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  • Walter Johnson 100th shutout game....
    Item #567096
    SPRINGGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, May 3, 1923

    * Walter Johnson 100th shutout game
    * Washington Senators
    * MLB baseball


    This 18 page newspaper has a four column headline on page 13: "YANKS LOSE BUT SCOTT MAKES IT 1000" with subheads that include: "Johnson Shares Day's Glories With Scotty" "Pitches His 100th Shutout... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition era - hospitals want whisky... A modern Paul Revere's warning...
    Item #693957
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1923

    *Interesting Prohibition Headlines

    The 2nd page has fascinating Prohibition coverage including: “CITY WANTS WHISKY FOR HOSPITAL USE”,“MODERN PAUL REVERE WARNS OF LIQUOR RAID” and “RUM-RUNNING ON THE SOUND”
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  • 1923 Chicago gangland war in full swing...
    Item #701506
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 27, 1923

    * Frederick Lundin's corruption in the Windy city
    * Chicago gangland wars in it's infancy
    * Prohibition & great depression
    * Best title to be had - rare as such


    The front page has a great banner headline for display concerning very early corruption in Chicago that was a prelude to the... Read full description  
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  • Edith Thompson execution....
    Item #577548
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1923

    * Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters executions
    * Famous English murder case (Percy Thompson)


    This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5 that include: "LIFT MRS. THOMPSON TO SCAFFOLD TO DIE", "Warders Carry Her in Semi-Conscious Condition to Expiate Murder of Husband",... Read full description  
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  • Harding disturbed  that Prohibition is not being enforced...
    Item #652185
    TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Nov. 25, 1922 A ftpg. headline: "PRES. HARDING GREATLY DISTURBED AT LAX ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION" and among the subheads: "Public Defiance of Volstead Act and Feeble Efforts at Enforcement Discussed at Friday's Cabinet Meeting".
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  • The Spangler mine explosion...
    Item #681218
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, Nov. 6, 1922 

    * Spangler, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
    * Reilly No. 1 coal mine explosion disaster


    The banner headline has a same-day report of the Spangler (Penna.) mine explosion: "EXPLOSION ENTOMBS 95 MINERS" with a subhead: "Find 3 Dead; Train Speeds To Bring Aid" and more.
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  • 1922 Sulphur Springs, Missouri train collision....
    Item #677853
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7, 1922

    * Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County, Missouri
    * Missouri Pacific trains collide disaster


    The front page has a one column heading: "TOLL OF WRECK MAY TOTAL 60 DEAD, 65 HURT" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the terrible train collision at Sulphur Springs, Missouri.
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  • L.A. murderess Clara Phillips "Tiger Woman"....
    Item #691840
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1922

    * Clara 'Tiger Woman' Phillips
    * Los Angeles murderess
    * Alberta Meadows murder
    * Love triangle ? husband
    * "Hollywood’s first female psychopath"


    The front page has a one column heading: "WIFE BRUTALLY SLAYS RIVAL IN CAVEMAN STYLE" with subhead. (see)
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  • Murderess Madalynne Obenchain...
    Item #691838
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 10, 1922

    * Madalynne Obenchain murder trial
    * Los Angeles shooting murderess
    * John Belton Kennedy killing
    * Beverly Glen - Santa Monica Mountains


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "MADELYNN TELLS HER STORY" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. More on pages 2 & 3 with related photo.
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  • 1922 William Desmond Taylor murder....
    Item #711522
    THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1922

    * William Desmond Taylor shot dead

    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "LITTLE PROGRESS MADE IN SOLVING MYSTERY OF SHOOTING OF MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the recent murder of famed actor and director William Desmond Taylor which is... Read full description  
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  • William Desmond Taylor murder...
    Item #683389
    THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1922  The front page has a one column head: "POLICE RUNNING DOWN CLUES IN TAYLOR MURDER" with subhead. Coverage on the murder of famed actor and director William Desmond Taylor which is still unsolved till this day.
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  • 1922 William Desmond Taylor murder....
    Item #643733
    THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1922

    * William Desmond Taylor shot dead

    The front page has a one column heading: "POLICE RUNNING DOWN CLUES IN TAYLOR MURDER" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the murder of famed actor and director William Desmond Taylor which is still unsolved till this day.
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  •  William Desmond Taylor murder...
    Item #576608
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, February 2, 1922 

