1937 Rape of Nanking... Chinese massacre

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1918 Battle of Belleau Wood... Marne River... France...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 12, 1918



* Battle of Belleau Wood - France

* United States Marines Corps

* Marne River - German Spring Offensive

* World War I - WWI



The front page has a two column heading: "MARINES ROUT FLOWER OF KAISER'S ARMY IN DASHING MARNE ATTACK" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp&quo... See More  

1929 McAlester, Oklahoma coal mine disaster....

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 18, 1929 



* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster 

* Old Town Mine 



The front page has a three column headline: "47 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER OKLAHOMA MINE EXPLOSION" with subhead. (see) 1st report coverage on the explosion at the Old Town mine in McAlester, Oklahoma.

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

St. Louis Browns Win 1944 Pennant...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 1944



* St. Louis Browns win AL pennant

* Future Baltimore Orioles



This 12 page newspaper has headlines on page 10: "St. Louis Baseball Capital Of World During Classic" and "Browns' Stock Booms Because Of First Flag" which tells of the St. Louis Browns winning their only American League pennant. They wou... See More  

1952 Washington D.C. UFOs...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass, July 31, 1952



* Washington D.C. UFO Incident

* Flying Saucers ?



Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "Saucer Stories Impede USAF" (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.

Details of a horrible crime... Thomas Edison & P. T. Barnum...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, June 15, 1878  The top of the ftpg. has column heads: "SENT TO SEE SATAN" "The Revolting Alliance Formed by  Fiendish Quartet" "A Farmer & His Voluptuous Wife Their Victims" '"How the Latter Gave Battle to the Lecherous Brutes" "Three of Whom Expiated Their Crime on the Gallows". The article takes nearly ... See More  

1957 rescue on Mount Eiger... Claudio Corti...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 12, 1957



* Italian climber Claudio Corti

* North face of Mount Eiger

* Bernese Alps rescue - Switzerland



The front page has a six column heading: "Save One of 4 Trapped in Alps" with subhead and two related photos.

Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, a little wear and small binding holes along the spine, generally good.... See More  

Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun's will and testament...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 30, 1945



* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun

* Last will and testament found

* Mystery child ? - suicide plans



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Hitler's Private Will Found; Affirms His Suicidal Plans" with subhead. (see images) Lengthy report continues inside.

Complete 1st section only with all 18 pages, rag edition in very nice cond... See More  

1850 Magazine by the famed Charles Dicken...

HOUSEHOLD WORDS, London, England, Aug. 10, 1850



* Charles Dickens publication



This 24 page issue is in nice condition and measures 6 x 9 inches. This was a weekly journal which was conducted by Charles Dickens as noted in the masthead. This magazine has mainly literary reading (stories, poems etc.), some by Charles Dickens himself.



wikipedia notes: "On 21st January 1846 Charles Dick... See More  

Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination in Nazareth...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1937



* Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination

* Killed by Arab at Nazareth, Israel



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "British Chief in Galilee Killed By Arabs Near Nazareth Church" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of Lewis Yelland Andrews, British District Commissioner for the Gaillee during the British Ma... See More  

American & Russian armies meet in Germany...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1945



* United States Army join Russian troops in Germany 

* Historic meeting - World War II 



A banner headline announces: "TRUMAN REPORTS ALLIED JUNCTURE" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

Chappaquiddick incident... Moon landing...

THE PLAIN DEALER, Cleveland, July 21, 1969  



* Apollo 11 moon landing

* Chappaquiddick incident

* Mary Jo Kopechne murder



A great front page headline and photo: "Astronauts Walk Moon" (see) Unfortunately this is a incomplete issue and the actually reporting on this historic event is not present.

However the top of page 2 has a nice heading: "Kennedy to Be Charged With ... See More  

1938 Sholomo Ben-Yosef execution... Jewish... Jews...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 30, 1938



* Shlomo Ben-Yosef hanging

* Revisionist Zionist - Irgun

* 1st Jew executed by British

* Mandatory Palestine

* Jewish - Jews - Judaica



The front page has one column headings: "Holy Land Is Put Under Army Rule" "Jews Protest British Execution of Youth" (see image) First report coverage on the execution of Shlomo Ben-Yosef.

