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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 10, 1929

* 1929 World Series (game 2)
* Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Major league baseball MLB

The top of the front page has a three column headline:… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 9, 1969

* Early Led Zeppelin - English rock band
* First North American tour (Fall) advertisement
* 1st and only Carnegie Hall concert

Page 32… more

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. Oct. 9, 1973 

* Pete Rose & Bud Harrelson fight 
* Cincinnati Reds vs. New York Mets
* Game 3 of the NLCS playoff game  
* Major League Baseball - MLB 

The front page… more

THE DETROIT NEWS, October 9, 1932

* Frank McErlane death 
* Irish-American gangster
* Thompson submachine gun 

The top of the front page has a one column photo with heading: "ONE WAY RIDE 'INVENTOR'… more

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 9, 1901

* Miss Stone Affair - kidnapping
* American Protestant missionary
* Ellen Maria Stone - Bulgaria

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

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Oct. 9, 1937

* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball (game 4)
* Lou Gehrig & Joe DiMaggio era

The front page has a terrific banner headline:… more

THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 2, 1713  This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It promoted a Tory perspective on British… more

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 9, 1984

* AIDS - Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
* HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus - pathogen
* Robert Gallo - American… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, October 9, 1959  On the front page, above the masthead is a heading: "Dodgers Win Series". The top of page 45 has a four column head: "Too Much Sherry Finishes Off Sox" and… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1943

* Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
* Solomons Islands - Pacific Campaign

The top of the front page has a five column headline:
"U.S. SHIPS SINK JAPANESE… more

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 9, 1990

* 1990 Temple Mount killings - murders
* "Black Monday" in Jerusalem - Israel
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica - Palestinians

The front page has a two column… more

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Oct. 9, 1799  P

* Alexander Hamilton during Quasi-War

age 3 has a report concerning the construction of a light house at Shell Castle and at… more

THE DAILY GRAPHIC, New York, Oct. 9, 1875  The full front page is a political cartoon with a baseball theme.
Page 4 is taken up with multiple prints of the: "Sixth Annual Fall Games of the New York… more

THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 9, 1713 

* Rare 18th century publication

This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 9, 1871  

* The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 beginning
* Very early report plus Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire

Page 7 has most of a column taken up with reports on a fire in… more

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 9, 1884  Page 2 has: "The Mormon Problem" reports on political issues, noting in part: "...semi-annual post-conference session of the Mormon Constitution… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Extra, Massachusetts, October 9, 1931

* Philadelphia Athletics vs. St. Louis Cardinals
* World Series of baseball (game 6)
* Early, same day coverage

The front page has a… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 9, 1813 

* John Rodgers' third cruise
* USS President - United States Navy

From the midst of the War of 1812, page 2 has a lengthy letter headed: "Rodger's Cruize" from… more

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 9, 1858 

* Pike's Peak gold rush
* Kansas Territory boom

Page 3 has an article headed: "From The Kansas Gold Region" which takes over half… more

THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, Boston, Massachusetts, October 9, 1861 This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of pre Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column… more

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE JOURNAL, Concord, Oct. 9, 1826  Most of the front page is taken up with a biographical account of "Major-General Joseph Warren" including a report on his death at the Battle of… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 9, 1861  Full half of the first column of the front page is taken up with Civil War heads including: "THE REBELLION" "Imposing Military Display of the Union Forces" "Alarm of… more

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 9, 1861  Full half of the first column of the front page is taken up with Civil War heads including: "THE REBELLION" "Imposing Military Display of the Union Forces" "Alarm of… more

SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY RERPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, October 9, 1949

* 1947 World Series of baseball (game 4)
* New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* Subway series

The top of the front page has… more

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., October 9, 1934.

