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  •  - Drag Saw...

    Item #206963
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN July 12, 1879. This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: GAS EXHAUSTER GOVERNOR - CUFF HOLDER - SEWER TRAP - DRAG SAW & Much More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them. Very interesting advertisements as well, back in... Read full description  
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  • Spiritualism...
    Item #608198
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 18, 1879

    * Spiritualism

    The back page has an article headed: "Satan And Spiritualism" "One and the Same Thing, According to an Evangelist" "The Subject Viewed from a Scriptural Stand-point" See images for text here.
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  • Historic newspaper item #205413
    Item #205413
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 19, 1879  This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: DRILLING SCOW - TUG COUPLING - WATER WHEEL - PROPELLING APPARATUS - SCOW DRILLING &... Read full description  
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  • Indian village near Standing Rock...
    Item #174368
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 19, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon shows Nast himself: 'Our Artist Trying to Think of Something Funny'. Nice fullpg. with 7 scenes: 'An Indian Village near Standing Rock' is displayable.
    Great fullpg: 'Gateway to the Garden of the Gods', just south of Pike's Peak. Fullpg:... Read full description  
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  • Indian relationships...
    Item #615009
    NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, July 20, 1879  Page 5 contains two Indian related articles under the heading of "The Indians." The first article pertains to a telegram that the Indian agency had received that the chiefs who had recently visited Washington were helping to keep peace and also telling of the experience of recent visit of other Indians to the... Read full description  
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  • Electric lights used for photography...
    Item #684626
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 26, 1879  

    * Early photography use of electric lighting

    The front page has a large illustration of: "Photographs By Electric Light" with a related article as well.
    Inside pages have the following prints of interest: "The Exeter Steam Engine" "New Steam Car" and... Read full description  
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  • Yellow Fever epidemic...
    Item #618154
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1879

    * Yellow fever - jack
    * Memphis, Tennessee crisis


    The front page has: "THE GRASP OF THE RIVER" "Memphis Rapidly Becoming Deserted" and more.
    Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, should be handled with care.
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  • A newspaper for military veterans, 14 years after the Civil War...
    Item #697345
    THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, D.C., August, 1879  The masthead notes: "A Monthly Journal devoted to the interests of the Soldiers and Sailors of the late war, and all Pensioners of the United States."
    Essentially a veteran's newspaper--mostly for those of the Civil War--with content as would be... Read full description  
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  • Murder of the Shellenbach brothers by renegade Apache Indians...
    Item #675625
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Aug. 7, 1879  The front page has over half a column taken up with: "Arizona" "The Murder of the Shellenbach Brothers by Renegade Apaches". The article is quite detailed.
    Four pages, some archival strengthening at the margins, a bit fragile but in nice... Read full description  
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    Item #151150
    THE NEW NORTHWEST, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 7, 1879  Has numerous small bits of news, topical reports, and ads. Partially rejoined at the spine with clear, archival tape, piece missing in the lower left corner of the first leaf causes minimal loss of text, some edge tears. An uncommon... Read full description  
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  • Mining town of Eureka, Nevada...
    Item #707091
    EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Nevada, Aug. 8, 1879  

    * Rare mining town title - Wild Old West
    * "Eureka" valuable resources found term

    A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote town in northeastern Nevada.
    This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 feet elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total... Read full description  
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  • Brighton Beach, Coney Island...
    Item #174374
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 9, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon. Halfpg: 'A Little Black Tea At Blackville'. Fullpg: 'The New Iron Pier At West Brighton Beach, Coney Island'. Halfpg: 'Four Celebrated Setters' (dogs). There are two 2/3 page prints: "Among the Tenement-Houses During the Heated Term--Just Before... Read full description  
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  • Mining town of Eureka, Nevada...
    Item #585459
    EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Nevada, August 9, 1879 

    * Rare mining town title 
    * Wild Old West original w/ Jackson House Hotel ad
     

    A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote  town in northeastern Nevada. This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 feet elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county... Read full description  
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  • Nast cartoon...
    Item #174376
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 16, 1879  Full ftpg. Th. Nast cartoon, re. hazing at West Point. Fullpg: 'Umbrella Sketches' halfpg: 'En Route For Kansas--Fleeing from the Yellow Fever' shows a Black family leaving. Full page print: "Breaking the News". Half page print: "The Little Ida" and 3/4 page print: "The Young... Read full description  
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  • Heating by steam...
    Item #205410
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 23, 1879  This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: MERIDIAN CIRCLE - SYSTEM OF STEAM HEATING - STRAW CUTTER & much more.
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  • P.T. Barnum - improving public morals... - A Missouri duel...

