March from Selma to Montgomery...

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, March 16, 1965 



* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama 

* Martin Luther King Jr.



The front page has a five column headline: "Negro Leaders Meet On Plans To Resume Highway March To Capitol" (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a few small binding holes along spine, otherwise nice.... See More  

Comments on Lincoln, and more...

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, August 2, 1862  Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.

Among the various reports inside are: "Another Conscription Ordered" "Proclamation from Lincoln in Regards to the Conscription Act" which is signed: President; "Progress ... See More  

Prelude to the Civil War... Georgia to secede... Much more...

NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 19, 1861 



* Southern secession

* Fort Sumter tensions

* Prelude to the Civil War



Among the one column heads on the ftpg. are: "The National Troubles" "Animated Debate on the Kansas Bill" "Passage of the Army Bill in Committee of the Whole" "Latest Dispatches from the South" "Declaration of the Georgia Convention in Favo... See More  

1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1867



* Manhattan, Kansas



Page 5 has a very small and discrete heading: "Earthquake in Missouri" See image for very brief text. This was in fact the Manhattan, Kansas earthquake. A early report the day after it happened. Unfortunately for the short article here but still a 1st report in this venerable newspaper title. Of course technology was non existe... See More  

Early baseball photos... Carrie Nation...

BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET, London, March 16, 1901 



* Carrie Nation photo

* Early baseball



An interesting and uncommon periodical, published in London, with some content on events of the Boer War in South Africa. It also has much domestic content offering an interesting glimpse of British life at the end of the Victorian era. It published from 1899 thru 1905 and contains many photographs. ... See More  

1879 Negro exodusters..

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 20, 1879



* Negro Exodusters begin

* Wyandotte KS Kansas



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "The Colored Immigrants" "Brief Description of Their Reception and Condition at Wyandotte" and more. (see) Text takes up more than a full column.

This issue is not fra... See More  

Fort Scott, Kansas fire disaster...

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 24, 1873



* Fort Scott KS Kansas

* Fire disaster



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Fire Panic In Kansas" "Fears That Fort Scott Will Be Destroyed" See image for text here.

This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen ra... See More  

Ray Ouimet wins golf tournament....

THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Missouri, August 28, 1921



* Ray Ouimet wins golf tournament

* Famous golfer Francis Ouimet's brother



The sport's section (page 5) has a five column headline: "Ray Ouimet New Kansas City Golf Champ" with subheads and nice photo. (see) 1st report coverage of Francis Ouimet's younger brother winning the golf championship at the Hillcrest Country C... See More  

Kansas City, Missouri tornado disaster...

THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, May 12, 1886



* Kansas City, Missouri

* Tornado disaster



The front page has one column headings: "A DEATH BLAST" "Kansas City Visited Yesterday by a Disastrous Cyclone" "Resulting in Loss of Life and Destruction of Property" "The Tempest Strikes a School House and Kills Many" and more. (see) Lengthy text here... See More  

Kent State and other campus protesting...

THE HAYS DAILY NEWS, Hays, Kansas, May 6, 1970  The front page of the issue carries a four column headline "Campus Protest Wave Spreads" which is reference to the protest occurring at the colleges and university across the nation over President Nixon's Cambodian policy and the recent Kent State killings. This also shows a photo of the protest at the Fort Hays State campus.

Insi... See More  

Pike's Peak gold rush...

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, August 26, 1859



* Pike's Peak gold rush

* Kansas Territory boom



Page 2 has a lengthy article headed: "LIFE IN THE FAR WEST" "Lights and Shadows of the Gold Region" Text takes up 2 full columns.

Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise very nice condition.

The fugitive slave John Anderson... Seceding from the Union...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 4, 1861 



* John Anderson - fugitive slave

* Pre Civil War Southern tensions



Inside has: "A Southern Diarist" "Later From California" "Arrival of the Pony Express" "News From Kansas" "Movements of Mr. Lincoln" "The Case of the Fugitive Anderson", the latter concerning the trial of the famed fugitive slave... See More  

"Bleeding Kansas" to bleed no more...

