Historic Newspapers: Nellie Bly Coverage

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 19, 1859  The front page shows: 'Hon. Daniel E. Sickles in Prison at Washington', who was the first person to plead temporary insanity in a murder case. He would be acquitted. There is a related article on page 2 titled: "The Washington Tragedy".
Also of significance is the 2 1/2 page article with ten illustrations titled "A Visit To The Lunatic Asylum On Blackwell's Island". Some 28 years later investigative reporter Nellie Bly would rise to journalistic fame…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 8, 1890  Although not accompanied by an illustration, perhaps the most interesting article is: "Around The World In Seventy-Three Days" which is a report on the adventure of Nellie Bly, the reporter for the New York 'World' newspaper who set out to turn the fictional 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Vernes into fact for the first time.
Prints in this issue include a full ftpg: "Station Scene in Rush Hours on Manhattan Elevated Railroad"; a nearly…