    P.T. Barnum - improving public morals...

    Item #608221
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 24, 1879

    *James Dobbins & Michael Burns duel
    * P. T. Barnum - trying to improve public morals


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "A DUEL TO THE DEATH" "The Principals Farmers, and Both... Read full description  
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  • The fairgrounds at Coney Island...
    Item #174380
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 30, 1879  Full ftpg. is a Nast cartoon: 'Time Works Wonders' is concerning race relations. Nice fullpg. horse-racing print is displayable: 'The Brighton Beach Fair Grounds, Coney Is.'
    Fullpg. of text & 7 scenes of: 'Bits of New Jersey Coast Scenery' including Atlantic City &... Read full description  
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  • Georgia gold mines... Sandy Hook Lighthouse...
    Item #657500
    HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, September, 1879 This issue is comprised of various articles, some of which is on gold mining at Dahlonega, Georgia which includes several small illustrations: "Newport Society in the Last Century" with illustrations including that of George Washington; "The King Collection of Engraved... Read full description  
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  • George Custer West Point statue...
    Item #603371
    THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, September 5, 1879

    * General George Custer
    * West Point statue unveiling
    * Henry Slade - medium - psychic


    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
    Page 3 has one column headings: "Custer Monument" "Ceremonies of the Unveiling of the West... Read full description  
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  • Walton, Kentucky Negro lynching....
    Item #600413
    THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, September 6, 1879

    * Walton, Kentucky
    * Negro lynching


    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

    The front page has one column headings: "Twenty Shots In His Body" "While Tied To A Tree By A Posse Of Citizens" See image for text.

    Complete, a... Read full description  
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  • Scenes from Quebec, Canada...
    Item #174382
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 6, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "A High Old Tariff Time." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "Grarantine, New York Bay." Three 1/4 pg. portraits of "Benjamin Robert Winthrop," "The Hon. Charles Foster," and "General Thomas Ewing, Jun." 2/3 pg. illus. of... Read full description  
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  • 1879 Dubuque, Iowa
    Item #616923
    THE DUBUQUE HERALD, Iowa, September 11, 1879

    * Uncommon Midwestern title

    This uncommon 4 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
    Complete, larger than normal sized paper which measures 27 x 22 inches, a little margin wear, generally nice. Should be handled with care.
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  • Tombstone maintains its reputation...
    Item #709872
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Sept. 12, 1879  

    * Early old West publication
    * Tombstone, Arizona growing

    The front page has: "Arizona Items" which has reports from Tombstone, noting in part: "The Tombstone section is keeping hip ts reputation in cutting & shooting...Thos. Bridge, who was stabbed on August 10th while playing a game of... Read full description  
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  • Eddystone Light House...
    Item #174384
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 13, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast: 'The Nigger Must Go, & The Chinese Must Go.'. Nearly halfpg; 'Eddystone Light Houses, Past & Present'. Dblpgctrfld: 'Yacht Racing--Rounding the Buoy'. Fullpg. with 3 nice scenes & text on 'Santa Fe' new Mexico, including a general view of the... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Antietam tribute....
    Item #600414
    THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 18, 1879

