TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., May 4, 1936

• Joe DiMaggio's MLB debut
• New York Yankees - Yanks
• Major league baseball

Page 8 has a one column heading: "Di Maggio Lives Up to His Notices" with subhead.
Complete with 12 pages, light toning, some wear at the margins, generally good.

Background: This May 4, 1936 issue of the Taunton Daily Gazette holds significant historical value as a contemporary report of Joe DiMaggio’s Major League Baseball debut with the New York Yankees on May 3, 1936, where the standout rookie went 3-for-6 with three runs and an RBI against the St. Louis Browns. The Page 8 single-column report, headlined "Di Maggio Lives Up to His Notices," captures the immediate aftermath of one of the most anticipated rookie debuts in baseball history, complete with the early press convention of spacing his surname as "Di Maggio." While national publications like The New York Times or sports-centric weeklies covered the event extensively, regional local newspapers like this Massachusetts daily offer a rare, complete 12-page snapshot of how small-town America received the news of a future Hall of Famer's arrival. Complete 1930s daily issues in sound condition are increasingly scarce due to the high acidity and fragility of newsprint from the era, making surviving full-run editions containing early DiMaggio coverage highly sought after by vintage sports ephemera collectors and baseball historians alike.