Bruno Hauptmamm executed...

THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 4, 1936 



* Charles Lindbergh Jr. kidnapping

* Great headline for display



The bold banner headline announces: "BRUNO HAUPTMANN EXECUTED" with a photo of him & subheads: "Dies In Chair Without Making Any Revelation Of Kidnapping Mystery" "Mrs. Hauptmann Crushed By Execution of Husband" "Hoped H... See More  

The Molly Maguires...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1877



* Molly Maguires

* Central Pennsylvania

* Coal mining



The front page has a very small and discrete one column heading at the bottom of the page: "Death Warrant Of Another 'Mollie'" See photo for brief report here.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning with a little margin wear, should be handled with care.... See More  

Battle of Cherbourg, France...

BOSTON TRAVELER, Boston, Massachusetts, June 19, 1944



* Cherbourg, France

* WWII



The front page has a nice, bold banner headline: "CHERBOURG UNDER SIEGE" with subhead: "30,000 Germans Now Face death Or Surrender"



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Complete in 24 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Death of William Randolph Hearst...

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State of Eire declares independence...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, December 22, 1948



* State of Eire declares it's independence 

* Ireland 



This 28 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 10: "Ireland Cuts Last Tie with British Empire" with caption: "Independence At Last" 1st report coverage on the State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declaring its independence from British ... See More  

An Cumpanas (Anna Sage) death... Woman in Red...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1947 



* Ana Cumpanas - Anna Sage death 

* John Dillinger's Woman in Red 



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column headline: "The 'Woman In Red', Who Put Finger On John Dillinger, Dies". See photo for 1st report coverage on the death of Ana Cumpanas or Anna Sage.



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Ernie Pyle death... American journalist...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1945 



* Ernie Pyle killed 

* American journalist 

* Lejima - Okinawa Island 



The front page has two column headings near the bottom that read: "Ernie Pyle, Famous U. S. War Correspondent, Killed In Action"

"Cut Down by a Jap Bullet While Advancing With Yanks in the Invasion of Le Shima"



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USS Akron Crashes...

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Death of Vladimir Lenin... Russia....

THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1924 



* Vladimir (Nikolai) Lenin death 

* Russian leader...  Soviet Union 



This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "LENINE, THE PREMIER OF SOVIET RUSSIA, DEAD" with subheads.  Other news and advertisements of the day. Light browning, a little spine wear, otherw... See More  

1861 Civil War... Stephen A. Douglas death...

THE VERMONT CHRONICLE (weekly), Windsor, June 11, 1861



* Original Civil War era



This genuine newspaper has Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the reports on page 3 are: (see photos).



Other news of the day throughout. This issue is not fragile as newsprint from this era was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain very pliable and ea... See More  

First report: the wreck of the Atlantic...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 2, 1873 



* Wreck of the RMS Atlantic

* Ocean Steamer

* North American coast



Over half of the front page contains the first report of this tragic marine disaster off the coast of Nova Scotia. The wreck of the ocean steamer Atlantic on a rock, about fifty yards from Meagher's Island, in the County of Halifax on the 1st April, 1873, will long be re... See More  

The death of Harriet May Mills... suffragist...

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, May 16, 1935



* Harriet May Mills death

* Syracuse, NY suffragist



This 40 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "HARRIET MILLS IS DEAD AT 77" and "Pioneer in Woman Suffrage Dies After Long Illness" with small photo. 1st report coverage on the death of Harriet May Mills, famed suffragist from Syracuse, New York.



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1872 Horace Greeley death...

THE WORLD, New York City, December 4, 1872 



* Horace Greeley death 

* Liberal Republican Party founder 



The front page has one column headings: "HONORS TO THE DEAD", "Forty Thousand Persons View The Remains Of Horace Greeley" and "Final Preparations For The Obsequies To-day".

