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  • The 19th Century American Seed Industry...
    Item #677973
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 23, 1882  The front cover has: "AMERICAN SEED INDUSTRY - THE GRET SEED FARMS OF DAVID LANDRETH & SONS", which has 6 related vignettes and additional supporting text and photos on inside pages. The inside has: "Meroney's Washing Machine" which is accompanied by an article... Read full description  
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  • "Smokes For Buddies"...
    Item #677972
    BEACON, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1943 

    * "Smoke For Buddies" rally 
    * Rare military issue from WWII 

    A military paper produced at the Navy Yard with a great wealth of war-related content. An interesting item on the front page headed: "2,100,000 Cigarettes Donated by Yard" to be send to servicemen... Read full description  
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  • 1934 Honea Path, South Carolina riot
    Item #677971
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 7, 1934

    * Honea Path, South Carolina riot
    * Chiquola Mill workers incident
    * General Textile Strike of 1934


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TEN ARE KILLED IN STRIKE RIOTS; BAR PEACE MOVE" with subhead. A few related photos are on the back page. (see) First report coverage on the... Read full description  
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  • 1962 Flying Tiger 923 airplane crash...
    Item #677969
    THE DETROIT NEWS, September 24, 1962

    * Flying Tiger Line - cargo airline
    * Flight 923 airplane crash - North Atlantic


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "RESCUE 49 OFF PLANE, SIGHT OTHERS ON RAFT" with subheads, related photo & map. (see) First report coverage on the Flying Tiger Line Flight 923 airplane disaster in the... Read full description  
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  • 1909 Tragic Week (Spain)...
    Item #677966
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 29, 1909

    * Tragic Week (Spain)
    * Spanish Army - Anarchists
    * Socialists - Republicans


    The front page has a banner headline: "3000...KILLED" with subheads and related pictorial. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally... Read full description  
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  • French aviation pioneer Hubert Latham...
    Item #677965
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 27, 1909

    * Hubert Latham fails on 2nd attempt
    * French aviator - aviation pioneer
    * Airplane flight across the English Channel


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LATHAM FAILS ON 2ND TRIAL" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood... Read full description  
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  • 1913 photo of Steve O'Neill... Cleveland Indians...
    Item #677964
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 18, 1913

    * Steve O'Neill photo
    * Cleveland Naps (Indians)


    The top of page 13 has a two column photo of Steve O'Neill with heading: "O'Neill, Nap Catcher, Is Proving To Be Sensation" with subhead and text. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood... Read full description  
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  • Alexander Berkman suicide... anarchist...
    Item #677961
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 2, 1936

    * Alexander Berkman suicide death
    * Anarchist - anarchism - anarchy


    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "ALEX BERKMAN, ANARCHIST, KILLS SELF IN FRANCE" with subhead. Photo of Berkman is on the back page. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous... Read full description  
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  • The 1917 Mattoon, Illinois (and surrounding area) tornado outbreak...
    Item #677944
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, May 28, 1917

    * Mattoon, IL tornado outbreak
    * One of the deadliest tornado sequences on record


    The front page has the displayable banner headline: "OVER 200 DEAD, 1000 HURT, LOSS $5,000,000", with several related subheadings and supporting text. This multi-day... Read full description  
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  • Battle at Queenston Heights during the War of 1812...
    Item #677937
    INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 26, 1812  

    * Battle of Queenston Heights
    * American War of 1812


    The front page has: "An Act To authorise the granting of Patents for Land, according to the surveys... and to grant...rights to certain Claimants of Land in the District of Detroit..., signed in type: James Madison.... Read full description  
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  • President Madison offers pardon to deserters from the Army...
    Item #677936
    INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 22, 1812

