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THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 24-30, 1980

* The Kinks - English rock band
* Part of the British invasion in America
* Nassau Coliseum concert advertisement
* "One… more

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1870  

* Historic "Telegraph" baseball game

Page 3 has: "Base-Ball The Championship Contest--Mutual vs. Atlantic--The Mutuals Win the Champion Pennant --Score 10 to 4". The… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, September 23, 1928

* Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
* Brae Burn Country Club - golf
* United States Amateur Championship

This 14 page section has… more

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Sept. 23, 1928

* Amelia Earhart photo - Woman aviator
* National air races in Los Angeles, California
* 1st Woman to cross Atlantic by airplane
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THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 23, 1950

* Ralph J. Bunche wins Nobel Peace Prize
* First African American to win prestigious award 

Page 3 has two column photo with heading: "Bunche Wins Nobel Peace… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 23, 1986

* Early MADONNA w/ Sean Penn advertisement 
* Singer - songwriter - actress - model
* Shanghai Surprise opening day… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 23, 1864  The front page has: "THE PRESIDENCY: Fremont and Cochrane" with 1 1/2 columns of coverage including both candidates' letters of withdraw.
Additionally, the front… more

SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, Sept. 23, 1871 

* Rare & early from Southern California

Very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving… more

THE WORLD, NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 1873 

* Financial crisis - panic of 1873 
* Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company

This issue has fine follow up coverage on what became known as: "The Panic of 1873",… more

STANISLAUS COUNTY WEEKLY NEWS, Modesto, California, Sept. 23, 1881  

* Rare Old West publication

An early newspaper from this city in North-central California which when it began in 1868 was the first… more

THE TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 23, 1862 

* Rare from the Confederacy
* Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg

Given the date, it is not surprising that the front page has… more

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 1862  

* Emancipation Proclamation
* President Abraham Lincoln
* Freedom for enslaved - slaves
* Best publication to be had (very rare)

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, Sept. 23, 1940

* SS City of Benares attack & sinking
* World War II evacuee ship (children)
* German submarine U-48 (1939) - U-boat

The front page has a banner… more

THE HOLABIRD EXHAUST, Holabird Signal Depot, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 23, 1943  This is a "camp newspaper", one of hundreds that were produced at various military installations around the world… more

THE PROHIBITION ERA, Princeton, Indiana, Sept. 23, 1892

* Very rare publication
* Temperance - prohibition
* Anti-Alcohol

 Part of the masthead includes: "Protection For The Home - The… more

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 23, 1928 (Picture Section)

* Bobby Jones wins 4th amateur golf title
* Largest "rout" to-date

Page 3 of this Picture Section has two photos related to Bobby… more

GALVESTON TRI-WEEKLY NEWS, Houston, Texas, Sept. 23, 1864

* Very rare issue from the Southwest Confederacy

 Although the title notes "Galveston" the dateline notes it was printed in nearby… more

THE DETROIT NEWS, September 23, 1947 

* Brooklyn Dodgers win pennant 
* 1st Year of Jackie Robinson  - The Bums

The front page of the sport's section has a banner heading: "Sept. 30: Dodgers… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, September 23, 1932

* Bathysphere deep-sea submersible
* Otis Barton & William Beebe dive
* New York Zoological Society

Near the bottom of the front page is a two… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 23, 1762  Page 2 has a half-column letter alluding to peace arrangements to end the French & Indian War (Seven Years War in Europe). It begins: "As a peace is,… more

HILLSBORO' TELEGRAPH, Amherst, New Hampshire, Sept. 23, 1820

* Early New Orleans, Louisiana Voodoo
* African American religion folklore
* Spells - human sacrifices - magic

 A short-lived… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Sept. 23, 1961

* Marion Davies death (1st report)
* Hollywood actress, producer & screenwriter
* Broadway musicals & Ziegfeld Follies star
* William Randolph Hearst… more

An interesting item being a notice from the mayor of Fremont, Ohio, announcing the death of President Garfield. The front page has an announcement reporting: "DIED. At Long Branch, New Jersey, Sept.… more

SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, 1871 

* Rare & early from Southern California

A lot of four issues which are very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300,… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1928

* Casper Holstein kidnapping
* Harlem Negro mobster leader

The front page has a one column heading: "RICH NEGRO SEIZED FOR $50,000 RANSOM" with… more

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, North Carolina, September 23, 1908 

* Orville Wright Injured
* Thomas Etholen Selfridge Killed
* 1st powered airplane fatality

Page 4 has: "THE AIRSHIP DIASTER",… more

SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, September 23, 1864  Page 2 has various reports on the Civil War with one column headings. See images for the reports.
Complete in 4 pages, this issue is… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 23, 1911

* Aviator Robert G. Fowler - early aviation pioneer
* 1st transcontinental airplane flight (stages) (W to E)
* Wright Brothers Model B biplane

The… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 23, 1994

* Best "The Shawshank Redemption" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman

A terrific issue on the… more

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston MA, September 23, 1854

* Images of various dog breeds
* View of Lake George, New York

This 16 page newspaper is one of the few illustrated newspapers of that… more

SCOTTSDALE PROGRESS, Arizona, Sept. 23, 1989  The banner headline at the top of the ftpg. announces: "Irving Berlin Dies; Songs Never Will" plus subhead: "Wrote 'God Bless America', 'White… more

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1870  Page 3 has: "Base-Ball The Championship Contest--Mutual vs. Atlantic--The Mutuals Win the Champion Pennant --Score 10 to 4". The summary (see) mentions that there… more

FRIENDSHIP WEEKLY REGISTER, New York, September 23, 1880

* Uncommon title
* James Garfield w/ print

This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

Page… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 23, 1893  The front page has "The World's Columbian Exposition - A General View" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Jean Martin Charcot";… more

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, Sept. 23, 1871  The full ftpg. shows: "Hannah Binding Shoes". Inside has a nice fullpg. print of: "Ratisbon Cathedral" and: "Charles Dickens as Capt. Bobadill" "The… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1947

* Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane
* Transatlantic flight by autopilot

The front page has two column headings: "Robot-Piloted Plane Makes Safe Crossing… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1929

* Charles Lindbergh tropic airmail flights
* Port of Spain - Trinidad and Tobago

The front page has one column headings: "LINDBERGH PARTY REACHES… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, September 23, 1876

* Hell Gate explosion
* East River, New York City
* Thomas Henry Huxley - evolution

Page 3 has an article headed: "THE HINGE OF HELL GATE" "Dangers… more

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 1875

* Velasco, TX
* Indianola, Texas hurricane
* Ghost town

This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting… more

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, September 23, 1881 

* President James S. Garfield death 
* Lying in State at Capital 
* Best title to have ? 

The front page has one column headings that… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1927

* Gene Tunney wins title over Jack Dempsey
* The famous long count boxing match
* Heavyweight boxing title fight

Page… more

THE FREDERICK POST, Maryland, September 23, 1938 

* German partition of Sudetenland 
* Czechoslovakia 
* Nazis - Adolf Hitler 

This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "FORM NEW… more

THE LANDMARK, Salem, Massachusetts, September 23, 1835

* Giuseppe Marco Fieschi assassin
* Uncommon illustration

This 4 page newspaper has one column illustration of page 2 with caption: "The… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, September 23, 1966 

* 1st Baltimore Orioles pennant 
* Major league baseball MLB 

This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 11: "Bauer… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, September 23, 1961 This 22 page newspaper has a one column headlines on page 13: "Gentile Belts His 5th Slam" with photo of Gentile. (see)

Tells of… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL EXTRA, Boston, Massachusetts, September 23, 1802  This singlesheet EXTRA is "A List of the Prizes, (and Fortunate Numbers) in the FIRST CLASS of South Hadley Canal Lottery." Both… more

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 23, 1969

* Willie Mays 600th home run
* San Francisco Giants
* MLB baseball

This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 7: "Mays… more

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 23, 1930
* New York City gangster
* Jack 'Legs' Diamond
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Diamond Told To 'Leave' in… more