1901 Richmond, Missouri Negro lynching...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 2, 1901



* Richmond, Ray County, Missouri

* Negro lynching - hanging



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ANOTHER LYNCHING" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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1905 New Orleans riverfront fire disaster...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 27, 1905



* New Orleans riverfront fire disaster



The front page has a two column heading: "NEW ORLEANS LOSES $5,000,000 BY FIRE" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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20th Century Limited train speed record...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 19, 1905



* 20th Century Limited passenger train

* New York Central Railroad

* New York to Chicago speed record



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "80 MILES AN HOUR MADE ON THE RUN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not ... See More  

1905 Belmont, Missouri Negro lynching...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, May 13, 1905



* Belmont, Mississippi County, Missouri

* Tom Witherspoon Negro lynching - lynched



Page 2 has a one column heading: "NEGRO HANGED BY MISSOURI MOB" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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1905 death of General Fitzhugh Lee...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 28, 1905



* Fitzhugh Lee death (1st report)

* Confederate cavalry general

* Robert E. Lee's nephew



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GEN. FITZHUGH LEE IS STRICKEN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fra... See More  

1905 Hazen, Nevada lynching of Red Wood...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 25, 1905



* Hazen, Churchill County, Nevada

* Infamous Red Wood lynching



The bottom of the front page has a one column heading: "MOB LYNCHES HOLD-UP MAN WITH" with subhead. (see) This was the last lynching in the state of Nevada. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are ... See More  

Guglielmo Marconi marries in 1905....

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1905



* Guglielmo Marconi marries - wedding

* Wireless telegraphy - radio inventor

* Beatrice O'Brien



The front page has a one column heading: "MARCONI IS WED THIS MORNING" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile fr... See More  

1905 Russian Bloody Sunday massacres....

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 24, 1905



* Bloody Sunday massacre

* St. Petersburg, Russia

* Russian revolution



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "SWORD RULES IN ST. PETERSBURG" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in ... See More  

1904 Hole-In-The-Wall outlaws captured...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 17, 1904  Two weeks prior to this issue, two bandits presumed to be from the Hole-In-The-Wall country of Wyoming attempted to rob the First National Bank of Cody, Wyoming. Hearing of the news, the famed frontiersman and showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody reportedly got in into the chase. He is not mentioned in this report.

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1904 Sasun uprising... Armenians...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 4, 1904



* 1904 Sasun uprising

* Massacre of Armenians

* Kurds & Ottoman Turks



The front page has a one column heading: "THE MASSACRE IS CONFIRMED" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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1904 Elk River Bridge collapse... Charleston WV...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 15, 1904



* Elk river bridge collapse disaster

* Charleston WV West Virginia



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "CROWDED BRIDGE GOES INTO RIVER" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in pape... See More  

1904 Boston Red Sox wins AL pennant...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 10, 1904



* Boston Red Sox wins American League pennant

* Major League Baseball - MLB



The front page has a one column heading: "Boston Club Wins Pennant" with subhead. (see) Interestingly there was no World Series for this year. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that ... See More  

1904 USS Georgia battleship launching...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 11, 1904



* USS Georgia (BB-15) launching

* United States Navy battleship

* Bath Iron Works - Maine



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NEW BATTLESHIP RIDES THE WAVE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile fro... See More  

1903 Pine Apple, Alabama Negro lynching......

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 28, 1903



* Pine Apple, Wilcox County, Alabama

* African American - Negro lynching - lynched



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "AWFUL VENGEANCE OF ALABAMA MOB" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from th... See More  

1902 Army-Navy game... college football...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 28, 1903



* Early Army-Navy game

* College football rivalry

* West Point vs. Annapolis



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ANNAPOLIS MADE A POOR SHOWING" with subheads that include: "Army Defeated Navy in Football by a Score of 40 to 5" and more. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "... See More  

1903 Lilly, Pennsylvania coal mine disaster...

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 21, 1903



* Lilly, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

* Coal mine bunk house fire disaster



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "TWENTY-SEVEN MEN BURNED TO A CRISP" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this... See More  

1903 Gordon Bennett automobile race....

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 2, 1903



* James Gordon Bennett Cup - automobile race

* Athy, County Kildare, Ireland



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "RACE MARRED BY ACCIDENTS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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Battle of Antietam monument dedication......

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 17, 1903



* Battle of Antietam monument dedication

* Troops of New Jersey during Civil War

* Theodore Roosevelt tribute speech



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "THE PRESIDENT AT ANTIETAM" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are... See More  

1903 Battle of Wooster Mound... Oklahoma...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug.10, 1903



* Battle of Wooster Mound - Oklahoma

* Martin Brothers Gang vs. Lawmen



The front page has a one column heading: "SHERIFFS KILL TWO OUTLAWS" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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Battleship HMS King Edward VII launched......

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 23, 1903



* HMS King Edward VII Launching

* Royal Navy battleship



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BIG BATTLESHIP IS LAUNCHED" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.

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Trouble with the Indians in Idaho...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, June 8, 1878  The front page has: "The Indian Outbreak" "Latest News from Idaho--Col. Bernard in the Field in Pursuit of Hostile Indians".

The report notes in part: "...Five men scouting up the Braneau Valley found...settlers gathered at Robinson's ranch...valley had been raided by Indians...Colonel Bernard with sixty cavalry are ... See More  

Indian troubles in Idaho...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, June 20, 1878  The front page has: "The Indian War" "Hot Work Going on in Idaho" which mentions in part: "...reports serious depredations...have burned Diamond Ranch in Happy Valley...Indians have captured over 400 horses...Troops and supplies are greatly needed...report the mountain full of Indians...They are in hot pursuit of the Ban... See More  

Klamath Indians are getting restless for war...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, June 29, 1878  The front page has; "The Indian War" "Later From Oregon--The Klamath Indians Growing Restless" mentioning in part: "...from Oregon is that the Klamath braves are getting restless, and are eager to join in the war. They have already commenced murdering settlers and stealing stock..." with more.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton shines at the Woman's Suffrage National Convention...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Jan. 10, 1878  



* National American Woman Suffrage Association



The front page has half a column taken up with: "Woman's Suffrage National Convention" with a nice account of the meeting in Washington, D.C. One bit mentions: "...None of the long speeches thus far, except those of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mrs. Hooker, have risen above m... See More  

On an interview with Sitting Bull...

THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, July 3, 1879  Near the bottom of the front page is: "Sitting Bull" "The Herald Prints a Sensational Story". It mentions in part: "...prints...interview...just from Sitting Bull's camp...reciting the story of their wrongs under the treaty of 1868; furnishing new particulars of the Custer massacre..." and more.

Four pages, a bi... See More