    * War of 1812 deserters
    * James Madison pardon


    The first column is taken up with 3 Acts of Congress as well as: "A Proclamation" headed with an engraving of a heraldic eagle, concerning the granting of a full pardon for those who have deserted from the Army. Each is... Read full description  
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  • Madison signs four Acts of Congress...   War of 1812 reports...
    Item #677935
    INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 19, 1812  The first column is taken up with four Acts of Congress, each signed in type by the President: James Madison. The front pate also has a lengthy report: "Presidential Election" as well as: "General Orders" from headquarters at Fort Wayne, plus:... Read full description  
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  • Acts of Congress...   The War of 1812...
    Item #677932
    INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Oct. 5, 1812  The front page has a full column taken up with five Acts of Congress, each signed in type by he President: James Madison.
    Inside has several reports on the War of 1812 including: "Military Movements" "The Freedom of the Sea, or War!" "Americans In Canada"... Read full description  
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  • 1905 Lodz insurrection... Polish workers...
    Item #677916
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 24, 1905

    * Lodz insurrection - June Days
    * Polish workers uprising
    * Russian Empire


    The top of the front page has a three column headline: "2,000 KILLED OR WOUNDED AT LODZ" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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  • 20th Century Limited train speed record...
    Item #677915
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 19, 1905

    * 20th Century Limited passenger train
    * New York Central Railroad
    * New York to Chicago speed record


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "80 MILES AN HOUR MADE ON THE RUN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood... Read full description  
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  • 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught weds...
    Item #677914
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 15, 1905

    * Princess Margaret of Connaught wedding
    * Gustaf VI Adolf - Future King of Sweden


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "PRINCESS OF ENGLAND WEDS PRINCE OF SWEDEN" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp"... Read full description  
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  • 1929 Cochran, Georgia tornado disaster....
    Item #677901
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1929

    * Cochran, Georgia & more
    * Tornadoes disaster


    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "TORNADOES IN SOUTH KILL 39, INJURE 200" with subheads that include: "Seventeen Die In Cochran" and more. (see) First report coverage on the tornado outbreak in Georgia and South Carolina in... Read full description  
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  • Quentin Roosevelt killed... WWI France...
    Item #677897
    SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., July 21, 1918

    * Quentin Roosevelt killed
    * President Theodore Roosevelt's son
    * United States Army Air Service


    The front page has one column headings: "Theodore, Jr., Hurt" "Quentin Believed Dead" and more. (see) Quentin was President Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son.
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  • 1905 death of General Fitzhugh Lee...
    Item #677887
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 28, 1905

    * Fitzhugh Lee death (1st report)
    * Confederate cavalry general
    * Robert E. Lee's nephew


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GEN. FITZHUGH LEE IS STRICKEN" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... Read full description  
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  • Plate shows the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral...
    Item #677878
    THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1749  Among the interesting items in this issue are: "Plan of a Harbour to the Downs" which includes an illustration of it; "A Description of St. Paul's Cathedral" which is accompanied by a nice full page plate of the interior; "Antient Ships of an... Read full description  
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  • Plate shows the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral...
    Item #677877
    THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, March, 1749  Among the interesting items in this issue are: "Plan of a Harbour to the Downs" which includes an illustration of it; "A Description of St. Paul's Cathedral" which is accompanied by a nice full page plate of the interior; "Antient Ships of an... Read full description  
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  • 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings... George Banks...
    Item #677868
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 26, 1982

    * 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings
    * George Banks spree killings


    Near the bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Gunman Kills 13 in a Pennsylvania Rampage" with related photo. (see) First report coverage continues inside with another related photo.
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  • 1st William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition...
    Item #677865
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 1, 1928

    * First Putnam Competition
    * Harvard University wins


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Harvard Team Wins 'Brain Test' Over Yale, Taking Putnam Prize of $5,000 in Books" (see) This was the very 1st Putnam Competition before it became a annual event ten years... Read full description  
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  • Sherman's advance.. Nashville, Tennessee...
    Item #677856
    NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 8, 1864  
     
    * William T. Sherman's march to the sea
    * Third Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
     
    Among the front page column heads are: "SHERMAN'S PROGRESS", "Rebel Reports of His Whereabouts", "His Cavalry on the Savannah River", "Where He Will Probably... Read full description  
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  • Meridian race riot of 1871...  Ku Klux Klan...
    Item #677854
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 7, 1871

    * Meridian MS Mississippi
    * Race riot - Freedmen
    * KKK Ku Klux Klan


    The bottom of page 5 has small one column heading: "Fatal Affray In Mississippi", followed by brief text - this being 1st report coverage on the Meridian, Mississippi race riot.
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  • 1922 Sulphur Springs, Missouri train collision....
    Item #677853
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7, 1922

