Glen Cinema disaster, Scotland...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 31, 1929



* Glen Cinema disaster

* Paisley, Scotland

* Early same day, 1st report



This 16 page newspaper has a nice six column headline on the front page: "SCORES OF CHILDREN AMONG 72 DEAD IN THEATER FIRE PANIC" with subheads. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nic... See More  

Water Valley MS hangings.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, August 3, 1931



* Great lefty Grove headline

* Philadelphia Athletics

* Major league baseball - MLB



This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "GROVE WINS 13TH STRAIGHT" with subheads and photo (see images). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice ... See More  

Rocksprings Texas tornado disaster...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, April 13, 1927



* Rocksprings, Texas

* Extreme tornado disaster



This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:  "62 PEOPLE DEAD IN TEXAS STORM; MANY ARE HURT", "Tornado Levels Village, Leaves Scores Dead and Injured in Debris; Toll Mounting" with smaller subheads. (see photos) Tells of the tornado disaster at Roc... See More  

William Edward Hickman hangs....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, October 19, 1928



* William Edward Hickman hanged

* Marion Parker kidnapping and murder



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "'FOX' HICKMAN HOLDS COURAGE AS TRAP DROPS" and "Only Slight Pallor and Weakening Knees Show Emotions of Doomed Youth" with smaller subheads and photo of... See More  

1930 Bobby Jones wins...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, May 29, 1930



* Bobby Jones - golfer

* British amateur championship

* This would be his 2nd win towards the famous grand slam



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "JONES SCORES SCANT VICTORY OVER JOHNSTON" and "Americans Stage Ding-Dong Battle That Is Decided Only on Eighteenth Hole"



Nice to ha... See More  

Jack Sharkey in heavyweight boxing match...

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, February 27, 1930



* Jack Sharkey - Boxing - boxer

* Pre-fight odds

* Nice headline for display



This 24 page newspaper has banner headline on the front page: "Jack Sharkey Holds 10-1 Odds To Beat Phil Scott" with subheads. More inside with related photos. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headli... See More  

1930 Bobby Jones wins.....

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, May 31, 1930



* Bobby Jones (early 1st report)

* Wins British amateur championship

* This was his 2nd win towards the famous grand slam



This 13 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:



* JONES DEFEATS WETHERED, 7-6, TO WIN CROWN

* British Amateur Gold Championship Captured by Atlantan For First Time



Nice to have this report on th... See More  

Nearing the end of the Civil War......

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, January 9, 1865



* General Benjamin Grierson

* Tennessee Campaign

* Final months of the war



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "FROM TENNESSEE", "Important Expedition under Gen. Grierson", "A Successful Rai... See More  

Langley, Virginia...

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7, 1863 



* Langley VA Virginia

* Civil War original



The ftpg. has one column Civil War heads including: "THE LATEST NEWS" "The Situation in Tennessee" "Gen. Rosecrans Communication" "Latest from Charleston" "A Rebel Raid at Langley" "Rebel Impudence & the Result of It... See More  

Very early Andy Jackson...

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Massachusetts, November 25, 1797  Page 2 contains a brief & inconspicuous item which lists new senators: "Tennessee, Hon. Messrs. Andrew Jackson and Joseph Anderson...". This is likely the earliest mention of Andrew Jackson in a newspaper. He was 30 years old at the time.  Other news of the day & many ads, including 9 illustrated ship ads on ... See More  

Civil War map of Richmond, Petersburg & vicinity...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1862 



* Richmond & Petersburg VA MAP

* Corinth MS - Fort Pillow Tennessee



The front page features a nice & very detailed Civil War map headed: "The Military and Naval Advance Toward Richmond and Petersburgh." (see). Plus there are nice one column Civil War heads including: "Suffolk Occupied by a Portion of Gen. Wool's Forces" ... See More  

The Great Mississippi Flood....

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, April 19, 1927



* The Great Mississippi River flood

* Arkansas, Tennessee



This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FURTHER HAVOC THREATENS AS FLOODS SPREAD" "Mississippi Hammers at Levees as Army of Workers...." "25,000 Homeless; Seven States Suffer" and more (see photos).



Other n... See More  

Charles Lindbergh Ransom Money Found In 1934...

