Historic Newspapers: Outlaws & Gunfights

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 23, 1910

The front page of this issue has an illustration of "'Cowboys of the Air.' "

In this issue, there is an illustration of "The Speaker of the Lower House--As He Hopes it Will Be." by H. T. Webster. This drawing then has "With Apologies to A. Canoiani, the Italian Sculptor, Whose Statue, "Dante in Hell," was Reproduced in "Harper's Weekly" for April 2, 1910." There are photos of "New Heads of New York Financial Institutions" and "Men Who Preside…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 5, 1910

The front page of this issue has a photo of "An Interesting Senatorial Possibility."

In this issue, there is an illustration of "Uncle Sam: "What You Need is a Change of Scene, and Four Years of Complete Rest"" by Kemble. There is a photo of "Another International Alliance" and there is a double page illustration of "And They Think it's Merely a Flirtation!" by James Montgomery Flagg and a full page illustration of "The Return of the First Owner"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 26, 1910

The front page of this issue has an illustration of "The Bully's Waterloo" by William L. Jacobs.

In this issue, there are photos of "Railroading at its Worst"; "The Song of the Sea"; "On of the Children of Destiny" and "The Play and its Players." The double page illustration is of "Uncle Sam: 'Don't Let Up, Little One, This Must be to a Finish!'" by Kemble and there are illustrations of "Recent Notable Examples in Mural Decorations" and…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 20, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue. The front page of this issue has a photo of "A New Power in New York's Drama."

This issue has an illustration of " 'Do It Now!' " by Kemble and there are photos of "The House that Tammany Built"; "An Anarchist's Peace Tribute to the Drama" and "The Play and the Players." There is also a double page illustration of "'And They Lived Happily Ever After'" by James Montgomery Flagg and "The Oldest Inhabitant has…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 17, 1909  The front page of this issue has an illustration of "The Old Guard" by Hy. S. Watson.

This issue has a photo spread of "Celebrities Do Honor to Champlain"; "A Triumph for American Sport"; "The Winning of the American Polo Cup in England"; and there is "A Recent Portrait of Mr. August Belmont." There is also a double page illustration of "Trouble for Somebody" by James Montgomery Flagg plus there is a photo spread of "Side-Lights on a New York 'Hot…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 12, 1909  There is a color cover on this issue. The front page of this issue has a photo of "There are Other Games Besides Golf." This photo is of President Taft pitching two balls at the start of a game between "the local Yale nine and a team of visiting Yale men."

This issue has a photo spread of "Mr. Roosevelt in the Lion Country" and "Restoring an Historic Fort." There is also a photo of "Miss Nanette Comstock in Tragedy" and a full page illustration of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 29, 1909

There is a color cover on this issue.The front page of this issue has a photo of "George Meredith", novelist and poet.

This issue has a photo and an article of "Henry Huddleston Rogers--Captain of Industry." There is also photos and an article on "The Oarless Lifeboat" and there are photos of "'The Master of the Hounds'-Miss Polly Page" and "Incidents of the Triumph of the Young Turks." There is a full page illustration by Frank Craig of "The…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 13, 1909  The color cover of Abraham Lincoln (by Stanton Palmer) is not included.  However, all other Lincoln related coverage (prints and text), as shown in the images, are present - including the standard cover with which includes Abraham Lincoln.
This issue has photos and an article of "Lincoln's Last Hours" and an illustration of "The Death-Bed of Abraham Lincoln." Then there are two photos on one page of "John D. Rockefeller's "Drive" is a Blend of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 26, 1908  The front page of this issue has a photo of "An Author of the Old School". This issue has photos of "Laying the Corner-Stone of the New Theatre"; "The Man Who Knows What All the World is Doing"; "An Aeroplane with Wings Like a Bird's" and an illustration of "By a Painter of Fair Women." There is also a double page illustration by James Montgomery Flagg called "Has This Ever Happened to You?"; a full page illustration of "Good Resolutions" by W. E.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1908  The front page of this issue reads: "Africa: April 1 1909 - 'Delighted'".  Additional inside photos regard the 125th anniversary of Dickinson's College in Carlisle Pennsylvania, as well as plans for the new NY City Municipal Building.  A double page center fold is titled: "A Post-Graduate Course" (see photos).  Other advertisements of the day  are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1908  The front page of this issue reads: "Uncle Sam - 'Bill, You'd Look So Much Better in Your Own Clothes'".  Additional inside photos regard the US Railroad and the coal industry.  A double page center fold is titled: "The Bivouac Before Chicago" (see photos).  Other advertisements of the day  are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1908  There is a front pg. illustration, "The Prodigal Returns from Brownsville" by W. A.. Rogers. In this issue, there is are photos of "Governors and Distinguished Guests at the White House Conference"; San Francisco's Welcome to the Fleet"; a double pg. illustration of "Cross-Country Run of the Favorite Sons--The Last Obstacle" by E. W. Kemble; photos of "Cutting the Largest Diamond in the World"; and other advertisements of the day are included as well.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1908 There is a front pg. illustration, "Almost There" by W. A.. Rogers. In this issue, there is are photos of "California's Great Welcome to the Fleet"; "How Pennsylvania's State Constabulary Put Down a Strike"; "Strengthening our Forces in the East--A Shipment of Submarines for Manila"; "The Briarcliff Race for Stock-Cars"; and other advertisements of the day are included as well. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 25, 1908 There is a front page illustration, "Good Business! - Mr. Bryan is Said to Have Made $52,000 Last Year From his Lectures" by W. A.. Rogers. There is an article with photos of "The Work and Play of the Fleet" by Robert Dunn. There are photos of "The Fight Across A Grave for a Dukedom"; an illustration of "The Oyster Shanty" by Henry J. Peck; and other advertisements of the day are included as well. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 7, 1907  There is a front page photo, "One of Mrs. Russell Sage's Simpler Charities." There is an article of "Preserving the Public Lands" by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay with photo. There are more photos of "Laying the Corner-Stone of the Peace Palace at the Hague"; "President Roosevelt Speaking at Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of the Pilgrims' Monument" and "Treating a Swedish Crown Prince to American Hospitality." There also are…

