algeciras Conference on the Control of Morocco" and other advertisements of the day. See pho... See More  

Mark Twain Receives Laurel Wreath from Society of American Illustrators....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 6, 1906  Front page illustration "The Quarrel of the Guides" by W. A. Rogers; "A Powerful New Weapon for the Navy," by Walter L. Beasley; Photos of  "The Recent Disaster at Charing Cross Station, London" and "Events in the Russian Crisis." Full page photo of  "Mark Twain Receiving a L... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1905 Front page Story, The Hold Up, illustrated by Stanley Arthurs; "Brought Along by the Invitation Committee, All Dabbled Over With Flour" by Stanley Arthurs; Multiple Stories; "Not Coming Home This Christmas..." by Margaret Eckerson; Miss Virginia's Christmas, Written by Harriet Spofford; and other advertisements... See More  

Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 4, 1905 Front page illustration "Fitz Murphy: "Come one, come all! These 'rocks' shall fly From their firm base as soon as I!"; by W. A. Rogers; The President at Richmond, Virginia; The President's Southern Trip; The Visit of Price Louis of Battenberg in Command of the British Second Cruiser Squadron; Japanese Soldie... See More  

Early Football...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, October 21, 1905, from New York Front page illustration "Ditched" by W. A. Rogers; Plan to Detect and Arrest Automobilists [Automobile drivers] Who Break the Speed Laws; Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, From the Painting by James. C. Porter; Two Important Football Games of the Early Season; Only Photographs of the Japanese Naval Victory in the Korean Straits--The War's Decis... See More  

Motor-Boat Carnival... Golfing... Hunting by Auto...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 30, 1905 Front page illustration "Of Course" by W. A. Rogers; What Russia Has to Pay For; The Motor-Boat Carnival on the Hudson; Prominent Players in the Metropolitan Golf Association's Open Championship; How the Czar's Manifesto Was Received in Russia; Double page Photos, An Automobile Hunting Trip Through Maine and Canada;... See More  

Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 29, 1905  Front page illustration "Trying to Patch it Up" by W. A. Rogers; The Riddle of the Ages; Scenes on the Russian Convict Island of Sakhalin, Recently Captured by the Japanese; Incidents of the First Professional Golf Tournament on the Van Cortlandt Park Course, New York City; and other advertisements of the day. See photos for fu... See More  

Belmont Park...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 29, 1905 Front page illustration "Nothing More to Lose" by W. A. Rogers; Snap-Shots Showing the Effects of Exploding Mines and Torpedoes Used in Modern Warfare; Riding to Hounds in Europe--Photographs of a Meet at Pau, France; Belmont Park, the Finest Race-Course in the World; Scenes and Incidents of the President's Western Trip; Port Arthur ... See More  

Mark Twain as Satan...

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Mark Twain... Inauguration Day... NY Railway Strike...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 18, 1905  Front page illustration "A Growing Menace" By W. A. Rogers; Photos of New York's Railway Strike; From My Unpublished Autobiography, by Mark Twain; Two Photos of Mark Twain, one from 1875 and one from 1905; "Mrs. Humphry Ward" by Albert Sterner; Double page Photos, The President and Inauguration-Day Ceremonie... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 4, 1905  Front page illustration "The President's Inaugural Address"; Vice-President-Elect Fairbanks Taking the Oath of Office in the Senate Chamber; The Inauguration; What the People Endorsed; Our Financial Situation; The War Department; The Department of Justice; The Postal Service; Progress in the Navy; Double page illustration "The ... See More  

Ice Yachting... Mark Twain Anecdote...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 4, 1905  Front page illustration "The Upheaval" by W. A. Rogers; Ice-Yachting and Skate-Sailing on the Shrewsbury River, in New Jersey; Match Games of "Curling" in and Around New York; The Automobile Show at the Madison Square Garden, New York; Plans for the New Terminal Station of the New York Central Railroad at Forty-Second Stree... See More  

Christmas issue... Mark Twain story...

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New York City's Rapid Transit...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 12, 1904  Front page Photo, Marquis Hirobumi Ito; Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, Commander of the Russian "Baltic Fleet Which Attacked the British Trawlers in the North Sea; Snap-Shots of Four Leading Players in the Football World--Captains at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia; Henry Watterson; Photos Taken at the Opening of New York's New Su... See More  

John D. Rockfeller...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1904  Front page illustration "Uncle Sam. "Enough Head-Lines--Produce the Evidence!" by W. A. Rogers; John D. Rockefeller, The Richest Man in the World; Ceremonies at the Notification of Frank W. Higgins, Republican Candidate for Governor of New York, With Photographs Taken at His Home; How Russia Treats Her Prisoners--Scenes in the R... See More  

Cowboy Carnival...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 8, 1904 D. Cady Herrick, Democratic Nominee for Governor of New York; The Open Championship Polo Match at Van Cortlandt Park; Snap-Shots of the Russian Auxiliary Cruiser "Lena," Which Has Been Dismantled in San Francisco Harbor; Snap-Shots of Events at the Recent "Cowboy Carnival" at Cheyenne, Wyoming; Double page illustration &q... See More  

Oil Fire at Antwerp...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 24, 1904 Front page illustration "Defiance!" by W. A. Rogers; Leaders in the Political Campaign--Photographs of the Headquarters of the Democratic and Republican National Committee; The War Game at Manassas--Views of the Troops in Camp Taken by our Special Photographers; Russian Submarine Mines Removed by Japanese Soldiers From the Harbo... See More  

Irish Leader, John E. Redmond...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1904  Front page Photo, Henry James; The "Futurity," Run at the Meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, August 27; With Admiral Togo on His Flagship, The "Mikasa," at the Japanese Naval Base, Near Port Arthur; The Latest Portrait of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Who is Now Visiting America; Dou... See More