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THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 24-30, 1980

• The Kinks - English rock band
• Part of the British invasion in America
• Nassau Coliseum concert advertisement
• "One for the Road" album tour
• "You Really Got Me" song fame

Page 71 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming performance by "THE KINKS" at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. (see images)
Background:On October 26, 1980, The Kinks performed at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1870

• Historic "Telegraph" baseball game

Page 3 has: "Base-Ball The Championship Contest--Mutual vs. Atlantic--The Mutuals Win the Champion Pennant --Score 10 to 4". The summary (see) mentions that there was: "...a very large gathering of spectators on the Union Grounds...despite the fact that the admission fee was double the usual charge." Also says there was the largest gathering of fence peepers ever seen at a baseball match, and because there was such an interest

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, September 23, 1928

• Amateur golfer Bobby Jones
• Brae Burn Country Club - golf
• United States Amateur Championship

This 14 page section has various photos throughout including 4 on the United States Amateur golf championship at the Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts. These photos are featured on page 2 of this rotogravure section.
Irregular along the spine, generally nice.

background: In September 1928, legendary amateur golfer Bobby

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Sept. 23, 1928

• Amelia Earhart photo - Woman aviator
• National air races in Los Angeles, California
• 1st Woman to cross Atlantic by airplane

The bottom of the front page of this picture section has a 6 1/2 x 3  3/4 inches " with small heading: "Flying Flivver Appears: Miss Amelia Earhart" and brief text. (see image)
Other photos during the roaring twenties throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with 6 pages, irregular along the spine, nice

THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 23, 1950

• Ralph J. Bunche wins Nobel Peace Prize
• First African American to win prestigious award

Page 3 has two column photo with heading: "Bunche Wins Nobel Peace Prize" And a one column heading reads: "Bunche Calls Nobel Prize Tribute to UN" (see images)
Complete with all 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

History notes: In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his exceptional work as a mediator in the Middle East, where he successfully

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 23, 1986

• Early MADONNA w/ Sean Penn advertisement
• Singer - songwriter - actress - model
• Shanghai Surprise opening day film
• Adventure comedy movie - George Harrison

Page 59 has a 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day premiere of "SHANGHAI SURPRISE" in New York City.
Madonna's main residence at the time was in East Village, Manhattan which is right next door to Greenwich Village, so this publication was probably the

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 23, 1864  The front page has: "THE PRESIDENCY: Fremont and Cochrane" with 1 1/2 columns of coverage including both candidates' letters of withdraw.
Additionally, the front page column heads on the Civil War include: "FROM SHERIDAN" "More About the Victory" "Our Troops In Full Pursuit" "We Have Over 7,000 Prisoners" "The Rebels Make a Stand at Fisher's Hill" and more.
Had Fremont not withdrawn, Lincoln would likely not have been elected & would not have been

SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, Sept. 23, 1871

• Rare & early from Southern California

Very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving of the harbor in the masthead.  All four pages have various news tidbits of the day, including local, regional, and national reports. A great wealth of advertisements as well, several of which are illustrated.
Complete as a 4 page issue, 12 by 18 inches, printed on high-quality newsprint, some tiny binding

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1937.

• Nanjing - Canton & Nanking air raid bombing
• Japanese airplane raiders - pre massacre

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "U.S. IN SHARP NOTE TO JAPAN 'OBJECTS' TO NANKING RAIDS; FIFTY PLANES ATTACK CITY" with various subheads. (see images)
Complete with all 56 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

THE WORLD, NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 1873

• Financial crisis - panic of 1873
• Collapse of Jay Cooke & Company

This issue has fine follow up coverage on what became known as: "The Panic of 1873", which was precipitated by the bankruptcy of the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company.
There are several reports with one column heads including: "A Brighter Prospect--Better Feeling In Wall Street..." "Jay Cooke & Co.--A Statement Of Assets and Liabilities Not Yet Ready--Notice To Holders of Drafts" "The

STANISLAUS COUNTY WEEKLY NEWS, Modesto, California, Sept. 23, 1881

• Rare Old West publication

An early newspaper from this city in North-central California which when it began in 1868 was the first newspaper in Modesto. In 1881 the population of the town was less than 1000.
Various news events of the day, local, regional and national, with a wealth of advertising.
Page 2 begins with a report headed: "The President Is Dead" which is black-bordered and takes close to half a column. The best begins:

THE TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 23, 1862

• Rare from the Confederacy
• Battle of Antietam - Sharpsburg

Given the date, it is not surprising that the front page has an account of the Battle of Antietam, or as referred to by the Confederates: the Battle of Sharpsburg. And great to have this report in a Confederate newspaper.
Almost a full column is headed: "From Our Army In Maryland--The Battle of Sharpsburg & Fall of Harper's Ferry", with a subhead: "The Surrender of

