Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50
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Item #130281ASHLAND TIDINGS, Oregon 1880 An uncommon title from a town on the border with California which got its start as a tent city when gold was discovered in the area in the early 1850's.
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Item #152969THE WEEKLY JUDEAN, Juda, Wisconsin, 1878. See the photo below for an example of this title from our archives. This is a curious, very small newspaper of 4 pages--one of the more unusual titles in our inventory. Note that the photo is "generic" and the issue you get will not have these... Read full description -
Item #152991THE INDEX, Boston, Massachusetts, 1878 Published by the "National Liberal League" espousing a platform for the 1880 election with a strong belief in the "total separation of church and state"as their platform states on the front page. Also on the front page is their nine point list of "The Demands Of Liberalism". ... Read full description -
Item #153001THE NEW REPUBLIC, Washington, DC, 1878. See the photo below for an example of this title from our archives. A fascinating & quite rare newspaper not recorded in U.L.S. or Gregory. It was only published for 19 issues! This is a campaign newspaper for the Republican party, and noted in the masthead: "The New Republic Will be published during the... Read full description -
Item #200555THE HELENA DAILY HERALD, Montana, 1878 A nice territorial newspaper eleven years before Montana would become a state. Helena was founded at the discovery of gold in a gulch off the Prickly Pear valley in 1864. Thoughts for a town name included Tomah, Pumpkinville and Squashtown but ultimately was named Helena for a town in Minnesota or... Read full description -
Item #201389DAILY EVENING HERALD, Stockton, California, 1878. Here is a very nice, four page issue of this Old West newspaper with various news reports from this fascinating period in American history. Nice condition with a wealth of ads as well. The image shown is a representation of the look... Read full description -
Item #203494DAILY GRAPHIC, N.Y. January 3, 1878 Inside has a full page of 36 cameo portraits: "Some Prominent Members Of The Ohio Bar". In the top row is "J.A. Garfield", the future President. -
Item #540482AMERICAN STANDARD, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1878
* Judaica item : "Work of Jewish Bondholders"...
* "An Ugly Day at Harper's Ferry"...
Page 2 has a lengthy half column article headed:
"The National Suffering The Work of Jewish Bondholders"
with the full text visible in the photos below.
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Item #211449THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 4, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Silver Wedding at the White House" "A Bloodless Battle" "Winter in Russia" "'Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto My Sorrow'" "An Overstocked Speculator in Luck" "The Steamship... Read full description -
Item #211438THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 5, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Hercules and Diomedes" "Taking the Black Veil" "The Sentence of Dr. Lambert" "Disastrous Fire at Salem, N. J., Last Wednesday Night" "Inaugration of a Statute to Christopher Columbus at... Read full description -
Item #675633THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Jan. 10, 1878
* National American Woman Suffrage Association
The front page has half a column taken up with: "Woman's Suffrage National Convention" with a nice account of the meeting in Washington, D.C. One bit mentions: "...None of the long... Read full description -
Item #211437THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 12, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "A Vision of the Approaching Ball Season" "Going to Bed" "The Broken Lyre" "The Turo-Russian War" "General Borel" "Why Not?" "The Late Francois Vincent Raspail" "The Mania for Restoration"
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Item #174208HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 12, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'The Newest Arrival'. Fullpg. with 3 scenes: 'The President's Visit to New York'. Fullpg: 'New Year's Day in Blackville--the Twins Receive'. -
Item #697587THE WESTERN AMATEUR, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jan. 15, 1878
* The amateur press movement
his is an "amateur press" newspaper done by and for young printing hobbyists, a popular avocation at the time.Four pages, 8 by 10 1/2 inches, very nice condition.
AI notes: The Western Amateur, published in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was a short-lived... Read full description -
Item #211435THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 16, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Submission of the Samnites" "Dr. Schliemann's Excavations at Hasserlik in the Troad" "The Paris Exposition of 1878" "Ruffed Grouse Shoopting in Pennsylvania" "The Woman Suffragists in... Read full description -
Item #211430THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 17, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Cartoons on Current Topics" "The Swedish Polar Expedition" "The Paris Exposition of 1878" "Scene in the Courtyard of the Guildhall, London" "Mutual Judgments"
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Item #724521THE HELENA DAILY HERALD, Montana, Jan. 18, 1878
* Pre statehood Montana
* Rare Old West publication
This newspaper is from 11 years before Montana statehood. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get an issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights... Read full description -
Item #174210HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 19, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast: 'The Tweed-ization Of Silver' & another fullpg. Nast: 'Ideal Money'. Nice fullpg: 'A Warm Bed For Uncle' Two halfpg. views: 'Loading Cotton at Charleston' & 'A Cotton Wharf, Charleston, S.C.' 3/4 pg: 'Henry Stanley, The African Explorer' with text. -
Item #659384THE TWO REPUBLICS, City of Mexico, Jan. 19, 1878 An interesting and unusual newspaper printed almost entirely in English. The title would suggest it was printed in Mexico but for a primarily American readership. Some of the content relates to Mexican events as well. The back page is almost entirely taken up with ads.
