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THE POST-BOY, London, Nov. 8, 1720

• Nice masthead engravings
• early 18th century original

One of my favorite 18th century newspapers with the two nice engravings in the masthead, plus the very

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 8, 1943

• Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
• Nazi-occupied Austria exterminations

The top of page 6 has one column headings that include: "GERMANS WIPE OUT

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, Nov. 8, 1944

• Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
• 4th presidential election victory

The banner headline proclaims: "ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION" with subheads, electoral map and photo.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 8, 1928

• Mount Etna volcano eruption
• Mascali, Sicily, Italy lava disaster

The front page has a one column heading: "Fiery Finger of Etna Wipes Out 2 Towns" (see

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Nov. 8, 1865

• Samuel Bowles' serialized travelogue : "Across The Continent"'

Over half of the front page is taken up with a portion of the Samuel Bowles book:

THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 8, 1965

• American Airlines Flight 383 disaster
• Boeing 727-100 jet airliner - airplane
• Greater Cincinnati Airport crash

The front page has a one column heading: "58 Die as Jet

SPORTS SECION only of the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 8, 1991

• American stage & film actress Gene Tierney death
• "Golden Age of Hollywood" leading lady
• Earvin Magic Johnson has HIV/AIDS virus
• Los Angeles

SPORTS SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 8, 1991

• Earvin Magic Johnson has HIV/AIDS virus
• Los Angeles Lakers basketball star
• Retires from professional NBA play

The front page of this section

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 8, 1988

• Ozzy Osbourne at the Meadowlands concert advertisement
• Heavy metal solo singer - Black Sabbath fame
• "No Rest for the Wicked"

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 8, 1907

• RMS Lusitania steamship
• Sets ocean liner speed record

The front page has a two column heading: "LUSITANIA IS QUEEN OF THE SEAS", which tells of her

THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, Nov. 8, 1956

• Suez Canal crisis

• Israel Ignores U.N.

The front page has the dramatic full-banner headline: "ISRAELIS DEFY UN, DIG IN", with subhead: "Ike's Plea Unheeded".

DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER, Lowell, Massachusetts, Nov. 8, 1860  Page 2 begins with a report on the election of Abraham Lincoln, headed: "The Result" with the text beginning: "It is needless to inform

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 8 1983

• AC/DC rock band concert advertisement
• Second performance at Madison Square Garden
• "Flick of the Switch" album Tour
• Motley Crue

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 8, 1938

• Herschel Grynszpan, Polish Jew assassin
• Ernst vom Rath assassination
• Prelude to Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass"

The front page has a one column heading:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 8, 1922

• Alfred Smith - New York state election
• Elected governor for a second time (2nd term)
• 1st Roman Catholic candidate for president
• Democrat Party in Manhattan

The front

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 8, 1797

• Anne Home Hunter song lyrics

The back page has the lyrics of a "Song, By a Captive Indian, while his conquerors were preparing for his Death. Written by the

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 8, 1967

• Carl  B. Stokes becomes 1st African-American mayor of a large U.S. city
• Elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
• Richard G. Hatcher becomes 1st African

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 8, 1976

• "Rocky" pre-World premiere review
• American sports drama film
• Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
• 12 days prior to opening day in

THE NEW YORK HERALD, November 8, 1858  The front page has: "MORMON FESTIVAL IN WILLIAMSBURG", followed by several paragraphs providing details of the festival which make reference to the singing

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov.  8, 1828  Page 4 has a very detailed article on the completion of the carved artwork of Luigi Persico, the artist who created the "Genius of America" pediment

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 8, 1973

• President Richard Nixon impeachment ?
• Manhattan march and rally advertisement
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert advertisement
• Progressi

NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 8, 1862   Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Army Operations In Virginia" 'The Army of the Potomac in Motion in a Snow Storm" "Our Forces in Possession of

THE POST, Lancaster & Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1884

• Election victory of President Grover Cleveland

A nice and rather dramatic issue on the election of Grover Cleveland as President, with a huge

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 8, 1872

• General George Gordon Meade
• American Civil War General
• Battle of Gettysburg hero

The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "THE DEAD HERO OF GETTYSBURG" with

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 8, 1872

• The Boston Barrel Tragedy
• Abijah Ellis murder mystery
• Charles River - Massachusetts

The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "MURDER AND MUTILATION" with subheads.

