Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon bodyguard...

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 25, 1843



* Porter Rockwell - Utah Territory lawman

* Bodyguard and friend of Joseph Smith arrest

* Mormons - Mormonism - Latter Day Saints

* Attempted murder of Governor Lilburn Boggs



 The back page has a small report: "Mormons" noting: "Orrin Porter Rockwell, the Mormon, who has been accused of being the person who attemp... See More  

By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...

THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 16, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the c... See More  

1945 Irma Grese and Josef Kramer trial begins...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 24, 1945



* Josef Kramer & Irma Grese amongst others

* Bergen-Belsen trial begins - World War II

* Concentration camp leaders - war crimes 

* Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities

* Gas chamber survivor Sophie Litwinska 



The top of page 12 has a one column heading: "OSWIECIM VICTIM ACCUSES GERMAN" with subhead. Also a five ... See More  

1970 "Free Huey!" campaign... Black Panthers...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 19, 1970



* Huey P. Newton & the Black Panthers Party

* "Free Huey!" campaign - protest demonstration

* re. the shooting death of a Chicago police officer



The front page has a heading: "Rage of the Panthers: The Ghetto on Trial" with 3 related photos. (see images) Coverage continues inside. Lengthy text.

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Ella Mae Wiggins killed... Loray Mill Strike...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 15, 1929



* Ella Mae Wiggins killed (1st report)

* Loray Mill Strike - Gastonia, North Carolina

* Labor history of the United States



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mother of Five Children Slain as Armed Men Fire On Gastonia Strike Party" with subhead. (see images)

Complete with 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, some small bind... See More  

Jewish concentration camp atrocities....

THE DETROIT NEWS, November 17, 1945



* Josef Kramer, Irma Grese & others found guilty

* Belsen, Oswiecim & Dachau concentration camps

* Nazis - German atrocities - Jewish Holocaust



The front page has a one column heading: "Belsen Beast and 8 to Die"" with subhead. See image for brief text here. Irma Grese is not mentioned in the report but she was one of the others f... See More  

1934 mock trial vs. Adolph Hitler at MSG...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 8, 1934



* Mock trial of Adolph Hitler

* Anti Nazis - Hitlerism rally

* Madison Square Garden - MSG

* American Jewish Congress - Jews



The top of page 3 has a nice banner heading: "Garden 'Jury,' 19,999 to 1, Fins Hitler Guilty of 'Crime Against World"" with subheads and related pictorial. (see images) This was more than 4 years prio... See More  

1977 Women's abortion movement... SCOTUS...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 11, 1977



* Woman's right to choose movement

* Women's abortion rights cases

* Supreme Court of the United States

* Government not responsible for funding



The front page has a headline: "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL..." and more.

Page 11 has a letter to the editor h... See More  

Jewish physician identifies Holocaust leaders...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 22, 1945 



* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

* Nazi death factory horrors revealed

* Jewish woman gets revenge



Page 5 contains a very compelling article on identifying Nazis leaders involved in the holocaust atrocities on the Jews, with the one column heading: "Belsen Survivor Picks Out Nazis" and subhead: "Jewish Woman Physician Who Was Also i... See More  

Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution... Manuel Noah... Three Acts of Congress...

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, March 12, 1791 



* United States Constitution amendment proposed

* George Washington - John Adams - Thomas Jefferson



Inside has more than a full column taken up with: "Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Laid on the Clerk's Table by Mr. Benson, to her Proposed by Congress to the Legislature's of the Several States&... See More  

Thomas Edison & Al 'Scarface' Capone...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 17, 1931



* Al 'Scarface' Capone's tax evasion trial

* Would be found guilty on this day



The front page has a two column heading: "Capone Fate Is Due to Reach Jury Today" with subheads. (see) Edison would die on the following day. Coverage on the day he would be found guilty of tax evasion.

Complete with 22 pages, light toning and some ... See More  

Flashpoint for the school integration issue...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 12, 1958 



* Cooper vs. Aaron Supreme Court decision

* Little Rock, Arkansas Black students

* Central High School integration case



The front page has very brief "Breaking News" bulletin that reads: "The Supreme Court today denied the Little Rock School Board any delay in integration at Central High School". (see images) The ... See More  

Huey Long's succession dispute & Al Capone's trial....

