1926 Twilight Inn fire disaster...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1926 



* Twilight Inn resort fire disaster 

* Haines Falls,  New York 



The front page has a one column heading: "Fifteen Dead, Many Missing, in Hotel Fire" (see) First report coverage on the Twilight Inn resort fire disaster at Haines Falls, New York.

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Marianna, Florida Negro lynching... Claude Neal...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 27, 1934 



* Claude Neal Negro lynching

* Marianna, Jackson County, Florida



The front page has a one column heading: "Lynch Negro In Florida as Girl's Slayer" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Claude Neal at Marianna, Florida

Complete with all 30 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

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Jesse Owens as Ohio State track star...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, June 23, 1935



* Jesse Owens on the World stage

* Ohio State Buckeyes track star

* Leading candidate for Berlin Olympics



The front page of ths section has a one column heading: "OWENS REGISTERS FOUR-EVENT SWEEP" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues on page with photo. (see)

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2009 Hate Crimes bill signed into law...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 29, 2009



* Hate Crimes bill signed into law

* President Barack Hussein Obama



The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "Obama signs hate crimes bill" (see) Unfortunate for the somewhat discrete, inside page report here but still a 1st report as such.

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1870 Franco-Prussian War beginning...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1870



* Franco-Prussian War beginning



The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE WAR" "Rumors from the Front in Paris and Reports of a Battle" "The French Nation Unanimous" "Legislative Address of Loyalty to Napoleon" and more. (see) Lengthy text.

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Movie Casablanca wins best picture...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1944



* Movie Casablanca wins best picture

* Academy Awards

* Humphrey Bogart - Ingrid Bergman



Page 17 has one column headings that includes: "MOVIE AWARD GOES TO JENNIFER JONES" "Chosen Best Actor of Year---'Casablanca' Takes 'Oscar' as the Top Picture" and more. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this p... See More  

re. Knute Rockne's death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1931



* re. Knute Rockne death

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* Head football coach



The sport's section (page 33) has one column headlines that include: "ROCKNE'S MEMORIAL PLANS HAVE BEGUN" "Notre Dame Officials Act to Complete the Project With Nation-Wide Donations" "ASSEMBLY HONORS ROCKNE'S MEMORY" "Extols Football C... See More  

An obscure 18th century religious title from New York...

THE THEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, New York, November & December, 1795  A religious magazine which published bi-monthly, each issue dated for two months. It begin in July, 1795, and lasted only thru February, 1799, the latter issues being quarterly. An obscure title from the 18th century.

Eighty pages, disbound without a full title/contents pages, 4 3/4 by 8 inches, minor foxing, nice condition. ... See More  

Civil War map of the war in Kentucky & Tennessee...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 21, 1862  With the front page taken up with ads, the feature is the back page war map headed: "THE WAR IN KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE" with related column heads, including; "Defeat of Zollicoffer's Army" "Fighting All Day"  "Gen. Zollicoffer Killed" "Utter Rout of the Rebels" "Heavy Lossl On Both Sides" &... See More  

Father Charles Coughlin anti-FDR speech...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1935



* Father Charles Coughlin

* Roman Catholic priest

* Anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt

* Madison Square Garden speech



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "23,000 HERE CHEER COUGHLIN ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with complete text of his speech and related photo. Probably only found in a New Y... See More  

Bootlegger Dutch Schultz arrested....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1931



* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Simon Flegenheimer

* New York City bootlegger - racketeer - gangster

* Arrested for income tax evasion (1st report)



The front page has one column headings that include: "GANG DRIVE SPURRED BY SCHULTZ CAPTURE" "Racketeer Held in $150,000 Bail as Government Centres War on Tax Evaders" and more. (see) Lengthy repor... See More  

Review & premiere of "Independence Day", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 2, 1996



* Best "Independence Day" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Science fiction action - extraterrestrial race



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Early print of Fort Point, San Francisco...

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 1862  The front page has a print: "Fort Point--One of the Fortifications Of the Harbor of San Francisco, Cal." with a bit of detail.