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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 21, 1906  There is a front page photo, "The King and Queen of Norway" by Underwood & Underwood. There is an article, "The Future in America, A Search after Realities", by H. G. Wells, author of War of the Worlds, with illustrations done by Vernon Howe Bailey and E. V. Nadherny. Photos of "Scenes at the Coronation of Norway's New King and Queen, at Trondhjem, June 22"; and an article called "A Notable Balloon Voyage Forty-Seven Years Ago" by Edward Hungerford…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 2, 1906 There is a front page illustration, "Checkers at the Country Store, The Stranger's Move" by Harold Matthews Brett. There is an article "Murder as a Labor Weapon" by Franklin Matthews and "Britain and Her Restless Blacks" by Edgar Mels. Also, there is a double page photo spread of on one page "Victories of American Athletes at the Olympic Games" and on the right side "Scenes in the Stadium at  Athens Where American Athletes Triumphed". Photos of "Harvard…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 26, 1906  There is a front page photo, "The Late Carl Schurz in his Library". There is an article, "Carl Schurz, Pilot" by Mark Twain and "The Sermon in San Francisco's Stones" by Henry Harrison Suplee. Also an article, "The Sultan's Dummy Railway" by William Tyler Bliss and photos such as "The Work of German and Turkish engineers on the Sultan's "Philanthropic" Railway." "Events of the Day at Home and Abroad" and "America's Athletic Triumph at the Olympic…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 19, 1906  There is a front page photo, "All That Remains of the Elaborately Decorated Chapel at Leland Stanford University". There is an article, "The Human Drama at San Francisco" by Herman Whitaker, and many photos of the San Francisco Catastrophe. There is "Temporary "Homesites" in Golden Gate Park for Thousands of Refugees from the Desolated City"; "A City Under Martial Law--Phases of the Military control of San Francisco which Brought Order out of Chaos";…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 7, 1906  Front page illustration "Pardners" by Frank Wing; "The Crime Against Niagara" by Orrin E. Dunlap; photos of "Niagara and the Power Companies"; "The Missionary and the African Savage" by H. W. Nevinson; photos of "England's Strenuous Suffragists--The Recent Arrest of Women's Rights Agitators in London"; a full page of  "Four Noteworthy Portraits at the Ten American Painters' Exhibition"; "People of Note in the News from Europe" and other advertisements…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 24, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - VI." by W. A. Rogers; photos of "The Latest Photographs of Scenes in Panama" and "Burning $385,000 Worth of U.S. Stamps at Panama." "The Algeciras Conference on the Control of Morocco" and other advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 19, 1905  Front page Photo, The President and the Peace Envoys at the Meeting on Board the "Mayflower"; Preparations for the Meeting of the Peace Envoys at Oyster Bay; Scenes at the Meeting of the Peace Envoys on Board the "Mayflower"; The Racing Season at Saratoga--The Running of the "Saratoga Special"; International Cricket in America; Miss May Sutton, The Tennis Champion of America and England, Who Has Never Lost a Set in a Championship Match; and other…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 7, 1905 Front page Photo, Mr. August Belmont, Recently Elected President of the National Civic Federation; Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Commander of England's Channel Fleet; Japanese Troops in a Trench Close to the Russian Lines at Port Arthur; War Correspondents Watching an Assault by the Japanese on the East Keekwan Fort at Port Arthur; Snap-Shots of Incidents in the Training of Cavalry Troops at the French School at Saumur; and other advertisements of…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1904  Front page Photo, Henry James; The "Futurity," Run at the Meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, August 27; With Admiral Togo on His Flagship, The "Mikasa," at the Japanese Naval Base, Near Port Arthur; The Latest Portrait of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Who is Now Visiting America; Double page illustration "Tom's Dream" by W. A. Rogers; John E. Redmond, the Irish Leader in Parliament; and other advertisements of…

