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HARPER'S WEEKLY (single print), New York, Nov. 7, 1874  This authentic, stand-alone, full-page woodcut engraving features Thomas Nast's seminal political cartoon, "The Third-Term Panic," from an

THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 7, 1961

• Bel Air, Los Angeles fire disaster
• Hollywood elite - Santa Ana winds

The front page has a banner headline: "Nixon, Film Stars Flee as L.A. Fires Spreads" with subheads

NEW YORK TIMES (section 2 only) Nov. 7, 1976

• "Two-Minute Warning" opening day movie advertisement
• Action sniper thriller film premiere - Charleston Heston

Page 9 of this "Arts and Leisure" section

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1976

• Head coach Joe Paterno 100th victory
• Penn State Nittany Lions  - PSU
• NCAA college football

Page 8 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "N.C. State Beaten,

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 7, 1956

• Underground press & the "Beat" generation
• Dylan Thomas - Welsh poet and writer
• Very early use of the word "Hipster"
• Bohemian satire

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 7, 1977

• Toccoa, Georgia dam disaster
• Toccoa Falls College tragedy
• Kelly Barnes Dam - Stephens County

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "37 Killed as Dam

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Nov. 7, 1961

• Basketball Commemoration Day
• Dr. James Naismith celebration
• Hall of Fame building cornerstone
• From the birthplace of the sport
• Memorial Field House -

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 7, 1963

• Underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger
• Occultist - believer in Aleister Crowley's "Thelema"
• "Scorpio Rising" short film movie

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 7, 1989

• "TESTAMENT" concert performance
• American heavy thrash metal band
• Musicians Eric Peterson & Chuck Billy
• Ritz nightclub in

FITCHBURG SENTINEL--EXTRA, Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1916  Long before the more notable error headline was given nationwide attention, a few newspapers incorrectly reported that Charles Evans Hughes

THE HERALD; A GAZTTE FOR THE COUNTRY, New York, Nov. 7, 1795  Page 3 has a report from Augusta, Georgia, being a letter signed by Timothy Pickering concerning a treaty with the Creek Indians. This

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 7, 1968

• Big Brother and the Holding Company
• Janis Joplin concert advertisement
• Westchester County Center - White Plains
• NICO "The

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston Nov. 7, 1812

• Battle of Queenston Heights
• War of 1812 - 1st major battle

A very historic issue as the front page contains a quite nice & detailed account headed "Battle of

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 7, 1934

• United States House of Representatives elections
• Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR & the New Deal

The front page has a nice three-line banner headline including: "...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 7, 1871

• Whaling disaster of 1871
• Bowhead whales hunting
• Arctic ice jam

Page 7 has a very brief article headed with small heading: "The Whaling Fleet Disaster" and

SALEM REGISTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 7, 1803

• Historic Louisiana Purchase
• Expansion of the United States

Page 2 has a report from Senate headed: "Louisiana" noting in part: "Be it enacted, That the

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 7, 1872

• Brigham Young's Apostles
• To immigrate to Jerusalem ?
• Mormons - Mormonism

Page 4 has an interesting article with a one column heading: "Mormons Bound For Jerusalem"

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 7, 1835

• Texas War for Independence begins
• Battle of Gonzales TX

Inside has 2 1/2 pages of news under the heading: "Texas" concerning events from the beginning

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 7, 1835

• Texas War for Independence begins
• Battle of Gonzales TX

Inside has 2 1/2 pages of news under the heading: "Texas" concerning events from the beginning

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 7, 1885  Nice full front page has two prints of: "The Dearborn Railroad Station in Chicago".
Among other prints within are a nice full page hunting scene:

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Nov. 7, 1935

• Billy Sunday death (1st report)
• Baseball player & evangelist

The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BILLY SUNDAY DIES AT 72 OF HEART ATTACK" with subheads

THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1861

• Pro Confederate title
• Battle of Ball's Bluff

This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 1857  Page 3 has: "Movement Of Mormons" noting in part: "...the 'Saints' who have been inhabiting that region have packed up their trunks &

