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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 5, 1993

* Hall of fame pitcher Nolan Ryan
* The famous Robin Ventura incident
* The "headlock fight" photo & report
* Texas Rangers - MLB baseball folklore

The front page of the sport's section has a iconic photo in MLB folklore showing Nolan Ryan putting Robin Ventura into a headlock and throwing a punch to his head. And the top of page 5 of this section has a five column heading: "Ryan Adds Punch to His Pitching and Rangers Win" (see images) 
Complete 1st and sport's…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1940

* Ze-ev Jabotinsky death (1st report)
* Jewish Revisionist Zionist - Zionism
* Odessa, Ukraine author poet orator 

The top of page 13 has a one column heading: "JABOTINSKY DEAD; LED NEW ZIONISTS" with subheads and photo. I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1930

* Dornier Do X flying boat - airplane 
* Refitted with upgraded motors - engines 
* Flight over Lake Constance (success)

The top of page 12 has a one column heading: "Do-X In First Flight With New Motors" with subhead. (see images) 
Complete with all 48 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Background: On August 4, 1930, the Dornier Do X, then the world's most massive and ambitious flying boat, was undergoing a transformative mechanical overhaul at the Dornier works…

THE DETROIT NEWS, Aug. 5, 1924

* Leopold & Loeb trial
* Bobby Franks murder
* Thrill Killing case

The top of the front page has a one column heading on the Leopold - Loeb case with: "LAYS SLAYING BLAME ON LOEB" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.

history notes: The Bobby Franks murder trial in 1924 shocked the nation as it revealed the chilling crime committed by two wealthy and highly intelligent University of Chicago…

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 5, 1986

* Metallica concert performance advertisement
* Heavy Metal band - Felt Forum (cancelled) 
* James Hetfield - Cliff Burton - Kirk Hammett
* Scheduled weeks prior to Bassist Cliff Burton's death

Page 71 has a 5 1/2 x 4 3/4-inch advertisement for a upcoming performance by "METALLICA" at the Felt Forum inside Madison Square Garden.
background: The band was scheduled to perform at the Felt Forum as part of their Damage, Inc. tour…

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 6-12, 1980

* "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" SE advertisement
* "Special Edition" opening day movie premiere in NYC
* Science fiction film - Steven Spielberg - Richard Dreyfuss

Page 39 has a nice advertisement for the opening day showing of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" special edition. (see images)
Background:The 1980 Special Edition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind opens with an extended and more…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 5, 1956

* Matthew McKeon sentenced
* Ribbon Creek incident - deaths
* United States Marine Corps
* Parris Island Recruit Depot
* Port Royal, South Carolina

The front page has a four column heading: "Marine Kicked Out, Given Prison Term" with related photo. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, small binding holes along the spine slightly affects text, generally nice.

THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Aug. 5, 1812  All of the front page, much of page 2, & over half of page 4 are taken up with: "An Address Of Members...of Congress...on the Subject of the War with Great Britain" which continues in a future issue.
Page 2 has: "A Proclamation" to "Inhabitants of Canada!!" which begins: "After thirty years of peace & prosperity the United States have been driven to arms...The army under my command has invaded your country & the standard of Union…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1947

* Anti-Jewish riots in Britain (pogrom)
* re. The Sergeants affair
* Manchester & Liverpool
* Anti-semitism - Jews

The top of page 7 has a two column heading: "Mob Attacks on Jews in Britain Continue; Liverpool Police Active to Halt Outbreaks" with subhead. (see images)
The top of page 6 has a one column heading: "Zionists Announce War On Terrorism" with subhead.
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1932

* re. Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death
* Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
* Socialite & actress Libby Holman indictment

The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUNT LIBBY HOLMAN; INDICTED" with subheads. (see images) Was this suicide or murder ? American socialite Libby Holman was a suspect. She didn't remember what happened that night because she was severely drunk.
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few…

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 5, 1807  The front page has a letter from the President to the King of Holland, signed in type: Th. Jefferson. Page 2 has a report noting: "The trial of Mr. Burr for High Treason...commenced on Monday last...".
Four pages, good condition.

