Death of Martin Luther King, Jr...

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, April 6, 1968 



* Martin Luther King Jr. assassination (2nd report)

* America riots - protests - racial violence



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Troops Ordered To Protect Capital" Also on the front page is another three column heading: "Nation's Cities Threatened By Wave Of Racial Violence" More on the back ... See More  

Lou Gehrig ends his streak...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 3, 1939 



* Lou Gehrig's games played streak ends (1st report)

* New York Yankees - Major league baseball



A one column head on the sports page rather quietly announces a major moment in baseball history--Lou Gehrig breaking his consecutive game appearance streak, with: "Yankees Run Wild To Bury Bengals..." "Gehrigless Yankees Win ... See More  

Lou Gehrig plays his 1st full game w/ Yankees...

KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Boston, June 3, 1925



* Lou Gehrig plays in 1st of 2,130 games in a row

* New York Yankees - major league baseball MLB



Page 9 has a small and somewhat discrete report under: "New York 8, Washington 5" with text that begins with: "With second stringers replacing slumping regulars..." with box scores that show Gehrig having 5 at bats. This was when Wall... See More  

Selma Al civil rights ordeal begins...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, February 6, 1965



* Selma & Marion MS demonstrations

* Civil Rights - Voting

* Martin Luther King Jr.



The front page has a one column heading: "King Seeks LBJ 'Rights' Meeting". (see) Coverage on the arrest of many negro school children in Selma & Marion Mississippi where Martin Luther King Jr. had a voter registration campaign set ... See More  

Castle Garden: the Ellis Island of immigration before Ellis Island....

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, Aug. 4, 1855  The front page has nearly two columns taken up with: "Castle Garden - How Emigrants Are Treated on Landing".

Castle Garden with the point of entry into the United States prior to Ellis Island. It had just opened to immigrants the year of this article, on the eve of a dramatic wave of European immigration. During the next 35 years, more than 8 mil... See More  

1899 Enterprise, Kansas family murders......

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1899



* Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia

* Negroes massacre - assassinations

 

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "A NEGRO SLAUGHTER" with subheads. (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  

Babe Ruth's 1st home run of record season...

KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, April 16, 1927



* Babe Ruth's 1st home run of record season 

* New York Yankees - Major league baseball



The sport's section (page 8) has a one column heading: "YANKS SWEEP 3-GAME SERIES WITH MACKS, 6-3" with subhead and small photo of Ruth. (See) First report coverage on Babe Ruth's 1st home run of the 1927 baseball season. He would end the sea... See More  

From the Pike's Peak Gold Rush... Death of Robert Owen of New Harmony fame...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 1858  Page 2 has over half a column headed: "From The Kansas Gold Region". We now call this the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. At the time Pike's Peak was in the Western Kansas Territory, the Colorado Territory not being formed until 1861. 

The report includes much detail on the events run the gold fields.

Also on p... See More  

From the Pike's Peak Gold Rush... Burning of the Crystal Palace...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 1858  Page 3 has an article headed: "From The Kansas Gold Region", which we now call the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. At the time Pike's Peak was in the Western Kansas Territory, the Colorado Territory not being formed until 1861. 

The report includes two reports, the first noting in part: "...direct from the gold ... See More  

Rare title from Grand Junction, Colorado...

GRAND VALLEY STAR-TIMES, Grand Junction, Colorado, March 9, 1895  A quite rare title as it lasted from just 1893 to 1896 with this title, and Gregory notes only one institution having but 3 issues as we purchased the holdings from Kansas Historical Society (although the A.A.S. records 17 issues).

Eight pages, rejoined at the spine, a few older tape mends, even toning, nice condition but rath... See More  

Horace Greeley with Abraham Lincoln...

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Feb. 9, 1861  



* Horace Greeley

* Western tour return

* Abraham Lincoln



The front page has: "The Destitution In Kansas - Terrible Suffering - A Call For Aid". Page 3 has nearly 2 columns on: "The Pro-Slavery Rebellion - From Washington - Emancipation To Follow Secession".

Page 5 has: "Important From Springfield" which notes in p... See More  

Soviet Union backs down in the Cuban Missile Crisis...

THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas., October 31, 1962 



* Cuban missile crisis nearing the end

* Cold War - Soviet Union



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Moscow Missile-Removal Promises To Be Subject Of U Thant-Castro Talk" with related photo. (see)

Complete with 8 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, n... See More  

White House Easter egg roll...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.

Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas -- Endangered Settlers Taking Refuge in the Plowed Fields... See More  

White House Easter egg roll...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.

Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas -- Endangered Settlers Taking Refuge in the Plowed Fields... See More  

First report of the 'Bloody Benders' murders discovery...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1873 



* Bloody Benders

* Cherry Vale, Kansas

* Corpses discovered



The front page has first report coverage of the "Bloody Benders" with the discovery of their victims.

Small one column headings read: "A Murderers' Den" "Eight Mangled Bodies Unearthed in the Cellar of a Deserted Cabin in Kansas" A very early report on the disco... See More  

1874 Bloody Benders... John Bender arrested ?...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 10, 1874



* Bloody Benders - serial killers

* John Bender arrested ?

* Mormons - Salt Lake City



The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE BLOODTHIRSTY BENDERS" "Probable Arrest of the Kansas Murderers in Utah" "The Fugitive Family Hid in the Mountains" and more. (see) Nice reporting here.

Other news of the day. Complete with al... See More  

1931 Knute Rockne final burial...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 5, 1931



* Knute Rockne funeral & burial

* Notre Dame head football coach

* Airplane crash



This 70+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "ROCKNE LAID TO REST; THOUSANDS AT GRAVE" "Body of Notre Dame's Famous Coach Buried at South Bend With Simple Ceremonies" and more. (see) 1st report on his ... See More  

The Oklahoma land boom...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 4, 1885  The front page haws 4 prints with the caption: "Kansas - The Proposed Invasion of Oklahoma - Scenes at the Boomers' Camp at Arkansas City" plus there is a related article on an inside page. Inside also have a one-third pg. print: "Indian Territory - The Proposed Invasion of Oklahoma - General Hatch's U.S. Cavalry ... See More  

1897 disappearance of Rozel, Kansas...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 19, 1897



* The Disappearance of Rozel, Kansas

* Pawnee County sinkhole hoax



The front page has a one column heading: "A TOWN DISAPPEARS" with subheads. (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.

Complete with 4 pages... See More  

Uniforms of the Army...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 11, 1898  Full ftpg. shows a ship loaded with soldiers: "Going To Help Dewey". Two fullpgs. with 5 scenes on the Spanish-American War, mostly naval scenes and: "In Santiago De Cuba". Fullpg. with 5 photos of: "Spanish Strongholds in S.E. Cuba".

Displayable fullpg. by Remington shows four: "Prominent Officers at Tampa, Flo... See More  

Nice front page report on the Battle of Antietam...

THE KANSAS STATE JOURNAL, Lawrence, Oct. 2, 1862  The front page has 2 1/2 columns taken up with considerable detail on the battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day's fighting of the entire Civil War, both sides losing over 10,000 men.

The ftpg. also has: "Pike's Peak Correspondence" from Colorado which takes over 2 columns.

Four pages, nice condition.

A "Boomer" newspaper with a fascinating history...

OKLAHOMA WAR-CHIEF, Caldwell, Kansas, May 27, 1886



* Very rare Oklahoma Boomers publication



 An interesting newspaper with a fascinating history.

This newspaper was first published by the Oklahoma Boomer Movement to agitate for the opening of the unassigned lands in the Indian Territory to homesteading.

The paper was first published at Wichita, Kansas, in 1883, and after several moves... See More  

Death of movie star Vivien Leigh...

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, July 8, 1967 



* Vivien Leigh death (1st report)

* "Gone with the Wind" fame



The front page is a small one column heading: "Vivien Leigh Found Dead" (see) An early, same day report here.

Complete with 8 pages, library stamp within the masthead, a few binding holes along the spine/1st column, generally nice.... See More  

On Lincoln's seminal speech which lead to the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 6, 1857  



* Abraham Lincoln speech

* Springfield, Illinois

* Lincoln-Douglas debates prelude



Page 3 has nearly 2 columns taken up with a seminal report on Lincoln's political career. Lincoln had been in the audience when Stephen Douglas made his June 12 speech defending the Dred Scott Decision of 3 months prior. Lincoln gave a speech on June 26 in which he e... See More  

Descriptive article on a trip to Colorado... Indian issues...

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Aug. 15, 1866  The conclusion of the Civil War brought with it an interest in expending west, so it would not seem unusual that articles that read like a 19th century travelogue would appear in newspapers of the day.

This issue has one on page 2, which was part of a larger series: "A Trip To Colorado--Entering the Rock Mountains" with a dateline from Centra... See More