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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 15, 1943

• Hollywood actress Frances Farmer arrested photo
• Mental health struggles w/ psychiatric hospitals

The back page has a photo showing Actress Frances Farmer being

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 11, 1879   The front page has various scenes from inside a Tobacco Factory.  Inside contains images and text re:  "A Three Legged Woodcock", "...The Tanks of

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1937

• Martin "Farmer" Burns death (1st report)
• Catch wrestler - professional wrestling
• Mentor of Frank Gotch

This 34 page newspaper has small one column headings on page

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1937

• Martin "Farmer" Burns death (1st report)
• Catch wrestler - professional wrestling
• Mentor of Frank Gotch

Page 17 has small one column headings: "Farmer Burns Dead;

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 10, 1999

• James Farmer death (first report)_
• Civil rights activist movement leader
• Partnered with Martin Luther King Jr.

The front page has a small one column photo of James

THE FARMER'S WIFE, from St. Paul, Minnesota, dated April, 1938.  This is a monthly publication with the front cover featuring an illustration of a young lady as she has just opened a hat box from

THE FARMER'S WIFE, from St. Paul, Minnesota, dated June, 1935  This is a monthly publication with the front cover featuring an illustration of a young lady in a brimmed hat. The issue has a variety

THE FARMER'S WIFE, from St. Paul, Minnesota, dated March, 1934.  This is a monthly publication with the front cover featuring an illustration of a young lady. The issue has a variety of content

HOME AND FARM, Louisville, Kentucky, June 1, 1881  Calls itself: "A Semi-Monthly Record For Farmers". Inside has a nice: "View of the Grounds & Buildings of the International Cotton Exposition".

HARPER'S WEEKLY October 4, 1890  Front full pg. illus. of "Pueblo Farmers Watching Their Crops." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "the Cotton Centenary Exhibition at Pawtucket, Rhode Island." 1/2 pg.

THE TEXAS WOOL GROWER, Fort Worth, Jan. 18, 1883  This is the volume 1, number 32 issue. Although farming is the emphasis of this newspaper, there are various news items as well.
A handsome

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 28, 1912

This issue is an Industrial Issue and has a color cover sheet over it. The front page of this issue has a photo called "A Recent Ceremony at the

HARPER'S WEEKLY December 13, 1890  Front full pg. illus. of "The United States Cruiser 'Philadelphia'." Inside are two 1/4 pg. portraits of "John P. Haines, President of the Society for the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 23, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, George Grey Barnard; fullpage photo New Justice of the Supreme Court - Oliver Wendell Holmes; The Colombian

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 16, 1887  Front pg. illus. pertaining to the front pg. poem "Farmer Stebbins Toboggans." Inside is a full pg. containing five illus. pertaining to "The Admiral of

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1880  Full ftpg: 'From the Land of the Nile to the Shores of the Hudson: Cleopatra's Needle'. Nearly halfpg: 'New Farmers' Market in New York'. Three-quarter

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 5, 1882  The front page has 6 prints and a poem: "Farmer Stebbins at Ocean Grove". Nice fullpg: "Rotten Row, Brooklyn Navy Yard" shows six scenes. Another

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 31, 1901 Constantinople;  The New Regime at Saratoga; Labor Troubles in Maritime business at San Francisco; fullpages "Out for a Pleasure Trip!" by Wright; On the

HARPER'S WEEKLY,, New York, Sept. 8, 1894 Full page: 'The Great Soda Lake in Inyo Co., Calif'. Three-quarter page: 'A Prayer For Rain' shows a farmer and a thirsty cornfield, done by A.B. Frost.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 12, 1889 Most of the ftpg: 'Farmer Stebbins at the Bat' is a comic scene of an older man playing baseball. Fullpg: 'The National Museum at Washington' 'London Street

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 12, 1883  The full front page illustration of this issue is of the "Seventh Annual Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, New York" which show 10 dogs. An

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 28, 1868  Great full front page: "George T. Brown, Serving the Summons on President Johnson" concerning his impeachment. Inside is a nice, full page Winslow Homer

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York May 4, 1872  The full front page has 4 political cartoons: "Shakespeare on the 'Liberal' Campaign of Slander".
Almost a fullpg: "Playing Pool in a Paris Cafe". Another full

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 17, 1883  Front 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to the story "Farmer Stebbins on the Bowery." Inside is 1/4 pg. illus. of "Statue of Robert Fulton." 1/2 pg. illus. of "The

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 29, 1865  The full front page is a political cartoon: "The Great Labor Question from a Southern Point of View" showing a Black farmer and Lincoln.
Prints inside

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 28, 1872  Full front page Nast illus. of "Circumstances Alter Causes." Inside is a 2/3 pg. illus. of "The Farmer's Question-"Is Horace Greeley a Fool or a Knave?"