NEW YORK OBSERVER, Nov. 13, 1856 



* Bleeding Kansas

* Missouri border invasion

* War on slavery



Page 2 has: "Kansas To Be A Free State" which takes over half a column, and includes a letter datelined at Lawrence, beginning: "At last we begin to breathe freer in this long afflicted, but beautiful country. The Border Ruffians have left us to manage our own affairs, and th... See More  

Edison's electric railway...

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, May 30, 1880



* Inventor Thomas Edison

* 1st electric railway success



Page 3 has small one column headings: "Edison" "His Latest Venture a Success--Riding at a Forty-Mile Speed on His Electric Railroad...." See images for text here.



Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise... See More  

Adelaide Neilson death....

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, August 17, 1880



* Adelaide Neilson death

* English stage actress



The front page has one column headings: "NEILSON DEAD" "The Celebrated Juliet Suddenly Expires Among Friends in a Paris Cafe" "She Was Speaking of Her Successes and Her Plans for the Future When Death Came" and more. (see)



Other news of the day with several interestin... See More  

Macon, Mississippi tornado....

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, April 27, 1880



* Macon MS Mississippi

* Tornado disaster



The front page has one column headings: "WILD WINDS" "Terrible Storms Reported from All Directions..." "Part of the City of Macon, Miss., Destroyed and Eighteen Lives Reported Lost" and more. (see)



Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements. Complete in 8 p... See More  

"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.

Purcell, Oklahoma gold discovery...

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 1889



* Purcell, Oklahoma



The front page has a small one column heading: "The Oklahoma Gold Field". See image for text.

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

La Cygne, Kansas lynch mob...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, August 21, 1873



* La Cygne, Kansas

* Lynch mob - lynching



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

The front page has one column headings: "Lynch Law" "Solemn Proceedings of a Mob"

Complete in 8 pages, very minor spine wear, nice condition.... See More  

Air Florida Flight 90 disaster... Potomac River...

THE KANSAN, Kansas City, Kansas, January 14, 1982



* Air Florida Flight 90

* Potomac River

* 14th Street Bridge



The front page has a three column headline: "Officials begin wreckage probe" with related map. This is 1st report coverage on Air Florida Flight 90 airplane disaster in Washington D.C.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, n... See More  

SS Pacific sinking disaster...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, November 9, 1875



* SS Pacific sinking disaster

* Kansas earthquake



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

The front page has one column headings: "Loss Of The Pacific" "Fearful Marine Disaster" "More Than a Hundred Lives Supposed to be Lost" and more. See images ... See More  

1957 Fargo, North Dakota tornado disaster....

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 21, 1957



* North Fargo (Gold Ridge) area

* South Dakota tornado disaster



The front page has a three column headline: "Twister Takes 10 Lives, Damage Is in Millions"



with subheads that include: "Huge Black Arm Hits Fargo, N.D." and more. (see photos) 1st report coverage on the 1957 Fargo tornado.



Other news, sports and advertisem... See More  

Meyer Lansky's death....

THE KANSAN, Kansas City, January 16, 1983



* 'Mob Accountant' Meyer Lansky's death

* National Crime Syndicate



Page 3 has a one column heading:



"Meyer Lansky, mob finance whiz, dead"



1st report coverage on the death of famous organized crime figure, Meyer Lansky.



Other news of the day. Complete 24 pages, good condition.... See More  

The assassination of Anwar Sadat...

DAILY UNION, Junction City, Kansas, October 6, 1981



* Anwar Sadat assassination



The front page has a four column headline: "Sadat Assassinated in Cairo" with subhead and related photo. This is 1st report coverage on the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, never bound, nice condition.... See More  

Gettysburg reunion... Lawrence, Kansas...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, July 16, 1887 Inside the issue is a very nice full page which has 6 prints captioned: "KANSAS--VIEWS IN AND AROUND THE HISTORIC CITY OF LAWRENCE" showing various scenes in the area. Another page has a related article on Lawrence as well. Also in this issue are illustrations of a reunion at Gettysburg with both the Blue and Gray, includi... See More