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 5, 1807  The front page has a letter from the President to the King of Holland, signed in type: Th. Jefferson. Page 2 has a report noting: "The trial of Mr. Burr for High Treason...commenced on Monday last...".
Four pages, slightly irregular at the spine, good condition.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1865  

* Atlantic cable route - U.S. map
* Southern Confederacy no more

Certainly the graphic appeal of this issue is the very large map showing the route of the Atlantic cable across the Atlantic Ocean, which also presents a nice map of the United States at this time with most of the area west of the Mississippi still as territories. Curiously there is no related text.
Much of the text on the front page is a great overview of the Civil War with: "The Decline…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1943

* Operation Kutuzov
* Oryol - Orel, Russia
* WWII Red Army

The front page has a nice 3-line, 5-column headline: "RUSSIANS ENTER OREL, NAZIS FLEE; RED ARMY ATTACKS AT BELGOROD; WARSHIPS AID ADVANCE IN SICILY", with subheads and a related photo. See images for details.
Complete with 36 pages, "rag edition" (print for libraries), slightly rough left spine, quite nice.

PUE'S OCCURRENCES, Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 5, 1758  

* Rare 18th century publication
* Not held by any American institution

An early Irish newspaper with pages 1 and 2 having various news reports while most of the balance of the issue is taken up with ads & notices.
This title is not held by any American institution.
Four pages, 10 1/2 by 16 3/4 inches, never-trimmed margins, archival strengthening at the blank spine, minor margin tears and foxing at margins.

Background: Pue's Occurrences was a…

NEW YORK DAILY TIMES, August 5, 1857  

* Mormons Mormonism - emigration
* Escaping Brigham Young's tyranny
* Dr. Harvey Burdell murder case

The front page has an article headed: "THE BURDELL MURDER !!" "Complication Of The Mystery" "Mrs. Cunningham Re-Arrested" "A Fictitious Child-Birth" "Astounding Disclosures" and more.
Perhaps of more interest is the page 2 article: "Momonism--Disgusted 'Saints' ". The report begins: "We have another arrival from Mormondom. An emigrant train,…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1936 

* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolf Hitler & Third Reich

The front page of the sports section (page 19) has a nice headline: "OWENS WINS 2D OLYMPIC TITLE; SETS TWO RECORDS" with subhead: "U. S. Captures 3 More Events; Increases Lead". This same page has 2 photos from the Berlin Olympics, one showing: "Jesse Owens, U.S. star, leaps to New Olympic record...". The report carries over to page 20…

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 1852  Page 3 has an entire column taken up with: "Gen. Scott On the Subject of Slavery" which is signed in type: Winfield Scott. 
Page 3 also has a nice item: "From the Western Prairies" which is a great account of wagon trains making their way across the prairies to the West, with nice detail.
Four pages, good condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1971

* Mawangdui - Western Han Dynasty
* Changsha Kingdom, China tomb discovery
* Chinese noblewoman Xin Zhui

Near the bottom of the front page has a four column heading: "China Hails Discovery of 2,100-Year-Old Han Tomb" with photo. (see) Another related photo on page 2.
Complete with 40 pages, foxing along the middle section, minor right margin wear, generally nice.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1931

* Aviator Charles Lindbergh & Anne Morrow
* Airplane flight to the Orient  Northern route

The front page has a five column heading: "Lindberghs Hop for Rim of World" with subheads. (see) Related map on page 2. Related photo is on the back page.
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

CANON CITY RECORD, Canon City, Colorado, Aug. 5, 1897  

* Very rare publication

A scarce title, the first we have offered. The format is typical of the day with a various of local and regional reports, and a wealth of advertising. 
Four pages, printed on high-quality newsprint in a pinkish tone, very nice condition.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1864  

* 3rd and final Northern invasion

Among the front page reports on the Civil War are; "THE GREAT CONTEST" "From the Army of the Potomac" "The Battle of Winchester" "The Invasion of Pennsylvania" "Success of Stoneman's Raid--Defeat of Wheeler" "The Guerrilla War in Kentucky" and more. 
Eight pages, very nice condition.

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, August 5, 1910

* Blanche "Betty" Stuart Scott
* Automobile journey across U.S.

