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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, from Detroit, Michigan, dated June 3, 1927

• Charlie Chaplin marriage troubles
• Movie star

This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:

• LITA

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. Nov. 15, 1960

• Sammy Davis Jr. & May Britt photo
• Controversial interracial marriage
• John F. Kennedy connection ?

The front page has a two column photo with small

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1844  Page 3 has a brief & inconspicuous report announcing that: "The President of the United States, with the lady to whom he has just been united

NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1874

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Brigham Young's granddaughter
• Marriage to Charles Wilson

Page 6 begins with: "Wedding In Salt Lake" "Marriage of a Granddaughter Of Brigham Young"

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 11, 1863  The full front page has 3 prints captioned: "Bayou Navigation in Dixie." Inside includes a full page of: "The Prince & Princess of Wales"; a three-quarter

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 11, 1863  The full front page has 4 prints captioned: "Bayou Navigation in Dixie." Inside includes a full page of: "The Prince & Princess of Wales"; a three-quarter

 HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 17, 1906  Front page illustration "The Busy Showman. - V." by W. A. Rogers; full page photo of "Miss Alice Roosevelt, who will be Married this Week at the White

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 28, 1929

• Charles Lindbergh Gets Married
• Anne Morrow

This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "LINDBERGH'S PLANE LEAVES FOR

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 21, 1863  The entire front page is a great (and rather famous) illustration of: "Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb And Wife)." taken from a

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1929.

• Charles Lindbergh Gets Married
• Anne Morrow

The front page has a two column headline: "COLONEL LINDBERGH WEDS ANNE MORROW IN HER HOME; MAY FLY ON HONEYMOON" with

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, January 19, 1768  Page 2 has a letter from Pittsburgh mentioning: "It is feared here that an Indian war will break out in the Spring...on an act of hostility committed by a

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 29, 1930

• Albert Einstein
• Margot wedding

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline at the  bottom of the front page: "Einstein Spares Half Hour to See

HARPER'S WEEKLY, April 18, 1857  There were relatively few illustrations within the early issues (this is vol. 1 #16), but it includes an article headed: "Dred Scott in the Legislature" concerning

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 7, 1874  The entire front page features a political cartoon by famed illustrator Thomas Nast, captioned: "The Good and Bad Spirits at War". But likely the most

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 31, 1872  Quite historic & displayable doublepage centerfold: 'The Meeting of Livingstone & Stanley in Central Africa'. Included in the caption is the famous line:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 30, 1866 Front 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Late Lewis Cass." Also a 1/2 pg. illus. of "'The Halt'-A Scene in the Georgia Campaign." Inside there is a 1/3 pg. illus. of

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1896  Full front page is a political cartoon by W. A. Rogers: "Look Out for Melting Hopes About This Time." Inside has a full pg. illus: "The Marriage of Mrs.

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, February 16, 1901  Front page Uncle Sam cartoon  "A Game of Freeze-Out" by Rogers; doublepage centerfold "A Skating Party in the Country" by Frost; The Marriage of the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 12, 1879  Front full pg. Nast illus. of "History Repeats Itself - A Little Too Soon." Inside are four 1/4 pg. illus. pertaining to "Society of American Artists -

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1887  A nice full front page page print: "Dedication of the Actors' Monument in the Cemetery of the Evergreens". Inside has a full page with two nice F. Remington

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 22, 1899  Full front page illus. of "Hoisting the Mainsail on the Cup Defender 'Columbia'." Inside is a 1/2 pg: "Christmas Dinner in Midsummer on the 'Belgica'.";

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Feb. 25, 1860 Full ftpg. illus: 'Clark Mills' Statue of Washington'. Halfpg: 'Bridge over Green River on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad'. Halfpg: 'Hon. Clement C. Clay of

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1879

• Future Mormon president John Taylor
• Defender of Polygamy - multiple wives

Page 2 has most of a column taken up with: "SANTA BARBARA" "A Place

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 19, 1935

• King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia
• 1st monarch of Saudi Arabia

The top of page 6 has a small one column heading: "King Ibn Saud Increases Wives by Proxy Marriage" (se

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 17, 1937

• Actress Mae West
• Frank Wallace marriage

The front page has a one column heading: "Court Decides Mae West Is Mrs. Wallace" with photo. (see) Always nice to have

THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE, Putney, Vermont, June 15, 1846  This was the first periodical of what would become the famed Oneida Community. This is the volume 1 number 4 issue.
This community called

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1922

• Rudolph Valentino - The Sheik
• Marriage to Natacha Rambova

Page 10 has a one column heading: "VALENTINO'S MARRIAGE INVALID, JUDGES SAY" with subhead. (see) He would be

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 22, 1935

• Jane Addams death
• Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Henry Ford raises minimum wage

This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

SALT LAKE DAILY TRIBUNE & UTAH MINING GAZETTE,  April 9, 1872

• "Expose of Polygamy in Utah" (plural marriages) released
• Woman author Fanny Stenhouse (eyewitness)
• Anti-Mormons - Mormonism - Latter Day

THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Feb. 9, 1879  Page 7 has an article: "The Mormon Question" "Petition of the Anti-Polygamy Society to Congress" datelined at Salt Lake, Utah.  It notes in part:

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 22, 1935

• Jane Addams death
• Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Adolf Hitler agreeable?

This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "JANE ADDAMS

SALEM GAZETTE, Salem, Massachusetts, March 25, 1817.

• Marriage of General Winfield Scott

Among the Marriages on page 3 is one that says: "In Virginia, Gen. Winfield Scott, of the U.S. army, to Miss

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, February 12, 1858

• Victoria, Princess Royal
• Frederick III, German Emperor
• Wedding - marriage

The front page has an article headed: "The Marriage of the Prince of Prussia to the

THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE OR MONTHLY MUSEUM, Boston, September, 1789

• President George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

The first article takes over a full page and is titled: "Description of Charles

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 3, 2012

• South Korean Sun Myung Moon death
• Unification Church founder & leader
• Mass marriages - weddings - "Blessings"

Near the bottom of the front page is a heading:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1937

• Florence Dugdale death (1st report)
• Children's stories writer - Thomas Hardy wife

The top of page 17 has a one column photo of Florence Dugdale with heading:

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 30, 1956

• Marilyn Monroe & Arthur Miller
• Marries - weds - marriage - 1st report

Page 4 has a one column head: "Actress and Playwright Are Married"

THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 2, 1870

• Mormons - Mormonism
• Utah polygamy argument

This newspaper was published 26 years before Utah became a state.
Most of the front page is taken up

USA TODAY, Washington, D.C., September 15, 1982

• Vol. 1 No. 1 issue
• Grace Kelly killed
• Hollywood actress
• Princess of Monaco

This is the very first issue of this iconic newspaper, billed as the country's

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 10, 1980

• "Coal Miner's Daughter" advertisement & review
• Grand Opening day movie premiere
• American biographical musical film
• Actress

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 17, 1842

The back page has a brief yet rather rare report with a mini-head: "Joe Smith" stating: "This wonderful fellow is to be bodily absent from his

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 6 A.M. Extra, March 30, 1939 

• Actor Clark Gable
• Actress Carole Lombard
• Marriage - wedding

The top of the front page, above the masthead is a seven column headline: "Clark

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 29, 1884

• Polygamist - polygamy trial
• Mormons - Mormonism

The bottom of page 3 has: "Indicted for Polygamy" which includes: "Henderson, three times tried at Malad,

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, Sept. 20, 1945

• Child actress Shirley Temple
• Gets married to actor John Agar
• From the home of the entertainment industry
• INCOMPLETE ISSUE ****

The top of the front page has a photo

AMADOR DISPATCH, Jackson, California, May 15, 1880

• Rare old West publication

Jackson was founded in 1848 at a year-round spring, settled by American pioneers and then gold-seekers upon its discovery

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 2, 1941

• Jenny Dolly suicide death
• "The Dolly Sisters" fame
• Hungarian-American dancer & actress

The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "Find Jenny Dolly Hanged In Home

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, March 18, 1820

• Very first "White House Wedding"

Listed under the page 2 "Marriages" is one that reads: "In Washington city, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur, Esq. of N. York,

Large sheepskin document from England "This Indenture" in ornate lettering at the top with engravings within, dated near the top: "...in the year of or Lord one thousand seven hunbdred and

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York October 30, 1928.

• D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin German airship
• 1st Transatlantic flight (trip home)
• Clarence Terhune- stowaway discovered
• World's First Aerial stowaway

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