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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 19, 1960

* The Time Machine opening day advertisement
* American Science fiction - Sci-fi film
* Australian actor Rod Taylor movie 

Page 30 has a 9 by 5 1/4 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "The Time Machine" in Detroit, Michigan. (see images) 
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with 48 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally nice.

Background: The 1960…

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 19, 1927 

* 1917 Dole Air Race - Oakland to Honolulu
* Female aviator Mildred Doran disappearance 
* Pacific Ocean airplane flight disaster 
* 10 Years prior to the Amelia Earhart mystery

The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "NAVY GIVEN CLUE TO MISS DORAN" with subheads and related pictorial. (see images) Nice for display.
Completer with all 46 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some binding holes along he spine/1st column, generally nice.

Bac…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1940

* The Hardest Day - Battle of Britain
* German Luftwaffe vs. British Royal Air Force
* World War II - WWII

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "600 NAZI PLANES RAID LONDON AREA AGAIN; 140 DOWNED, R.A.F. ATTACKS CHANNEL BASES" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, small piece torn away along the spine,…

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 19, 1986

* "The Fly" movie advertisement & review
* Grand Opening Day film premiere showing
* Science-fiction horror film - Jeff Goldblum
* Eddie Murphy Raw - stand-up comedian 
* Location where it was made into a comedy film

Page 49 has a nice advertisement for the opening day showing of "THE FLY" And page 50 has the review for the film with heading: "Lord of 'the Fly'" and a few related photos. (see images)
Page 67…

NEW YORK TIMES, August 19, 1948  

* Babe Ruth death - Yankee Stadium viewing
* Best publication to be had ? (rare as such)

The front page has a two column heading: "77,000 File by Ruth's Bier; Cardinal to Preside at Mass" Ruth died just three days prior. Great to have this report in a New York newspaper.
Complete in 44 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on high-quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. Great condition.

SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Aug. 19, 1814   

* Battle of Bridgewater (Lundy's Lane)

The front page includes; "Battle of Bridgewater" "Execution For Treason" & "District General Order". Inside includes: "Western Army News" "Call of Congress" "Lower Canada Frontier" "The War In The Chesapeake" "Ontario Fleet" "The War In Connecticut" "Military" "The Stonington Affair" and other War of 1812 items.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, margins near the top are browned, otherwise nice.

Background:…

PUBLIC PRESS, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19, 1881 

* 19th century original
* Home of Joseph Priestley

An uncommon title from this small town located at the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the West Branch of the Susquehanna. 

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 19, 1925

* Steamer Mackinac
* Boiler explosion disaster
* Newport RI Rhode Island

The front page has a nice banner headline: "32 DEAD IN EXPLOSION" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. First report coverage on the boiler explosion of the Steamer Mackinac near Newport, Rhode Island.
Complete in 12 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, generally good.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1947

* Lucille Ball beer advertisement
* American actress & comedian
* Post World War II pin-up girl
* Pre "I Love Lucy" TV sitcom

The back page has a nice 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch advertisement showing a somewhat young Lucille Ball promoting "Schaefer" beer shortly after the end of World War II. This was 4 years prior to her iconic TV show "I Love Lucy". (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1962

* Lake Talquin - Quincy, Florida
* Sunday school picnic boat sinking

The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Picnic Boat Sinks; 17 Children Drown" with related map. (see image)
Complete 1st section only with all 92 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, nice condition.

THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS--WAR EXTRA, Aug. 19, 1944 

* Liberation of Paris France (during)
* General George S. Patton
* Nice headline for display
* INCOMPLETE ISSUE ***

 In bold, red ink is the banner headline: "AMERICANS IN PARIS" plus subhead: "Bombers, Tanks, Rip Fleeing Nazis" and more related subheads.
Note: present are the outer leaves only of the first section, being pages 1, 2, 5 and 6. Very displayable. Some tears at the bottom margins, minor foxing, good condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 19, 1911  The front page is a photo of: "Admiral Togo in America."
A full page is taken up with: "Some Chips from the Diamond" by Kemble, being a collection of ten somewhat comic prints of baseball players. The players include Honus Wagner, Christy "Matty" Mathewson, Ty Cobb and Johnny Evers, among others.
Twenty-four pages, disbound, a perforation library "stamp" at than upper corner, good condition.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 19, 1686  

* The Battle of Buda (modern day Budapest)

The front page has a report from Vienna noting: "Upon the advice of the march of the Grand Viper to relieve Buda, the council of war hath been several times assembled here in the Emperor's presence; and orders have been sent to all the Imperial troops, which were dispersed in small bodies to join the army before Buda..." with more, continuing to take about half a column. The report is in regards to…

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Aug. 19, 1948  

* Babe Ruth funeral services
* St. Patrick's Cathedral - NYC

The front page has most of a column with heads: "FUNERAL FOR BABE RUTH IS HELD IN N.Y." "Great King of Swat Is Laid to Rest" "Thousands Of People Are Present For the Services".
Complete in 16 pages, very nice, clean condition.

