1871 Mount Ruang volcano eruption & tidal wave......

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 15, 1871



* Mount Ruang volcano eruption - Sangihi Islands

* Island of Tagulandang tidal wave disaster - Indonesia



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "FIGHTFUL CALAMITY" "Terrible Loss of Life by a Volcano Eruption in the Malay Archipelago" "All Beings and Habitations Swept Off the Island" and more. (see)

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Woman Murderer Laura Fair in 1871...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 21, 1871



* Laura Fair interview

* Woman Murderer



Page 6 has an article headed: "LAURA D. FAIR" "She Tells the Story of Her Past Life" "Her Appeal to the Press to be Let Alone" (see) Takes takes up over a full column. He murder sentence would be overturned and cause a big uproar.

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1869 Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 5, 1869



* Rosh Hashanah - High Holy Days

* Jewish New Year - Jews - Judaica



Page 8 has an article headed: "Rosh-Hoshono" "Opening of the Festive Season of the Jews..." (see)

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The great international boat race of 1869...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 28, 1869



* The great international boat race

* Harvard vs. Oxford University

* The River Thames - London w/ map



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Lengthy article on cockfighting in 1869...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 21, 1869



* Cockfighting - illegal blood sport

* Roosters - gamecocks - cockpit

* Unusually lengthy & uncommon article



Page 8 has an article with small headings: "Cock Fighting" "Another Hard-fought Main Between Virginia and North Carolina..." (see) Rare to find articles on this illegal blood sport, especially this lengthy.

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1874 David Livingstone's death....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, March 30, 1874 



* David Livingstone death

* African explorer's last days told



The top of the page 7 has one column headings: "LIVINGSTONE" "Herald Special Report from London" "Deathbed Scenes in the Interior of Africa" "How the Great Explorer Sickened and Expired" and more. (see) Text takes up almost 1 1/2 columns.

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1870 Benjamin Nathan murder...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 1, 1870



* Benjamin Nathan's unsolved murder

* American investor & philanthropist



The top of the back page has one column headings: "THE NATHAN HORROR" "The Detectives Actively at Work, but No Clue Obtained" and more. (see) Text takes up almost 2 columns.

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Admiral David Farragut 1870 death...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 15, 1870



* David Farragut death (1st report)

* United States Navy flag officer

* 1st rear admiral, vice admiral & admiral

* Battle of Mobile Bay - Civil War fame



The top of page has one column headings: "OBITUARY" "Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, United States Navy" Text takes up almost 2 full columns.

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Early solar system & evolution studies....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, February 3, 1874 



* The solar system & evolution studied

* Astronomer Richard A. Proctor's theory



The top of page 7 has small one column headings: "The Solar System" "Professor Proctor's Definition of His Theory of Evolution..." and the article is signed in type at the end: Richard A. Proctor. (see)

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1874 Civil Rights... Virginia schools...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, January 7, 1874



* Civil Rights Act of 1875 debated

* Schools in Virginia - segregation ?



Page 7 has an article headed: "Civil Rights In Virginia" "Spicy Legislative Debate on the Mixed Schools and the Wants of the Black and White Races" (see)

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Defense of the Kansas Frontier in 1868...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 18, 1868 



* Defense of the Kansas Frontier

* Solomon River Valley - Indians



Page 7 has an article headed: "Our Indian Troubles" "Large Bodies of Indians on the War Path--Government Troops Defeated--Settlements Broken Up--Eight Men Murdered" (see)

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Hermannsdenkmal dedication in 1875...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 16, 1875



* Chieftain Arminius statue dedication

* Hermannsdenkmal memorial monument

* Battle of the Teutoburg Forest fame



Page 3 has one column headings that include: "ARMINIUS." "German National Festival in Honor of the Ancient Soldier-Patriot" and more with illustration of  "The Hermann Monument" (see) Lengthy text.

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1858 Fraser River Gold discoveries...

