Assault wins the Preakness in 1946...

EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1946



* Assault - horse racing 

* Preakness Stakes win (2nd of 3 wins) 

* Triple crown winner 



This 26 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 16: "'EXPERTS' TAKE APART ASSAULT AFTER TRIUMPH" with photo and caption: "Assault Wins Preakness By Neck" This was the 2nd of 3 historic wins for ... See More  

Whirlaway wins the Preakness in 1941...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 11, 1941 



* Whirlaway - horse racing 

* Preakness Stakes win (2nd of 3 wins) 

* Triple crown winner 



This 40+ page newspaper has two column headlines on page 4 of the sport's section (inside): "Whirlaway Captures Preakness With Ease" and more (see photos). This was the 2nd of 3 historic wins for the famed horse for... See More  

Nazis capture Boulogne...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 27, 1940



* Nazis capture Boulogne France

* World War II era



This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "BOULOGNE FALLS AFTER 3-DAY SIEGE" with subheads. See photos for additional information.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little spine wear, otherwise good. ... See More  

NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1864  Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CAMPAIGN" "The Situation In Virginia" "No Fighting Since Thursday" "Very Important Movements on Foot" "General Butler Fighting a Hard Battle" "Sherman Going Ahead Splendidly" "Gen. Butler's Army" and more.

Eight pages, ... See More  

Tekamah NE tornado...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 2, 1930



* Tekamah NE Nebraska

* Tornado disaster (1st report)



This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Storms Roar Through Middle West; 20 Dead" and "7 Victims Women; Property Damage Set at Hundreds Of Thousands of Dollars". This tells of the Tekamah, Nebraska disaster.



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Coney Island Roller Coaster fatality....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1937



* Coney Island amusement park

* Roller coaster mishap - death



This 40 page newspaper has a two column heading on the front page: "Schoolboy Killed on Coney Roller Coaster; Falls, Hit by Car as Thrill-Seekers Watch". See photo for text. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.



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

Guglielmo Marconi...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, May 1, 1931



* Guglielmo Marconi

* Short wave radio



This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 13: "MARCONI STUDIES NEW RADIO MYSTERY IN ULTRA-SHORT WAVES" with smaller subheads. See photos for text.



Other news of the day. Small binding holes along the spine which slightly affects mentioned report, otherwise g... See More  

Three color political prints...

JUDGE magazine, New York, May 3, 1890 



* Color political prints



Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center spread.

After a strong start, the magazine found itself struggli... See More  

Space monkeys Able and Miss Baker...

PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Pratt, Kansas, May 28, 1959  This 8 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Two Monkeys Return Alive From Missile Space Rides" with subhead.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A few small binding holes along spine, library stamp in masthead, otherwise in good condition.



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Valencia Bombed...

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Battle of Monte Cassino ends...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, May 18, 1944



* Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy ends

* World War II - WWII



This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Nazis Driven From Cassino; French Capture Outpost In Hitler Line" with subheads. Reporting on the end of the Battle of Monte Cassino which lasted from January 17 to May 18, 1944 during World War II in Italy.



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Stock market crash of 1929 related headline...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, May 5, 1930



* Post stock market crash of 1929... great headline for display

* Wall Stret, New York City



This 22 page newspaper has a great six column headline on the front page: "STOCKS UP BRISKLY AFTER HEAVY SLUMP", with subheads (see images). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well - esp... See More  

1930 Bobby Jones wins...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 29, 1930



* Bobby Jones - golfer

* British amateur championship

* This would be his 2nd win towards the famous grand slam



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "JONES SCORES SCANT VICTORY OVER JOHNSTON" and "Americans Stage Ding-Dong Battle That Is Decided Only on Eighteenth Hole"



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Bill Arnold wins the Indianapolis 500...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 30, 1930



* Indianapolis 500 classic

* Billy Arnold wins

* Great headline for display



This 28 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "YOUNG ARNOLD WINS SPEEDWAY CLASSIC"



Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.



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Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 30, 1933



* Mahatma Gandhi starts his 21-day fast



This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "GANDHI ENDS FAST, WEAK BUT HAPPY", "His Friends Rejoice as He Sips Orange Juice After 21 Days Abstinenence From Food" and more. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise in good condi... See More  

Two engraved plates in an uncommon title...

THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, London, May, 1782 



* Uncommon 18th century British title



Certainly one of the less common titles from the 18th century, formatted much like the more popular "Gentleman's  Magazine". This was the first year of its existence, and it would publish until 1826. The first article is an: "Authentic Anecdote of Sir Thomas Rumbold" with a full ... See More  

Transatlantic rocket planes...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1931



* Early rocket power

* Transatlantic airplane travel?



This 38 page newspaper has small one column heading on page 37:  "Predicts 3,000-Mile Speed", "Engineer Visualizes Rocket-Driven Transatlantic Planes" which tells of the possibility of rocket powered airplanes flying over the Atlantic Ocean.



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Early rocket plane tests...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930



* Early rocket airplane test flight

* Dusseldorf, Germany



This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.



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Death of Commodore Porter...

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL,  New  York, May 7, 1864  As noted in the masthead this was the: "Gazette of The Regular & Volunteer Forces" and as such is replete with military news of all sorts. Among the articles within are: "Lieut. Commander Flusser" "Commodore William D. Porter" which reports on his death (see); "Major-General Meade's Battle O... See More  

1928 Fritz Von Opel... Rocket propulsion...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 26, 1928 



* Fritz von Opel - Fritz Stamer 

* 1st rocket powered aircraft 

* Lippisch Ente 



This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4:

"'ROCKET' PLANE NEARS COMPLETION AT PLANT" "Experts to Test Machine About June 15--Inventor Predicts Hop Here at 200 Miles and Hour" and more. (see) Tells of t... See More  

Indian Chief Euchee Billy... negroes released...

THE GLOBE, Washington, May 12, 1837 A page 3 report "From Florida" says: "Gov. Jesup...has directed the negroes yielded by the Indians to be congregated at Lake Monroe (Ft. Mellon) instead of St. Mark's.... Euchee Billy (the chief supposed to have been killed by our forces) it is now said is at Ft. Mellon with Philip's son. Philip is...wounded & it is supposed [he] received the ... See More  

Everettville West Virginia mining disaster...

The Omaha Evening Bee, New London, Connecticut, May 2, 1927 



* Everettville West Virginia - Monongalia County 

* Federal number 3 mine explosion 



This 16 page newspaper with one column headlines on the back page: "RESCUERS SEEK 77 ENTOMBED," "Fate of Miners Imprisoned by Blast Doubtful; 16 Known Dead," tells of the Federal No. 3 mine disaster at Everettvi... See More  

Johnny Goodman wins Wlker cup.....

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, May 12, 1934  The 14 page newspaper has a  nice seven column headline on the front page: "GOODMAN LEADS IN ROUT OF BRITISH".



with subheads. (see) Tells of golfer, Johnny Goodman, leading the U.S. team to a Walker Cup win over Great Britain. Great to have from Goodman's home town newspaper.



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Hoboken Railroad...

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On the 1926 founding of television...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1928



* John Baird - father of television

* TV coming to America soon ?



Page 16 has one column headlines that include: "TELEVISION CHAIN TO BE FORMED HERE", "American Purchasers of Baird Rights Say Entire Continent Will Ultimately Be Covered". See photos for text. Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout.



A very significan... See More