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 19, 1971

* James Taylor - American singer - songwriter - guitarist
* Carnegie Hall concert performance advertisement
* The BEE GEES concert at Philharmonic Hall  ad

Page 37 has a nice full page advertisement for "JAMES TAYLOR IN CONCERT" advertisement for performances at Carnegie Hall.
Page 36 has a 5 1/2 x 5 inch advertisement for "The Bee Gees" concert performances at Philharmonic Hall. (see images)
I suspect…

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 19, 1979 (Front & Calendar Sections)

* "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (small ad)
* Apocalypse Now (full-page ad)
* Opening weekend for both

A terrific issue on the premiere weekends of the motion picture hits "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and "Apocalypse Now". Additional large ads are for "Hooper", "Rocky II", "Star Wars" and more. One of the feature articles tells of "rock stars" wanting to be in movies: "Music Stars Follow The Yellow-Brick Road To Film".…

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR THE WORCESTER GAZETTE, Aug. 19, 1795  

* President George Washington
* Concerns over the Jay Treaty

Page 3 has the: "Answer" of the President  to the concerns of the Selectmen of Boston over the controversial Jay Treaty, signed in type: George Washington.
Page 3 also has a report of a: "Negro Insurrection" in North Carolina.
Four pages, light damp stains, nice condition.

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 19, 1965

* John Lindsay for New York City Mayor
* American politician & Lawyer notice

Page 7 has a full page notice headed: "John Lindsay needs your time" (see images) This is a notice for donations to his campaign for Mayor of New York City. He would be the eventual winner and serve between 1933 and 1973, the counterculture era in America.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to…

GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, New York, Aug. 19, 1789 

* Creation of the Department of War - Defense
* Beginnings stages of the federal government
* President George Washington signing

A very significant issue, as the back page contains the official Act of Congress creating the Department of Defense, then known as the Department of War. This was the "Sixth Act of the Legislature of the Union" and is titled: "An ACT to Establish an Executive Department, to be Denominated the DEPARTMENT…

GUINEA GOLD, "Australian Edition", Aug. 19, 1945  

* Rare military title
* Jungles of New Guinea
* World War II - WWII

Hailing itself as the "most bombed newspaper", this military publication was printed in the jungles of New Guinea, hence the title.
The headline announces: "JAP ENVOY FOR MANILA TODAY" "To Receive Surrender Document Tomorrow"" with related text.
Four pages, 10 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.

background: Guinea Gold was a daily four‑page newspaper produced in…

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, August 19, 1675  

* King Philip's War - Metacomet
* New England Colonists vs. Indians
* First war in America (historic)

The significance of what is known as "King Philip's War" is lost with most Americans, but the event cannot be over-stated.
This was America's first war, and the only newspaper in existence to report it was this title. As Wikipedia notes, this was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English…

THE TOMAHAWK, "Saturday Journal of Satire", London, England, April 10, 1869  Info on the "NCSE" website notes: "This title first appeared May 11, 1867, being a weekly paper by Arthur W. Beckett, and lasting only through 1870. The title ‘Tomahawk’ was borrowed from William Makepeace Thackeray, the novelist, satirist, illustrator and editor whose spirit so influenced the men behind Tomahawk; his 1852 novel "Men’s Lives" describes a journal editor who is known in particular for his savage…

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 19, 1882  The full front page shows: "Encampment of the National Guard at Lewistown--Incidents of Camp Life" in Pennsylvania. Another full page print from this camp inside.
Inside has a half page showing: "Candidates for Admission to the Order of Sisters of St. Dominic Taking the Vail at the Dominican Convent in Jersey City". Three-quarter page: "Praise & Exhortation Service of the Salvation Army on the Steps of City Hall, Brooklyn" & a half page…

THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Tennessee, Aug. 19, 1880  Among the front page articles are: "Crime & Criminals" "Oklahoma - Arrival of Captain L. D. Payne at Fort Smith Under Rest" "After the Apaches" "Hostile Sioux Surrendered" and much more.
Four pages, large folio size, good condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 19, 1963

* James Howard Meredith graduates
* 1st University of Mississippi black

The front page has a two column heading: "At Last, Meredith Gets His Diplomat" with small photo of Meredith.
Complete with all 46 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 19, 2005

* BTK killer - strangler - rapist
* Dennis Rader conviction - guilty
* "Bind, Torture, Kill" serial killer

Page 13 has a four column heading: "BTK, Who Inflicted Pain for His PLeasure, Gets Life" with subhead and a few related photos.
Complete with all sections (100+ pages), great condition.