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 14, 1931



* Huey 'The Kingfish" Long & Paul N. Cyr

* Louisiana governor succession dispute

* Al 'Scarface' Capone's tax evasion trial nears end



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "2 GOVERNORS, 2 AIDES 'RULE' IN LOUISIANA" with subhead and small photo of Long. (see images)

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The historic Clawson polygamy case...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 16, 1884  



* Rudger Clawson polygamy trial

* Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

* Mormons - Mormonism



Page 2 has: "A Polygamist on Trial" being a report from Salt Lake, Utah Territory,  on the rather famous case of Rudger Clawson.

Clawson was the first practicing polygamist to be convicted and serve a sentence after the passage of the Edmunds... See More  

President Arthur on the polygamy issue in Utah... The bandit Frank James...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCAT, Dec. 5, 1883 



* Mormons and polygamy

* President Chester A. Arthur

* Outlaw Frank James trial



Over half of the front page and page of pg. 2 are taken up with: "The President's Message" being the annual state-of-the-union address of Chester  A. Arthur. Near the end he addresses: "The Mormon Question", noting: "...I fear that i... See More  

1935 beheading of Horst Wessel's assassins...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 10, 1935



* re. Storm Trooper Horst Wessel assassination

* Propaganda symbol of Nazi Germany - Nazis

* Martyr for the Nazi Party by Joseph Goebbels

* Two assassins executed by beheading (1st report)



The front page ha sa one column heading: "Nazis Behead 2 Men; Killed Horst Wessel" (see images)

Complete 1st section only with all 20 pages, rag edition ... See More  

1935 SS Mohawk shipwreck... Lindbergh kidnapping...

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California capital punishment abolished in 1972...

THE RALEIGH TIMES, N.C. Feb. 19, 1972



* Capital punishment - death row executions banned

* California Supreme Court decision (1st report)

* Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan mention



The top of page 4-B has a 4 column heading: "107 Men, Women Spared" (see images) Mention of a few notable death row inmates that benefited by this decision that includes cult killings mastermind Charl... See More  

The very beginning of the O.J. Simpson media circus...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 17, 1994 



* Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman funeral

* Football great O. J. Simpson a main suspect

* Same day of the infamous white Bronco chase



The front has two photos showing scenes at the funeral and burial. Also a heading: "Simpson's Ex-Wife and Her Friend Are Buried" (see images) More on page 24. The infamous white Bronco chase would o... See More  

1929 "Freak Plane" photo...

THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, April 9, 1929



* "Freak Plane" makes 1st appearance photo

* Bizarre airplane invented by Earl E. McClary



The top of the front page has a three column photo headed: "Prepare Unique Plane For First Trial Flights" and brief text. (see images)

Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, gener... See More  

Boynton vs. Virginia Supreme Court Segregation Case...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 6, 1960



* Boynton v. Virginia SCOTUS decision

* Racial segregation at bus terminals illegal

* Blacks allowed to use accommodations there



The front page has: "Bus Terminal Segregation Curbed by Supreme Court", with is followed by considerable details about the (Bruce) Boynton vs. Virginia SCOTUS case , and continues on an inside page. See images ... See More  

Patterson v. Alabama... Scottsboro Boys....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 2, 1935



* Patterson v. Alabama decision

* United States Supreme Court case

* Scottsboro Boys rape case

* Jury of African-Americans



The front page has a one column heading: "2D SCOTTSBORO DEATH PENALTY UPSET BY COURT" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 14 with photo of Haywood Patterson.

Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice... See More  

1932 Scottsboro Boys sentences upheld...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932



* Scottsboro Boys death sentences upheld

* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls

* Alabama Supreme Court decision

* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping

* Ransom paid to no avail



The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "7 DOOMED NEGROES LOSE ALABAMA PLEA" with subheads. (see images)

Complete 1st section only with all 32 pages, this ... See More  

1908 Standard Oil Co....

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 20, 1908



* Standard Oil Company court case

* Monopoly ? Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ROCKEFELLER TESTIFIES TO BIG STANDARD OIL DEALS" 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 tot... See More  

Serial killer & rapist Albert Fish trial eve...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 11, 1935



* Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts

* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal

* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"

* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"



The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "FISH ON TRIAL EVE, WOUNDS HIMSELF" with subheads. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few public... See More