Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1941



* Pre-Pearl Harbor attack on America

* Just a few days away - imminent

* Cordell Hull - Secretary of State

The front page has a banner headline: "JAPANESE AGAIN SEE HULL AS REDS REPORT NAZI ROUT" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.

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Print of the Aurora Borealis...

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, May 10, 1851  The front page has a print of: "The Aurora Borealis" which shows what appears to be Eskimos in the foreground. A descriptive article as well.

Four pages, large folio size, 3 folds with minor fold & margin wear. Folder size noted is for the issued folded in half.

1935 George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 10, 1935



* George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping

* Tacoma, Washington (freed)

* Suspects captured - Harmon Metz Waley



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "COUPLE CAUGHT IN UTAH CONFESS THEY KIDNAPPED THE WEYERHAEUSER BOY" with subheads. (see) More on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy text. First report coverage on the capture of George Wey... See More  

Phar Lap Wins in 1932... Agua Caliente...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, March 21, 1932.



* Phar Lap wins at the Agua Caliente Handicap

* Thoroughbred horse racing record broken



Near the bottom of page 8 is a very brief and discrete report under: "Week-End Sport Briefs" & "General" (see) Unfortunate for the small article here but it's still a first report as such.

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Cartoonist Eugene Zimmerman death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1935



* Eugene Zimmerman "Zim" death

* Swiss-American cartoonist

* Horseheads, New York

* Teal Park bandstand



The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "ZIMMERMAN DEAD; NOTED CARTOONIST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Eugene Zimmerman. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular eve... See More  

Expected rebel invasion...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 16, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Projected Rebel Invasion" "An Expedition Sent from Wilmington to Halifax" "Later From Charleston" 'Bombardment of Sumter Still Progressing" "Renewed Rebel Desertions" "From the Army of the Potomac" 'Firing Heard Toward Stevensburg" &... See More  

1873 Georgetown, Delaware Negro hanging...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 21, 1873



* Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware

* Negro Joe Burton hanging - execution



The top of page 8 has one column headings: "A NEGRO EXECUTION" "Much Ado About a Savage Murderer" "The Wages Of Sin" "Under The Gallows" and more. (see) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.

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1932 Ireland ends the Royal Oath...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1932 



* Oath of Allegiance (Ireland) to end ?

* re. the Anglo-Irish Treaty



The top of the front page has headlines concerning the end of the 'Royal Oath', with: "De Valera Notifies Britain Irish Will End Royal Oath; Conflict May Go To Court" with related subheads as well (see).

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Robert E. Lee makes a failed move...

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 16, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Desperate flank Movement by Lee!" "Attempt of the Rebels to Get Between Our Army & Washington" "Enemy Driven Back by the Second Corps" Probable Battle at Bull Run" "Recrossing of the Tennessee by Wheeler's Troops" "Important Movement of Bragg&#... See More  

General Lee's and General Bragg's armies...

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 29, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: Gen. Grant's Dept." "Grand Flanking Movement by Lee's and Bragg's Armies" "Rebels Marching from Virginia to Tennessee" "The Line of the Rappahannock to be Defended by Lee" "Cavalry Right at Bealton Station" "Daring Raids by the Enemy" &... See More  

Fighting near Knoxville... Escape of Union prisoners...

THE WORLD, New York, Nov. 21, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From East Tennessee" "Gen. Burnside Announces Himself All Right, Yet all Wrong" "Continued Fighting All About Knoxville" "Our Soldiers In Richmond" "Escape of 33 Prisoners from Castle Thunder" "Capture of Brazos Island, Bienville, and Point Isabel... See More  

General Grant, General Sherman...

THE WORLD, New York, Dec. 8, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "General Grant's Dept." "Longstreet Certainly Retreating Toward Virginia" "The Siege of Knoxville Raised Dec. 4" "Gens. Sherman and Foster Pursuing Along the Holston River" "The Enemy Advancing on Maysfield, Ky." "The Siege of Charleston" &... See More  

Over half of the issue on slavery and the abolitionists...

