Amelia Earhart in 1937...

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Amelia is the first woman to fly the Atlantic...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 21, 1928 





The front page has one column headings: "'CRANKS MENACE GIRL FLIER'S LIFE; LONDON ALARMED" "Scotland Yard Will Have Special Agent Guard Miss Earhart; One European Proposes Marriage" and... See More  

John Dillinger captured...

THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, Texas, January 26, 1934 



* John Dillinger captured (1st report)

* Harry Pierpont & Charles Makely

* Tucson AZ Arizona



Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "NOTORIOUS GANG CHIEF CAPTURED IN POLICE TRAP" See image for text here.

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Albert Einstein gets 1st Visa...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 6, 1932



* Albert Einstein gets 1st Visa...  Coming to America

* Escaping the Nazis - Pre-World War II



The front page has a one column heading: "Einsteins to Get Permit for Visit Without 'Grilling'" with small photo. (see) 1st report coverage on Albert Einstein receiving his 1st Visa to come to America in which he would ultimatel... See More  

First Woman to fly the Atlantic...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 13, 1928 



* About to make history in airplane "Friendship"

* Early aviation era original



Less than 13 months after Charles Lindbergh's heralded accomplishment, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to achieve the feat. The front page has one column headings: "ATLANTIC RACE AGAIN PUT OFF BY TWO ... See More  

Adolf von Harnack death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1930



* Adolf von Harnick death (1st report)

* German Lutheran theologian - church historian



Page 27 has one column headings: "PROF. VON HARNICK, THEOLOGIAN, IS DEAD" "Friend of Former Kaiser Succumbs at 79--Accepted Republican Regime" "Led In Modern Thought" and more with photo. (see)

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1930.



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* British Amateur championship (during)

* This would be the 2nd win towards his famous grand slam



The sport's section (page 14) has a banner headline: "Jones Beats Johnston to Gain British Gold Quarter-Finals; Voigt Also Wins" with subheads that include: "VOIGT, JONES GAIN IN BRITISH GOLF" and more with two pho... See More  

Sarojini Naidu arrested & jailed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1930



* Sarojini Naidu "The Nightingale of India"

* Salt satyagraha  - Indian independence movement

* Mahatma Gandhi imprisonment protest - jailed



Page 7 has one column headings: "MRS. NAIDU JAILED; 200,000 IN PROTEST" "Indian Civil Disobedience Chief Gets Nine Months--One Year for Third of Gandhi's Sons" "Huge Parade ... See More  

Thomas Edison at Rollins College...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 25, 1930.



* Inventor Thomas Alva Edison - Founders Day

* Rollins College - receives honorary degree in science

* President Hamilton Holt



Page 16 has one column headings: "EDISON HONORED BY ROLLINS COLLEGE" "Doctor of Science Degree Is Conferred on him at Winter Park, Fla." "He Walks In Procession" and more. (see)

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Yale Bulldogs win the Blackwell Cup in 1930...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, May 4, 1930



* Yale varsity crew wins Blackwell Cup

* Columbia & Pennsylvania University

* Bulldogs - Men's heavyweight rowing

* Housatonic River - Derby, Connecticut



The front page of this section has one column headings: "YALE VARSITY WINS, WITH COLUMBIA NEXT" "Eli Crew Beats 1929 Victor for Blackwell Cup by Length--Pe... See More  

Gandhi's movement for India independence...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 31, 1930



* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)

* Movement for India's independence (salt tax)



Page 8 has one column headings: "GANDHI LISTS TERMS FOR PEACE IN INDIA" "Says Viceroy Will Hear No More of Civil Disobedience if He Will Satisfy "Simple Needs"" and more. (see)

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Victoria of Baden death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1930



* Victoria of Baden death (1st report)

* Queen of Sweden



Page 19 has a one column headings: "QUEEN OF SWEDEN DIES AT 68 IN ROME" "Victoria Succumbs at Winter Villa to Bronchial Ailment Suffered Many Years" and more with photo. (see)

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Gallant Fox wins Wood Memorial Stakes....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, April 27, 1930



* Gallant Fox wins Wood Memorial Stakes

* Thoroughbred horse race - Queens, New York

* Great depression era original



The front page of this section has one column headings: "GALLANT FOX FIRST IN WOOD MEMORIAL" "Kentucky Derby Favorite, With Sande Up, Defeats Crack Brigade by 4 Lengths" and more. (see) Gallant ... See More  