Also a a lengthy report on a Negro lynching in Woodford, Kentucky (see... See More  

The death of Rin Tin Tin... German shepherd Hollywood film star...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1932



* Rin Tin Tin death (1st report)

* Hollywood German Shepherd

* World War I hero



This 36 page newspaper has one column headings on page 17: "Rin Tin Tin Dies At 14 On Eve Of 'Comeback'", "Film Dog Had Been Signed for Talkie--Son Trained as Understudy Will Take the Role". See photo for 1st report coverage on the d... See More  

1919 Scuttling of the German Fleet... WWI...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigam, June 21, 1919 



* Scuttling of the German Fleet (1st report) 

* Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter 

* Scapa Flow, Scotland 



This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "GERMAN CREWS SINK INTERNED WARSHIPS" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the scuttling of the German Fleet by Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reu... See More  

Death of Ralph Waldo Emerson...

EASTON EXPRESS, Easton, Pennsylvania, May 3, 1882  Page 2 has a report on the death of Ralph Waldo Emerson which includes a print of him, captioned "The Sage of Concord" (see). Four pages, great condition.

Cornelius Vanderbilt II death...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 13, 1899



* Cornelius Vanderbilt II death (1st report)



This 4 page newspaper has one headlines on the front page that include: "VANDERBILT'S DEATH", "Details of How the Multi-Millionaire Passed Away" and more.with small illustration of Vanderbilt.



Other news of the day. Light browning, some spine wear, other... See More  

Death Of English Author Percy Bysshe Shelly...

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, Sept., 1822 Inside in the "Obituary " section is a report about the death of Percy Bysshe Shelly, one of England's foremost authors of the 19th century, and husband of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Octavo-size, 90 pgs., full title/index pg., nice condition.

President James A. Garfield's funeral...

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, September 22, 1881 



* President James A. Garfield death - funeral 



Most of the front page is taken up with the lengthy details of the funeral of President James Garfield, with column heads including: "His Warfare O'er" "He Sleeps the Sleep That Knows No Breaking" "And Dreams of Battle Fields No More" with more (s... See More  

Death of Governor Increase Sumner...

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 8, 1799  All of pages 2 & 3 are black bordered in mourning rules because of the death of Massachusetts governor Increase Sumner reported at the top of page 2 with: "Grievous Mortality" which begins: "The painful talk has devolved on us to announce an event which...will not be read without the most painful regret. Yesterday died...to the unsp... See More  

The death of Jim Bridger...

THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, July 20, 1881 



* Death of Jim Bridger

* Mountain men - trappers



The very bottom of the front page has a brief report headed: "An Old Scout Dead" with a Kansas City dateline, reading: "James Bridger, an old-time frontiersman and scout, who took General Fremont across the plains, died yesterday near New Santa Fe, this co... See More  

1889 Pittsburgh, PA tornado...

THE WHEELING INTELLINGENCER, West Virginia, January 10, 1889 



* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

* Tornado disaster 



The front page has one column headlines that include: "A Cyclone", "Causes Death And Damage", "A Building Blown Down in Pittsburgh, Burying Fifty People", "More Than Eighty Girls Killed...." and more. 1st report coverage on the ... See More  

Elizabeth Taylor wins her 1st Oscar...

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, April 18, 1961



* Elizabeth Taylor wins her 1st Oscar

* Butterfield 8 - Academy Awards



This 12 page newspaper has a four column photo at the bottom of the front page with caption: "Leaders In Oscar Parade" with shows some of the winners that year including Elizabeth Taylor (see photos).



Also a two column headline on page 5: "Top Oscars to Liz, Lanca... See More  

Nazi concentration camp revealed in 1945... Hitler's last birthday...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 21, 1945 



* Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp

* Horrors being revealed

* Hitler's last birthday



This 14 page newspaper has a two column heading on the front page: "Bestial Cruelty of Germans Shown at Concentration Camp". See photos for coverage on the horrors that happened in the Belsen concentration ... See More  

Still has the canceled stamp and mailing label...

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, London, Jan. 23, 1901  An unusual issue as not only is there a canceled postage stamp noting that this issue was shipped to the United States through the mail, but it is applied to a large mailing label which is affixed to the top of the front page of the issue (covers the date but the date is at the top of each interior page). The content within has coverage relating to ... See More