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 16, 1904

* Lynching of Paul Reed and Will Cato - Negroes
* Statesboro & Savannah - Georgia race war

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "A RACE RIOT IS NOW IMMINENT" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, two small, lightly inked library stamps within the masthead, a little…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 6, 1904  Front page illustration "Keeping Cool" by W. A. Rogers; Henry G. Davis, Democratic Nominee for Vice-President--A Snap-Shot Taken at His Home at Elkins, West Virginia, on July 14; Photographs of Scenes at the Annual Race Week and Water-Sports Carnival at the Larchmont Yacht Club; The Mayor's Inspection Party Making a Tour of the New Subway in New York City; Double page Photo, Making New Automobile Records at the Empire City Track--Mr. Alfred G.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1904  Frontpage illustration "Rough Riding" by W. A. Rogers; Photo, The Commander-In-Chief of the Army of Panama Swearing Allegiance to the New Republic; Scenes From the Prize Contests in Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Switzerland; Paintings at the National Academy Exhibition and other advertisements of the day. The issue is complete in 12-16 pages, in good condition, and contains additional prints and related text. See photos for details.

MEMPHIS MORNING NEWS, Tennessee, Dec. 21, 1903  The front page has an abundance of bad news: "Jack The Ripper... Ghastly Find In A Hotel" (an early 1900's version of "click bait"), "No Safety for Americans" (in Columbia), "Thieves Rob Jail", "Killed All His Family", "Russell Is Hurt" (student hits teacher in the head with a rock and fractures his skull), "Mountain Bandit Escapes From Jail", "Charles Nellens Arrested - Charged With Murder of Millionaire Wentz...", "Saved Two Women From Fire",…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 24, 1903 Frontpage illustration "The Slough of Despond" by W. A. Rogers; Photo, A Fox-Hunting Episode; Incidents of the Recent Storm in New York; A Successful English Air-Ship; An Oil-Well on Fire in the New Texas Oil-Fields; Doublepage, photos, The Storm Centre in the Balkans--Revolutionists Preparing for War; "Tammany Waiting for the Storm to 'Blow Over'" by Thomas Nast; "The Political Crisis in England--The Changes in the Ministry" by S. Begg; and other…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1903  Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Duck-Shooting On the Chesapeake; A New Way of Making Exposition Statuary; Tom Johnson and Myron T. Herrick, the Rival Candidates for Governor of Ohio, Playing Golf; Doublepage illustration "The Opening of the College Season at Yale" by the Kinneys; The New West Point--And What it Signifies by H. Irving Hancock; "The West Point of the Future" by F. Cresson Schell; Medals for the Soldiers who…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, Launching the Largest Vessel in the United States Navy; From the Atlantic the the Pacific in an Automobile; "A $3,100,000 Department Store" by H. M. Pettit; Snap Shots of a Hurrican's Havoc; Doublepage illustration "A Dangerous Game" by W. Granville Smith; The End of the Season at Coney by Henry Harrison Lewis; "An Artist's Impressions of the New Coney" by Holland Tringham; other news and…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1903 Frontpage illustration of The Statue of Liberty; Photo, The Great Naval Parade Off Oyster Bay; The Intercollegiate Golf Matches; "Championship Diving at Highgate, England"; River-Diving in Maine---Down Stream on the Trunk of a Tree; Sculpture at the World's Fair--Mr. Bela L. Pratt's "Light and Darkness"; Doublepage illustration "The War Game on the Maine Coast" by George Gibbs; Saratoga in Full Swing; Racing During the Season at Saratoga; other news…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 18, 1903 Frontpage illustration of the Statue of Liberty; Photo of President Roosevelt Writing the Message Which Opened the New Pacific Cable; A Finish at Close Quarters; A New Up-Town Sky-Scraper For New York (Flatiron Building); The Daily Show at Asbury Park; Doublepage illustration "A Letter From Home" by Clarence F. Underwood; The American Soldier, The Finest Shot in the World; Photo of Painting the Interior of the Capitol Dome at Washington; The Honorable…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 4, 1903 Frontpage illustration of the Statue of Liberty; "A Newly Discovered Portrait of Washington" by John Trumbull; Photo of "Reliance,"  "Constitution," and "Columbia" Crossing the Line; Looping the Loop in an Automobile; Decorative Art at the World's Fair; Doublepage illustration "The Day We Celebrate" by S. Werner; "Celebrating the Fourth a Hundred Years Ago" by Charles D. Hubbard; "A Forecast of the Gordon Bennett Automobile Race in Ireland" by Joseph…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1903 Frontpage illustration "The Presentation of the New Chinese Minister; The Havoc of the Western Floods; A New Invention for Our Next War; The Assassination of the King and Queen of Servia; Doublepage illustration "They're Off!" by George Wright; The Gate Way to Nevada; other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1903 Frontpage Photo of The Tornado in Gainesville, Georgia; In the Path of the Georgia Cyclone; The Floods in the West; Doublepage illustration "The Last Hours of Cadet Days" by Fietcher C. Ransom; article about Poe; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, April 21, 1903