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York May 4, 1872  The full front page has 4 political cartoons: "Shakespeare on the 'Liberal' Campaign of Slander".
Almost a fullpg: "Playing Pool in a Paris Cafe". Another full

HARPER'S WEEKLY,  New York, February 5, 1910

The front page of this issue has a photo of "Where the Paris Floods Did Their Worst."

There are photos of "The Flooded Section of Paris" and "A Superior

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 24, 1883  Front page print and poem: "Farmer Stebbins Ahead". Halfpg. print: "The Fish Hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island". Fullpg. print: "Interior of a

HARPER'S WEEKLY July 25, 1896. Full front page illus. of "Farmer McKinley Takes off his Coat." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Faneuil

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 2, 1929

• 20 Exchange Place skyscraper plans announced
• Financial District - Lower Manhattan - Wall Street
• Also mention of the Empire State Building plans

The top of the front

THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, February 16, 1961

• 1961 United States figure skating team
• Sabena flight 548

This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
"Officials Begin To

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, May 12, 1787

• Shays' Rebellion perpetrators
• Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Page 2 has an: "Extract of a Letter From New York" which has the latest on the Shays'

THE NATIONAL STOCKMAN & FARMER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1889  This is not the typical sort of magazine we would offer, however this issue still has the original, orange outer wrappers

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSDRATED, New York, Feb. 5, 1870  The front page shows: "New York City--Arrival of H. R. H. Prince Arthur of England...".
A full page has 3 prints on: "Across the Continent--A

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 18, 1818  Of importance is the multi-page printing of former President James Madison's Address to the Agricultural Society of Albermarle.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1933

• Bank Crisis - New Deal
• Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
• 2nd Fireside Chat (1st report)

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ROOSEVELT PROMISES A

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, December 15, 1832

• President Andrew Jackson proclmation
• Nullification crisis in South Carolina
• Southern tariffs on farming - farmers

The key and historically

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4, 1931

• England, Lonoke County, Arkansas
• The drought - Great depression era
• Farmers food riot - rebellion

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "50 Farmers

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 16, 1872

• Warrants for Indictments coming
• Charles G. Kelsey outrage case
• Tar & feathered murder scandal
• Huntington, Long Island, New York

Page 3 has a brief report with a small,

NEW YORK WEEKLY DAY-BOOK CAUCASIAN, June 17, 1865

• Lincoln assassins trial
• Rare pro-white title
• Reconstruction era

A decidedly racist newspaper which began well before the Civil War & lasted a few

BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Nov. 14, 1857

• Pre Civil War street scenes and views

Inside has two pages of descriptive text with 8 prints of "Rahway, New Jersey" including 2 churches, 2 residences, and

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 2, 1865  Inside has a half page print of: "The Present Condition Of The New Iron Bridge, Harlem, New York".  A full page shows: "The Grand Annual Picnic and

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, England, November, 1746

• More on the Jacobite Rebellion

There is still content on the Jacobite Rebellion, with: "Rebels Tried at York". And near the back is half a

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 5, 1910 Full frontpage photo: "Auburn in his fast Bleriot monoplane and Grahame-White in a farmer biplane during one of the hourly distance contests" which is

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, April 10, 1884  The top of a page 3 column has heads: "CRIMINAL CALENDAR" "A Dakota Town Marshal Killed by a Desperado" "Murder of a Missouri Farmer--Blowing an Express

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Oct. 19, 1769  The back page has a letter from Philadelphia which includes: "It is with much pleasure I acquaint you the Act of Parliament imposing a duty on paper,

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Philadelphia,  July 16, 1855  An interesting & very short-lived publication obviously themed on farming, with a very decorative & intricately engraved masthead (see). This

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, Jan. 4, 1856  Nearly half of the front page is taken up with an interesting report headed: "The Wakemanites - Full Particulars of the Horrible Deads--Personal Interviews Wtih

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 10, 1873 Front page illustration: "The Meadow Brook Disaster - Sticking To His Post"; Two illustrations on the San Salvador Earthquake; Nice full page; 'An Indian