From the Territory of Utah...

THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, (Utah Territory) Sept. 29, 1869  Among the articles are: "The Arabs of the Middle Ages" "Local & Other Matters" and much more. Published from 27 years before statehood.

Twelve pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson speech...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 20, 1872



* Woman's rights - suffrage

* Anna Elizabeth Dickinson



The back page has an article headed: "THE PEOPLE'S PARTY" "Miss Anna E. Dickinson's Lecture At Cooper Institute" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/3 columns.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, very nice condition.... See More  

Income Tax repealed... Senate vote...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 27, 1871



* Income Tax



Page 5 has an article headed: "Washington" "Passage of the Bill Repealing the Income Tax in the Senate" (see)

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, slight printing flaw within heading (see), generally very nice.

Woman sculptor creates the Lincoln statue for the Rotunda...

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 26, 1871 



* Abraham Lincoln statue dedication

* United States Capitol Rotunda

* Vinnie Ream - Woman sculptor



The front page has an article: "The Lincoln Statue" "Unveiling Miss Ream's Statue of the Late Mr. Lincoln--Speeches by Prominent Members of Congress". See the web for a photo & more information on this famous statue on exhibit in... See More  

Prisoners released from Cuba...

NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, December 23, 1873  The front page as a report from Key West "The Agreement with Spain" with subhead "The Release of the Prisoners" "Their Sufferings and Destitution -- Insecurity of the Lives and Property of Americans At Santiago de Cuba". "The United States ship Pinta, Commander Garringe, arrived to-night from Santiago de Cuba with officia... See More  

Celebrating the generals after the war...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 8, 1865 



* Ulysses S. Grant welcome home

* New York City celebration



Among the first column heads are: "Our President" "Monster Meeting Last Night at Cooper Institution" "Outpouring of the Masses for the Administration" "The Hero Grant" "It was Big, Great, Immense, Prodigious!" "Brilliant Array of Generals... See More  

Washington Harrison Donaldson ballooning...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 19, 1875



* Washington Harrison Donaldson

* Balloonist - ballooning

* Disappearance



Page 5 has an article headed: "The Fate Of Donaldson The Aeronaut Still Unknown" See image for text here.

Complete in 10 pages, minor irregularity along spine, nice condition.

The controversial Victoria Woodhull libel case..

NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1874  Page 2 has a report headed: "The Challis-Woodhull Libel" "Seventh Day of the Trial--Argument for the Defense--Address of Mr. Brooke" which is concerning the libel trial based on an article on her newspaper (see the web for more).

This is the famed Victoria Woodhull, who along with Tennie Claflin published the controversial newspaper &q... See More  

Death of Cochise, the Apache Indian chief...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1874



* Tribal Chief Cochise death (1st report)

* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians



The very bottom of the front page has a very brief report headed: "Death Of The Indian Chief Cochise" with the text reading simply: "Cochise, the famous Apache chief, died on the 9th of June." (see)

Eight pages, browned at the margins, a little margin wear, should ... See More  

SS Schiller ocean liner disaster...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, May 9, 1875



* German ocean liner SS Schiller

* Isles of Scilly sinking disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "GONE DOWN" "Horrible and Heart-Rendering Ocean Disaster" "The Steamship Schiller Lost off the Coast of the Scilly Isles" &... See More  

Georgetown, Colorado boom...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 7, 1875



* Georgetown, Colorado

* "Silver Queen of Colorado"



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "COLORADO" A Batch of Correspondence, Descriptive and Otherwise" "Georgetown, its Mountains, Mines and Smelting Works" and more. (see)

Comp... See More  

Early Denison, Texas...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, April 23, 1875



* Denison, Texas

* Grayson County



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "Northern Texas" "Denison--Its History and Rapid Progress" "Business and Prospects of the City"

Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity along spine, very nice co... See More  

1875 St. Patrick's Day..

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 18, 1875



* St. Patrick's Day celebration



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "ERIN GO BRAUGH" "Imposing Display in Honor of Ireland's Patron Saint" "Ten Thousand Lovers of the Old Sod Tramp the Streets" and more. (see) Lengthy... See More  

Mardi Gras in Memphis, Tennessee...

ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, February 10, 1875



* Early Mardi Gras report

* Memphis TN Tennessee



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE CARNIVAL" "A Grand and Imposing Pageant at Memphis" "Momus Holds a disputed Sway for at Least One Day" and more. (see)

Complete in... See More  

Speech by Mark Twain...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 23, 1876  The last column of the front page and most of page 2 are taken up with a report of: "Forefathers' Day" "New-Englanders at Dinner" "The Annual Festival of the New-England Society--Speeches by Hon. G. William Curtis, 'Mark Twain', Rev. Edward Everett Hale..." and more (see). It is on page 2 where appears Twain's sp... See More  

St. Louis, Missouri lynching....

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 11, 1877



* Karl Strahl lynching - hanging

* Goetz murders



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "HORROR'S HARVEST" "Carl Strahl, the Double Murderer, Executed by Judge Lynch" "The Murderer Leads His Captors to Where Goetz's Body Rests" "... See More  

Ku Klux Klan in Missouri...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 7, 1877



* KKK - Ku Klux Klan

* Outrages in Ripley County

* Ozarks Mountain - Missouri



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Ku-Klux" "Lawlessness in Ripley and Adjacent Counties--Men and Women Flogged by Bands of Outlaws" and more.

This issue is not frag... See More  

Journeying to Pittsburgh...

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, March 4, 1871  The full front page is a print of: "Hon. Charles Sumner". Many prints within including: "Ice Boats ON the Hudson" "On The Way to Pittsburgh - Great Bend on the Alleghenies" being a train; another full page: "On the Way to Pittsburgh" has 3 prints; "At the Pawnbrokers" "Distant View of Paris..." ... See More  

Themed on hunting, sports, fire departments, etc...

CALIFORNIA SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, San Francisco, June 8, 1867  The masthead has a sporting them, plus in the masthead is: "A Weekly Chronicle Devoted to the Turf, Field Sports, Regattas, Hunting, Angling, Cricket...Fire Department & General News of California." The content is just that.

Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, great condition.

1877 Molly Maguires...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 2, 1877



* Molly MaGuires outrages

* Pennsylvania coal regions

* Mauch Chunck - Pottsville



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE MOLLY MAGUIRES" "Breaking Down of the Secret Conspirators in the Coal Region" and more. (see)

This issue is not fragile as ne... See More  

1877 Bennett-May duel...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 10, 1877



* James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

* Frederick May

* Marydel, Maryland duel



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Piff, Paff, Pouff" "Three Shots Fired by Mr. May and James Gordon Bennett" and more. (see)

This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then w... See More  

Post Civil War school segregation...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, March 14, 1877



* School segregation

* Colored teachers



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Colored Teachers For Colored Schools" "A Memorial to the Board of Public Schools" This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowin... See More  

Life of a Southern moonshiner....

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, February 26, 1877



* Southern moonshiners

* Georgia & Carolinas



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Southern Moonshine" "A Strange Life in the Southeastern Mountains" "One of the Singular Results of the Great Rebellion"

This issue is not fragile as ne... See More  

American brick making machine...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 18, 1873  The front page has a large illustration "The Great American Brick Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Emerson's Feathering Paddle Wheel"; "Nine Horse Power Compound Steam Engines"; "Design for Ball Ground Pavilion" and other illustrations, articles and advertisements.

This is ... See More  

Julia Ward Howe...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, May 20, 1873



* Julia War Howe

* New England Woman Suffrage Association



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Woman Suffragists in Mass Meeting" See image for text here.

This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to ... See More