Arlington Hotel fire...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, April 6, 1923



* Arlington Hotel fire

* Hot Springs, Arkansas



This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"300 Guest Flee Big Hotel Fire At Hot Springs" and "Arlington Destroyed, Loss $1,000,000; Fireman Killed" which tells of the Arlington Hotel fire disaster at the Hot Springs National Park resort in Arkansas. Ni... See More  

Moweaqua, Illinois coal mine disaster...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, December 25, 1932



* Moweaqua, Illinois 

* Coal mine disaster 



This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"HOPES FOR 54 MEN TRAPPED IN MINE FADE" "Deadly Gas Fumes Fill Shaft Until Air Is Pumped In; Families Wait in Anguish" with smaller subheads.



Tells of the coal mine explosion disaster at Moweaqua, Il... See More  

Mann Gulch fire of 1949...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, August 7, 1949 



* Mann Gulch fire of 1949



This 40+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4:  "Forest Fires Take 5 Lives", "5 Hurt, 8 Missing in Montana Blaze". Tells of the Mann Gulch fire in the Helena National Forest in Montana.



Other news of the day throughout including various advertisements. Rag edition in good condi... See More  

Collinwood school fire...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, March 5, 1908 



* Collinwood school fire - Lake View conflagration 

* Cleveland Ohio...  Ash Wednesday disaster 



This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9 that include: "SCHOOL BURNS DOWN" "DEATH LIST OVER 160" "CHILDREN IN WILD PANIC" "Suburb Of Cleveland Mourns" and more (see ... See More  

Black Dahlia murders continue.......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1947



* Black Dahlia murders

* Elizabeth Short

* Hollywood - Los Angeles CA



This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 22: "MOTHER OF 3 SLAIN NEAR LOS ANGELES", "Murder of Fifth of Kind in the Area This Year--Man Is Held in Previous Case" which tells of more similar murders taking place in Los Angeles, California shortly after Eli... See More  

Robert Goddard... early rockets...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1924



* Robert Goddard - Rocketry

* Liquid fuel to be introduced



This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 21:

"Force For Goddard Rocket" and "President of Clark University Tells of Plan for "Moon Projectile"" (see photo for text here).



Other news of the day including period advertising. Usual browning with li... See More  

1929 Fritz von Opel.... early rockets.....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1929



* Fritz von Opel

* Early rockets - rocketry



This 100+ page newspaper has three column headlines on page 4XX (inside, near back): "ROCKET MOTOR POINTS WAY TO REACH MOON", "Von Opel's Meteoric Flight Renews the Hope of One Day Penetrating space Beyond the Ozone", with smaller subheads and three related photos. Lengthy supporting te... See More  

St. Valentine's Day massacre in 1929....

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Langley, Virginia...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7, 1863 



* Langley VA Virginia

* Civil War original



The ftpg. has one column Civil War heads including: "THE LATEST NEWS" "The Situation in Tennessee" "Gen. Rosecrans Communication" "Latest from Charleston" "A Rebel Raid at Langley" "Rebel Impudence & the Result of It... See More  

Civil War... Rebellion...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, August 5, 1861 



* Original Civil War reporting



The front page has one column Civil War heads including: "THE REBELLION" "Inefficient Officers Resigning" "Army Appointments Confirmed" "The Flags Of Truce" "From Fortress Monroe" "The Pocomoke River Expedition" "Armed Rebels Dispersed" "De... See More  

CSS Albemarle sinking...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, November 3, 1864 



* CSS Albemarle sinking 

* Confederate ironclad ram 



The front page has one column Civil War heads including: "VERY LATEST NEWS" "Destruction of the Albemarle" "Another Rebel Raid on Our Northern Frontier" "The Repulse of the Enemy" "Excitement at Buffalo" "A Plot to Burn North... See More  

Early space travel talk...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1920



* Professor Robert Goddard - Early rocket experiments

* Flight to Mars?