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 1862

• Emancipation Proclamation
• President Abraham Lincoln
• Freedom for enslaved - slaves
• Best publication to be had (very rare)

Page 2 begins with the Emancipation Proclamation, from the city where it was issued.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation that changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free. As soon as a slave escaped

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 23, 1938

• New England hurricane
• 1938 Freak Storm

The front page has a banner headline: "STORM DEATHS JUMP TO 460" with subheads and updated death chart. (see images) Nice for display. Some related photos and map on the back page. Coverage continues inside with a few related photos. 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

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, Sept. 23, 1940

• SS City of Benares attack & sinking
• World War II evacuee ship (children)
• German submarine U-48 (1939) - U-boat

The front page has a banner headline: "Refugee Ship Is Torpedoed" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with all 8 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice.

wikipedia notes: SS City of Benares was a steam passenger ship built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. During the Second World War the City of

THE HOLABIRD EXHAUST, Holabird Signal Depot, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 23, 1943  This is a "camp newspaper", one of hundreds that were produced at various military installations around the world during World War II.
As with most, it is crudely produced, providing news and information to military personnel at the depot.
Twelve pages, 8 by 10 1/2 inches, nice condition.

Background: THE HOLABIRD EXHAUST was a World War II–era camp newspaper produced at the Holabird Signal Depot in Baltimore,

THE PROHIBITION ERA, Princeton, Indiana, Sept. 23, 1892

• Very rare publication
• Temperance - prohibition
• Anti-Alcohol

Part of the masthead includes: "Protection For The Home - The Saloon Must Go."
As the title would suggest the focus is on the prohibition of alcohol. This is a volume 6 issue and the first we have encountered in our 50+ years.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, folio size, good condition.

Background: The Prohibition Era was a newspaper published in Princeton, Indiana, from

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 23, 1928 (Picture Section)

• Bobby Jones wins 4th amateur golf title
• Largest "rout" to-date

Page 3 of this Picture Section has two photos related to Bobby Jones winning his fourth amateur title. One caption begins: "EMPEROR JONES AGAIN...". The other has: "THE WORST ROUT IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP...", with more.

Additional timely photographs are found throughout. See images for details.

This is the complete 8-page Picture Section only, rag paper

GALVESTON TRI-WEEKLY NEWS, Houston, Texas, Sept. 23, 1864

• Very rare issue from the Southwest Confederacy

Although the title notes "Galveston" the dateline notes it was printed in nearby Houston, as it is likely moving a bit more inland offered greater security from the Yankee forces.
Confederate newspapers from Texas are very uncommon particularly from before or during the Civil War. Here is an issue from the city of Galveston that has various war-related content, including a front page report

THE DETROIT NEWS, September 23, 1947

• Brooklyn Dodgers win pennant
• 1st Year of Jackie Robinson  - The Bums

The front page of the sport's section has a banner heading: "Sept. 30: Dodgers vs. Yankees in New York" (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, September 23, 1932

• Bathysphere deep-sea submersible
• Otis Barton & William Beebe dive
• New York Zoological Society

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Scientists Explore Atlantic 2,200 Feet Below Surface" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, light staining at the bottom left corner, generally in good condition.

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 23, 1762  Page 2 has a half-column letter alluding to peace arrangements to end the French & Indian War (Seven Years War in Europe). It begins: "As a peace is, in all appearance, near being concluded, and the conquest of the Havannah I hope will soon be confirmed...".
Page 6 has news headed: "America" with a New York dateline, concerning the arrest of several people for: "...little short of treason..." for selling material to the enemy.
Eight pages, 8 1/4

HILLSBORO' TELEGRAPH, Amherst, New Hampshire, Sept. 23, 1820

• Early New Orleans, Louisiana Voodoo
• African American religion folklore
• Spells - human sacrifices - magic

A short-lived newspaper, existing just 2 1/2 years. This is the volume 1, number 39 issue.
A typical newspaper of the day with various reports inside including items from England, Baltimore, Cuba, New Orleans and elsewhere. The article from New Orleans is: "Idolatry", an early report concerning voodoo. It notes in part: "... large

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Sept. 23, 1961

• Marion Davies death (1st report)
• Hollywood actress, producer & screenwriter
• Broadway musicals & Ziegfeld Follies star
• William Randolph Hearst mistress

Near the bottom of the front page is a three column heading: "Marion Davies Dies Of cancer At 64" with lead-in: "Wealthy Screen Star Noted For Philanthropies" and photo. (see)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning at the margins, condition.