Some war-related content inside including: "How To Demoralize n Army" and "Conference of the Rebel Generals at Richmond--Their Plains for the Future and more.

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Prohibition ends in Arizona....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1933 



* End of Prohibition - repeal

* Beer - liquor returns

* New Mexico - Idaho



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "IDAHO, NEW MEXICO JOIN REPEAL RANKS; 31 STATES IN LINE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the states of New Mexico and Idaho ratifying the repeal of prohibition. Always nice to have notable events ... See More  

1873 Virginius surrenders to U.S. Navy...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 18, 1873



* Virginius Affair - Ten Years' War

* Surrenders to United States Navy



The top of page 7 has one column headings: "SURRENDER" "The American Steamer Virginius Handed Over by Spain" "Bahia Honda's Famous Scene" "The Significant Ceremonies" "The Virginius In A Filthy Condition" and more. (see) Text tak... See More  

Trouble with the Indians...

CONCORD DAILY MONITOR, New Hampshire, June 21, 1867  Page 3 has a report headed: "Barbarities and Indian Outrages" which reports just that, one bit noting: "...A battle was fought at Oflan's Station...between 60 whites...en route for Fort Phil Kearney, and from 100 to 150 Indians..." with more.

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Rocky Mountains hunting in 1874...

NEW YORK HERALD, September 12, 1874



* Hunting in the Rocky Mountains

* Elk - deer - bear - antelope & more



The top of page 5 has one column headings: "ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAME" "Shooting in the Valleys West of the 'Divide'" and more. (see) Text takes up over a full column.

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Ischia Earthquake of 1883...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, July 30, 1883



* Ischia earthquake

* Casamicciola, Naples, Italy



The top of the front page has one column headings: "Engulfed" "The Town of Casamicciola, Italy, Swallowed Up by an Earthquake" and more. (see)

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SS Schiller ocean liner disaster...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana,  May 11, 1875



* German ocean liner SS Schiller

* Isles of Scilly sinking disaster



The front page has a one column heading: "The Latest Horror" with subheads. (see)

Complete in 8 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Improved bridges for the military... A breech-loading rifle...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 13, 1865  The front page has a nice print of: "Derrom's System  For Trestle Bridges" with a related article titled: "Improved System for Trestle Bridges" It begins: "The transit of streams in military operations is often one of the most embarrassing incidents of a campaign...During the whole of the present war & up to th... See More  

1945 Irma Grese captured photo...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1945



* Female SS guard Irma Grese

* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

* Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities

* Related photos - including one showing female SS-Guards



While the front page has a nice banner headline concerning the last days before Germany would surrender, the back page has a somewhat famous photo showing female SS Guards. Wh... See More  

1874 Georgetown, South Carolina race riots....

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 22, 1874



* Georgetown, South Carolina

* Race war - riots - blacks



The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE BLACK RIOTS" "Bloodshed and Murder In South Carolina" "Scenes Of Horror" and more. (See) Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.

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The Great Comet of 1874... Coggia's Comet...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 2, 1874



* C/1874 H1 (Coggia's Comet}

* The Great Comet of 1874



The top of page 3 has a two column diagram headed: "Coggia's Comet" Also one column headings: "THE COMET COME" "Her First Appearance Last Evening" "Scientific Sketch of the Celestial Visitor" and more. (see)

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1874 Bone Alley "the most crowded pace on earth"...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 23, 1874



* Bone Alley "the most crowded place on earth"

* New York City ghetto - filthy block



The top of page 11 has one column headings: "BONE ALLEY" "The Home Of The Rag Pickers" "Where the Rags, Bones, Fat and Bottles Go" and more. (see)

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David Livingstone's mission in Afrcia...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 17, 1874



* David Livingstone

* Henry Morton Stanley



The top of page 3 has one column headings: "UNEXPLORED AFRICA" "An Anglo-American Journalistic Expedition" "David Livingstone Work To Be Completed" "Mr. H.M. Stanley's Mission" Text takes up two full columns.

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