Historic Newspapers: Prohibtion
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Item #701997CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 28, 1936
* Alvis (creepy) Karpis gets life
* Last public Enemy No. 1
* Early F.B.I. case
The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "KARPIS AND AID GIVEN LIFE FOR HAMM KIDNAPPING" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on former "public enemy no. 1" gangster, Alvin Karpis,... Read full description -
Item #702030CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 20, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigations
* George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Best publication to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a one column heading: "GANG MASSACRE INQUIRY SHIFTS TO DYERS' FEUD" with smaller... Read full description -
Item #721145THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, January 18, 1930
* Chicago gangland machine gun connection ?
* re. Frankie Yale & St. Valentine's Day massacre
* Al "Scarface" Capone vs. George "Bugs" Moran
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "MURDER OF YALE LINKED TO MORAN GANG MASSACRE" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #702546CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 6, 1930
* John "Dingbat" Oberta assassination
* Chicago gangster and beer baron
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a great banner headline: "SLAY DINGBAT OBERTA, PAL" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Four related photos are on the back page. When it comes to... Read full description -
Item #656979CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 19, 1935
* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death (1st report)
* Chicago gangland war -gangsters
* Best title to be had - rare as such
The front page has a great banner headline: "KILL ALTERIE IN LABOR FEUD" with subheads. Nice for display. More on the following page with related photos and... Read full description -
Item #702694CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 27, 1929
* Al 'Scarface' Capone - Chicago Beer baron
* 1 Year Jail term - Avoids murder for hire
* Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, Pennsyvania
The top of page 3 has a small one column heading: "Al Capone Says His Jail Isn't So Bad, And Neither Is He" (see) Probably... Read full description -
Item #656858CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 27, 1932
* Terry "Machine Gun" Druggan jailed
* Irish-American mobster - gangster
* Valley Gang leader - Chicago gangland
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The front page has a great banner headline: "DRUGGAN TAKEN TO U. S. CELL" with subheads and small related photo. Nice for display. Photo... Read full description -
Item #656823CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Sept. 10, 1933
* James "Mad Bomber" Belcastro convicted
* "King of the Bombers" - Pineapple Primary fame
* Chicago Outfit gangster - best title to be had
The front page has a five column heading: "Jury Convicts 'King of the Bomber'" with subheads. (see) Photo of Belcastro... Read full description -
Item #656549CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 25, 1930
* James "Fur" Sammons sentencing
* Chicago gangland psychopath
* Al 'Scarface' Capone madman
The front page has a great banner headline: "PLAN LIFE TERM FOR 'ENEMY'" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities... Read full description -
Item #656509CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 1, 1930
* re. Jake Lingle's assassination
* Chicago Tribune reporter
* George "Bugs" Moran gang
The front page has a great banner headline: "TRAP 15 IN LINGLE RAIDS" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Two related photos are on the back page. When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the... Read full description -
Item #656277CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 17, 1936
* Jack 'Machine Gun' McGurn assassination
* St. Valentine's Day Massacre fame
* Al 'Scarface' Capone hit man
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "AUTO OF M'GURN, SOUGHT SINCE, IS FOUND" with subhead. (see) When it... Read full description -
Item #708245CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 16, 1928
* Billy Ranieri kidnapped by the mafia
* Chicago child Kidnapping
* Best title to be had (rare)
The front page has a five column heading: "Lombardo Deal in Kidnapping Barred" with subheads. (see images)
When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of... Read full description -
Item #656200CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 7, 1931
* Ralph Capone starts 3 year term
* Chicago gangland gangster - mobster
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The ftpg. has a one column heading: "RALPH CAPONE GOES TO PRISON FOR TAX TERM" with subhead. (see) Related photo on the back page.
After his sentence for income tax evasion... Read full description -
Item #655850CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 10, 1930
* George 'Bugs' Moran trial begins
* Chicago Prohibition Gangster
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "MORAN'S CRIMES TOLD TO JURY S TRIAL BEGINS" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the beginning of George 'Bugs' Moran's trial for vagrancy.... Read full description -
Item #655641CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1931
* Leo Vincent Brothers found guilty
* Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle murder
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
* Exploited by Al 'Scarface' Capone ?
The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIND LEO BROTHERS GUILTY" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report... Read full description -
Item #649248BREWERY & 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.
... Read full description -
Item #648411THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1925
* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence
* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit
* Prohibition era outlaw
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAPMAN CONVICTED, SENTENCED TO DEATH; HIS NERVE UNBROKEN" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on... Read full description -
Item #648365THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1925
* Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery ?
