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THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 3, 1967

* Very early Jimi Hendrix performance advertisement
* American electric guitarist, songwriter and singer
* Swami Satchidananda Saraswati… more

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 3, 1936 

* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Wins 1st of 4 gold medals in 100-meter
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolf Hitler & Third… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 3, 1935

* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer acquitted
* Jewish-American gangster tax evasion trial
* New York prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey

The top of the front page… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 3, 1982

* Queen - British rock band
* Meadowland - East Rutherford 
* "Hot Space" tour concert advertisement
* Freddie… more

PHILADELPHIA RECORD, Penna., Aug. 3, 1945 

* Potsdam Conference ends (Germany) 
* United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
* Summary of agreement is included
* Large map of the… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1923  The banner headline proclaims: "COUNTRY MOURNS PRESIDENT'S DEATH" with a photo of "Warren G. Harding". Various related subheads as well. 
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THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE, Salem, Ohio, August. 3, 1850  

* Rare Anti Slavery publication - slaves
* Emancipation of the enslaved - abolition 
* Over 10 years prior to the Civil War 

The motto printed in… more

NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE AND GNERAL ADVERTISER, Portsmouth, Aug. 3, 1782  This is one of the less common title of the Revolutionary War era.
Page 2 has a report from London noting: "...the new… more

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 3, 1912 (no color cover) 

* Emperor Taishō of Japan cover photo
* Bull Moose Party

The front page of this issue has: "Japan's New Ruler."
In this issue… more

NATIONAL AEGIS, Worcester, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1808  Half of the front page is taken up with eight Acts of Congress, one for carrying into effect Indian treaties, one allow for voting in the… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 3 1972

* Festival of Hope - for crippled children
* Two-day rock concerts at Roosevelt Raceway
* Jefferson Airplane - The… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 3, 1979 

* Cather Thurman Munson 
* New York Yankees baseball
* Jet airplane crash disaster

The top of the front page has a one column photo with tiny heading:… more

THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 1898

* Spanish-America War ending
* Independence of Cuba

 The front page has most of a column taken up with: "THE WAR" ""Spain Now Sues for… more

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1936

* Jesse Owens 100-meter gold medal victory
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolph Hitler & Third Reich

The bottom half of… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 3, 1796  

* USS United States construction
* Samuel Adams act signed in type

The first column on the front page has an Act of the Mass. Legislature signed in… more

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 3, 1936  

* Jesse Owens 100-meter gold medal victory
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolph Hitler & Third Reich

The front page of the sports… more

NEW YORK HERALD -- EUROPEAN EDITION, Saturday, August 3, 1907  This is an interesting promotional broadside that would have been at the newsstand, highlighting the biggest stories of the day.… more

THE CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, Aug. 3, 1847  In 14 years this city would be the hotbed for secession from the Union, not surprising given it was the largest American point of disembarkation… more

THE WAR, New York, Aug. 3, 1813 

* Battle of Beaver Dams - Ontario, Canada

Could any other title better define the focus of this newspaper?
Most of the front page is taken up with: "Impressed… more

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Aug. 3, 1762  Page 7 has an: "Extract of a Letter From Philadelphia", bits including: "Gen. Mockton is returned...to his government of New York...Seven British ships… more

SUPPLEMENT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, No. 2119  (Philadelphia, Aug. 3, 1769)  

* Rare colonial publication

This "Supplement" issue came with the Aug. 3, 1769 (date not printed here) issue of… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 3 1991

* Jeffrey Dahmer arrest
* Serial killer and sex offender
* Rape, murder & dismemberment

Page 18 has a one column heading: "Police Actions Linked to Racial… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 1849  Page 2 has a simply terrific & very lengthy letter on California, taking nearly two columns it is headed: "A Mexican View Of California"… more

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, August 3, 1850  Rarely are we able to secure antebellum newspapers from this city.
The most interesting article is a nearly full column… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 3, 1961

* Lake Lucerne - Switzerland
* Americans touring bus tragedy

The front page has a banner headline: "16 Americans Die as Bus Hurtles Into Swiss Lake" with… more

SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1864  

* Atlanta, Georgia campaign
* Battles before the city
* General William T. Sherman