    * William Desmond Taylor shot dead

    This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "THINK DIRECTOR OF MOVIES MURDERED". The report tells of the murder of famed actor and director William Desmond Taylor which is still unsolved till this day. This is a early first... Read full description  
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  • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle  murder trial...
    Item #568334
    SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, December 5, 1921 

    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle  murder trial 
    * Hung jury verdict 
    * Virginia Rappe 

    This 16 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "ARBUCKLE JURY FAILS TO AGREE; DISCHARGED" and more. (see)

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  • Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle  murder charge...
    Item #669346
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 17, 1921

    * Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
    * Hollywood comedian actor
    * Virginia Rappe murder indictment


    The top of the front page has one column heading: "FATTY ARBUCKLE COMES TO COURT" with subhead. (see)
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  • Fatty Arbuckle.... Virginia Rappe murder...
    Item #597833
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, September 15, 1921 

    * Actress Virginia Rappe 
    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle indicted
     

    The front page has one column headlines: "$100,000 READY TO BAIL FATTY", "Manslaughter Trail Expected, Although Prosecutor Has Not Yet Decided", "Indictment Is Up Today".

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  • Fatty Arbuckle Murder Case...
    Item #217924
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1921.

    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Murder Case

    This 36 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "ARBUCKLE WITNESS PERJURED HERSELF, SAYS PROSECUTOR" with subheads that include: "Alleges Change Of Story", "Grand Jury Delays Action", and more. Other news of the... Read full description  
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  • Fatty Arbuckle charged with murder....
    Item #565208
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, September 14, 1921
     
    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle murder charge
    * Virginia Rappe


    This 12 page newspaper has a two line banner headline on the front page: "CASE AGAINST ARBUCKLE APPEARS VERY WEAK BY TESTIMONY OF STATE'S CHIEF WITNESSES" with subheads that include: "Story Of 'Party' Told... Read full description  
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  • Fatty Arbuckle.... Virginia Rappe murder...
    Item #597564
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, September 14, 1921

    * Actress Virginia Rappe
    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle indicted


    The front page has one column headlines: "FATTY INDICTED; MANSLAUGHTER", "Murder Charge in Justice's Court Blocks Chance To Get Bail", and "Missing Witness Found".

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  • Fatty Arbuckle Murder Case...
    Item #219264
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 14, 1921.

    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle  Murder Case

    This 10 page newspaper has a two line, four column headline on the front page: "INDICTMENT OF MANSLAUGHTER PLACED AGAINST ARBUCKLE" with lengthy subhead. Other news of the day throughout. Browningat the margins with some... Read full description  
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  • Fatty Arbuckle charged with murder....
    Item #688758
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 13, 1921.
     
    * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle murder charge

    The front page has a one column heading: "WITNESSES SAY ARBUCKLE HELD HALF NUDE GIRL" with subhead: "Murder Charge Is Laid to Actor" Coverage continues on the following pages with related pictorial.
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  •  - Fatty Arbuckle Murder Charge 1921...

    Item #214589
    LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, MA, September 13, 1921.

    * Comedian Actor
    * Fatty Arbuckle
    * Charged With Murder
    * 1921 Original Reporting


    This 8 page newspaper has a two line, three column headline on the front page: "CHARGE WITNESS WITH PERJURY IN ARBUCKLE CASE" with subhead: "District Attorney Expresses Conviction That One of Chief Witnesses Has... Read full description  
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  • 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain ending ?...
    Item #725003
    THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn., Sept. 6, 1921

    * Battle of Blair Mountain ending ?
    * Mingo County coal wars - Logan Co.


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "FEDERAL TROOPS IN THE WEST VA. COAL FIELDS IN COMPLETE CONTROL THERE" with subheads. (see images)
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  • 1921 Porter, Indiana train wreck disaster...
    Item #573608
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, February 28, 1921

    * Porter, Indiana
    * Train wreck disaster


    This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page:
    "27 ARE KILLED IN INDIANA WRECK" with subheads (see photos).

    Tells of the New York Central passenger train wreck disaster at Porter, Indiana in which 44 people would... Read full description  
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  • Wall Street Bombing...
    Item #567825
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, September 21, 1920  This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Death Wagon Seen At Morgan's Bank Long Before Blast" with subheads. (see photos)

    Other news of the day throughout.