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Babe Ruth Is Resting Well After Operation; Will Be Out of Game Two More Weeks" (see) Coverage on the famous surgery for reasons not officially known at the start of the 1925 baseball season. Nice... Read full description -
Item #709772CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 10, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day massacre investigation
* Al "Scarface" Capone subpoenaed
* Best title to be had - very rare as such
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "AL CAPONE GETS 8 MORE DAYS TO REGAIN HEALTH" with subhead. (see images)
When it comes to gangsters,... Read full description -
Item #643528THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1932 (1st section)
* Vannie Higgins shot (killed)
* NYC mobster - prohibition bootlegger
* "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss"
The front page has a one column heading: "VANNIE HIGGINS SHOT; DAUGHTER, 7, ALSO HIT" with subheads. (see) He would die on this day from his wounds. Always nice to have... Read full description -
Item #710870CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 9, 1934
* Gangster John Dillinger
* Post famous wooden gun escape
* Now in the city where he would be killed
The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Seen on South Side; Push Manhunt" Coverage continues on page 4 with related photo. Another related photo is on the back page. (see... Read full description -
Item #711194THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 31, 1929
* Post St. Valentine's Day Massacre
* George Bugs Moran safe raided by police
* Gangsters - gangland - underworld
* Probably only reported in a Chicago paper
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "RAID ON MORAN SAFE NIPS BIG RACKET PROFITS" with subhead. (see images) The infamous St. Valentines' Day... Read full description -
Item #712213THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1930
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Salt march (salt satyagraha) begins
* Dandi, India
The top of page 10 has one column headings: "GANDHI ON MARCH CHALLENGES ARREST" "Upper India Demonstrates as Nationalists Open Campaign for Independence" "British Troops On... Read full description -
Item #720493THE KINGSPORT TIMES, Tennessee, March 5, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day massacre investigation probe
* Fred "Killer" Burke & Joe Lolordo named suspects
The front page has a one column heading: "THREE NAMED AS MASSACRE GUN HANDLERS" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 6 pages, light toning and a little... Read full description -
Item #636897THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1933.
* Lloyd Warner Negro lynching
* St. Joseph MO Missouri
* Verne C. Miller slaying
* Gangster era gunman - bootlegger
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MISSOURI OPENS LYNCHING INQUIRY" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the lynching of Negro Lloyd Warner in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The back... Read full description -
Item #630853THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 18, 1932
* Frederick C. Billard death
* United States Coast Guard
* Rum Patrol - prohibition era
Page 21 has a one column heading: "ADMIRAL BILLARD, RUM ROW'S FOE, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Frederick C. Billard, commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #629615THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1930
* Jack 'Legs' Diamond's trip to Europe
* Irish American gangster - prohibition era
* SS Belgenland (1914) ocean liner
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Legs' Diamond Is Aboard Liner Belgenland Wants to Go to Vichy to 'Take Cure,' He Says" (see)
Other... Read full description -
Item #722812CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 1, 1936
* Murder confession & jailed in Indiana
* Pre Al Brady Gang shootout
* Bangor, Maine fame
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "NEW 'DILLINGER' CONFESSES; SENT BACK TO INDIANA" with subhead. (see images) Two related photos are on the back page. This was about 1 1/2 years prior... Read full description -
Item #626101THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 7, 1928 (1st section)
* Michael "Mike Shots" Abbatemarco
* Brooklyn gangster assassination hit
* Frankie Yale organization leader
The front page has a one column heading: "UALE GANG LEADER SLAIN LIKE HIS CHIEF" with subheads that include: "Abbatemarco Shot Four Times in Quiet Brooklyn... Read full description -
Item #618788LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 4, 1925
* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence
* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit
* Prohibition era outlaw
The front page has a four column headline: "CHAPMAN FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER; DEATH PENALTY" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #713883CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1933
* Rumrunner Larry Fay killed
* Prohibition era rum-running
* NYC bootlegger - gangster
The front page has a one column heading: "Racketeer Fay of N. Y. Slain at Night Club" Related photo on the back page (see images)
Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #612875BREWERY & 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.
... Read full description -
Item #561755THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, from Springfield, Massachusetts, dated December 22, 1931
* Assassination of Jack 'Legs' Diamond
* New York City Gangster
* Prohibition era
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* N. Y. GANGSTERS IN ALBANY WHEN 'LEGS' WAS SLAIN
* New York Police Furnish Names of Two and Tell How Pair Took Auto from... Read full description -
Item #715386CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 5, 1925
* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence
* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit
* Prohibition era outlaw
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "SENTENCE CHAPMAN TO HANG" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 2 with... Read full description -
Item #612471BREWERY & 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.