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Michelangelo biography in 1875 ...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 12, 1875



* Michelangelo biography - celebration

* Italian sculptor, painter, architect & poet



Page 9(5) has an article headed: "MICHAEL ANGELO" "Quadro-Centennial of the Great Genius" "The Painter, Patriot And Poet" "A Grand Life, but Full of Checks and Sorrows" and more. (see) Lengthy text takes up 4 columns.

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1875 Monticello, New York hanging...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 10, 1875



* Monticello, Sullivan County, New York execution

* Hanging of Mark Brown for murder



Page 6 has an article with headings: "THE GALLOWS" "Hanging of Mark Brown for the Murder of Sylvester Carr" "Sad Parting Between the Condemned and His Wife and Child" and more. Text text up over a full column.

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Crpress Hills Cemetery celebration in NYC...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 31, 1869



* Cypress Hills Cemetery - New York City

* American Civil War soldiers memorial



Page 10 has an article headed: "THE UNION DEAD" "Memorial Ceremonies in New York and Brooklyn Yesterday" "Decoration of the Graves of Union Soldiers at Cypress Hills Cemetery" and more. (see)

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Wickedness of Concert Saloons in 1872...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1872



* Hardships of Transatlantic travel (steerage)

* Grief misery peril torment suffering



Page 3 has an article headed: "Sufferings In The Struggle" "Fifteen Hundred Passengers Packed and Thrown Together on the Decks" "Death Looked For As A Relief" and more. (see) Lengthy text takes up about 3 1/2 total columns.

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1872 Benjamin Nathan murder trial...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 11, 1872



* Benjamin Nathan murder

* Billy Forrester the accused

* Murder by gaslight trial



Page 4 has an article headed: "FORRESTER" "History of Hi Wanderings from the Time the Nathan Murder Was Committed Up to His Arrest in Washington" and much more. (see) Lengthy text takes up over 4 full columns, mostly trial testimony.

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The diamond hoax of 1872....

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1872 Horace Greeley presidential nomination...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 11, 1872 



* Horace Greeley presidential nomination

* Liberal Republican Party founder 



Page 3 has nice one column headings that include: "THE PRESIDENT" "Greeley and Brown Nominated" "The First Ballot 686 To 47" and much more. Lengthy text.

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Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy then Secretary of State...

NEW YORK HERALD, June 29, 1811  Most of page 2 is taken up with various letters concerning Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy in Jefferson's administration, then becoming Secretary of State for Madison. Smith & Madison would soon disagree on policy resulting in Smith's resignation in 1811.

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1867 William G. Brownlow re-elected governor... ...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 3, 1867



* William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow

* Governor of Tennessee re-election victory



Page 4 has an article headed: "THE TENNESSEE ELECTION" "Governor Brownlow Re-elected by Thirty Thousand Majority" and more. (see)

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Jefferson is honored by National Institute of France...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 2, 1803 



* Thomas Jefferson

* Institut de France



Page 3 has an address from President Thomas Jefferson to the National Institute of France in which he humbly accepts the honor of being elected as: "...a foreign associate for the class of moral & political sciences...". It is signed in type: Th. Jefferson.

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David Livingston... false report of death...

NEW YORK HERALD, June 3, 1867



* Dr. David Livingstone death ?

* African explorer



Page 5 under: "Dr. Livingstone's Funeral" "Account of His Death and the Burial of His Body" is an erroneous account on the death of Dr. David Livingstone, the famous explorer. Livingstone actually died in 1873. The report suggests he was killed by African savages.

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1867 Jefferson Davis released on bail ...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 14, 1867



* Jefferson Davis approved for bail

* President of the Confederate States

* Post Civil War reconstruction era



Page 3 has a lengthy report headed: "JEFFERSON DAVIS" "The State Prisoner Before the Circuit Court at Richmond" "The Court Fixes His Bail at $100,000" and more. (see) Text takes up about 3 1/2 columns.

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