Complet... See More  

Nazis attack the Athenia... World War II begins...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 5, 1939 



* SS Athenia, 1st British ship sunk by Germany

* World War II at the beginning - WWII

* Britain and France entering the war



The front page has a banner heading: "ATHENIA REPORTED SHELLED" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, gene... See More  

1967 League for Spiritual Discovery (LSD) opens...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 23, 1967



* League for Spiritual Discovery (LSD) opening

* Dr. Timothy Leary - American psychologist

* Lysergic acid diethylamide - lysergide

* Alan Ginsberg as guest speaker w/ photo

* Andy Warhol's The Velvet Underground & Nico ad

* Before their first album was released (March 12)

* Electric Circus underground nightclu... See More  

House of David cult commune... Benjamin Purnell...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 29, 1924



* The Israelite House of David religious commune

* King & Queen Benjamin and Mary Purnell

* Benton Harbor, Michigan cult



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "SHILOH 'QUEEN' JUST A MOTHER" with subheads. (see images) I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the ti... See More  

1907 Harry Orchard murder trial...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 11, 1907



* Albert Horsley (Harry Orchard)

* Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg

* Assassination - murder trial



The front page has a six column headline: "W. D. HAYWOOD ON STAND TESTIFYING FOR HIMSELF" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that ar... See More  

Last Tower of London execution in 1941...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1941



* Josef Jakobs executed by firing squad

* Captured German spy during World War II

* Last execution at the Tower of London



Page 6 has a one column heading: "German Spy Is Shot In Tower of London" with subhead. (see image)

Complete with 30 pages, rag edition, a little residue along the spine from disbinding, nice condition.



wikipedia notes: Jos... See More  

The XYZ Affair In 1798....

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 28, 1798 



* The XYZ Affair

* France relations

* John Adams message



Page 2 has the "President's Message" to Congress indicating that the negotiations with France by the U.S. envoys have failed. In the message the President states in part: "...I perceive no ground of expectation, that the objects of their mission, can be accomplished,... See More  

"The Fighting Finish"... 1933 Kentucky Derby...

SPORT'S SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, May 7, 1933



* "The Fighting Finish" Kentucky Derby

* Thoroughbred race horse Broker's Tip

* Only career victory



The front page of this section has a banner headline: "BROKER'S TIP WINS 59TH KENTUCKY DERBY" with subheads and two related photos, one showing the close finish. (see images) Broker's Tip is ... See More  

Peggy McMath kidnapping for ransom...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 6, 1933



* Margaret 'Peggy' McMath

* Kidnapping for ransom



The front page has nice banner headline for display: "GIRL FREED; $80,000 RANSOM" with subhead. Two related photos are on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the return of kidnapped victim, Margaret "Peggy" McMath.

Complete with 26 pages, rag edition i... See More  

Robert E. Lee becomes commander of all Confederate forces...

THE WORLD, New York, Jan. 26, 1865  



* General Robert E. Lee

* Appointed as Commander of ALL Confederate Forces



Among the front-page column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH", "Preparations for Evacuating Wilmington", "Demand for its Surrender", "Robert E. Lee General-in-Chief of the Rebel Armies", "Complete Reorganization of Jeff. Davi... See More  

Death of the Pope, in a Vatican City newspaper...

L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO, Vatican City, Italy, Oct. 9, 1958  This is the Vatican City newspaper announcing the death of Pope Pius XII, a same day report with the headline translated as: "This morning October 9 at 3:52 a.m. the Pius Supreme Pontiff Pius XII died holy in the peace of the lord."

The complete issue with 4 pages, wide black mourning rules on all pages with most of pages... See More  

Edgar Allan Poe Parents Theatre Ad In 1806...

BOSTON GAZETTE, Nov. 24, 1806



* Edgar Allan Poe's father & mother theater ads

* Eliza Arnold Hopkins Poe & David Poe Jr.



The top of page 3 under "Boston Theatre" is a  notice for the performance of "IRON CHEST", with Mr. Poe as "Armstrong" and Mrs. Poe as "Barbara" re. the parents of Edgar Allan Poe.

Complete with 4 pages, minor spin... See More  

Livingstone is found, reported in the newspaper which financed the search...

NEW YORK HERALD, May 5, 1872 



* David Livingstone found

* Henry Morton Stanley



James Gorden Bennett, this newspaper's publisher, capitalized on the 19th century fascination with Africa & the whereabouts of explorer Dr. David Livingstone by hiring journalist Henry Stanley to search for him. Livingstone had ventured to Africa in 1865 for a 2 year expedition with little heard from... See More