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EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 27, 1916
* Battle of the River Somme offensive - France
* World War I - WWI - German & British Empires
* One of the deadliest battles in human history
The front page has a nice banner headline: "ALLIES WIN GROUND" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. 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. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, minor…
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 9, 1916
* George Sisler - St. Louis Browns
* Ernie Shore - Boston Red Sox
* Major League Baseball - MLB
Page 8 has a two, 1 column photos of George Sisler & Ernie Shore with headings and text. (see images)
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.
Complete with 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, generally nice.
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1916
* National Schism- Greece
* Island of Crete revolution
The front page has a nice banner headline: "REVOLUTIONISTS HOLD CRETE" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. 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. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, generally nice.
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 21, 1916
* Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas
* Bert Dudley lynching mob - hanging
* Revolution on Island of Crete - Greece
The front page has a one column heading: "Mob In Kansas Invades Jail And Lynches Prisoner" (see image)
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 16 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally…
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 30, 1916
* Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers)
* National League pennant race
* MLB - Major League Baseball
The front page has a six column headline: "DODGERS ARE AGAIN IN LEAD" with subhead, score and lineups. (see images) Inning by inning description continues inside.
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 16 pages, a little…
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 8, 1916
* Quebec Bridge construction disaster
* St. Saint Lawrence River collapse
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RIOTING IN NEW YORK STIKE" with subhead. (see images)
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 11, 1916
* Quebec Bridge construction disaster
* St. Saint Lawrence River collapse
The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "TWENTY-FIVE FALL TO DEATH" with subhead. (see images)
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.
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SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, September 5, 1916
* Christy Mathewson vs. Mordecai Brown
* Greatest pitching rivalry (last time)
This 16 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 11: "Matty Beats Brown" and "So Reds Get Even Break With Chicago" with box scores (see photos). This was the last game Christy Mathewson would face Mordecai Brown on the baseball field. Some consider this the greatest pitching rivalry in Major League History.
Other news of the day. Light…
* Women's Motorcycle Tour of America
Page 7 contains a somewhat brief yet significant article on the "motorcycle tour of 1916", headed: "4,000 Miles By Motyor Cycle" "New York Women Reach San Diego--Climbed Pike's Peak on Machines" with the dateline of San Diego, and the text reading: "After a motorcycle trip of more than 4,000 miles, Misses Adelina and Augusta Van Buren arrived here yesterday from
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