    * Sulphur Springs, Jefferson County, Missouri
    * Missouri Pacific trains collide disaster


    The front page has a one column heading: "TOLL OF WRECK MAY TOTAL 60 DEAD, 65 HURT" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the terrible train collision at Sulphur Springs, Missouri.
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  • Early Al Capone... Cigarettes don't cause cancer ?....
    Item #677842
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1928

    * Early Al Capone report
    * Chicago gangster war
    * Alcohol - beer - prohibition era
    * re. Frankie Yale Uale murder


    Page 25 has one column headings that include: "CAPONE PUTS 5 HERE DAY UALE WAS SLAIN" "Politicians See Gangster" "Track Capone Gangsters" and more.... Read full description  
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  • 1905 Lochner v. New York... 10 hr. work day...
    Item #677840
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 10, 1905

    * United States Supreme Court decision
    * Lochner v. New York - 10 hour work day


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "10-HOUR DAY LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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  • Guglielmo Marconi marries in 1905....
    Item #677837
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1905

    * Guglielmo Marconi marries - wedding
    * Wireless telegraphy - radio inventor
    * Beatrice O'Brien


    The front page has a one column heading: "MARCONI IS WED THIS MORNING" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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  • Much on the War of 1812...
    Item #677833
    INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE, Boston, Sept. 21, 1812  The front page has a full column with the; "Letter From Commodore Rodgers to the Secretary of the Navy" from on board the U.S. frigate President, in which he gives a detailed account of his actions.
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  • Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" movie opening day...
    Item #677813
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 6, 1928

    * "The Circus" silent movie - flim
    * Opening day advertisement
    * Comedian actor Charlie Chaplin

    Page 27 has 4 x 2 inch advertisement for the opening of Charlie Chaplin's silent film "The Circus" which has it's very first showing on this day (midnight) in New York City... Read full description  
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  • Bullfighter Manolete killed in 1947....
    Item #677810
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1947

    * Manolete gored & killed - bullfighter
    * Manual Laureano Rodriguez Sanchez
    * Miura bull Islero - bullfighting
    * Funeral & burial


    Page 12 has a one column heading: "Matador Manolete Burid With Honors" (see) See image for text here.
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  • Jack Burke, Jr. wins 1956 Masters golf tournament
    Item #677809
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 9, 1956

    * Jack Burke, Jr. wins Masters Tournament
    * Augusta National Golf Club - Georgia


    The top of the front page of the sport's section (page 29) has a five column headline: "Burke Captures Masters As Venturi Collapses to 80" with subheads, a few related photos and scores. First report... Read full description  
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  • 1904 Eden train wreck...
    Item #677807
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 9, 1904

    * Eden train wreck - Colorado
    * Missouri Pacific Railroad
    * Flash flood  bridge disaster


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "SEARCH FOR BODIES WENT ON ALL NIGHT" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description  
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  • Serial killer Johann Otto Hoch...
    Item #677802
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 2, 1905

    * Johann Otto Hoch - The Bluebeard Murderer
    * German born serial killer - wife murderer


    Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "BLUEBEARD'S WIFE WAS POISONED" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... Read full description  
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  • The French surrender Alexandria...
    Item #677737
    THE LONDON GAZETTE--EXTRAORDINARY, England, Oct. 22, 1801  

    * Capitulation of Alexandria
    * French expedition of Egypt


    This "extra" edition--published outside the regular printing schedule to get historic news into the hands of the public quickly--notes on the front page, with a dateline of "Head-Quarters, Camp before Alexandria,... Read full description  
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  • 1795 - Early brewing (for the poor)... account of Baal worship...
    Item #677726
    THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, April, 1795  Two of the more interesting items are: a "Cheap Mode For Brewing" and an account of Baal worship in Ireland. Among the additional articles within as noted in the title/index page are: "Mansfield Church--Dr. Jeremy Taylor" "Hints Respecting the... Read full description  
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  • Joan Crawford & Daouglas Fairbanks Jr....
    Item #677719
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 4, 1929

    * Actress Joan Crawford
    * Actor Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.
    * Wedding - weds - married