Page 4 has: "From Sherman's Army" "Sherman… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 3, 1931

* Aviator Charles Lindbergh & Anne Morrow
* Land at Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada
* Airplane flight to the Orient - Japan

The front page has… more

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 3, 1869

* University of Lewisburg - Pennsylvania
* 17 Years before changing name to Bucknell

Page 7 has an article with small headings: "Lewisburg University"… more

FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Aug. 3, 1798  Page 3 has the: "Answer to my Fellow Citizens of the County of Richmond, in Virginia" signed in type: John Adams.
Also a brief report:… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 3, 1867

* William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow
* Governor of Tennessee re-election victory

Page 4 has an article headed: "THE TENNESSEE ELECTION" "Governor Brownlow… more

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, August 3, 1979 

* Catcher Thurman Munson killed
* New York Yankees baseball
* Jet airplane crash disaster

The top of page 5 has a banner headline: "Yankee catcher… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 3, 1939 

* Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees 
* Hank Greenberg - Detroit Tigers 
* Major League Baseball 

Page 22 has a 4 column headline: "Donald's Pitching Streak… more

THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 1847  Page 2 has: "What Have We Gained by the War?" "Letter From the Marine Corps" from Camp Brigade near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Page 3 has an item from… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 3, 1814  Reports on the War of 1812 include: "From Late Canada Papers' "Events of the War" "Lake Fleet" "The Administration Waking Up". Other items as well.
Four… more

EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Aug. 3, 1772 

* Rare title

Pages 1 and 2 are almost entirely taken up with various European news, including military events, with pgs. 3 & 4 mostly taken… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 3, 1930

* Chicago gangland war
* George 'Bugs' Moran
* Al 'Scarface' Capone
* Jack Zuta assassination

Page 7 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO 'SQUEALER' SLAIN… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL & MASSACHUSETTS FEDERALISTS, Boston, Aug. 3, 1803 

* Whitehead Light Station established
* St. George, Knox County, Maine

The front page has nearly a full column with… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 3, 1883

* Mayersville, Mississippi
* Issaquena County
* Lynching - hanging

This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many… more

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Aug. 3, 1878  The front page has: "Murderous Robbers - A Virginia Storekeeper & his Mother-in-Law Shot by Negroes" "Kearney And Butler Talk" "Deadwood - A Milkman Encounters… more

NEW YORK HERALD--EXTRA, Aug. 3, 1841  A broadside issue (single sheet, printed on one side only) printed upon the arrival of news from Europe, as noted at the top of the first column: "Arrival Of… more

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 3, 1861  The first column of the front page has some nice Civil War heads: "THE GREAT REBELLION" "Thanks of the Nation to the Nation's Soldiers" "A Military Execution at… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 3, 1939 

* Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees 
* Hank Greenberg - Detroit Tigers 
* Major League Baseball 

Page 22 has a 4 column headline: "Donald's… more

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3, 1889

* Warsaw, Illinois

The front page has a small 1st column heading: "A Terrible Epidemic"which reports a deadly disease that is terrorizing… more

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, August 3, 1796  The first column on the front page has an Act of the Mass. Legislature signed in type by: Samuel Adams. Page 2 has: "French Victory on the Rhine"… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, August 3, 1861  The front page of the issue features a half-page illustration "The Archaeological Institute of Great Britain at Peterborough: Entrance to the… more

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 3, 1911  This 12 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "AEROPLANE LETTER CARRIER", "Grahame White Will be… more

MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, August 3, 1931

* Great lefty Grove headline
* Philadelphia Athletics
* Major league baseball - MLB

This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 3, 1938  This 38 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 22: "Hubbell Routed as Giants Lose to Cubs; Dodgers Capture Two; Yanks Beaten" with subheads that… more

NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, New York, August 3, 1931 

* New York Yankees 
* Start of  longest non-shutout games 
* Last shutout for 308 upcoming games 

This 38 page newspaper has a… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 3, 1966

* Charles Whitman (Sniper)
* Texas Tower Shootings
* University of Texas, Austin, Texas

This 34 page newspaper has a two column headline on… more