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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 25, 1937 

* Alcatraz Island prison mutiny
* San Francisco Bay "The Rock"

The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "BEATS WARDEN IN ALCATRAZ" with subhead. A… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1671

* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Hold something from the 17th century in your hands
* Great gift idea for that history buff

This… more

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 25, 1940

* Actress Marguerite Clark death
* Stage and silent films - movies

The front page has a three column heading: "Marguerite Clark Dies; Golden Girl of… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 25, 1858 

* Paul Morphy - American chess champion
* Early Salt Lake City, Utah  view

The prime print would be the great and displayable full page view… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 25, 1987

* Best "The Princess Bride" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Romantic fantasy adventure comedy-drama film

A terrific issue on… more

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 25, 1873  

* P.T. Phineas Barnum ad

The photo shows the nice page five, 2 1/2" by 12" ad for " P. T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum Menagerie", which includes a… more

TULARE WEEKLY TIMES, Visalia, California, Sept. 25, 1880

* Rare old West publication

From this Tulare County city in the agriculturally-rich San Joaquin Valley of Central California. News of… more

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945

* New super atomic bomb developed
* Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
* Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement

The top of the front page has a two column… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1684

* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
* Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is the world's oldest continually… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 25, 1984

* Lou Reed - American musician songwriter singer
* Beacon Theatre concert performance advertisement w/ The Swimming Pool… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1914

* First Battle of Picardy - Ainse River - France
* German Empire vs. France - World War I - WWI

The front page has a banner headline in red… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 25, 1969

* Woodstock music festival on Max Yasgur's farm
* Going back to Bethel, New York - revisited
* "The Grateful Dead' plays at a… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1673  Most of the front page is taken up with accounts of various military battles in Europe. Page 2 has a report of a naval battle off the coast of Scotland… more

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1673  

* The Third Anglo-Dutch War

Most of the front page is taken up with accounts of various military battles in Europe. Page 2 has a report of a naval… more

THE GLOBE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25, 1919  

* Babe Ruth w/ Boston Red Sox
* Early home run HR record 
* 1st MLB Baseball power hitter ?

Near the top of the 2nd section (page 9) is a… more

THE GENERAL EVENING POST, London, Sept. 25, 1783  

* Closing events in the Revolutionary War
* Post war Loyalists and patriots 

The front page has a wonderful document headed: "America" with… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 25, 1978

* Premiere opening of "Up in Smoke"
* Cheech & Chong counterculture movie
* Stoner comedy film - cult classic

Page 73 has a… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1916

* National Schism- Greece
* Island of Crete revolution

The front page has a nice banner headline: "REVOLUTIONISTS HOLD CRETE" with subhead. (see… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 25, 1947  Page 35 has a two column, opening day review and image for "The Foxes of Harrow", written by Frank Yerby. This movie was created from the 1st script ever purchased by… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 25, 1940 

* Jimmie Foxx 500th home run (2nd ever to do so) 
* Boston Red Sox - MLB Major League Baseball

The top of page 26 has a one column heading: FOXX… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 25, 1884

* re. Tennessee's Mormon Massacre
* Mormonism crusade - Mormons
* Cane Creek massacre

 Page 4 has: "Anti-Mormon Crusade" "Missionaries of the Church… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1928

* Casper Holstein kidnapping (set free)
* Harlem Negro mobster leader

The top of page 33 has a one column heading: "NEGRO, BACK HOME, LAUDS KIDNAPPERS"… more

KENTISH GAZETTE, Canterbury, England, Sept. 25, 1795  A handsome issue of the 18th century, with two decorative embellishments in the masthead & ornate lettering in the title.
Page 2 has a detailed… more

SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, New York, Sept. 25, 1850  First column heads on page 7 include: "LATER FROM CALIFORNIA" "$1,000,000 in Gold Dust!" "Terrible Riot At Sacramento City" "The Mayor Shot" "Martial… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 1858  

* Pike's Peak gold rush
* Kansas Territory boom

Page 3 has a detailed article headed: "The Kansas Gold Region", which we now… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "General Grant's Department" "Change in the Military Policy of the Rebels" "The Contraband Negroes in… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1948 

* Mildred Gillars pleads not guilty 
* Axis Sally - trial for treason 
* Nazis broadcaster 

Page 8 has a small one column heading: "TRIAL OF 'AXIS… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1873

* Wall Street - stock market failure
* Panic of 1873 near the beginning
* Best title to be had ?

