Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50
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Item #572529THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1926
* Carnegie Tech (Mellon)
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish - NCAA football
* 1 of the greatest upsets (Monday 1st report)
* Knute Rockne skips game (mistake)
This 20 page newspaper has sports reporting under "SEASON OF THRILLS IN FOOTBALL WORLD" and more which includes news of the huge upset... Read full description -
Item #620529THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 4, 1926
* Theodore 'Tiger' Flowers vs. Mickey Walker
* Middleweight boxing championship
* Controversial decision - Error
This 36 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 21: "Flowers Loses Middleweight Championship to Walker Before 11,000 in Chicago" ... Read full description -
Item #576928THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 16, 1926
* John Logie Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions
The front page has one column headlines that include: "PREDICTS VISION ACROSS THE OCEAN" "New Projector Described Which Paints, as it Were, by Light Flashes From Mirrors" and more.... Read full description -
Item #662535THE OUTLOOK, New York, Dec. 22, 1926 Very colorful front cover with a: "Merrie Christmas" theme.
The complete issue, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, a perforated library stamp on the front page, good condition. -
Item #651674THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, December 24, 1926
* The death report of Emperor Yoshito of Japan
The front page has: "EMPEROR DIES; JAPAN MOURNS," with the subhead, "Mikado Loses Long Fight for Life; Crown Prince 124th Ruler," which tell of the death of Emperor Yoshito. Nice to have on the front page. Other news of the day is... Read full description -
Item #204329DETROIT FREE PRESS, Dec. 25, 1926 Front page 3 line, 2 column head: "Japans Ruler Dies; Hirohito Takes Throne" & subhead. One col. photo of the late Emperor Yoshihito, who was Hirohitos father. Browning at the edges. -
Item #571286THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Nebraska, January 8, 1927
* 1st America & England radio telephone call made
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on page two that read: "Transatlantic Radio Telephone Proves Success", "In Spite of State New Instrument Helps Transact Millions of Dollars of Business First Day". It... Read full description -
Item #670521THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1927
* Laurier Palace Theatre fire
* Montreal Canada
* Children disaster
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "77 CHILDREN DIE IN TEN-MINUTE PANIC AS FIRE STARTS IN MONTREAL THEATRE; ALL SUFFOCATED IN JAM ON STAIRWAY" with many subheads and list of the dead. Lengthy first report coverage.... Read full description -
Item #600945FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, January 13, 1927
* Ruth Snyder - Henry Judd
* Sing Sing Prison - electric chair
The front page has a three column headline: "MOTHERS CLAIM BODIES OF RUTH SNYDER AND GRAY" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on Ruth Snyder being executed by electric chair for the... Read full description -
Item #572477THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Nebraska, January 23, 1927
* Baylor basketball team (The Immortal Ten)
* Round Rock TX Texas disaster (1st report)
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:
* 10 Students Die as Train, Bus Crash
* Crack Athletes of Baylor University Lose Lives in Fatal Accident; Bodies Dragged and... Read full description -
Item #572481THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, January 24, 1927 This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Charlie Chaplin Suffers Relapse, Sent Back to Bed" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise good. -
Item #220619THE DETORIT NEWS, Michigan, January 24, 1927.
* Dan Johnson
* Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
* Baseball
This 42 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "BAN OUT OF BASEBALL FOREVER" with subheads that include: "Fiery Spirit of Gladiator Broken By Ill Health, and His Thunder Dies Unheeded in Last Battle" "Landis Again Unchallenged As... Read full description -
Item #221324THE DAILY REPUBLICAN, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1927 The top of the front page has an article headed: "Ty Cobb Signs Today To Play With Athletics", "Former 'Georgia Peach' to Receive $75,000 Yearly...", with the text shown in the photos below.
Complete in 6 pages, a few minor margin tears, generally in... Read full description -
Item #710040THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, Feb. 18, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #647499THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 24, 1927
* Federal Radio Commission created (FRC)
* Future Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
* President Calvin Coolidge signs bill
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "President Signs the Radio Control Bill; Will Name Board of Five to Regulate Air" (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #628181LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 2, 1927
* Babe Ruth contract
* New York Yankees
* Record season ahead
The front page has a one column heading: "RUTH PREPARES FOR BATTLE" Also includes a updated report just underneath that reports his contract has been signed. (see image for text here) This would also... Read full description -
Item #648016THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1927
*Jack Sharkey vs. Mike McTigue
* Heavyweight boxing match
* Madison Square Garden
The sport's section (page 16) has a banner headline: "Sharkey Knocks Out McTigue in Twelfth Round at Madison Square Garden" with subheads and round by round coverage. (see) First report coverage on the Jack Sharkey vs. Mike... Read full description -
Item #689253THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 4, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the mentioned ship which was an early floating university which traveled the world.