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1930



* Jean Leon Gerome Ferris death

* American history painter (1st report)

* Great depression era original



Page 27 has a one column headings: "J. L. G. FERRIS DIES, PROMINENT ARTIST" "His American History Series of Paintings Is In Congress Hall, Philadelphia" and more. (see)

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Charles Lindbergh & Mahatma Gandhi...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1930



* Charles Lindbergh airmail flight

* Mahatma Gandhi's salt march

* Great depression era original



Page 3 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH LANDS MAIL AT HAVANA" "Colonel Will Span Caribbean Today on Way to Nicaragua in Next Leg of Flight" and more. (see)

Page 13 has one column headings: "GANDHI TO LEAD RAID TO SEIZE SALT DEP... See More  

Much reporting on the War of 1812...

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 26, 1814  Over half of the front page has a letter signed by John Armstrong (Secretary of War) beginning: "The time at which we have reason to expect an ascendancy on Lake Ontario has arrived.." in which he gives an update on events from his theater of the War of 1812. War reports carry over for several more pages & includes letters s... See More  

Arnettsville, West Virginia mine disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1930



* Arnettsville, West Virginia

* Coal mine explosion disaster



Page 6 has one column headings: "12 KILLED IN MINE IN WEST VIRGINIA" "Gas Explosion Traps Victims Working in Coal Shaft at Arnettsville" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the Yukon mine explosion of the Crown Coal Company at Arnettsville, West Virginia.

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Enrico Caruso seance...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1930



* Medium - seance

* materialized spirit - ghost



The back page has one column headings: "'CARUSO' AT SEANCE HEARD BUT NOT SEEN" "Medium With Much Groaning and Tossing Produces the Aria From 'Martha'" and more. (see)

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Standardville, Utah mining disaster... Ghost Town...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1930 



* Standardville, Utah (ghost town) 

* Mine explosion disaster 



The back page has one column headings: "20 UTAH MINERS DIE IN GAS EXPLOSION" "Nine Are Rescued as Carbon Monoxide Sweeps Through Standardville Coal Shaft" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the Standardville, Utah mine explosion disaster.

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Napoleon Diamond Necklace lost & found.......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1930



* Napoleon Diamond Necklace found

* Archduchass Marie Louise of Austria



The front page has a one column heading: "BONAPARTE JEWELS FOUND, SELLER GONE" with subheads. (see) This famed necklace is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete 1st section only with 3... See More  

Woman aviator Neva Paris killed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1930



* Neva Paris killed (1st report)

* Great Neck NY Woman aviator



The front page has one column headings: "NEVA PARIS KILLED IN CRASH OF PLANE" "Great Neck Woman Flier Dies When Machine Nose Dives Into a Georgia Marsh" and more. (see) Coverage continues inside with photo. (see)

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Edmond Thomas Quinn suicide death....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1929



* Edmond Thomas Quinn suicide death (drowning)

* American sculptor and painter

* Edwin Booth bronze statue fame



The front page has one column headings: "E. T. QUINN, SCULPTOR, IS FOUND DROWNED" "Noted Artist in Bronze Had Been Ailing Since He Took Poison Last May" "His Family Is Silent" and more. (see)

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Mae West extorted by gangsters ?...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 29, 1929



* Hollywood actress Mae West

* Chicago gangster racketeering



Page 3 has one column headings: "CHICAGO RACKETEERS AGAIN PREY ON ACTORS" "Terrorized, the Players Pay Over Money to Keep 'Out of Trouble'". (see)

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Knute Rockne's legs worsen....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 22, 1929



* Knute Rockne's infected legs worsen

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* College football



The sport's section (page 33) has one column headings: "ROCKNE IS WORSE; INFECTION SPREADS" "Both Legs Are Now Affected, but Coach's Condition Is Not Alarming, Doctor Says" "Notre Dame Mentor Is Likely Not to See His Team Finish Its... See More  

The Confederates are invincible...

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Aug. 8, 1862



* Very rare Confederate publication



Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.

Among the various reports inside are: "Our Independence No Longer a Doubt" which is an interesting and over-confident letter mentioning in part: "... See More