The top of page 8 has a two column headline: "FAMOUS WOMAN AUTOIST ARRIVES IN SAN DIEGO IN HER OVERLAND CAR TODAY" 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 10 pages, two small library stamps within the masthead, some small binding…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 5, 1908

* Zeppelin LZ 4 fire disaster
* German experimental airship
* Echterdingen, Germany

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP DESTROYED TODAY" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. 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 8 pages, two small library stamps within the masthead, some small binding…

NEW YORK POST, August 5, 2010  The back page has: "FINALLY! A-Rod "treasures' historic No. 600", which includes a large color photo. Inside pages show coverage from A-Rod's 600th home run "A 'T' PARTY FOR A-ROD'S 600"  A souvenir poster of A-ROD, the "ALL-TIME HOME RUN LIST", and a two page article with the banner "IT'S ABOUT TIME! A-ROD RIPS 600TH" are all present within.
Additional headlines from Rudy Giuliani's daughter's shoplifting report, the murders of Omar Thornton and President…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1929

* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (pre-start)
* Hugo Eckener

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ZEP DOCKS; CUTS FLYING TIME" with subheads. (see) More on page 2 with small related map. Two related photos are on the back  page. First report coverage on the Graf Zeppelin flight to America where it was to start a flight around the World a few days later. Nice for display. Always nice to have notable events in…

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1933  The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GAS BOMBS SHUT STOCK EXCHANGE; 4 SUSPECTS HELD" with subheads that include: "2,000 Driven To Street" "Gasping Brokers Flee 'Knockout' Fumes in the Cooling System" and more.  There are two related photos on page 5.
This was a tear gas attack on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange which sent hundreds of brokers scattering and forced the suspension of trading. The sudden closing was the first since…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1931

* Georgetown County South Carolina
* Sampit river drawbridge bus tragedy

Page 7 has a one column heading: "22 DROWN IN PLUNGE OF BUS INTO RIVER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on a bus disaster on a drawbridge over the Sampit River in Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Complete in 40 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally good.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 5, 1867

* Ottoman field marshal Omar Pasha
* Fighting rebels in Kingdom of Candia (Crete)

Page 4 has a heading: "Omar Pasha's Report of His Work in Candia" with the report on  page 5 under: "The Eastern Question"
Other news and advertisements of the day during the reconstruction era shortly after the American Civil War. Complete with 8 pages, some staining with a few printing flaws, generally good.

DAILY OHIO STATESMAN, Columbus, Aug. 5, 1853  Page 2 has  a nice article: "Conventions At New York" which concerns the women's rights convention to be held there next month. Mention of Lucy Stone being an organizer, and then a list of many other women to be there including Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and many others.
Four pages, nice condition.

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 5, 1865   A full page has two large prints: "Paul Falk's Lion Park, 8th Avenue and 110th Street, New York -- View Of The Hotel" and "View Of Lion Park and Belvedere...".
Also a half page: "The Great Rowing Match On The Hudson River At Poughkeepsie, New York"; fullpg: "...Burning of the Ship William Nelson Off the Banks of Newfoundland"; fullpg: "The Great Sangerfest...German Singing Societies...at the City Hall, New York" and more.    
Sixteen pages, good…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1933

* Officer Thomas G. W. Settle
* Century of Progress balloon
* Soldier Field flight failure

The front page has a great banner headline: "BALLOON RISES A  MILE; FALLS" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. A full back page pictorial is also nice for display. Probably only found in this Chicago publication.
Complete with all 24 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In great…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1935

* The Jewish Holocaust
* Joseph Goebbels

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS WARNS OF GREATER DRIVE ON FOES ON NAZIS" with subheads that include: "Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Masons and Foreign Press Attacked by Minister" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, light toning and minor wear the margins, generally nice.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, August 5, 1934

* Adolph Hitler becomes Führer of Germany
* Europe braces itself for possible war

The top of the front page of this section has two column headline: "GERMANS ARE NOW RULED BY REICHSFUEHRERSCHAFT" with subheads. This is a editorial on Adolph Hitler becoming supreme dictator of Germany earlier in the week. 1934 was a very tumultuous time in Germany with the recent appointment of Adolph Hitler as Führer. Things would only get worse before…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1928

* Fritz von Opel
* Rocket car automobile

The top of page 25 has one column headings: "CAR IS BLOWN TO BITS IN NEW ROCKET TEST" "Von Opel, Undaunted by Hanover Failure, to try Again for Speed of 250 Miles Per Hour" Coverage of German rocketeer,  Fritz Von Opel, testing his new rocket automobile.
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, a few small binding slits along the spine, otherwise nice.