New York University had originally sponsored... Read full description -
Item #690175THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 8, 1927
* Rare publication
Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the mentioned ship which was an early floating university which traveled the world.
New York University had... Read full description -
Item #691885THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 11, 1927
* Rare publication
Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the mentioned ship which was an early floating university which traveled the world.
New York University... Read full description -
Item #223331THE OMAHA DAILY NEWS, Nebraska, March 12, 1927.
* 1st Armored Truck Robbery in U.S.
* Flatheads Gang
This 23 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2: "9 Bandits Blow Up Armored Auto; Take $102,000 Pay", "Dynamite Bombs Planted in Road; Touched Off as Truck Passes Over; Five Injured".
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #548002THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, March 13, 1927.
* President Coolidge...* Prince Goran Hasselrot...
The banner headline of this issue reads: "Coolidge Planning No Third Term". An addition subhead elaborates stating that "Duty Only Would Lure Him".
The front page of this issue features a photograph of the christening... Read full description -
Item #697077THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 14, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #647613THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 24, 1927
* Jose Capablanca wins tournament
* Famous Cuban chess player
The sport's section (page 28) has one column headings: "ALEKHINE IN DRAW, WINS SECOND PRIZE" "Divides With Capablanca, Victor of Tourney, in Last Round to Clinch Place" and more with standings and play by play graph. (see)
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Item #697723THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 26, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #710093THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 29, 1927
* The Purple Gang - Jewish gangsters - Jews
* Criminal mob of bootleggers - hijackers
* Milaflores Massacre - shootings - murders
* 1st use of "Tommy gun" in Detroit underworld
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WAR DECLARED BY GAMBLERS, ASSERTS POLICE" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #572511THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, March 30, 1927
* Ehrenfeld PA Pennsylvania
* Coal mine explosion
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "500 Miners Entombed In Terrific Explosion, Drift Mine Wrecked" with subheads (see photos).
This tells of the explosion of mine No. 3, of the... Read full description -
Item #583271THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, March 31, 1927
* Ehrenfeld PA Pennsylvania
* Coal mine explosion
* Henry Ford in auto accident
This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Mine Blast Takes Only Four Lives; 300 Rescued" which tells of the explosion of mine No. 3, of the Pennsylvania... Read full description -
Item #698437THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, April 2, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #576624THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, April 6, 1927
* Parco, Wyoming (Sinclair)
* Oil refinery explosion (1st report)
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8: "OIL BLAST KILLS 17; EIGHT HURT", "Three of Injured Not Expected to Live; Caused by Break in Still", with supporting text, tells of the oil refinery... Read full description -
Hall of Famer Zach Wheat...
Item #558086POLICE GAZETTE, New York, April 9, 1927
* Mushy Callahan -- boxing
* Zach Wheat - baseball
* Photos
Full page photo inside of "Mushy" Callahan, the Junior Welterweight Champion, in a classic boxing pose.
Also a 1/4 page photo of Hall of Tamer Zach Wheat, in Philadelphia Athletics uniform.
News and many photos of sporting events of the day.... Read full description -
Item #654234THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1927
* John Baird - father of television
* Atlantic Ocean transmission
Page 5 has one column headings that read: "Says His Television Has Spanned Ocean" "J. L. Baird, British Inventor, Promises to Give New York-London Demonstration". (see) A very significant report during the founding of... Read full description -
Item #699081THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, April 9, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #704381THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, April 10, 1927 S
* Rare over-water publication
ubtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly... Read full description -
Item #575896THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, April 12, 1927
* Shanghai Massacre (early same day 1st report)
* China Civil war begins
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CANTONESE UNITY COLLAPSES; 12 DIE" and "Field and Machine Guns Used by Conservatives to Down Radicals"
This tells of the Shanghai Massacre... Read full description -
Item #580398MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 12, 1927
* Pre war drug trade
* Gangs
This 26 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "ALLEGED DOPE RING BARED" with subheads (see images). Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well. Nice for display.