THE STARS AND STRIPES, France, Nov. 8, 1918  This was the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces from World War I and is a volume 1 issue. Logically the content is focused on war

THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Nov. 8, 1864

• Confederate president Jefferson Davis
• Rare title from the origin of the Civil War

Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Glorious

JUDGE magazine, New York, Nov. 8, 1890

• Color political prints

Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, Florida, Nov. 8, 1944

• Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
• 4th presidential election victory
• Unusual musical themed headline

Among the list of unusual newspaper headlines, this would rank

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Nov. 8, 1973

• Bruce Springsteen in 1973
• Plays at Max's Kansas City in Greenwich Village
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Page 73 has the ad: "Upstairs at Max's Kansas City - Bruce

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 9, 1938

• Ham and Eggs movement
• Pension scheme losses

The banner headline announces a local election result: "OLSON LEADS, HAM-EGGS BEATEN". Only to be found in Southern

THE LITCHFIELD ENQUIRER, Connecticut, Nov. 8, 1860

• Abraham Lincoln elected president
• America about to change

Page 2 begins with one of the nicest stack of column heads on Lincoln's first election we

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 8, 1859

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

Page 6 has over a full column of text headed: "John Brown's Invasion" which includes

THE DAILY BEE, Sacramento, Nov. 8, 1876

• President Rutherford B. Hayes
• Presidential election false victory reporting

Page two of this issue contains the column headline "THE NEXT PRESIDENT" and

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 8, 2013

• 12 YEARS A SLAVE -
• THE BOOK THIEF REVIEW

Page D2 has a large ad for the premiere of "The Book Thief", with a corresponding review on page D7. Page D6 has an

THE LEDGER, Lakeland, Florida (two issues).

• George W. Bush election & recount win

Given the attention of the current presidential election, here is a terrific--and perhaps the very best--pair of

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 8, 1873 The bottom of the front  page has an article headed: "KuKlux In Kentucky" See image for text here.
Other news of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages,  nice

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES & PHILADELPHIA DAILY ADVERTISER, Nov. 8, 1797  Over half of page 2 is taken up with "An Act of the British Parliament..." for putting into effect the controversial Jay

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1923

• Beer Hall Putsch beginning

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GERMANY PREPARED TO HEAD OFF MARCH OF BAVARIAN TROOPS" with

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 8, 1980

• Steve McQueen death
• American film actor
• "The King of Cool"
• Best title to be had ?

The front page has a two column heading: "Actor Steve McQueen Dies in Juarez Hospital"

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 8, 1932

• Mary Williamson Averell death
• American philanthropist
• E. H. Harriman's wife

The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "MRS. E. H. HARRIMAN DIES AT AGE OF 81"

ALBUQUERQUE MORNING DEMOCRAT, New Mexico, Nov. 8, 1898

• Before joining the Union

Actually a territorial newspaper as New Mexico did not become a state until 1912. We've offered a number of titles

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 8, 1851 The front page has two illustrations of a "Steam Engine Regulator". Inside the issue are illustrations of "Erricsson's Caloric Engine" and "A  Cheap

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 8, 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 PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas,  November 8, 1962

• Anna Eleanor Roosevelt death (1st report)
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt wife

This 10 page newspaper has a small one column photo of Mrs. Roosevelt

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 8, 1933

• Prohibition in U.S. ending
• Rules & regulations explained

The front page has a banner headline above the masthead: "Wets Take Lead in Three

THE DETROIT NEWS (Pictorial Magazine section only), Detroit, MI, November 8, 1953  The front cover has a great photo titled, "Rookies of the Big Ten", with additional coverage on page eight and

NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 8, 1871  Page 4 has: "Female Farmer". Almost the entire front page is taken up with many charts on the recent election.
Eight pages, nice condition.

WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, December 28, 1874

• Cospatrick (ship)
• Cape of Good Hope
• Burning disaster

Page 3 has one column headings: "Another Ocean Horror" "An Emigrant Ship Burned at Sea and 460 Lives

THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1903

• Harvard Crimson
• Penn Quakers
• College football

The front page has a four column headline: "HARVARD DOWNS PENN, 17 TO 10" with subheads and photo