Four... Read full description -
Item #211428THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 22, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Fernando Wood's Sixteen Investigations" "The Turco-Russian War" "The Howage Artic Expedition" "An Artic Snow-Storm" "Siberian Horses in a Snow-Storm"
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Item #649010FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, January 26, 1878 This issue contains a full page coverage on "George B McClellan, Governor of New Jersey" with several illustrations and an additional inauguration illustration on another page as well. Other articles include halfpage illustration "Massachusetts -... Read full description -
Item #174212HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 26, 1878 Nice fullpg. Th. Nast: 'Secretary Of The Interior Investigating The Indian Bureau'. Nice fullpg: 'Police Athletics' Great fullpg. Nast: 'Stand From Under' shows an injured & falling Republican elephant. Nice fullpg: 'A Queens County, Long Island, Fox Hunt' -
Item #211427THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, January 30, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Bubby Blaine's Attack on the Old Lady of Beacon Hill" "The Chiefs of the Last Insurrection in Japan" "The Paris Exposition of 1878" "Edwin and Angelina in Paris" "Mr. Goldcake's Encounter with... Read full description -
Item #203359DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, NY, January 31, 1878
*The Retail Store of A. T. Stewart and Company
*Estey Organs, Patent Arion Pianos, and Duminy Champagnes
Inside has a very nice full page print "The Retail Store Of A. T. Stewart & Company", and a nice front page print of Democles. Additional ads include: Estey Organs,... Read full description -
Item #697199THE YOUNG SCIENTIST, New York, February, 1878 This is the vol. 1, number 2 issue. Noted in the masthead: "A Popular Record of Scientific Experiments, Inventions and Progress". Various illustrations inside.
Sixteen pages, 6 by 8 1/2 inches, very nice condition. -
Item #707098THE SHAKER MANIFESTO, Shakers, New York, February, 1878 This was the "Official Monthly" published by the "United Societies". The Shakers were a religious sect primarily known today for their cultural contributions, principally style of furniture and their model of gender equality.
As would be expected most of the content is Shaker... Read full description -
Item #150693THE WORLD, N.Y., Feb. 1, 1878 The ftpg. has: "Another Awful Wreck" "The Steamer Metropolis With 248 People Aboard, Ashore At Kitty Hawk" "Only Fifty Rescued And All the Rest Believed Lost." Nice condition. -
Item #174214HARPER'S WEEKLY, Feb. 2, 1878 Great dblpgctrfld. by Nast: 'Italians, Your 1st King is Dead'. Great fullpg: 'Wagon Trains at Helena, Montana' shows a typical western street scene. Nice shape. -
Item #211367THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 6, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Broker in Affliction" "The Yankee Moses" "New York as a Way Station" "The Return of the Prodigal Son" "The Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society" "Music at ... Read full description -
Item #701888STANLEY IN AFRICA, "Special Number of the Illustrated London News", Feb. 6, 1878
* David Livingstone & Henry Morton Stanley
This is a special issue with its own, exploration-themed masthead, containing a wealth of text on Henry Stanley exploring Africa, as well as 24 related prints, 3 of... Read full description -
Item #151454THE DAILY GRAPHIC illustrated newsppaer dated Feb. 8, 1878. See the photo below for the nice full page print captioned: "Constantinople From Galata--View Showing the Golden Horn and the Bridge. This print measures about 12 by 18 1/2 inches and is in very nice condition. Other leaves in... Read full description -
Item #174218HARPER'S WEEKLY Feb. 16, 1878 Full ftpg. Nast political cartoon shows Uncle Sam in: 'The First Step Towards Bankruptcy', plus another fullpg. Nast cartoon inside. 'After the Storm' shows an abandoned ship. -
Item #671191SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 16, 1878 The front page features: "The Cash Recording Machine" with an accompanying article.