... Read full description -
Item #720579THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1928
* Gangster Charles Birger hanging - execution
* Prohibition era bootlegger - charged w/ murder
Page 25 has a smaller one column heading: "Last Illinois Hanging Sends Birger To Doom" with subhead. (see) First report coverage the execution of Charles Birger for the murder of Mayor Joseph Adams. Always nice... Read full description -
Item #597778THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1928
* Early Al Capone report
* Chicago gangster war
* Alcohol - beer - prohibition era
* re. Frankie Yale Uale murder
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25 that include: "CAPONE PUTS 5 HERE DAY UALE WAS SLAIN", "Politicians See Gangster", "Track Capone Gangsters" ... Read full description -
Item #596736THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, July 19, 1935
* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death (1st report)
* Chicago gangland war -gangsters
Page 8 has one column headings: "CHICAGO GANGS RETURN TO WAR", "Battle to Finish Predicted in Wake of Cowboy Hoodlum's Slaying".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #590389THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 4, 1925
* Gerald Chapman convicted - death sentence
* Count of Gramercy Park - gentleman bandit
* Prohibition era outlaw
This 16 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "CHAPMAN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DIE ON GALLOWS JUNE 25TH NEXT; COUNSEL FOR BANDIT TO FILE... Read full description -
Item #590115THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 30, 1932
* Summer Olympics - Los Angeles CA
* Great Depression - prohibition era
The front page has some reporting on the opening of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Page 8 has a six column headline that reads: "PARADE OF NATIONS OPENS OLYMPICS TODAY" with subheads.... Read full description -
Item #723170CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 15, 1933
* Gangster John 'Red' Hamilton
* Chicago police officer killed
* John Dillinger gang member
* Best publication to be had (rare)
The front page has a five column heading: "Escaped Convict Slays Police Hero" with subheads that include: "INDIANA PRISON BREAK LEADER FOILS... Read full description -
Item #584809THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 15, 1939
* HMS Royal Oak battleship sinks
* German U-boat attack
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "800 Missing After British Warship Sunk" and
"German U-Boats Score Second Major Sea Victory of War"
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #724511THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 6, 1929
* Thomas Edison's 2 cent stamp
* Electric Light Golden Jubilee
* Menlo Park, New Jersey release
* 1879 carbon-filament lamp anniversary
The front page has a two column heading: "Thousands Join in Rush for Edison Light Stamps" with subhead and photo of Edison. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #724024CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 2, 1931
* Depression era "ICE" liken deportation raids
* Federal immigration enforcement actions
* Targeting illegal Chinese aliens in Chinatown
The front page has a displayable banner headline: "RAID CHINATOWN AND JAIL 42" with subhead. two related photos and heading are on the... Read full description -
Item #682349THE 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 -
Item #561305LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 28, 1925
* Babe Ruth returns to the team (photo)
* New York Yankees
This 12 page newspaper has a one column photo of Babe Ruth with caption: "Babe Ruth Back in Old Uniform" with text underneath. (see)
Photo was taken shortly after his release for the... Read full description -
Item #725001THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 30, 1935
* Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
* 11 year old Alma Hering expelled from school
* For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
The top of page 22 has a... Read full description -
Item #579014THE SPRINGFIELD UNION. Massachusetts, July 19, 1935
* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death
* Chicago Gangsters
* "Woman in Red" - John Dillinger
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14: "CHICAGO GUNMAN IS SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE HOTEL", "Former O'Banion Lieutenant Dies Without Making Statement;... Read full description -
Item #682348ST. PAUL DISPATCVH, Minnesota, Jan. 26, 1931 The headline: "FACTOR NAMES TOUHY AS KIDNAPER" with related subheads on Roger Touhy, an Irish American mob boss & Prohibition-era bootlegger form Chicago. This reports his having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John 'Jake the... Read full description -
Item #688294CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 3, 1930
* Fox Lake Massacre (2nd report)
* Chicago gangland gangster war
* Al 'Scarface' Capone vs. George 'Bugs' Moran ?
* Best title to be had (very rare as such)
The front page has a one column heading: "SEIZE 200 ALIEN SUSPECTS; WAR ON GANG KILLERS" with subhead. (see) Second... Read full description
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