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1944

• Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne assassination
• Anglo-Irish politician - Middle East minister
• Jewish terrorist group Lehi - Stern Gang

The front page has a one column

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 7, 1936

• Henry Bourne Joy death
• Packard Motor Car Company
• Automobile pioneer

The front page has a two column heading: "Rites for Henry B. Joy Will Be Held Monday" with

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Nov. 7, 1977

• re. Elvis Presley death
• Drug use

As most might be aware "The Village Voice" was an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 7, 1942

• Second Battle of El Alamein
• World War II Egypt - Africa
• Erwin Rommel defeated

The front page has a six column heading: "British Tanks Pursue Axis 104 Miles in

THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 1888  The first column of the front page has nice heads on the election of Benjamin Harrison as President: "HARRISON ! " "Protection Apparently Victorious in Every

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 7, 1857

• American illustrator Winslow Homer
• Very early illustration in a periodical

Winslow Homer prints are very desirable, and among the more difficult periodical 

COMICS SECTION only of the San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 7, 1943

• Superman (color comic strip) - #210
• 4th year of publication
• Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster

This is a fourth year printing of the "Superman"

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 1832

• Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet's death

The top of the back page has a report headed: "Highly Important" which notes; "...came up from below with

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, Nov. 7, 1956

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Elected president of the United States

The banner headline accounts: "Eisenhower Landslide" along with: "Solid South Broken,

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 7, 1936

• Siege of Madrid Spain beginning
• Nationalists assault
• Spanish Civil War

The front page has a banner headline: "REBELS REPORTED IN MADRID" with subheads. (see)

THE REPUBLICAN--EXTRA, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Nov. 7, 1888

• Presidential election

This is the election "extra" with front page column heads noting; "THE ELECTION" "The Result Not Yet a Matter of

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 7 1859

• John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
• Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia
• Just after Brown's execution

Page 4 has: "Old Brown's Fate" "The Slanderer of John Brown" and

GREENSBORO NORTH STATE, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 1889  Near the bottom of the front page is a rather small, yet notable report headed: "North And South Dakota Admitted", they becoming the 39th and

GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 1900  The top of page 4 has column heads: "A Republican Landslide" "McKinley Re-elected President by a Greater Majority Than He Received in 1896--Carries

THE WORLD, New York, Nov. 7, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Army of the Potomac in Motion" "The Warrenton Route to Richmond Abandoned!" "The Siege of Charleston"

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 1849  Nearly one-third of page 3 has a wealth of fine content concerning New Mexico, beginning with reports on the situation with the Navajo

CHICAGO 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

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, November 7, 1937

• Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston
• Land speed record holder
• Thunderbolt (car) photo

Page 3 has a photo of George Eyston's

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 7, 1938

• Morris Lichtenstein death (1st report)
• Society of Jewish Science founder
• Jews - Judaica - Judaism - Rabbi

The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "DR. M.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1937

• Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact
• Nazi Germany and Japan - Axis Powers

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ITALY JOINS JAPAN AND REICH IN PACT

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, November 7, 1937

• Penn State Nittany Lions
• NCAA college football games

Page 2 of this section has a banner headline: "48,000 See Penn State Strike Through Air

LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 7, 1997

• Best "Starship Troopers" advertisement
• Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
• American satirical military science-fiction film

A terrific issue on the premiere of

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 7, 1883  Likely due to its location on the edge of the Western frontier, this newspaper typically contained a wealth sensational crime reports and events from the

THE CIRCULAR, Mount Tom, New York, November 7, 1864

• Nevada statehood
• Confederates arming slaves

A weekly newspaper published by the Oneida community. Most of the content has religious or literary

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 7, 1930

• Eddie Rickenbacker - American fighter ace
• Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• World War I - 94th Fighter Squadron

Page 16 has a one column heading: "HOOVER PINS

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 7, 1943

• Bombing of Vatican City
• Single German airplane
• World War II - WWII

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading that reads: "Vatican Radio

HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, Nov. 7, 1956

• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Elected president of the United States

At the very top of the front page: "ELECTION EXTRA" and followed by a large, bold banner