* Outlaw James McKinney killed
* Bakersfield, California

This 8 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page that include: "BOLD OUTLAW KILLED", "End of a Man Guilty of Many Murders", "Two Accomplices Surrender". See photos for 1st report overage on California outlaw James McKinney at Bakersfield by Sheriff Tibbetts.

Other news and various advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning, a little margin…

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 20, 1903

* James McKinney killed
* Tulare County outlaw
* Bakersfield, California shootout

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "OUTLAW MET A TRAGIC END" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 6 pages, small library stamps within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 11, 1903 Frontpage Illustration "William Dean Howells"; The Fight for the Levees; "A Perilous Moment-The Breaking of the Levee Near Greenville, Mississippi" by W. E. Mears; The Dangers of Electricity; "A Social Function for Workingmen" by the Kinneys; fullpage illustration "Andrew Carnegie" by Peter Newell; double page "America's Newest Navy--The Sixty Vessels Now Provided for by Acts of Congress"; Article entitled Mr. Cleveland and the Presidency; "The…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 8, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Michael I. Pupin; President Wilson's Inauguration; William M. Chase's Recent Work; The New Yale Square with photos; fullpage illustration "The Development of the Upper New York" by Pettit; fullpage illustration "The Men Who Long for the Fray, But Must Always Wait" by Giles; Mr. Balfour's First Ministry; Electric Long-distance Type-writing; A Record Steam-Automobile; and other news and advertisements of the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 25, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Edmund Janes James; The President's Coal-Strike Arbitrators; fullpage illustration "The Break in the Coal Strike. - A Historic Moment" by Ranson; fullpage illustration "The Largest Electrical Power-House in the World" by Meeker; Princeton's New President and the Men of '79 with photos; The New York Rapid-Transit Subway to Date with photos; fullpage photo Mr. Hall Caine; The Portable School-House in Practical…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 6, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Cornelius Vanderbilt, The President in New England with photos; Mark Twain in His Country Home with photos; Marksmanship in the Army with photos; The Great Dam Across the Nile; color doublepage centerfold "The Blacksmith's Noon Hour" by Ranson; and other news and advertisements of the day. See photos for full details.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, Aug. 8, 1902

* Old West outlaw Harry Tracy suicide
* Hole-in-the-Wall Gang member death

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BANDIT TRACY DEAD" with subheads and illustration of Tracy. (see images) Harry Tracy was an outlaw from the closing days of the Old West and is said to have run with Butch Cassidy & the Hole In The Wall Gang.
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine,…

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 15, 1902 

* Marshall Pass, Colorado train robbery 
* Narrow Gauge Railroad 
* Wild Bunch ? 

This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN", "At Chester, Colo., 250 Miles West of Denver", "Blew Open Two Express Safes" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the Marshall Pass train robbery near Sargents, Colorado. Remnants of the Wild Bunch gang may have been responsible here.

Other news and …

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 11, 1902

* Old West outlaw Harry Tracy
* Hunted in the Northwest by posse
* Hole-in-the-Wall Gang member

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "TRACY'S TRAIL AGAIN FOUND" with subhead. (see images) Harry Tracy was an outlaw from the closing days of the Old West and is said to have run with Butch Cassidy & the Hole In The Wall Gang. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 2, 1901 Fullpage photos of Yale's Bicentennial Celebration; fullpage photos "The New York-Philadelphia Coaching Trip"; fullpage "The Millennial of King Alfred"; doublepage centerfold political satire "The Initation" by Rogers; and other news of the day. See photos for full details.