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  • Charles Comiskey robbery & murder plot...
    Item #595526
    THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 27, 1920

    * Charles Comiskey murder plot
    * Chicago White Sox game


    The front page has one column headlines: "BOY BANDITS PLANNED TO KILL BASEBALL HEAD", "And Steal Receipts of Chicago White Sox Game", "Expected To Get $40,000", "When... Read full description  
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  • Charles Ponzi arrested... Wall Street scam...
    Item #597924
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 12, 1920 

    * Charles Ponzi jail sentence 
    * Wall Street scheme 
    * Stock Market 

    The front page has one column headlines that include: "PONZI CONFESSES RECORD PRISONS; PLEADS FOR CHANGE", "Declares He Sacrificed Himself for Employer in Montreal Forgery Conviction", "Took... Read full description  
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  • Charles Ponzi finally exposed...
    Item #597654
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 10, 1920

    * Charles Ponzi finally exposed (1st report)
    * Wall Street scheme - Stock Market
    * Women's suffrage

    The front page has one column headlines that include: "STOP PONZI CHECKS; SAY HE'S BANKRUPT" "Bank Commissioner Declares His Account Is Overdrawn--3 Note Holders File Petition" "Is... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition starting in America in 1920....
    Item #715394
    THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 20, 1920.

    * U.S. prohibition at the beginning
    * No more beer or liquor - temperance
    * From the city where crime would arise
    * Prohibition officially started a few days prior


    The front page has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT TO PASS ON DRY LAW'S VALIDITY" with subhead.
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  • Prohibition in America starts...
    Item #579926
    THE SCRANTON TIMES, Scranton, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1920

    * Prohibition in America starts 
    * No beer - liquor 

    This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
    "SUPREME COURT IS SPEEDING UP DRY DECISION" "Permits Rhode Island To Institute Original Proceeding To Test" "Validity Of Prohibition... Read full description  
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  • Prohibition begins...   No Beer...
    Item #569252
    THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 16, 1920  This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "J. BARLEYCORN IS MOURNED AT 36-HOUR WAKE" "New Yorkers Drown Grief In Final Toasts, But, Oh, What a PriceThey Paid !" "AND DAYBREAK MEANS NOTHING" and more. (see)

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  • 1920 Parnell Bridge Ambush... Cork, Ireland...
    Item #697361
    THE DAY, New London., Conn., Jan. 5, 1920

    * Parnell Bridge Ambush - Cork, Ireland
    * Irish War of Independence - IRA vs. RIC
    * United States prohibition upheld


    The front page has a one column heading: "FRESH SERIES OF IRISH OUTBREAKS" (see images)
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  • 1919 Chicago Race Riot... Red Summer...
    Item #711332
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1919

    * Chicago, Illinois  race riots
    * Negroes vs. white citizens
    * The Red Summer of 1919


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "28 DEAD, 500 HURT IN THREE-DAY RACE RIOTS IN CHICAGO" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Wingfoot Air Express Crash of 1919....
    Item #583313
    SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, July 22, 1919

    * Wingfoot Air Express Crash
    * Chicago, Illinois bank skylight
    * Dirigible - airship - blimp


    This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TEN KILLED WHEN BALLOON EXPLODES", "Blazing Wreckage of Experimental Dirigible Carries Death and Injury... Read full description  
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  • Progressing towards Prohibition...
    Item #674035
    THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, July 3, 1919 

    * Headed towards prohibition
    * Liquor - beer to be abolished


    The top of the first column reports on the progress towards Prohibition: "PLAN TO STOP SALE OF STRONG BEER" "Congress And Department Of Justice After 2 3/4 Per Cent Article" with the details taking over half a... Read full description  
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  • War-time prohibition taking effect in 1919....
    Item #622693
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1919

    * War-time prohibition taking effect (eve)

    The front page has a one column heading: "WAR PROHIBITION REPEAL HANGS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL" with subheads. (see) Coverage on wartime prohibition act taking effect (eve).
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  • War-time prohibition taking effect in 1919....
    Item #614093
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, June 27, 1919

    * War-time prohibition taking effect

    The front page has an article headed: "DRY LAW UPHELD IN COURT OF APPEALS" "Decision Announced in New York Dismisses the Preliminary Injunction Granted Brewers Against District Attorney"
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  • 1919 War-time prohibition taking effect...
    Item #702606
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, June 23, 1919

