One of the best accounts of the 'Bloody Benders' we have found...

NEW YORK TIMES, May 13, 1873 



* Bloody Benders

* Cherry Vale, Kansas

* Corpses discovered



The front page has 1 1/2 columns taken up with an excellent and uncommonly lengthy report of the "Bloody Benders" with the discovery of their victims.

The top of a column is headed: "THE KANSAS MURDERS" "Narrative of the Horrible Crimes of the Bender Family--Discovery of... See More  

White House Easter egg roll...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.

Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas -- Endangered Settlers Taking Refuge in the Plowed Fields... See More  

Short-lived title from a Texas town with a rich history...

THE VELASCO TIMES, Texas, March 17, 1892 



* Rare Southwestern United States publication

* Possibly the first time offered anywhere (see note)



A rare title as it existed for less than six months.

Velasco was a town in Texas that was later annexed by the city of Freeport. Founded in 1831, Velasco is situated on the east side of the Brazos River four miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The to... See More  

A "Boomer" newspaper with a fascinating history...

OKLAHOMA WAR-CHIEF, Caldwell, Kansas, Jan. 21, 1886  An interesting newspaper with a fascinating history.

This newspaper was first published by the Oklahoma Boomer Movement to agitate for the opening of the unassigned lands in the Indian Territory to homesteading.

The paper was first published at Wichita, Kansas, in 1883, and after several moves to towns along Kansas's southern border t... See More  

1945 USS Franklin aircraft carrier disaster...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 18, 1945



* USS Franklin (CV-13) disaster

* Japanese dive bomber attack

* United States Navy aircraft carrier



The front page has a two column heading: "Aircraft Carrier Franklin Snatched From Jap Death Trap And Will Return to Battle" with subhead. (see images) This disaster happened a few months earlier but this is when it was first made publi... See More  

Bonnie and Clyde in Atchinson, Kansas ?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1934



* Atchison, Kansas bank robbery

* Bonnie and Clyde involved ?

* Rare mention of "cigar smoking" woman



The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "ROB KANSAS BANKS, SHOOT POLICE OFFICER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on a bank robbery in Atchison, Kansas. At the time it was believed that criminals involved were the infamo... See More  

1939 World War II beginning....

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, September 11, 1939 



* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw

* World War II WWII beginning

* Nazis invasion of Poland



The front page has a banner headline: "Congress May Be Summoned Later This Week To Repeal Arms Embargo; Canada Declares War; Germans Launch Counterattack on West Front" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the ma... See More  

Kansas City massacre... Pretty Boy Floyd...

THE DETROIT NEWS, June 17, 1933



* Kansas City massacre

* Union Square shootout

* Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd

* Bank robber Frank Nash

* Early, same day coverage



The front page has a one column heading: "5 DIE IN FIGHT FOR A CONVICT" with subheads. (see images) A early, same day report on this infamous gunfight.

Complete with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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Death of Jack Ruby... slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald... assassin of JFK...

THE PARSONS SUN, Parsons, Kansas, January 3, 1967



* Jack Ruby dies while waiting on death row...

* Hard-to-find same-day reporting

* Slayer of Lee Harvey Oswald... assassin of JFK



The front page reports of the death of Jack Ruby, which includes a photo, supporting text, and the 3-column, 2-line headline: "Death Takes Ruby; Slayer of Oswald." Another related front page article is ... See More  

Lansing, Kansas prison break... Wilbur Underhill...

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 1, 1933



* Lansing Correctional Facility - Kansas

* Wilbur Underhill Jr. & 10 others escape

* "Tri-State Terror" - Oklahoma bandit



The top of the front page has two column heading: "11 Fugitive Convicts Slay Cop in Flight, Disappear In Hills" with subhead and photo of the warden. (see images)

Complete with 16 pages, li... See More  

1979 Palsmatics w/ Wendy O. Williams nightclub ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 5, 1979



* Plasmatics w/ singer Wendy O. Williams (early)

* American hardcore punk rock band performance

* Max's Kansas City nightclub advertisement



Page 86 has a 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement upcoming performances by the "PLASMATICS" at Max' Kansas City nightclub in Manhattan. (see images)

wikipedia n... See More  

World War II in Europe is over...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 9, 1945 



* World War II - WWII

* Germany surrenders

* European theatre ends



The front page has a banner headline: "SURREDNER ORDERS RATIFIED" with subheads and related photo. (see images)

Complete with 12 pages, irregular along the spine, other minor margin wear, generally nice.