    * Battle of Antietam
    * Sharpsburg, Maryland
    * Anniversary - tribute


    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

    The front page has one column headings: "ANTIETAM" "The Anniversary of That Bloody Fight" "And a Few of... Read full description  
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  • Sitting Bull described: a powerful savage...   The telephone wars...
    Item #617251
    THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST, Oneida, New York, Sept. 18, 1879 A article inside has the heading, "One Thing And Another", which states in part: "Sitting Bull is a powerful savage with a massive face-- as big, say, as a ten quart pail--and with plenty of room on it for the display of deep-plowed lines of decision... Read full description  
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  • Fishing on the coast of Maine...
    Item #174386
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 20, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Speak Out, or Resign." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The New Union League Club House, Corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Ninth Street, New York." 1/4 pg. portrait of "The Late Sir Rowland Hill." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The Menhaden... Read full description  
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  • Quarantine station on Staten Island...
    Item #174388
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1879  Front full pg. illus. of "American Beef for English Markets." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Franklin Search Expedition - Winter Quarters in Hudson Bay." 1/4 pg. portrait of "Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican Candidate for Governor of New York." 1/2 pg. illus.... Read full description  
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  • John Wise last ballooning flight ...
    Item #600417
    THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 1879

    * John Wise - ballooning
    * Lost flight - death


    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

    The front page has one column headings: "Balloon Ascension" "Professor Wise Goes Aloft In Interest Of Science" and more. See... Read full description  
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  • Adrian, Michigan grandstands collapse...
    Item #600418
    THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, October 3, 1879 

    * Adrian, Michigan 
    * Lenawee County Fair 
    * Grandstands disaster
     

    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

    The front page has one column headings: " A FEARFUL FALL", "Adrian, Mich., Visited by a Sad... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Milk Creek & the Meeker Incident...
    Item #719818
    CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Oct. 3, 1879  

    * Meeker Massacre - Colorado
    * Battle of Milk Creek
    * Major Thomas T. Thornburgh
     * United States Army
    * White River Utes - Indians


    The top of page 5 has a very early report on the "Battle of Milk Creek" with one column headings: "RED DEVILS" "The Milk River... Read full description  
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  • Scenes form Alaska: Sitka and Fort Wrangle...
    Item #174390
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 4, 1879  Nice ftpg. Th. Nast cartoon: "In search of gold". Fullpg Nast political cartoon: "Even Tammany Sachems Draw the Line Somewhere". Fullpg. has 6 'Scenes In Alaska' showing scenes in Sitka & Ft. Wrangle. Full page print: "General Grant, and Li Hung Chang,... Read full description  
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    Item #151960
    THE SUN, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1879 Lengthy pg. 3 report: "Peter M' Manus Hanged" "The Twentieth Molly Maguire To Meet Death On The Gibbet" "And Only One More of the Gang Now Under Indictment" & more. List of all the Mollies who were executed included in the report. Good condition.
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  • Thomas Nast political cartoons...
    Item #174392
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 11, 1879  Full ftpg: 'The Streets of New York--A Tragic Story' shows children putting on a play. Nast dblpgctrfld. political cartoon depicts: 'The Return of Ulysses' (Grant). 'Submarine Telegraphic Cable Construction' plus much more.
    Other news and advertisements of the day are... Read full description  
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  • Early Fire Escape... Inventions from the 1870's... an Otocyon...
    Item #695813
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, October 11, 1879. The prime collectible content is: "Winter's Fire Escape Ladder", which includes an illustration. Additional illustrations with supporting text include: Rosset's Clock, a Drag Saw, Weighing Scales, a Demagnetizing Watch and more. Another article (with illustration is of... Read full description  
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  • The Apache Indian War...  The Utes of Colorado...
    Item #675614
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Oct. 17, 1879  The front page has: "A Formidable Apache War - Large Bodies of Well Armed Warriors in Morton" "This is followed by: "Terrible Apache Depredations in the Rio Grande Valley--A General War Opened--Volunteers Defeated--Forty People Murdered in the Last Five Days".
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  • Nasts political cartoon on the front page...
    Item #174394
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 18, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Death at the Polls, and Free From 'Federal Interference'." Inside is a 1/4 pg. illus. of "Duck Shooting." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Barnegat Fisherman Moving to the Main Land for the Winter." 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Bala... Read full description  
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  • Indian chiefs in the Ute War...
    Item #174396
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 25, 1879  Full ftpg Nast: 'Reducing the U.S. Army Again--Let all Savages Rejoice'. Halfpg: 'Prospecting on the Ute Reservation' shows a miner meeting an Indian. Great fullpg. with 10 illustrations of: 'The Ute War--Portraits of Chiefs'. Four half page prints of: 'Gen. Grant at San... Read full description  
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  • 1879 Parker, Pennsylvania fire disaster...
    Item #719663
    CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Oct. 31, 1879

    * Parker, Pennsylvania fire disaster
    * Oil City of Allegheny "Boomtown"


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BIG FIRE" with subhead. (see images) 
    Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, good condition.