* St. Louis Cardinals win World Series
* Major League Baseball Champions

The front page has a three column heading: "Cardinals Win Fourth… more

CHICAGO TRIBUNE, October 9, 1984

* Walter Payton
* Chicago Bears
* NFL football

The bottom of the front page of the sport's section has a photo with text: "The Bears Walter Payton gets a… more

THE WORLD, New York, Oct. 9, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Chattanooga Shelled from Lookout Mountain!" "Rebel Accounts of the Engagement & its Results" "Mysterious… more

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 9, 1830  Inside has the text of: "A Proclamation" concerning the opening of ports to British vessels, signed in type: Andrew Jackson. The bkpg. has a report… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 9, 1865 

* Andersonville prison trial
* Henry Wirz

The front page has nice heads concerning the horrendous Andersonville prison camp from the Civil War: "ANDERSONVILLE" "The Wirz… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 9, 1930

* Ralph Capone charged with vagrancy
* Chicago gangland gangster - mobster
* Best title to be had - very rare as such

The front page has a one column… more

EVENING CHRONICLE, Allentown, Oct. 9, 1957 

* Sputnik 1 success
* World's 1st orbiting artificial satellite
* Space race begins
* FRONT LEAF ONLY **

With the recent launch of Sputnik by the… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1937

* New York Yankees vs. Giants
* World Series MLB Baseball 

The front page has a two column heading: "YANKS WIN 8-1 BEHIND PITCHING OF… more

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 9, 1855  Page 2 has an interesting "$15,000 Reward" ad in the "Lost and Found" section of the paper, offering much detail on the theft. A few details include: "...the 17th of… more

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 9, 1915

* Tyrannosaurus Rex in a science-themed magazine
* Includes images and supporting text

Includes the full front page illustration:… more

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, October 9, 1939

* 1939 World Series of baseball - MLB
* New York Yankees win World championship

This 10 page newspaper has a seven column headline on… more

CENTRE DAILY TIMES, State College, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1959

* Los Angeles Dodgers become World Series champions

The sport's section (page 15) has a nice six column headline: "Bums Wear… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1940

* Cincinnati Reds win World Series
* Detroit Tigers

The front page has one column headings that include: "REDS TRIUMPH, 2-1, OVER TIGERS TO WIN WORLD… more

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 9, 1921

* Iowa Hawkeyes college football
* Notre Dame - Knute Rockne

This 30+ page newspaper has a small and somewhat discrete one… more

BILD, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 9, 1992  The front page is dominated by a very large photo of Willy Brandt with the heading at the top announcing: "Willy Brandt Is Dead".  Brandt was a noted political… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, October 9, 1913

* World Series of baseball  (game 2)
* New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Athletics
* Rare Christy Mathewson photo

This… more

WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, October 9, 1944  This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Willkie Dies Unexpectedly In New York", "Former GOP… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1938

* Aviator, Hermann Koehl death
* Atlantic - East to West fame

This 150+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 45 that include: "HERMANN KOEHL,… more

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, October 9, 1931 

* Al Capone - Chicago mob boss 
* Fight to exclude evidence 
* Tax evasion trial 

This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front… more

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 9, 1940  This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 8: "Cincinnati Reds Victors In 1940 World Series; Derringer Beats Newsom" with… more

SAN LEANDRO REPORTER, Alameda County, California , October 9, 1880

* Rare Old West title

A very scarce and quite small newspaper of 4 pages.  A front page item: "A Runaway" is concerning a… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 9, 1957

* Los Angeles Dodgers becomes a reality
* Brooklyn team moves to West Coast

This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front… more

THE DETROIT NEWS TRIBUNE, from Detroit, Michigan, dated October 9, 1910

This fullpage "Stage Beauties" is their New Series of Popular Portraits of Stage People and is comprised of five… more

BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1867

* From the Indian Wars era
* 19th century Bethlehem, Pennsylvania original

This 4 page newspaper has news of the day. Several… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 9, 1928
 
* New York Yankees World Series
* St. Louis Cardinals
* Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig era

This 24 page newspaper has a two… more