Historic Newspapers: Issues for under $50

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS - THE AMERICAN WEEKLY, Omaha, NE,  September 23, 1934.  A great issue for framing and displaying!

THE KINGSPORT TIMES, Kingsport, Tennessee, September 24, 1934  This 8 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "GRAND JURY CONSIDERS EXTORTION CASE AGAINST BRUNO HAUPTMANN" with subheads and related photo. (see)

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise in good... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 26, 1934

* Lou Gehrig 1,500th straight game played
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* RMS Queen Mary launching
* Cunard Line ocean liner

The sport's section (page 27) has one column headings: "GEHRIG HITS 48TH AS YANKS WIN, 5-0" "Surpasses His Best Home-Run Mark in 1,500th Consecutive... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1934

* RMS Queen Mary launching
* Cunard Line ocean liner
* Lindbergh baby kidnapping indictment

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP LAUNCHED AS QUEEN MARY" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York NY October 1, 1934

* St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant
* MLB baseball

This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 14 that include: "Cardinals Are best of Major Baseball Teams at Finish" and more. Other related headlines and small photo of Dizzy Dean. (see)

Tells of the St. Louis Cardinals... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, October 4, 1934

* St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers
* MLB baseball World Series

This 10 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "SECOND GAME A TIE AT END OF NINTH" with subheads, two small photos and lineup. This edition was printed before the... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 8, 1934 

* Edgar Allan Poe 
* Historical site formed 
* World Series of baseball 

Page 17 has one column headings that read: "FORMS WORLD SOCIETY TO HONOR EDGAR A. POE" and "Group Organizes at Philadelphia With Richard Gimbel as President". 1st report coverage on the formation... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 12, 1934 

* Gangster Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd 
* Gunfight w/ police 
* Death came 10 days later 

This 38-page newspaper has a two column headlines near the bottom of the front page that include: "'Pretty Boy' Floyd, Badman of Southwest, Escapes in Gun Fight... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 15, 1934

* French Statesman Raymond Poincaré death
* Prime Minister & President of France

The front page has a one column heading: "POINCARE IS DEAD; WAR STATESMAN" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photo. (see) Lengthy text. Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, October 17, 1934

* Alice Speed Stoll kidnapping ends

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "MRS. STOLL FOUND IN INDIANA, HOME AGAIN; PART OF RANSOM MONEY BELIEVED RECOVERED" which tells of the safe return of Alice Speed Stoll, kidnapping victim.

Other news... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1934

* MacRobertson Trophy Air Race
* London to Melbourne airplane event
*  Melbourne Centenary celebrations
* Jim and Amy Mollison photo

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "20 PLANES START IN AUSTRALIA RACE; FITZMAURICE OUT" with subheads. (see) More on page 3 with related... Read full description  

THE COLDWATER DAILY REPORTER, Coldwater, Michigan, October 22, 1934  This 6 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "ARMED POSSES ARE SEARCHING WOODS FOR 'PRETTY BOY'" and more. (see) Other news and advertisements of the day are within the issue.

This issue has some browning and margin wear, and... Read full description  

NEW YORK TIMES, October 22, 1934 

* Charles Pretty Boy Floyd
* Public enemy No. 1 shot (killed)

The top of page 16 has an article headed: "Posses Hunt Floyd In Dense Ohio Woods" "Outlaw Believed to Have Been Wounded in Gun Battle Which Trapped Richetti" (see) Floyd would die of his wounds on this day.
Complete in 42... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1934

* Gertrude Stein returns to United States
* American novelist, poet & playwright

The top of page 25 has a two column heading: "Gertrude Stein Arrives and Baffles Reporters by Making Herself Clear" with subhead and photo. (see) First report coverage on American writer, Gertrude Stein,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1934

* Imperial Japanese Navy to expand ?
* Prelude to bombing of Pearl Harbor

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "JAPAN TAKES FIRM STAND FOR NAVAL EQUALITY NOW; 1935 PARLEY IS IMPERILED" with subheads. (see) Was this the prelude that would eventually lead to the bombing of Pearl Harbor 7... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1934

* Gerhard Zucker - German engineer
* Early rocket mail testing

This 40 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 2:
"Rocket Transports Mail In a Test Near Trieste" which tells of Gerhard Zucker experimenting with rocket mail. See photo for brief text here.

Other news of the day throughout... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 5, 1934

* Babe Ruth all-stars play in japan

The Sports Section (page 15) has one column headings: "JAPANESE FANS IDOLIZE RUTH" "Babe Impressed by Orderliness of Crowd at Game in Tokio" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 26 pages, a little... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 9, 1934

* James Mark Baldwin death
* Psychology - psychiatry - evolution
* Princeton University

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "JAMES M. BALDWIN, PSYCHOLOGIST, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of James Mark Baldwin, American philosopher and psychologist. I suspect... Read full description  

THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, November 16, 1934  This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ALICE DWELLS ONLY IN A BOOK" "Mrs. Hargreaves, Inspiration of Wonderland Tales, Is Dead at 82" "Honored In Late Years" with smaller subheads.

Other news of the day throughout. Rag edition in... Read full description  

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, November 22, 1934

* Joe DiMaggio in his infancy
* New York Yankees purchase
* MLB Baseball

The sport's section (page 13) has a banner heading: "Browns Get Johnny Burnett, Weiland, Cash from Indians for Campbell" with subheads that include: "Yanks Obtain Joe DiMaggio In Big Trade" (see)... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 26, 1934

* 3 Babes in the woods murders
* Carlisle, Pennsylvania

This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "POLICE SEEK LINK IN THREE GIRLS' DEATHS" "Attempt to Trace Murder and Suicide to Mystery Killing" and more (see photos).

Tells of the... Read full description  

THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana,  November 30, 1934  This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MRS. NELSON HELD LEADING WOMAN PUBLIC FOE IN U.S." "Police and Authorities of Nation Ordered to 'Shoot to Kill'" with related photo. (see)

This tells of the official F.B.I.... Read full description  

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934

* Helen Boucher killed
* French aviatrix - pilot
* Airplane crash accident

The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"
Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark"... Read full description  

THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, December 4, 1934

* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Flegenheimer - New York bootlegger gangster
* Albany, New York jail photo

This 8 page newspaper has a three column photo with caption: "Schultz Now Clings Fearfully to Law's Skirts" which shows Shultz behind bars with his lawyers conferring nearby (see photos).

Tells... Read full description  

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, sport's section only, Dec. 9, 1934

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish 
* Year of national championship 
* NCAA college football 
* President Gerald Ford photo

The front page of this section has a great banner headline: "NOTRE DAME'S LONG PASSES BEAT U.S.C., 14-0" with subheads and... Read full description