Savoy, Texas tornado disaster...

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, May 30, 1880



* Savoy TX Texas

* Tornado disaster



Page 3 has small one column headings: "A Texas Cyclone" "The Town of Savoy Destroyed and Fourteen Persons Killed" See image for text here.



Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise in good condition. Should be handled with c... See More  

Sidney, Nebraska lynching...

THE NEW-YORK TIMES, May 12, 1879



* Sidney, Nebraska lynching

* Masked lynch mob



The front page has a small one column heading: "Hanged To A Telephone Pole". See image for text.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little margin wear, otherwise good. Should be handled with care.

"Bleeding Kansas"...

BOSTON MORNING JOURNAL, May 21, 1856 



* Bleeding Kansas

* War on slavery



Page 2 has almost an entire column on the troubling situation in Lecompton, Kansas (see), followed by: "Indian Disturbances In Kansas". Also: "Col. Fremont's Mariposa Estate".

Four pages, large folio size, nice condition.

Lily Langtry...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1883



* Actress Lily Langtry

* Prank backfires



The front page has a small one column heading: "Mrs. Langtry Revenged". See image for brief text. Nice to have in this venerable newspaper title.



Other news of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise good. Should be handled with care. ... See More  

HMS Grappler disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1883



* HMS Grappler fire & sinking



The front page has small one column headings: "Lost On A Burning Steamer" "Am Alaska Steamer Destroyed--Fifty Lives reported Lost" See image for text here. Nice to have in this venerable newspaper title.



Other news of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, little margin wear, otherwise ... See More  

Dionne quintuplets born...

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, May 29, 1934 



* Dionne quintuplets born (1st report)

* "Five Baby Girls Born to Ontario Canada mother



The front page has two column headlines: "Quintuple Babies Live, Red Cross Rushes Aid" "All Five Cry Lustily; Mother Is Well, Father Expresses Amazement" A 1st report on the famous births.

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

Baseball in Detroit...

THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, May 30, 1883  The back page has over one-third of a column taken up with baseball reports, including heads: "Starting Out Well" "The Detroits Win This Morning's Game in New York" (see).

Four pages, bit irregular4 at the spine, some tears in the front leaf, otherwise good.

Liberal Republican Party organized...

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 7, 1872



* Liberal Republican Party

* Carl Schurz - Horace Greeley



This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

The front page has one column headings: "That 'Sinful Game'" "The Brown Demonstration at Cincinnati"

Larger than normal issue measures 26 x 20 inches, comple... See More  

The Hindenburg a year before the explosion...

NEW YORK TIMES Rotogravure Section, May 24, 1936 



* LZ 129 Hindenburg



Over one-third of page 3 is taken up with a great photo of the airship Hindenburg, with caption: "Ready For The Return Voyage On Her Second Visit to the United States. The Hindenburg tied up to the mooring mast at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst..." with a bit more. The facing page has a photo of Howard H... See More  

The secession rebellion...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1861  Among the front page one column Civil War heads are: "The Secession Rebellion" "Gen. Butler to Command at Fortress Monroe" "His Promotion to a Major-Generalship" "Another Secession Camp Broken up in Missouri" "Gen. Harney's Proclamation" & much more.

  Eight pages, nice condition.

Memphis riots of 1866...

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 2, 1866



* Memphis, Tennessee

* Race riots - Negroes

* Reconstruction era



Page 2 has a small one column heading: "Riot at Memphis". See image for text .

Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise in very nice ... See More  

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...

BOSTON DAILY JOURNAL, Boston, Massachusetts, May 18, 1864



* Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

* Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee

* Battle of New Market - Virginia



The front page is entirely taken up with ads, while much of pages 2 & 4 are taken up with Civil War reports, including articles headed: "The Virginia Campaign" "Lee Strongly Fortified" "Grant Prepa... See More  

Steamboat Pat Cleburne explosion...

CLEVELAND DAILY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, May 18, 1876



* Steamboat Pat Cleburne



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

Page 5 has one column headings: "Evansville" "Terrible Steamboat Explosion and Loss of Life" "The Pat Cleburne Explodes her Boiler and is burned--The Arkansas Belle also much Injured" S... See More  

Chicago, Illinois tornado...

