Historic Newspapers: Deaths - Reports & Obits

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1935 

* Annie Smith Peck death
* American Mountaineer

Page 17 has one column headings: "ANNIE PECK DIES, 84; MOUNTAIN CLIMBER" "She Has Scaled Tallest Peaks of Hemisphere and at 80 Flew Over Them Again" "Also Lecturer, Linquist" "Won World-Wide fame When She Conquered Mt.... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 12, 1935 

* Melvin Purvis resigns (1st report) 
* FBI agent - G-Man 

This 8 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Melvin Purvis Resigns from Dep't of Justice"

Tells of the resignation of famous G-Man head Melvin Purvis.

Other news of the... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1935.

* Danno O'Mahony, Irish professional wrestler
* Eva Coo "The Mallet Murderer" electric chair

The front page has a one column heading: "MRS. COO, SCARNICI ARE PUT TO DEATH" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 3 with photos of each.
Page 27 has a one column heading: ... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1935

* Lady Pirrie death (1st report)
* Wife of RMS Titanic shipbuilder

The top of page 19 is a one column heading: "LADY PIRRIE DEAD; HEADED SHIP FIRM" with subheads and photo. (see) She was the wife of William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie. He was a Irish shipbuilder who was responsible for the small... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1935

* Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
* 12th Governor General of Canada
* British Army officer

The front page has a one column heading: "BRITAIN LOSES HERO AS LORD BYNG DIES" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report coverage continues inside with photo. Always nice to have notable events... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 22, 1935 

* Jane Addams death 
* Nobel Peace Prize winner 
* Adolph Hitler agreeable? 

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "JANE ADDAMS SUCCUMBS" "Noted Social Service Worker Dies in Chicago Hospital" with photo of Addams. (see)

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ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, May 14, 1935 

* Lawrence of Arabia motorcycle accident (1st report) 
* Would die less than a week later 

This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' DYING AFTER CRASH"
"Noted British Hero Swerves to Avoid Hitting Boy... Read full description  

MID-WEEK PICTORIAL of the New York Times, April 20, 1935 

* Publisher Adolph Ochs death

The front page is taken up with a photo of "Adolph S. Ochs", publisher of the N.Y. Times who recently died.
Complete in 28 pages, 9 3/4 by 13 inches, minor mend to a lower corner, minimal margin wear.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1935 

* Williamsport, Maryland High School 
* Rockville, Maryland bus disaster (1st report) 
* Anna Katherine Green death
* American poet and novelist

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "13 STUDENTS DIE AS TRAIN HITS BUS, CARRIES IT A MILE" with subheads. (see)... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 4, 1935

* Henry Augustus Lukeman death (1st report)
* American historical monuments sculptor
* World War I - Kit Carson & more

The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "LUKEMAN IS DEAD; A NOTED SCULPTOR" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1935

* Eugene Zimmerman "Zim" death
* Swiss-American cartoonist
* Horseheads, New York
* Teal Park bandstand

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "ZIMMERMAN DEAD; NOTED CARTOONIST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Eugene Zimmerman. I suspect this is one of the few... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1935

* Harlem race riot of 1935
* Black teenage shoplifter

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Police Shoot Into Rioters; Kill Negro in Harlem Mob" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 15. Great to have in this famous NYC publication.
Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in very... Read full description  

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, March 13, 1935

* Albert H. Fish trial - creepy acts
* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "FISH TRIAL OPENS; TO PLEAD... Read full description  

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 6, 1935

* Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. death (1st report)
* Supreme Court of the United States
* Associate Justice

The top of the front page has a two column illustration of Holmes with heading: "DEATH COMES TO OLIVER WENDALL HOLMES, JR., AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING" (see).
Complete with 8 pages,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 17, 1935

* Benita von Falkenhayn death sentence

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Two Aristocratic Women Doomed As Spies by a Court in Germany" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the death sentence handed down to Benita von Falkenhayn for spying for the Second Polish Republic.... Read full description  

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 13, 1935 

* USS Macon (ZRS-5) crashes 
* United States Navy Airship 

This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "PROBE OF MACON CRASH IS DUE" with subhead. Also nice headline of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial as it ends.

Other news of the day... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 1, 1935

* Joseph Smith Fletcher death
* English author - detective fiction

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "J. S. FLETCHER DIES; POPULAR NOVELIST" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of J. S. Fletcher, English journalist and author who specialized in detective... Read full description  

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Jan. 17, 1935 

* Ma Barker and Fred Barker  
* Florida outlaws killings (1st report)

Under the one column front page heading: "BANDIT FORAYS SPUR FEDERAL CRIME ATTACK" with subheads is a brief report from Florida on the killings of Ma and Fred Barker, infamous 1930's gangsters. A more lengthy... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1934

* Sem - Georges Goursat death
* French caricaturist - illustrator

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "SEM, CARICATURIST, DEAD IN PARIS AT 71" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Georges Goursat, known as Sem, a French caricaturist famous during the  Belle... 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 NEW YORK TIMES, October 26, 1934

* Frank J. Sprague death
* "Father of Electric Traction"

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "F. J. SPRAGUE DIES; TRACTION PIONEER" with subhead and photo. (See) First report coverage of the death of Frank J. Sprague, inventor who contributed to the development of... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1934 

* Day of Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd death 
* Shot by Melvin Purvis 

This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "POLICE CAPTURE RICHETTI; MAY GET 'PRETTY BOY'", "Notorious and Long Sought Criminal Lose Gun Battle... Read full description  

THE EL PASO TIMES, Texas, Oct. 17, 1934  

* Harry Pierpont execution
* Prohibition era gangster
* John Dillinger's mentor

The front page has a report of the Harry Pierpont execution, he a member of the John Dillinger gang.
The heading notes: "Harry Pierpont Executed; Dillinger Gangster Weeps While Awaiting His Death" ... Read full description