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Mark Alan Stamaty's panoramic: "A Glimpse of The Village"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 5, 1977



* Mark Alan Stamaty

* Iconic panoramic cartoon: "A Glimpse of The Village"



The centerfold contains the icon cartoon by (Mark) Alan Stamaty: "A Glimpse of The Village", which became so sought after, The Village Voice had posters created to meet the widespread interest. The cartoon takes nearly all of b... See More  

1974 Billy Joel nightclub performances ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 14, 1974



* Very early Billy Joel performances

* American singer - songwriter - pianist

* "Piano Man" studio album tour

* Max's Kansas City nightclub advertisement



Page 43 has a nice full page advertisement for "BILLY JOEL" gigs at Max's Kansas City nightclub in Manhattan. (see images) He would p... See More  

Short-lived title from Texas... Large map of the Brazos...

VELASCO DAILY TIMES, Texas, March 2, 1892  A rare title as it existed for less than six months.

Velasco was a town in Texas that was later annexed by the city of Freeport. Founded in 1831, Velasco is situated on the east side of the Brazos River four miles from the Gulf of Mexico. The town's early history is closely tied with the Battle of Velasco and the Texas Revolution.

Velasco was a... See More  

Lincoln initiates the building of a transcontinental railroad...

THE KANSAS STATE JOURNAL, Lawrence, Sept. 4, 1862



* Pacific Railway Acts

* Transcontinental Railroad

* President Abraham Lincoln

* American Civil War era



 Most of the front page and a bit of page 2 are taken up with the very historic; "Pacific Railroad Bill", actually the first of two (the 2nd in 1864) which would provide federal subsidies in land and loans for the construc... See More  

John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry...

NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 24, 1859  



* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid

* Harpers Ferry, West Virginia rebellion



The front page has an article headed: "The Virginia Rebellion" "Arrest of one of the Insurgents in Pennsylvania...". Also: "Arrest of A Supposed Insurgent" "Interesting Particulars" "Gov. Wise's Speech on the Insurre... See More  

The Wakemanites: a bizarre cult... "Bleeding Kansas"... Charles Dickens...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 21, 1856  Most of page 3 is taken up with a portion of the serialization of Charles Dickens' famous work "Little Dorrit".

Page 5 has two columns taken up with an interesting report headed: "The Wakemanites - The Murderers of Matthews Indicted - Revelations of 'The Prophetess' - Full Statement Of Her Doctrines".

The Wakemanites were a cu... See More  

1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Aug. 28, 1967



* Lake Erie skydiving disaster

* North American B-25 Mitchell

* Drowning of 16 skydivers

* Off the coast of Huron, Ohio



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Fear Fifteen Skydivers Dead in Ohio's Lake Erie" (see images)

Complete with 6 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.... See More  

'Bleeding Kansas': assassination attempt upon the sheriff...

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 7, 1856  



* Sacking of Lawrence

* Pro-slavery settlers

* Bleeding Kansas

* Sheriff Samuel J. Jones



Page 3 has a report headed: "Attempted Assassination In Kansas" which reports on the attack upon Sheriff Samuel Jones.

Wikipedia has a nice piece on this, including: "On April 23 Sheriff Jones entered Lawrence and attem... See More  

Beginning of the Republican Party: their first Presidential Convention begins... "Bleeding Kansas...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 17, 1856  A very historic issue for the Republican party as it reports on their very first Presidential nominating convention, held in Philadelphia. Or rather, it reports on the events the day prior to the beginning of the meetings.

Page 5 has: "The People's Convention" with a dateline of Phila., June 16, and begins: "A large number of delegates to t... See More  

Much on 'Bleeding Kansas'... Treaty with the Sioux...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 13, 1856 



* Bleeding - Bloody Kansas - Border War

* Sacking of Osawatomie & Palmyra

* Free-Staters vs. Border Ruffians

* Fight for pro and anti-slavery



This issue has many reports on the "Bleeding Kansas" situation, some articles headed: "To the Free North" "Battle of Palmyra" "Indictments For High Treason" "Wha... See More  

'Bleeding Kansas'...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 15, 1856  



* Bleeding Kansas

* Missouri border invasion

* War on slavery



Nearly half of page 5 is taken up with reports concerning the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood.

The lengthiest report is headed: "From Kansas" with a Lawrence dateline. It takes over a full column. Following this is a letter also dateli... See More  

Much on 'Bleeding Kansas'... Letter from P. T. Barnum...

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 13, 1856  Pages 4 & 5 contain a wealth of reporting concerning the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood.

Page 4 has a nearly half-column article relating to this, and page 5 has column heads: "IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS" "Gov. Robinson Arrested by Ruffians" "Attempted Assassinations" "Southern Em... See More  

Alma, New Mexico massacre.... Apaches...

KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNA, May 5, 1880



* Alma, Catron County, New Mexico massacre

* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians - Victorio



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Indian Depredations" "Ranchmen Killed and a Large Flock of Sheep Driven Off" See image for text here.

Complete with 8 pages, light to... See More