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Fairbanks Jr., 19, Weds Joan Crawford Here; Pair Too Busy in Films for Honeymoon Now" (see)
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  • 1911 Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold...
    Item #677705
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 28, 1911

    * Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
    * American socialite and heiress


    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "HUNT FOR KIDNAPPED HEIRESS IN NEW YORK CITY PROVES USELESS" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp"... Read full description  
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  • Anna Marie Hahn executtion.... Woman serial killer....
    Item #677693
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, December 8, 1938

    * Anna Marie Hahn execution (electric chair)
    * German-American Woman serial killer (poison)


    The top of page 6 has a two column heading: "'Don't Do This to Me,' Cried Mrs. Hahn in Ohio Death Chair" with subhead. (see)
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  • 1913 University of Washington rowing crew wins
    Item #677689
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 19, 1913

    * University of Washington
    * Collegiate Rowing Crew
    * Wins varsity race - Oakland Estuary


    The top of the front page has two column headline: "WASHINGTON TRIUMPHS IN BIG VARSITY RACE; STANFORD CREW 2ND" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from... Read full description  
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  • 1913 Emmeline Pankhurst released from jail...
    Item #677685
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 12, 1913

    * Emmeline Pankhurst released
    * HM Prison Holloway - hunger strike
    * British suffragette - Women's suffrage leader


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BRITISH OFFICIALS RELEASE NOTED SUFFRAGETTE LEADER" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good... Read full description  
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  • 1953 Iranian coup d'état...
    Item #677615
    MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE., August 20, 1953

    * 1953 Iranian coup d'état
    * Mohammad Mosaddegh
    * "Operation Boot" by British


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Iran Shah to Return Today" with subhead. (see)
    Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally nice.
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  • 1938 Seabiscuit wins Havre de Grace Handicap...
    Item #677614
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, September 29, 1938

    * Seabiscuit wins Havre de Grace Handicap
    * Maryland - Havre de Grace Racetrack
    * Thoroughbred racehorse racing


    The front page of the sport's section (page 17) has a one column heading: "Seabiscuit Gallops Home" (see) First report coverage on famous racehorse, Seabiscuit,... Read full description  
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  • 1912 Princeton University president elected...
    Item #677608
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 18, 1912

    * John Grier Hibben - minister - educator
    * Elected president of Princeton University


    The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ELECTION OF DR. HIBBEN EXPECTED TO END MUCH OF TROUBLE AT PRINCETON" with subhead and related pictorial. (see) Surprisingly this issue is... Read full description  
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  • 1910 Idaho avalanche...
    Item #677592
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 1, 1910

    * Mace & Burke avalanche disasters
    * Northern Idaho mining ghost towns


    The front page has a three column headline: "DEATH LIST IN BURIED IDAHO TOWNS GROWS AS RESCUING GOES ON" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp"... Read full description  
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  • 1912 Women's Suffrage...
    Item #677591
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 2, 1912

    * Women's Suffrage movement
    * President Theodore Roosevelt


    Page 2 has a two column heading: "ROOSEVELT FAVORS SUFFRAGE; HOME DUTIES FIRST, HOWEVER" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally... Read full description  
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  • The Thirtieth Street Murder...
    Item #677590
    THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 28, 1858

    * The Thirtieth Street Murders
    * Murderer Francis A. Gouldy, Jr.


    The top of the 1st column of the front page has one column headings that include: "Terrible And Appalling Tragedy" "Murder most Foul and Unnatural" "A Night Of Horrors" "Assassination of a Whole Family by a Son"... Read full description  
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  • Beecher-Tilton scandal...
    Item #677587
    ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 26, 1875

    * Henry Ward Beecher
    * Elizabeth Tilton
    * Adultery trial
    * Victoria Woodhull


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THEODORE AND VICTORIA" "Tilton's Oft-Repeated Visits to the Woodhull Mansion" and... Read full description  
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  • Chicago Cubs win 1938 NL pennant....
    Item #677580
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, October 2, 1938

    * Chicago Cubs win NL pennant
    * MLB - Major League Baseball


    The top of page 12 has a banner headline: "CUBS WIN NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT; BEAT CARDS, 10 TO 3" with subhead, box scores and related photo. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Chicago Cubs winning the National League pennant.
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