The top of page 6 has one column headings: "THE CALM"… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1906

* Atlanta massacre of 1906
* Georgia race riots

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MORE NEGROES KILLED AT ATLANTA GEORGIA"… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1908

* Early airplane flights
* Wilbur Wright - Brothers

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WILBUR WRIGHT MAY ATTEMPT A CHANNEL… more

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1911

* French battleship Liberte explosion
* Toulon, France Harbor disaster

The front page has a great banner headline in large lettering: "500 ARE… more

NEW YORK HERALD, September 25, 1874

* Robert Toombs interview
* Lawyer, planter & GA politician
* Confederate States organizer

The top of page 3 has one column headings: "BOMBASTES FURIOSO"… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Sept. 25, 1793 

* Founding Father John Hancock
* Proclamation & documents 
* re. Yellow Fever epidemic 

The front page begins with a document from  Massachusetts on the… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1872

* Hardships of Transatlantic travel (steerage)
* Grief misery peril torment suffering

Page 3 has an article headed: "Sufferings In The Struggle" "Fifteen… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1933

* Mike Donlin death (1st report)
* MLB baseball player & actor

The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "MIKE DONLIN DEAD; ONCE WITH GIANTS" with… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 25, 1929

* Aviator James H. Doolittle
* 1st blind airplane flight

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "Airplane Conquers Greatest Enemy, Fog, In Blind… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 25, 1939

* Floyd Gibbons death (1st report)
* World War I - WWI correspondent
* Best title to be had - very rare as such

The front page has a one column heading:… more

THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Nebraska, September 25, 1925 

* Babe Ruth - New York Yankees 
* 1st ever player to hit 'ultimate home run' 

Page 8 has a small and somewhat discrete one column… more

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 25, 1841 

* Early Florida Everglades

The bkpg. has a very early article on: "The Everglades" which begins; "The Pay-hai-o-kee, grass-water of… more

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, September 25, 1934

* Babe Ruth's last game at Yankee Stadium
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball

The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1866

* Jerome Park racetrack grand opening
* Fordham, New York City (Bronx)

The back page (pg. 8) has one column headings: "Sporting Matters" "The… more

NEW YORK OBSERVER, Sept. 25, 1856 

* Bleeding Kansas
* Missouri border invasion
* War on slavery

Page 3 has an item datelines: "Lawrence, K.T. [Kansas Territory], Sept. 15" which includes:… more

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 25, 1875 

* Bellefontaine, Ohio lynching
* P.T. Phineas Barnum ad

The front page has one column headings that include: "The Hellish Crime Near… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 25, 1972

* Joe Namath - 6 touchdown passes
* New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts
* Johnny Unitas

The sport's section (page 15) has… more

SAN LEANDRO REPORTER "SUPPLEMENT", Alameda County, California, Sept. 25, 1880 

* Rare Old West title

A very scarce and quite small single sheet "Supplement" issue, measuring just 9 by 10 3/4… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, September 25, 1955  The front of this issue contains a photo of Hopalong Cassady with an inside accompanying article "Hopalong: Ohio State's BIG… more

SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, Sacramento, California, September 25, 1868  On the front page under "The Pacific Railroad" is a report in which "...L. Gaylord Clark claims the honor of being the first one… more

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 25, 1911

* Neenah WI Wisconsin
* Hayrack (hayride) train disaster

This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front… more