Steamers Monroe and Nantucket collision disaster...

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, January 30, 1914



* Steamers Monroe and Nantucket collision disaster



This 14 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Ship Monroe, Passenger Loaded, at Bottom" with subheads that include: "Hit By Nantucket, Old Dominion Ship Shoots To Bottom Close To Norfolk" and more.



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Marriage of Charles Lindbergh...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 28, 1929

 

* Charles Lindbergh Gets Married 

* Anne Morrow 



This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "LINDBERGH'S PLANE LEAVES FOR SOME UNKNOWN POINT" with subhead.



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



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1st Pro Bowl football game...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, January 16, 1939



* 1st Pro Bowl football game

* New York Giants

* All-Stars



This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 6: "New York Giants Win Finale From All Stars". Tells of the very 1st pro bowl game in professional football.



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise in good condition.



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Zeppelins raid Paris...

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, January 31, 1916



* German zeppelins raid Paris France (1st time)

* World War I original



This 10 page newspaper has three column headline on the front page:



* Second Raid Made on Paris By Death-Dealing Zeppelin; Crowds Watch for Raider



with subheads that include: "24 Persons Killed And 25 Others Hurt By First Zeppelin" and more.



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USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes....

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 13, 1935 



* USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes 

* United States Navy Airship 



This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "PROBE OF MACON CRASH IS DUE" with subhead. Also nice headline of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial as it ends.



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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 12, 1932 



* Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 

* Arlington Cemetery Virginia 

* Armistice Day (World War I) 



This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Ten Thousand Men March on Armistice Day" "Hurley Sighted at Tomb of Hero"



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Zane Grey death...

THE NEWS, New London, Connecticut, October 23, 1939 



* Zane Grey death 

* American Author 



This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ZANE GREY DIES AT 64" "Coronary Thrombosis Take Life of Well Known Author" "Wrote Novels of West"



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Curious little newspaper calling itself "The Smallest Newspaper in the World"...

THE MEARS NEWZ, Mears, Michigan, April 10, 1953 



* "Smallest newspaper in the world"



This is a fascinating little newspaper which dubbed itself as: "The Smallest Newspaper in the World" as noted in the masthead. Created by one of the more interesting publishers in Michigan history, Swift Lathers, this weekly was just 4 pages & measured 5 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches.



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Adolph Hitler Indicted In 1930...

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 24, 1930



This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "High Treason Charge Against Hitler Is Lessened Today; Is Barred at Officers' Trial".



This was just before Hitler gained power.



Other news of the day throughout. Some browning around the margins with a few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good... See More  

Nuclear Fusion... Hydrogen Bomb...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 25, 1958 



* 1st man made nuclear fusion achieved 

* 2 atoms bashed together to form one 

* Hydrogen bomb 



This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: U.S., BRITAIN SEE H-POWER BREAK" and "Start Believed Made to Harness Force"



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Nazi Germany becomes one-party state...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 15, 1933



* Nazi Germany formally becomes a one-party state



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "HITLER WILL SEIZE PROPERTY OF FOES", "New Decrees Also Provide for Withdrawing Citizenship of Germans Abroad" and more. Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise in good condition... See More  

Lost Creek Iowa mine explosion...

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, January 25, 1902 



* Lost Creek Iowa mine explosion 

* Oskaloosa, Iowa 



This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "DEAD IN IOWA MINE" "Twenty-One Lost Creek Workmen Killed by Dust Explosion" "Loss Of Life And Property Appalling" "Pitiful Scenes Of Stricken Families" ... See More  

Booth Tarkington...

The New York Tribune's GOTHAM WEEKLY GAZETTE, New York City, New York, May 3, 1914



* Booth Tarkington

* Uncommon title



This is an uncommon title published "Every Sunday" by the New York Tribune as stated in the dateline.



Mostly has local bits of news, including a pg. 2 item that says: "Booth Tarkington is contemplating to go to the State of Maine the end of the present mon... See More  

Pete Rozelle becomes NFL commissioner...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, January 27, 1960 



* Pete Rozelle becomes commissioner of the NFL



This 40+ page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page of the sport's section (inside): "How NFL Broke Czar Deadlock" with caption: "ROZELLE, RAMS' GENERAL MANAGER, GIVEN 3-YEAR, $50,000 PACT" and photo of Rozelle.

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India and Pakistan...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, January 27, 1957



* India - Pakistan

* Kashmir



This 40+ page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "PAKISTAN CALLS FOR UN TROOP AID".



Other news of the day throughout. Good condition.

Chile Earthquake in 1939...

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Cleveland Indians

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 11, 1948



* 1948 Cleveland Indians

* World Series Champions



This 28 page newspaper has an 8 column headline on front page: "It's Lemon vs. Voiselle in Boston Today" with subhead "86,288 See Rout of Feller" and "Braves Force 6th Series Game".



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Douglas Starch Works explosion...

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, May 23, 1919



* Cedar Rapids, Iowa

* Douglas Starch Works explosion



This 14 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "20 KILLED IN IOWA EXPLOSION" with subheads. Other news of the day.



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U.S. air strike damages Japanese battleships...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, October 25, 1944



* Japanese ships sunk

* U.S.S. Princeton sunk



There is a front page, 8 column headline: "Jap Carrier Sunk, 2 Others, With 5 Or 6 Battleships, 1 Cruiser Damaged; U.S.S. Princeton Lost; Men Saved" with subheads including "Jap Opposition Crushed; Yanks Take Third Airfield"; "150 Enemy Planes Destroyed; Action Continues, N... See More  

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, January 8, 1953



* Hydrogen bomb revealed

* President Harry Truman

* Russia - Cold war



This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:



* 'Death Dust' Weapon Theorized as Possible



Other news of the day throughout. Little spine wear, otherwise in good condition.... See More  

USS 0-9 disaster...

CLEVELAND NEWS, Ohio, June 21, 1941



* USS 0-9 disaster

* World War II era (pre U.S. involvement)

* United States submarine sinking



This 16 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page: "Hope Is Abandoned for All Thirty-Three Aboard U.S. Submarine at Bottom of Sea" with subheads.



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First Commercial Air Flight...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, dated January 11, 1951



* Avro Canada jetliner

* 1st commercial airplane flight

* Altitude record



This 52 page newspaper has somewhat discrete one column headline near the bottom of the front page:



* Flight From Chicago Made in 102 Minutes



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Early helicopter...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, October 14, 1925



* Early helicopter (Autogyro)

* 1st successful flight made to the public



This 52 page newspaper has a two column headline at the bottom of the front page: "Plane With Vanes Rises Almost Vertically; Briton Drives Spanish Craft Up 1,000 Feet".



Tells of a successful helicopter flight in it's infancy.



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Richard Byrd North Pole flgiht in 1926...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 10, 1926 



* Aviator Commander Richard Byrd 

* North Pole flight 



This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "BYRD'S FLIGHT IS FIRST OVER POLE" "Second Successful Expedition, Like First, is Made By An Intrpid American"



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear... See More  

Moody and Kinsey... Volleys 2,001 in tennis...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 8, 1936  This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 26;



* FREAK TENNIS MARK SET BY MRS. MOODY

* She and Kinsey Send Ball Over Net 2,001 Times in an Hour and 18 Minutes of Play



Other news of the day throughout. Little spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.