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  • Along a Dutch canal...
    Item #174400
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 8, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "New York Must Be Carried." Inside is a dblpgctrfld. of "The Dawn of Better Days - Busy Scenes in the Streets of New York." Full pg. Nast illus. of "Root, Hog, or Die." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Along a Dutch Canal - Going to Market." 1/2 pg.... Read full description  
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  • On the future of Southern California...   San Diego harbor...
    Item #709975
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Nov. 11, 1879  The front page has two reports which are interesting to read some 140 years later: "The Future of Southern California" which notes near the beginning: "It has been customary in some quarters to underrate the southern counties of California. It has been urged... Read full description  

    Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.

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  • Painesville, Ohio Masonic lodge...
    Item #600421
    THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio,  November 12, 1879

    * Painesville, Ohio
    * Masonic - Masons
    * Lodge dedication


    The front page has one column headings: "A Masonic Hall" "Is Formally Dedicated In Painesville" "A Grand Success in Every Feature..." See images for text here.

    This uncommon 8 page issue has news of... Read full description  
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  • The city of Denver, Colorado...
    Item #174402
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 15, 1879  Full ftpg. Nast cartoon: 'The North the Money, & the South the Honor'. Fullpg: 'Artillery School for Militiamen at Ft. Hamilton'. Terrific halfpg: 'Colorado Sketches--The City of Denver' is a good city view. Also: 'Colorado Sketches--Forest on Fire'. Doublepage... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #152031
    Item #152031
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 15, 1879  See the photo below for the very nice full front page article with 8 illustrations captioned: "Faber's Gold Pen and Pencil Factory". A very displayable front page! You get the complete 16 page issue which is in great... Read full description  
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  • Early ticker Tape Machine in 1885....
    Item #556263
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 15, 1879

    * Faber's gold pen and pencil factory

    This 16 page issue contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Rock crusher - Sleeping car berth - drawing apparatus & More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them.
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  • George H. Thomas statue dedication...
    Item #600796
    THE NEW YORK TIMES,  November 20, 1879

    * General George Henry Thomas
    * Washington D.C. tribute
    * Statue unveiling


    The front page has one column headings: "A PAGEANT IN WASHINGTON" "The Equestrian Statue of Gen. Thomas Unveiled" and more. 1st report coverage on the unveiling of the General George H. Thomas equestrian... Read full description  
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  • A different side of Jesse  James & his  gang...
    Item #648169
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 21, 1879  Page 3 has almost half a column headed: "The James Boys" "An Instance Where Jesse James Was Moved from His Purpose by the Voice of Prayer". It begins: "The famous detective, Pinkerton, has given the James boys the name of being blood thirsty wretches who could never be... Read full description  
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  • A sporting tour of China...
    Item #174404
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 22, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "Eve After Adam's Death." Inside are two 1/4 pg. portraits of "The Late General Hooker" and "The Late Senator Chandler." 1/2 pg. portrait of "Jacob Abbott." Full pg. Nast illus. entitled "Now Then, Butt Away." Full pg.... Read full description  
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  • Short-lived newspaper for Civil War veterans...   Very handsome masthead...
    Item #697476
    THE KNAPSACK, New York, Nov. 27, 1879 

    * Civil War veterans

    Described in the masthead as: "A Daily Journal Of The Seventh Regiment New Armory Fair", this very short-lived publication lasted for just 18 issues, likely the length of the fair which supported the interests of veterans of the Civil War.... Read full description  
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  • The Mormons in Utah...   Electricity comes to Utah...
    Item #705430
    THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 26, 1879  This newspaper was published 17 years before it became a state. Included is an interesting report concerning a stagecoach robbery. Also Mormon-related items, with articles headed: "The Mormons And The Indians" & "Sugar Made In Utah" "Murder"... Read full description  
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