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION of the New York Times, August 5, 1934

* Failed coup d'etat against Austrofascist
* Adolph Hitler & Vienna, Austria
* Federal State of Austria - Nazis

The front page of this photo section has seven related photos of the failed coup d'etat against Austrofascist in Austria (July Putsch). (see) A few other related photos inside. Nice for display.
Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with all 8 pages, light toning, generally nice.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1932

* Luigi Becalli wins gold medal
* 1932 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles
* First ever Italian to win gold in running

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BECCALI OF ITALY WINS 1,500 METERS AT OLYMPIC GAMES" with subheads. (see) The sport's section (page 17) has a banner headline: "Beccali of Italy Closes With Closes With Rush to Capture Olympic 1,500-Meter  Run Title" and related photo. (see) First report coverage on Luigi Beccali becoming…

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 5, 1893  The front cover has "The World's Columbian Exposition - The French Locomotive Exhibit - The Bethlehem Iron Co.'s Exhibit" (Pennsylvania) with an accompanying article.  Inside the issue is: "The Edison Electric Light Suits" the recent ruling on the patent; "The Desroziers Dynamo"; "The World's Columbian Exposition - Loop of the Intra-Mural Railway"; "The Woolf Electrical Apparatus for the Purification of Water"; and more illustrations, articles and…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, August 5, 1945  

* Byron Nelson wins his 18th of the year 
* Famous record - PGA golf 

The front page of this sport's section only has a one column heading: "NELSON IS VICTOR IN CANADIAN OPEN" with subhead. (see) First report coverage in Byron Nelson's famous 18th win in 1945 which is still a single season record and considered by many as the most impressive record in golf history. This was also his 11th consecutive win as well.
Other sporting…

EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, Aug. 5, 1871  Among the prints inside is once captioned: "Among The Mormons--A Dangerous Gentile" with a related article: "Among the Mormons". Other prints within include a fullpg: "A Cypress Swamp In Louisiana" "A Sugar House" "Ruins of the Louisiana State House at Baton Rouge" "Mos-Gatherers near Baton Rouge" "

DAILY COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, Georgia, Aug. 5, 1862 

* Very rare Confederate publication
* General John H Morgan's Kentucky raid

Certainly one of the less common Confederate titles from the Civil War. Columbus is in Southwest Georgia on the Alabama border very near Montgomery.
Over one-third of page 2 is taken up with the very lengthy & detailed: "Official Report of Col. John. H. Morgan" concerning his raid into Kentucky. Also on page 2 is a lengthy letter signed in type by: Jefferson…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, July 18, 1938

* Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan
* Bizarre flight - on purpose ?

The front page has banner headline: "Corrigan Solos Atlantic in 9-Yr.-Old Plane" with subheads. (see) 1st report coverage on Douglas P. Corrigan's famous "wrongway" flight. Was it intentionally done ?
You also get the July 19th issue with continued coverage and pictorial on the front page. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Each issue is complete in 10 pages, a few…

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 5, 1875

* Macomb, Illinois tornado
* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning

This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "WIND AND WATER" "Macomb, Ill., Treated to a Tornado by the Former" and more. See images for text here.
Page 2 has: "The Lost Balloon" and more. (see)
Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity along spine, very nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1915 

* Warsaw Poland siege 

The front page has a three column headline: "DECISIVE BATTLE FOR WARSAW IS ON; BAVARIANS ATTACK CITY'S DEFENSES; IVANGOROD'S WESTERN FORTS TAKEN" with subheads (see photos). Coverage on the fall of Warsaw, Poland during World War I. Germans would capitulate this city on this day.

Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day throughout. Complete in 20 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 5, 1863 

* Charleston, South Carolina Harbor map

The front page features a huge Civil War map headed: "THE IMPORTANT OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON." Plus there are some one column heads including: "On To Charleston" "The Bombardment of Fort Wagner" and more (see photos).
Eight pages, great condition, and a great newspaper for display with the large map.

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Aug. 5, 1865  Obviously a military-themed publication so a nice title for Civil War content, even for reports from shortly after the end of the war.
The front page report, in part, reflects upon events of just one year prior noting: "...This week a year ago our columns were laden to repletion with accounts of the Burnside Mine, or the tremendous Hood and Sherman battles around Atlanta, & of the astonishing &, it must be owned, to us extremely discreditable raid…

STOCKTON DAILY INDEPENDENT, Stockton, California, Aug. 5, 1861

* Battle of Bull Run
* Civil War

Page 2 has a lengthy editorial: "The Late Battle--It's Moral Effects" which is nearly a column. Page 3 has: "Details of The Great Battle which takes nearly 2 1/2 columns. The top of the front page has reports headed: "Arrival of the Pony Express"
Four pages, a bit irregular at the spine, nice condition.