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 19, 1958 

* Little Rock, Arkansas
* Negro students
* Central High School

The top of the front page has a six column headline: Little Rock to Fight Integration Ruling" with subheads. This concerning the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, a flashpoint for the who desegregation issue of the 1950's and 1960's.
Complete with 44 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the…

Bound volume of  the periodical "HOUSEHOLD WORDS conducted by Charles Dickens" (as noted in the masthead of each issue), London, containing 26 weekly issues dating from March 5, 1853 thru Aug. 27, 1853.
Household Words was published every Saturday from March 1850 to May 1859. Theoretically the paper championed the cause of the poor and working classes, but in fact it addressed itself almost exclusively to the middle class. The journal contained a mixture of fiction and nonfiction. A large…

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 19, 1862  

* From the capital of the Confederacy
* General Robert E. Lee & Jefferson Davis

Over a full column of the front page is taken up with: "President's Message - To the Senate &  House of Rep. of the Confederate States" being a nice report on the current war situation. One bit notes: "The gallantry and good conduct of our troops...Our army has not altered in any of the various trial to which it has been subjected..." and much more. It is…

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 19, 1686  The front page has a report from Vienna noting: "Upon the advice of the march of the Grand Viper to relieve Buda, the council of war hath been several times assembled here in the Emperor's presence; and orders have been sent to all the Imperial troops, which were dispersed in small bodies to join the army before Buda..." with more, continuing to take about half a column.
The back page has a report from Windsor: "His Majesty has been pleased upon the…

PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, Aug. 19, 1775 

* The "Olive Branch Petition"
* Revolutionary War beginning
* Second Continental Congress

Certainly the most notable content in this issue is found taking over half of page 2, being the very historic Olive Branch Petition.
This was one of the more historic documents of the war, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid a war between the American Colonies and England. The petition affirmed…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 19, 1932

* Ballooning flight into the stratosphere
* Auguste Piccard & Max Cosyns
* Altitude record broken (53,153 ft.)

The front page has a one column heading: "PICCARD RISES TEN MILES INTO SKY; A RECORD" with subhead and related illustration. Two photos are on the back page. First report coverage on the end of the record breaking balloon flight continues on page 2 with related photo. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World…

THE MESA TRIBUNE, Mesa, Arizona, August 19, 1991

* Dissolution of the Soviet Union
* President Mikhail Gorbachev
* End of the "Cold War" - Russia

The full banner headline has: "Gorbachev Out", with subhead: "Hard-liners declare 6-month state of emergency". This historic report covers the beginning of the demise of the Soviet Union, which become official in less than 6 months. One of the first steps in the process was the ousting of President Mikhail Gorbachev. Additional coverage is…

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 19, 1864  

* Second Battle of Dalton - Georgia
* Joseph Wheeler's raid

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "Gallant Conduct of the Troops Under General Hancock" "Storming & Capture of Rebel Works" "Brilliant Cavalry Operations" "SHERMAN" "Sharp Fight At Dalton" "Impetuous Charge of the Colored Infantry" "The Rebels Driven Back in Confusion" "Two Rebel Generals Killed" "The Enemy Badly Beaten" and more. 
More Civil War reports inside.
…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, August 19, 1864

* Second Battle of Dalton
* Joseph Wheeler's raid

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "FIGHT AT DALTON, GA." "Impetuous Charge of the Fourteenth U.S. Colored Infantry" "The Rebels Driven Into Confusion" "From Sheridan's Army" and more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., Aug. 19, 1852  Among the reports in this anti-slavery newspaper are: "Gen. Pierce and the Fugitive Slave Law". The back page has an ad for: "Little Eva, Uncle Tom's Guardian Angel. A song composed & dedicated to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Poetry by John G. Whittier..." with more.
This newspaper is forever linked to the best-selling novel of the 19th century, "Uncle Tom's Cabin", as the book was originally released as a 40 week…

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 19, 1939

* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland about to be attacked

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "GERMANS TAKER MILITARY POSSESSION OF SLOVAKIA; TROOPS LINE POLISH BORDER" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning and very minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of The Des Moines Register, Iowa, Aug. 19, 1958  

* Floyd Patterson vs. Roy Harris
* Heavyweight boxing title fight

This is the sports section only, with a nice banner headline: "PATTERSON KEEPS TITLE ON T.K.O. IN 12TH" with related subheads, and two photos, one showing a bloodied Roy Harris attempting to stand.
Contains 8 pages, very nice condition.