An interesting item being a notice from the mayor of Fremont, Ohio, announcing the death of President Garfield. The front page has an announcement reporting: "DIED. At Long Branch, New Jersey, Sept. 19, 1881, at 10:35 P.M., James Abram Garfield, President Of The United States. Aged 49 years and 10 Months. Funeral obsequies at Cleveland, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 26th, 1881, at 10 o'clock A. M. Interment at Lake View Cemetery."
This little four page notice is dated September 23, 1881.  Below this

SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, 1871

• Rare & early from Southern California

A lot of four issues which are very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving of the harbor in the masthead. 
All four pages have various news tidbits of the day, including local, regional, and national reports. A great wealth of advertisements as well, several of which are illustrated.
Each issue is complete in 4 pages, 12 by 18 inches, printed on high-quality

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1928

• Casper Holstein kidnapping
• Harlem Negro mobster leader

The front page has a one column heading: "RICH NEGRO SEIZED FOR $50,000 RANSOM" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, light toning at the margins, irregular along the spine, generally nice.

wikipedia notes: Casper Holstein was a prominent New York mobster involved in the Harlem "numbers rackets" during the Harlem Renaissance. He, along with his

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, North Carolina, September 23, 1908

• Orville Wright Injured
• Thomas Etholen Selfridge Killed
• 1st powered airplane fatality

Page 4 has: "THE AIRSHIP DIASTER", with a corresponding article of, "The disaster to the air ship of Orville Wright in which the inventor was badly wounded and his companion killed is keenly felt in Washington, where the experiments were made". The article goes on to list Lieutenant Selfridge as the one who died in the crash, making him the first to

SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, September 23, 1864  Page 2 has various reports on the Civil War with one column headings. See images for the reports.
Complete in 4 pages, this issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain very pliable and easy to handle. A little irregular along the spine, nice condition.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 23, 1911

• Aviator Robert G. Fowler - early aviation pioneer
• 1st transcontinental airplane flight (stages) (W to E)
• Wright Brothers Model B biplane

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "AVIATOR FOWLER AGAIN FAILS TO CROSS HIGH MOUNTAINS" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 12 pages, small library

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 23, 1994

• Best "The Shawshank Redemption" film advertisement
• Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
• Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman

A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "The Shawshank Redemption" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication.

Note: Where else might one find authentic, poster-size ads for Opening Day showings, in the

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston MA, September 23, 1854

• Images of various dog breeds
• View of Lake George, New York

This 16 page newspaper is one of the few illustrated newspapers of that time. The famed Harper's Weekly didn't start until 1857. The woodcuts in these issues give the public a sense of what was going on around America at the time. This particular issue has the following woodcuts: Cottage near Hague, on Lake George, New York, ftpg. - Portraits of different types of dogs, 2 full pgs. -

SCOTTSDALE PROGRESS, Arizona, Sept. 23, 1989  The banner headline at the top of the ftpg. announces: "Irving Berlin Dies; Songs Never Will" plus subhead: "Wrote 'God Bless America', 'White Christmas', Other Classics", plus a photo of him. The article carries over to the back page.
Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.

NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 23, 1870  Page 3 has: "Base-Ball The Championship Contest--Mutual vs. Atlantic--The Mutuals Win the Champion Pennant --Score 10 to 4". The summary (see) mentions that there was: "...a very large gathering of spectators on the Union Grounds...despite the fact that the admission fee was double the usual charge." Also says there was the largest gathering of fence peepers ever seen at a baseball match, and because there was such an interest in the game: "...the telegraph

FRIENDSHIP WEEKLY REGISTER, New York, September 23, 1880

• Uncommon title
• James Garfield w/ print

This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

Page has a illustrated notice: "Republican Nominees, For President, James A. Garfield....etc." (see photos)

Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise in good condition.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 23, 1893  The front page has "The World's Columbian Exposition - A General View" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Jean Martin Charcot"; "Apparatus for Registering the Running of Trains"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, in very good condition.