CLEVELAND DAILY HERALD, Ohio, May 8, 1876



* Chicago, Illinois

* Tornado disaster



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

The front page has one column headings: "Tornadoes" "Leavenworth and Chicago Visited by Terrific Wind Storms" "Buildings Unroofed, Church Steeples Blown Down and Coaches Wrecked" &qu... See More  

Ghosts...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, April 25, 1874



* Ghost - spectre - apparition



This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

Page 2 has one column headings: "A Ghost Laid" "How A Sensible Youth Encountered His Mother's Spirit". See images for text.

Complete in 8 pages, a little irregular along the spine, otherwise in ... See More  

Peggy McMath kidnapping for ransom...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1933



* Margaret 'Peggy' McMath

* Kidnapping for ransom



The front page has a two column headline: "KIDNAPPED GIRL IS FOUND ON A BOAT NEAR HER HOME; RANSOM OF $80,000 PAID" with subheads (see photos). Continues inside with two related photos. This is 1st report coverage on the return of kidnapped victim, Margaret "Peggy" McMath.... See More  

Early reports from the Civil War...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1861  Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "The Secession Rebellion" "Alexandria Still further Strengthened by Federal Troops" "Their Entrenchments at Manassas Gap Junction" "Movement of Ohio Troops on Harper's Ferry" "A Rebel Demonstration in New Mexico" "Important Appointments in the ... See More  

Yellowstone expedition...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, May 14, 1874



* Yellowstone wagon road and prospecting expedition

* Bozeman MT Montana - Tongue River



This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

The front page has one column headings: "The Yellowstone" "Failure of the Expedition--A Blue Account of Its Troubles" See image for text here.

Complete in... See More  

KKK illegal in New York...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 24, 1923



* KKK Ku Klux Klan

* Secrecy outlawed in New York



The front page has one column headlines: "Smith Signs Bill to Make Klan Unmask", "Organization and Outlaw in State Under New Law Unless It Bares Oath and Members at Once", "Year in Prison, $10,000 Fine, Are Penalties Facing Every Violator" and more (see photos).... See More  

Victory for Hooker's army...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are; "From Gen. Hooker's Army" "Rumors of a Battle & a Victory" "The Rappahannock Crossed Both Above & Below Fredericksburgh" "Important From the Mississippi" "Gen. Grant's Army to Motion with Six Days' Rations" "Skirmishing Near New Bern a... See More  

Columbia, SC tornado... Montpelier, VT fire...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 1875



* Columbia, South Carolina tornado

* Montpelier, Vermont fire disaster



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

The front page has a one column heading: "Fierce Winds In The South"

Also page 5 has: "Another Terrible Fire" "Montpelier, Vermont, the Stricken ... See More  

Electric light experiments...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, May 21, 1879



* Early electric light

* Gas light



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

The front page has small one column headings: "The Electric Light" "Its Failure Abroad--The Cost of the Light in This City"

See images for text here. Complete, a little irregular at the... See More  

White slave trafficking... Walter Johnson... Coney Island...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 19, 1913 The front page of the issue has a one-column headline "SAYS SLAVE TRUST EARNS MILLIONS" with subheads "Rockefeller Report Reveals Astounding Conditions Throughout the Borough of Manhattan"; "Traffic Not 'Economic'"; "Denounce Dance Halls and Makes Charge that Real Estate Agents Are Leagued with Procurers in 'Clearing Hou... See More  

Victories in the Mexican War...

THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., May 13, 1847 



* First Battle of Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico



Inside has: "Highly Important From Mexico--Advance Upon the Capitol--Xalapa Taken.." and many more subheads (see photos); "Action of the Mexican Congress" "The Capture of Tuspan [sic]" "Later from Gen. Scott's Army" "Particulars of the Capture of T... See More  

World War I... Twenty-Five issues...

(25) A 25 issue lot of authentic newspapers from World War I, dated from May, 1917 through November, 1918. All are complete and are typically pulpish/fragile - as is the norm for the period. Please note the S&H cost, as this lot will be quite heavy.