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 19, 1960  The bold banner headlines announce: "10 YRS. FOR POWERS" "Flier Is Silent at Sentence; Wife Weeps" and subhead: "American Escapes Death; Court Cites Repentance" with a photo showing pilot Gary Powers waling into a Moscow court.
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
The ftpg. also has a curious…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 19, 1930

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

The front page has a nice banner headline: "EVANSTON CHIEF IN ZUTA BOX" with subheads. Nice for display. A few related photos are on the back page. (see) When it comes to gangsters, organized crime, and the nefarious activities born out of the Prohibition and Great Depression eras, no city is more in the forefront of our minds than Chicago - and…

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 19, 1865  The ftpg. has a financial scene on Bleecker St. in New York City. Other prints inside include the; "Union League Building, Broad St., Phila." "The Hospital Buildings & Ferry, Ward's Island, East River"; a fullpg. of the scene where the "...Powder Mine, under the Rebel Entrenchments Before Petersburg, Was Exploded..." "Whipping Stocks...Goldsboro, N.C., for the Punishment of Slaves" "Punishment of a Negro at Richmond" and much more.
Sixteen…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 19, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (halfway)
* Great headline for display

The front page has nice banner headline: "ZEP SETS SAIL FOR AMERICA" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Related photo on the back page as well. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 36 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for…

Leslie's Weekly, from New York City, dated August 19, 1915.

The front page of this issue is a dramatic, WWI-themed, color illustration: "Cut and Thrust," by the Italian artist Fortunino Matania. This issue also includes "'War and Its Results Shown in Photographs"; "Foreign San Francisco"; "British Women Demand part in War"; "Pictorial Digest of the World's News" and much more.

Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century. This…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 19, 1929

* 1st Women's Air Derby begins
* "Powder Puff Derby"
* Amelia Earhart & more

The front page has one column headings: "19 WOMEN FLIERS BEGIN AIR DERBY" "Full Field Reaches San Bernardino, Cal., Completing the First Lap" "Miss Earhart Competes" and more. (see) Text continues inside with photos of 4 of the competitors which includes Amelia Earhart and Ruth Nichols. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous…

THE DAILY UNION, City of Washington, Aug. 19, 1847  Inside has some Mexican War reports with: "Late From Santa Fe" "Letter From General Taylor" is signed in type by him; "New Requisition for Troops".
Four pages, good condition.

NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 19, 1865  The front page column heads include: "The Lost Cable Again" which is a lengthy report on the Atlantic cable; "The Pirate Shenandoah - Destruction of a Whaling Bark" and a small bit about making "Ford's Theatre" a fire-proof building  as a depository for rebel archives.
Inside has: "Notes From The People" "Life Among The Shakers" "The Ketchum Defalcations" "Out-Door Sports" "An Exciting Base Ball Match at Newark--The Champion Atlantics Nearly Defeated--A Large…

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 19, 1899  The front cover has "Admiral Dewey at Trieste, Austria" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Experimental Tea Growing in the United States"; "Edward Orton" and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages and in very nice condition. Never bound.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 19, 1945 

* Wetherford, Parker County, Texas
* B-29 Superfortress Bombers collision 
* End of World War II 

Page 38 has one column headings: "18 BODIES FOUND IN 2-BOMBER CRASH" "Only Two Escape in Collision of Army Fortresses Over Middle Texas" (see) First report coverage on the 2 B-29 Superfortresses that collided over Wetherford, Texas.
Other news of the day with much coverage on the post Japan surrender shortly after the end of World war II. Complete 1st…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 19, 1960

* Korabl-Sputnik 2
* Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka
* Francis Gary Powers

The front page has a two heading: "5-Ton Space Ship Carrying Animals Launched By Reds" This was the very 1st space flight to bring back animals still alive.
Also on the front page is a four column headline: "Powers Sentenced To 10-Year Term" with subhead.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 18 pages, a little margin wear, nice…