NILES REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 3, 1835 



* Slavery & abolitionists

* Slave trade - abolition



An inside page has: "Slavery & the Abolitionists" which begins by reporting on: "A great anti-abolition meeting...at Troy, New York, the mayor presiding. The resolutions were all pointed & severe...we consider all attempts to induce congress to abolish slavery in the ... See More  

1950 Battle of Hill 282...

THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, September 24, 1950



* Battle of Hill 282

* P-51 Mustangs

* Korean War



Near the top of the front page is a small one column heading: "US Planes Bomb, Strafe British by Mistake" First report coverage on the U.S. air strike on British troops by mistake.

Thirty-two pages, some wear at the margins with a little unrelated text loss (see), light toning ... See More  

Watkins Glen flood of 1935...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1935



* Watkins Glen flood (1st report)

* Seneca County, New York

* Finger Lakes region



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "37 DEAD IN UP-STATE FLOODS, 7 MISSING, MANY HOMELESS; DAMAGE IS PUT AT $10,000,000" with subheads. First report coverage continues on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy text.

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A wealth of golf photos & prints...

OUTING, (New York), August, 1897  A typical magazine of the late 19th century, this issue has much on sports of the day, including 27 photos or prints of golf, under the heading: "Golfers In Action". Plus there are articles with photos/prints on tennis, bicycling, fishing, polo, yachting, and more.

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1871 Oxford Mine cave in... Hyde Park, Pennsylvania...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 17, 1871



* Oxford Mine cave in

* Hyde Park, Pennsylvania



Page 7 has one column headings that include: "Excitement At the Coal Mines" "Caving In of the Mines at Hyde Park, PA." "People Deserting Their Homes in Terror" and more. (see)

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Proclamation by Andrew Jackson... Funeral of George IV...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 9, 1830  Inside has the text of: "A Proclamation" concerning the opening of ports to British vessels, signed in type: Andrew Jackson. The bkpg. has a report on the funeral of King George IV of England including the order of procession.

Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, scattered foxing, good condition.



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Many early photos of Southern California... New Year's Day...

LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 29, 1904  Still has the color front cover with a New Year's theme (wear at margins, some dirtiness). Inside has a few New Year's items, plus a wealth of photos of buildings in: "Delightful Southern California, The Land of Sunshine and Bloom".

Lacking the back cover. Mild margin wear.

Promoting a book on the life of Stonewall Jackson...

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 7, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Richmond Life" "A Thrilling Biography of the Great General of the South - An Authentic Life of STONEWALL JACKSON - Life, Services & Campaigns of Stonewall Jackson..." with more on this new book.

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Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro & Anna de Noailles...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1933



* Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro assassination

* President of Peru - Peruvian army officer

* Anna de Noailles death

* Romanian-French writer



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PRESIDENT IS SLAIN IN PERU ON LEAVING REVIEW OF TROOPS" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of the president of Peru.

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1931 Tecumseh bones found in Ontario ?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 17, 1931



* Tecumseh bones found in Canada

* Native American - Shawnee leader

* Walpole Island First Nation - Ontario



The top of page 9 has a two column heading: "Tecumseh's Bones Believed Found in Ontario At the Island Cabin of a Chief's Widow" (see)

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Horrors of the Andersonville prison camp...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 9, 1865



* Andersonville prison trial

* Henry Wirz



The first column heads include: "ANDERSONVILLE" "The Wirz Trial Yesterday" "The Prisoner Applies for Spiritual Advisers" "More Shocking Barbarities" "Complicity of the Richmond Authorities" "Documentary Evidence".

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1872 Mount Vesuvius eruption...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 17, 1872



* Mount Vesuvius eruption

* Gulf of Naples, Italy



The top of page 5 has one column headings that include: "VESUVIUS" "'The Mountain Has Fallen In and Ever So Many People Are Killed'" "Opening Of A New Crater" "A Party of Explorers Destroyed by the Fiery Lava" "Two Hundred Lives Sacrificed" "Stre... See More  

Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game...

USA TODAY, August 1, 1990 



* MLB baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan

* Texas Rangers - 300th victory



The front page of the Sports Section tells of Nolan Ryan achieving his 300th victory, with a photo of him. At the time he was only the 20th Major League Baseball pitcher to ever do so.

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