Inside has: "Appliances for Supporting Life In Irrespirable Media" or what we might call a gas mask. Also: "Wise's Ice Cream Beater" with text; and much more on the... Read full description -
Item #211364THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 16, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Cartoons on Current Topics" "The Uncrushed!" "Exposition of South American Antiquities at the Palais de Undustrie, Paris" "The Crisis in the East - Views in the Dardanelles" "Columbia Institution... Read full description -
Item #673268THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Feb. 17, 1878
* Mediumship - Spiritualism
* Spirits of the dead
This uncommon title is larger than normal newspapers of the day which measures 28 x 21 inches. The back page has an article headed: "The Trans-Death Courier" "How Foster, the 'Medium,' Just Would Kill Two Very Live Men... Read full description -
Item #591143THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, February 18, 1878
* The Silver Bill - dollar
* Bland-Allison Act
* United States Treasury
This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page that include: "The Silver Bill Ready for the House" and "It is to be Fixed up by Caucus so it Will Pass Over a Veto".
Other news and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #211361THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 22, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The New York Press Pays Its Respects to the American Senate" "Mixed Pickles" "Views In The Vatican at Rome" "The Assembly Ball at the Philadelphia Academy of Music"
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Item #211359THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 23, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "Waltz Notes" Marie Litta, The New Prima Donna" "Stanley's Explorations in Central Aftrica - Hauling Canoes Up Inkisi Falls" "Illustrated Magazines for March (multiple illustrations on one page)"... Read full description -
Item #174220HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 23, 1878 Full front page Nast illus. of "Can He?" Inside is a full pg. portrait of "Pius the Ninth." Three large illus. pertaining to "United States Naval Asylum at Philadelphia." 2/3 of a doublepage centerfold of "A Reception by Pius IX." 2/3 of a doublepage centerfold of... Read full description -
Item #211439THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, February 26, 1878. A great issue for framing and displaying! "The Grand Masquerade Ball of the Arion Society at Gilmore's Garden" "The Exporation of Central Africa" "Gallipoli, the Turkish Port on the Dardanelles" "An Inducement" "Music and Aesthetics"... Read full description -
Item #150827THE DAILY GRAPHIC newspaper from New York City dated Feb. 27, 1878. See the photo below for the rather large, full page print titled: "VIEWS IN OIL CITY, PA" with some of the more notable landmarks illustrated above the town view including "Collins House & Trust Co." "Oil Exchange"... Read full description -
Item #151184NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, March 1, 1878 The front page has: "The Silver Bill A Law" "Vetoed, But Passed Over The Veto" "Neither House Of Congress Stops To Debate The Bill."
Tears along the spine, edges are browned a bit and somewhat pulpish. -
Item #174222HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 2, 1878 Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Natural History." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "General Grant's European Souvenirs." 2/3 pg. illus. of "Stanley in Africa - Naval Battle Between the Waganda and Wavuma." 2/3 of a dblpgctrfld. of "Stanley in Africa - Burmish... Read full description -
Item #599743THE TWO REPUBLICS, City of Mexico, March 2, 1878 An interesting and unusual newspaper printed almost entirely in English. The title would suggest it was printed in Mexico but for a primarily American readership. Some of the content relates to Mexican events as well. The back page is almost entirely taken up with ads.
Four... Read full description -
Item #539479AMERICAN STANDARD, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1878
* Uncommon newspaper from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
An interesting and early newspaper from this somewhat small town in the southwest part of the state.
Complete in 4 pages with a wide variety of news of the day both local and... Read full description -
Item #619459IROQUOIS COUNTY TIMES, Watseka, Illinois, March 10, 1877
* Rare title from the Midwest
From a somewhat small town (pop. 5200) in Eastern Illinois. Various news and ads of the day, eight pages, never bond nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, minor wear at margins & fold, generally nice. -
Item #613207SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 16, 1878 The front page of the issue features a halfpage illustration "The Holden Ice Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "The National Steam Pump"; "Double Shearing, Punching and Straightening Machine"; "New Boat-Propelling Device"; "Phillip's... Read full description -
Item #174226HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 16, 1878 Full front page Nast illus. of "Always Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg."
Inside is a 1/2 pg. illus. of "Mr. H. M. Stanley's Anglo-American Expedition for the Exploration of Central Africa - Reception by Mtesa's Body Guard, Prime Minister,... Read full description -
Item #151390THE ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, Mar. 21, 1878 A brief pg. 2 report "Sitting Bull Heard From" says, contrary to earlier reports, that he "...and his people are not on the verge of starvation..." and that "...he is preparing for another war next spring, and will be joined as soon as he crosses the border, by all the... Read full description -
Item #174228HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 23, 1878 Full front pg. Nast illus. of "The Slippery Hill of Georgia." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Refuge." Two 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "General Grant in Egypt" including "At Karnak" and "At the Foot of a Pyramid." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Stanley's Expedition... Read full description
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