Other news of the day. Light... Read full description -
Item #576555THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, April 13, 1927 This 20 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TEXAS TOWN FLATTENED BY TORNADO" with subheads. (see)
This first report tells of the tornado disaster at Rocksprings, Texas.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise in... Read full description -
Item #580279MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, April 13, 1927
* Rocksprings, Texas
* Extreme tornado disaster
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "62 PEOPLE DEAD IN TEXAS STORM; MANY ARE HURT", "Tornado Levels Village, Leaves Scores Dead and Injured in Debris; Toll Mounting" with smaller subheads.... Read full description -
Item #588894THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Nebraska, April 14, 1927
* Airplane endurance record broken
* Bertrand Blanchard Acosta & Clarance Chamberlin
* Bellanca monoplane
This 20 page newspaper has one column headings headline on the front page that include: "American Air Record Broken" and "Acosta and... Read full description -
Item #577470SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, April 19, 1927
* The Great Mississippi River flood
* Arkansas, Tennessee
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "FURTHER HAVOC THREATENS AS FLOODS SPREAD" "Mississippi Hammers at Levees as Army of Workers...." "25,000 Homeless; Seven States... Read full description -
Item #656730THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1927
* The Great Mississippi River flood
* Fort Smith, Arkansas & more
The front page has a one column heading: "25,000 ARE HOMELESS, 12 DEAD IN FLOODS" with many subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete section only with all 32 pages, irregular along the spine, otherwise very nice.
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Item #720265THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 21, 1927
* Federal soldiers train massacre
* El Limon, Jalisco, Mexico
* Cristero War - Zapatistas
* Jose Reyes Vega
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "AMERICANS ON MEXICAN TRAIN" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, nice... Read full description -
Item #577667SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, April 21, 1927
* The Great Mississippi River flood
* Arkansas, Tennessee
This 24 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "PESTILENCE INVADES REFUGEE CAMPS AS FLOOD WATERS RISE" with subheads (see photos).
Other news of the day including period advertising. Light browning... Read full description -
Item #578098SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 26, 1927
* The Great Mississippi River flood
* Arkansas, Tennessee & more
This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "MOUNTING DEATH TOLL OF MISSISSIPPI DISASTER RANGES FROM 300 TO 500" with subheads (see photos).
Other news of the day. Light browning with... Read full description -
Item #577737The Omaha Evening Bee, New London, Connecticut, May 2, 1927
* Everettville West Virginia - Monongalia County
* Federal number 3 mine explosion
This 16 page newspaper with one column headlines on the back page: "RESCUERS SEEK 77 ENTOMBED," "Fate of Miners Imprisoned by Blast Doubtful; 16 Known Dead,"... Read full description -
Item #565061FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 3, 1927
* Ruth Snyder
* Henry Judd Gray
* Murder trial
This 14 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "LAWYER NEAR BLOWS AT SNYDER MURDER TRIAL" with subheads. (see) Other news of the day.
Light browning with some wear around the margins and close cut along right side, otherwise in good... Read full description -
Item #564689FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 4, 1927 This 22 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "GRAY RESUMES MURDER STORY; GOT POISON FACTS" with subheads. (see) Other news of the day.
Light browning with some wear around the margins and close cut along right side, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #571485THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1927 This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 29 that include: "LITTLE ROCK MOB LYNCHES A NEGRO" "Drags Body Through Street Behind Auto and Burns It in Colored Quarter" "Youth Alleged to Have Confessed Attack on White Woman and Her Daughter" and more. (see)
Tells of the... Read full description -
Item #562923THE DAY, New London, Massachusetts, May 6, 1927
* Ruth Snyder
* Henry Judd Gray
* Trial ending
This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Lawyers All Unable to Shake Gray's Story of Brutal Murder of Snyder"
Other news of the day throughout.
Minor wear around the... Read full description -
Item #568560THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 7, 1927
* Charles Nungesser pre take off
* Transatlantic airplane flight try
* Just before Charles Lindbergh
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "NUNGESSER IS READY; WAITS ON WEATHER" "French Airplane May... Read full description
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