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, Sept. 23, 1871  The full ftpg. shows: "Hannah Binding Shoes". Inside has a nice fullpg. print of: "Ratisbon Cathedral" and: "Charles Dickens as Capt. Bobadill" "The Four-in-Hand Club, St. James's St., London. But perhaps the best print is a very nice full page; "A View of Memphis, Tennessee" showing the river as well, with other prints of: "The Levee--Memphis" "Uncle Tom" "A Cotton Field" "Memphians" and more.
Complete in 24 pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1947

• Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane
• Transatlantic flight by autopilot

The front page has two column headings: "Robot-Piloted Plane Makes Safe Crossing of Atlantic" "No Hand on Controls From Newfoundland to Oxfordshire--Take-Off, Flight and Landing Are Fully Automatic" 1st report coverage on a Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane making a transatlantic flight under the control of an autopilot. Report continues on page 2 with photo.
Other news, sports and

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1929

• Charles Lindbergh tropic airmail flights
• Port of Spain - Trinidad and Tobago

The front page has one column headings: "LINDBERGH PARTY REACHES TRINIDAD; HAS WARM ELCOME" "Landing at Port of Spain, Flier and Group Are Nearly Swamped by Throng" "Big Load Of Mail Carried" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day just prior to the stock market crash and great depression. Complete in 56 pages, rag edition in great condition.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, September 23, 1876

• Hell Gate explosion
• East River, New York City
• Thomas Henry Huxley - evolution

Page 3 has an article headed: "THE HINGE OF HELL GATE" "Dangers from the Explosion Decreased by the Character of the Surroundings" "Directions Of The Shock" "Description of the Great Exploding Electric Batteries" and more with two related illustrations. Lengthy text here.
Page 5 has an article headed: "PROFESSOR HUXLEY" "Fossil Marvels" "Horses with Fingers and Toes Discovered in

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 1875

• Velasco, TX
• Indianola, Texas hurricane
• Ghost town

This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "Velasco, Texas, Entirely Swept Away--No Lives Lost" "The Destruction Of Indianola--Provisions For The People" See images for text here.
Complete in nice condition.

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, September 23, 1881

• President James S. Garfield death
• Lying in State at Capital
• Best title to have ?

The front page has one column headings that include:"UNDER THE DOME", "Of The Capital the Dead President Lies in State", "And is Viewed by Thousands of Grief Stricken People", "The Coffin Closed Forever in the Evening", "President Arthur Again Takes Oath of Office" and more. Loads of text, too much to photograph all. Great to have in a Cleveland title, his hometown.

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 23, 1927

• Gene Tunney wins title over Jack Dempsey
• The famous long count boxing match
• Heavyweight boxing title fight

Page 8 has a banner headline: "All Agree, That Last Night's Fight Was a Great Fistic Battle" with subheads that include: "Gene Tunney Retains His Fistic Crown" "Dempsey May Now Hang Up Gloves" and more with photo of Tunney. This is 1st report coverage on the famous heavyweight boxing championship between Gene Tunney and

THE FREDERICK POST, Maryland, September 23, 1938

• German partition of Sudetenland
• Czechoslovakia
• Nazis - Adolf Hitler

This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "FORM NEW CZECHOSLOVAK CABINET" with subheads (see photos). Coverage on the partition of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Adolf Hitler. One of the major events that eventually lead to the outbreak of World War II.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor spine wear, otherwise in good

THE LANDMARK, Salem, Massachusetts, September 23, 1835

• Giuseppe Marco Fieschi assassin
• Uncommon illustration

This 4 page newspaper has one column illustration of page 2 with caption: "The Assassin Fieschi" which shows Giuseppe Marco Fieschi, who attempted to murder King Louis-Philippe of France.

Other news of the day with many ads. Nice condition.

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, September 23, 1966

• 1st Baltimore Orioles pennant
• Major league baseball MLB

This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 11: "Bauer 'Satisfied' As O's Clinch Flag" with photo of manager Hank Bauer. (see)

Tells of the Orioles clinching their first pennant representing Baltimore. The franchise's last flag was raised as the St. Louis Browns in 1944.

Other news of the day. Minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, September 23, 1961 This 22 page newspaper has a one column headlines on page 13: "Gentile Belts His 5th Slam" with photo of Gentile. (see)

Tells of Orioles' star Jim Gentile hitting his fifth grand slam of the season, breaking the American league record and tying the major league record with Ernie Banks.

Other news of the day throughout. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in nice condition.

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL EXTRA, Boston, Massachusetts, September 23, 1802  This singlesheet EXTRA is "A List of the Prizes, (and Fortunate Numbers) in the FIRST CLASS of South Hadley Canal Lottery." Both the front and back is taken up with the listing of the numbers.

This sheet measures approximately 19.5 x 12 inches, does contain some damp-staining and stray hand-writing at the upper margin on the backpage.

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 23, 1969

• Willie Mays 600th home run
• San Francisco Giants
• MLB baseball

This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 7: "Mays Wallops Home Run 600". He was only the 2nd MLB player to achieve this at the time.

Other news of the day. Some small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, September 23, 1930

• New York City gangster
• Jack 'Legs' Diamond

This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Diamond Told To 'Leave' in Hour At Philadelphia", "Was Deported from Germany---Says He Will Go to New York City".
Other news of the day throughout. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.