    * War-time prohibition takes effect

    The front page has a one column heading: "WETS DESPERATE IN PRESENT CRISIS" with subhead. (see images) Coverage on wartime prohibition act 1st taking effect.
    Other news of the day. Complete in 16 pages, good condition.
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  • Fight for prohibition.... drys winning...
    Item #614450
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, June 19, 1919

    * U.S. prohibition fight
    * Drys winning


    The front page has an article headed: "DRY REPEALER IS LOST IN SENATE" "Action Makes It Practically Certain United States Will Become Bone Dry on July 1--..."
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  • Ratification of the Prohibition amendment...
    Item #685258
    THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT (bi-weekly), North Carolina, January 20, 1919 

    * Prohibition (no beer, liquor) wins
    * 18th Amendment ratification
    * 3/4 of the states needed is met


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "America First Nation To Legislate Liquor Out" with subheads. First report coverage on Nebraska... Read full description  
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  • Ratification of the Prohibition amendment...
    Item #684949
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 18, 1919 

    * re. Prohibition (no beer, liquor) wins
    * 18th Amendment ratification
    * 3/4 of the states needed is met


    The front page has a one column heading: PROHIBITION ISSUE UNDER LEGAL FIRE" with subheads. (see) Second report coverage on the ratification of the 18th amendment to the Constitution... Read full description  
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  • Nashville, Tennessee Train Collision in 1918.....
    Item #629642
    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, July 10, 1918
     
    * Nashville, TN Train No. 1
    * Great train wreck of 1918

    This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines the front page:
    "RAIL WRECK DEATH TOLL AT LEAST 100" and "Most of Victims of Head-On Collision Near Nashville Negroes on Way yo Powder Plant" with smaller... Read full description  
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  • Great Train Wreck of 1918... Nashville...
    Item #699729
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 9, 1918

    * Great Train Wreck of 1918
    * Nashville, Tennessee disaster
    * Worst rail accident in U.S. history


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "TWENTY-FIVE KILLED" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... Read full description  
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  • Rare 1918 Anti-Prohibition Broadside: "The Dry Spasm" – Rochester, NY...
    Item #712356
    THE DRY SPASM of The "BLABBER", Rochester, New York, Feb. 18, 1918  A very unusual broadside newspaper without any volume or issue numbers. The masthead includes: "Priceless", "Weather: Bone Dry", "Why Worry? The Worse is Yet to Come!"

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  • 1918 Cardinal James Gibbons against prohibition...
    Item #682070
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 6, 1918

    * Cardinal James Gibbons
    * Catholic Church prelate
    * Against prohibition
    * Pro beer - liquor


    The front page has a two column heading: "Cardinal Gibbons Announces Prohibition Amendment; Says Adoption Will Be Calamity". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description  
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  • John Lawrence Sullivan dies...
    Item #565177
    THE WORLD, New York, NY, February 4, 1918

    * John Lawrence Sullivan death
    * 1st Heavyweight boxing gloved champion


    This 16 page newspaper has some headlines on page 10 that include: "Sullivan Champion of Champions, Says Madden", "'Discoverer' and First Manager of Noted Fighter Feels Big Fellow's Death as a Personal Loss",... Read full description  
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  • By and for brewery and soft drink workers...
    Item #612875
    BREWERY & SOFT DRINK WORKERS' JOURNAL, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918  An interesting folio size newspaper for members of the: "International Union of United Brewery & Soft Drink Workers" from just a year before Prohibition. Two of the inside pages are in German. An interesting newspaper for display in a home bar, etc.
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  • By and for brewery and soft drink workers...
    Item #612471
    BREWERY & SOFT DRINK WORKERS' JOURNAL, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918  An interesting folio size newspaper for members of the: "International Union of United Brewery & Soft Drink Workers" from just a year before Prohibition. Two of the inside pages are in German. An interesting newspaper for display in a home bar, etc.
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  • By and for brewery and soft drink workers...
    Item #649248
    BREWERY & SOFT DRINK WORKERS' JOURNAL, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918  An interesting folio size newspaper for members of the: "International Union of United Brewery & Soft Drink Workers" from just a year before Prohibition. Two of the inside pages are in German. An interesting newspaper for display in a home bar, etc.
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  • 1917 Shepherdsville, Kentucky train wreck...
    Item #682260
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 21, 1917

    * Shepherdsville, Kentucky
    * Trains collision wreck disaster
    * Louisville and Nashville Railroad

     
    The front page has a one column heading: "FORTY-SIX KILLED IN KENTUCKY WRECK". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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