The front page has a very bizarre report concerning early space travel. Professor Robert Goddard was currently experimenting with early rockets during this time. The front page has one column headlines that read: "FIRST VOLUNTEER FOR LEAP TO MARS" "Capt. Claude Collin... See More  

Civil War map of Richmond, Petersburg & vicinity...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1862 



* Richmond & Petersburg VA MAP

* Corinth MS - Fort Pillow Tennessee



The front page features a nice & very detailed Civil War map headed: "The Military and Naval Advance Toward Richmond and Petersburgh." (see). Plus there are nice one column Civil War heads including: "Suffolk Occupied by a Portion of Gen. Wool's Forces" ... See More  

Tomoyuki Yamashita execution...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, February 23, 1946



* Tomoyuki Yamashita execution (1st report)

* 'The Tiger of Malaya'



This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"Army Hangs Yamashita" and "Jap war Criminal Dies Ingloriously" which tells of the hanging of Japanese World War II General Tomoyuki Yamashita. He was known for torturing American pr... See More  

Robert Goddard... early rockets...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1920



* Robert Goddard - rocketry

* Flight to Mars



This 28 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 2:

"FOUR SEEK TRIP TO MARS" and "American Soldiers and ex-British Flier; Unconditional Volunteers".



See photos for text here. Other news of the day including various advertising. Light browning with little margin wear, but o... See More  

Pearl Bailey Quits...

DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, February 12, 1950   The frongpage of this issues features a 3 line, 1 col. head: "Pearl Bailey Quits; Blames Race Taunts" and above this head is "Deserts Show". Report describes how Bailey quit a new Broadway show called "Arms and the Girls" because white members of the cast "...needled her with anti-Negro remarks...&quo... See More  

Diseases of the teeth...

18th Century Boxing...

THE MORNING POST & DAILY ADVERTISER, London, December 26, 1788.  Page three has content related to boxing (see images).  Four pages, folio size, very nice condition.  Also included on the back page is a lengthy discussion on "A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth" - nice for dentistry interest. Partial red-ink stamp on page one.

Edith Thompson execution....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1923



* Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters executions

* Famous English murder case (Percy Thompson)



This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5 that include: "LIFT MRS. THOMPSON TO SCAFFOLD TO DIE", "Warders Carry Her in Semi-Conscious Condition to Expiate Murder of Husband", "BYWATERS IS ALSO HANGED" and more (se... See More  

The Great Mississippi Flood....

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, April 19, 1927



* The Great Mississippi River flood

* Arkansas, Tennessee



This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FURTHER HAVOC THREATENS AS FLOODS SPREAD" "Mississippi Hammers at Levees as Army of Workers...." "25,000 Homeless; Seven States Suffer" and more (see photos).



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Sergey Kirov assassination...

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Soviet space dogs... Longest space flight...

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, February 23, 1966



* Cosmo 110 - Soviet space dogs

* Veterok and Ugolyok

* Longest space flight ever by dogs



This 18 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Two Russian Dogs Whirl Through Space". This tells of the beginning of the longest space flight by dogs.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day... See More  

Alexey Leonov, the first human spacewalk...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, March 19, 1965  This 52 page newspaper has a four column photo on the front page with caption: "First Man Out in Outer Space" with two column headline: "Cosmonaut Does 4 Somersaults; Going Strong After 13 Orbits" with one column photo of Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov (see images).



Historic report on the very first human to... See More  

The famous illustrated daily newspaper...

THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, April 10, 1873 



* 19th century illustrated prints



The full front page is: "April Showers" showing women & children caught in the rain. Prints inside show: "Manufacturing an Electric Telegraph Cable" and "Sketches in the Bavarian Alps--The 'Schuhplattl' Dance".



Complete with eight pages, folio size, a volume one is... See More  

Kodak Camera Founder George Eastman in 1930..

NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 10, 1930  This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12:



* DONATES $1,000,000 FOR SWEDISH CLINIC

* George Eastman's Gift of Dental Hospital for Poor Likely to Be Accepted



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise in good condition.

On the Founding of television...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 13, 1928



* John Baird - father of television

* Early televisor - TV



This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 23 that include: "INCREASE OF POWER TO AID TELEVISION", "Baird System to Use 10 Kilowatts Instead of 2 in Trans-Ocean Sending Next Week", "To Show Life-Size Images", and more (see photos).



A very significan... See More