THE KINGSPORT TIMES, Kingsport, Tennessee, September 24, 1934&nbsp; This 8 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: &quot;<strong>GRAND JURY CONSIDERS EXTORTION CASE AGAINST BRUNO HAUPTMANN</strong>&quot; with subheads and related photo. (see)<br /> <br /> Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.</p>

Rare Pittsburgh 1862 Civil War era...

This issue is not fragile as newsprint from this era was ma... See More  

Parrottsville TN airplane crash disaster... Ed Kennedy recuperating...

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, July 10, 1964 

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:"Crash of Plane Takes 39 Lives". This tells of United Airlines Flight 823 airplane crash near Parrottsville, Tennessee.



Also on the front page of this issue is a photo of Sen. Edward Kennedy and his wive, Joan, as he is being transferred from one ho... See More  

1959 Robbins Tennessee mine explosion disaster...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 24, 1959 



* Robbins, Tennessee 

* Coal mine gas explosion disaster 



This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Nine Die In Mine Blast"



Tells of the coal mine gas explosion disaster at Robbins, Tennessee.



Other news of the day. Good condition.... See More  

Paris, Tennessee negro lynching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 18, 1927 



* Joseph Upchurch negro lynching 

* Paris, Tennessee 



This 36 page newspaper has a small and somewhat discrete one column headline on page 14: "POSSE KILLS NEGRO" and more. (see)



Tells of the lynching (shooting) of negro Joseph Upchurch in Paris, Tennessee.



Other news of the day. Light browning with some margin wear and chip... See More  

1946 Gatlinburg TN B-29 crash...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 13, 1946 



* Gatlinburg, Tennessee 

* 3rd Army B-29 Bomber crash 

* Great Smoky Mountain 



This 46 page newspaper has a small one column headline on page 28: "12 DIE IN B-29 CRASH ON TENNESSEE PEAK"



Tells of the United States Air Force B-29 Bomber crash near Gatlinburg, Tennessee on a peak in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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Covington TN lynching...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 18, 1937 This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 20: "TO HELL WITH LAW," SAYS LYNCHING MOB" "Six Masked Men Cow Sheriff in Tennessee and Hang Negro Slayer on Bridge".



This tells of the lynching of negro Albert Gooden in Covington, Tennessee.



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, o... See More  

Very early report on the capture of New Orleans...

THE PITTSBURGH POST, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1862 



* Capture of New Orleans 

* Very early report 



At the top of page 2 is a report: "The Very Latest Telegraph" "New Orleans Taken!" "Great Destruction Of Property, Cotton, Steamboats, etc." "All Was Consternation and Excitement" with the text providing the details. This is an early rep... See More  

Fredericksburg, Virginia...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, December 9, 1862



* Fredericksburg Virginia

* General Ambrose Burnside



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.



Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are:



* News From The South

* The Armies Before Fredericksburg

* Narrow Escape from Capture of the Rebel Morgan

* Attack On Gene... See More  

Capture of Fort Donelson, with a front page diagram...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, February 18, 1862 



* Fort Donelson, Tennessee 

* Civil War original w/ map 



The front page has a small one column map headed: "Plan Of Fort Donelson" and first column heads which include: "GLORIOUS VICTORY" "The Fall of Fort Donelson" "Johnston and Buckner, the Rebel Generals, Captured" "15,000 Othe... See More  

Map of Fort Wright, on the Mississippi...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, April 24, 1862 



* Confederate built Fort Wright 

* Memphis, Tennessee map 



Although the front page is mostly taken up with advertisements, the prime feature is certainly the nice Civil War map headed: "FORT WRIGHT ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Its Position & Strength--Important Section of the River--Commodore Foote's Attack." The front p... See More  

James Earl Ray captured...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 10, 1968



* James Earl Ray captured

* Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination suspect



This 24 page newspaper has a three line headline on the front page: "King's Accused Killer May Fight Extradition".



Tells of the capture of James Earl Ray in London, England for the murder of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.



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Fort Donelson...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, February 6, 1863.



* Charleston Harbor SC

* Ironclad warships

* Fort Donelson Tennessee



This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.



Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are:



* IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH

* The Affair Off Charleston Harbor

* The Union Iron-Clad Gunboat Ironsides... See More