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Item #697866THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, June 19, 1799
* Increase Sumner death
* Massachusetts governor
The front page has: "On Matrimony". Page 3 has a black-bordered report on the death & funeral of Mass. Governor Increase Sumner including the "Order Of Procession" and the position of "The... Read full description -
Item #697863LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 21, 2012
* Aurora, Colorado mass shooting
* "The Dark Knight Rises" movie
* Shooter James Holmes - theater
The front page has a banner headline: "MIDNIGHT MASSACRE" with subheads and 2 related photos. Much more inside.
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Item #697860THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL & WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Boston, Sept. 4, 1777
* Siege of Fort Stanwix - Schuyler
* American Revolutionary War
Page 3 has Revolutionary War content including an item reading: "We hear Sir William Howe has requested his Majesty, for very essential reasons, to allow him to exchange General Lee for some... Read full description -
Item #697857SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Aug. 23, 1808 Among the items is a page 2: "Proclamation" signed in type: Napoleon, noting in part: "...We guarantee to the King of Spain the independence and integrity of his States in Europe..." followed by a response "Proclamation" by the King of Spain.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed,... Read full description -
Item #697855THE DOLLAR WEEKLY SUN, New York, Feb. 15, 1871 Page 2 has: "Gratz Brown In Trouble - A Woman's Rights Delegation Surrounding Him - The Great Liberal Fights Shy of the Movement..." with more.
Also: "A Slave Trader's $40,000" "The Trouble at West Point" "The Great Postal... Read full description -
Item #697852CLEVELAND WEEKLY PLAIN DEALER, Ohio, March 10, 1858 About half of the front page, a portion of page 2, and most of page 3 are taken up with the very extensive coverage of an infamous court trial: "A Full Report Of the Trial of HIRAM COLE, Indicted for Poisoning his Wife, Adele Cole, on the 8th and 9th days of September,... Read full description -
Item #697849COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 22 and 25, 1796
* President George Washington
* Paul Revere's church bells
A two issue set with over half of the front page of the 22nd taken up with lengthy & detailed text of: "An ACT to Regulate Trade & Intercourse with the Indian Tribes & to Preserve... Read full description -
Item #697830FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 20, 1942
* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan is revealed
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* USS Hornet aircraft carrier
The front page has two column photo of President Roosevelt giving Doolittle the Congressional Medal; of Honor with heading: "Plane Racer Bombed Tokyo" ... Read full description -
Item #697827FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, June 4, 1942.
* Dutch Harbor, Alaska
* Japanese airplane attack
* Battle of Midway eve
* Reinhard Heydrich killed
* "The Blond Beast" "Hangman"
The front page has a nice banner headline: "WEST COAST ALERT FOR RAIDS" with subheads and related map. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #697825FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, July 26, 1943
* Italy - Benito Mussolini ousted
* Pietro Badoglio takes over
* World War II era
Nice headline at the top of the front page announces: "ITALIAN ARMY TAKES OVER; HULL SEES END OF FACISM" with subheads and photo of Mussolini. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, minor... Read full description -
Item #697824THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1943
* Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
* 21 day fasting - hunger strike ends
* British detention without charges protest
* World War II - WWII era
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "GANDHI FAST ENDS; AIM NOT ACHIEVED" with subheads. (see images)
Much on World War II events of the day. Complete with 42... Read full description -
Item #697823NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1849
* California gold rush - 49ers
* Mormons at Salt Lake City
* Mormonism - emigration
Two-thirds of a column on page 3 is taken up with: "The Mormons" which notes in part: "...Seven thousand of them have found a resting place in the most remarkable spot on the... Read full description -
Item #697822DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 1857 This issue has multiple reports regarding the Mormon tensions of mid-late 1857. Page 2 begins with a full column article headed: "A Reply to Brigham Young" which kicks off with Young's detailed letter on how to handle the Indians, followed by the... Read full description -
Item #697820FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., November 5, 1942
* Second Battle of El Alamein
* World War II Egypt - Africa
* Erwin Rommel defeated
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AXIS FACES WORST DEFEAT; Report African Corps Casualties Total 40,000" with subheads and photo of General Georg Stumme. (see images) Nice for display.
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Item #697819THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, May 29, 1759 Page 5 has most of a column headed: "America" with reports from the Caribbean with bits including: "...skirmish with the enemy...near Point St. Petre in which we lost four or five negroes..." and: "...Grand Terre, in the island of Guadeloupe, has surrendered to the English..."... Read full description -
Item #697816THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 20, 1784
* Post Revolutionary War America
* Loyalists - Tories & Charleston SC
Page 5 has a letter from Charleston, South Carolina, with reports concerning end-of-war issues, noting in part: "About 3 weeks since a party of Tories...who had been very active while the... Read full description -
Item #697814THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, June 14, 1787 Page 2 has a letter from Philadelphia which mentions in part: "...from America say that Shays and ten more (his officers) are taken up by the British garrison at St. John's and confined until Lord Dorchester's pleasure is known respecting them...".
This was Danial Shays concerning... Read full description -
Item #697812THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 6, 1788
* Captain Thomas Read
* Continental Navy officer
* Voyage to & from China
* Early global maritime trade
Page 5 has a letter from New York concerning Captain Thomas Read's trip to China. Wikipedia notes: "... he sailed from the Delaware on June 7, 1787, and... Read full description -
Item #697809THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, May 15, 1798 Page 2 has a spot headed: "America" taken up with a "Message from the President of the United States to the House of Representatives" concerning the report of the envoys to France, attempting to prevent a war with France. It is signed in type: John Adams.
Relating to this is a page 4... Read full description -
Item #697768BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany, February 6, 1936 This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era of World War II. Pages 2 & 3 have a large photo showing Adolf Hitler addressing a crowd. Several of the photos seem to be focused on the 1936 Winter Olympics.
The... Read full description -
Item #697764GRASS VALLEY REPUBLICAN, Nevada County, California, Nov. 9, 1871
* First issue of a very rare old West publication
This is the volume 1, number 1 issue. The very first published.
Grass Valley, which was originally known as Boston Ravine and later named Centerville, dates from the California Gold Rush. Gold was... Read full description -
Item #697761DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1839 Page 2 has: "Religious Belief of Witnesses", which tells of a court case in Boston in which the defendant argued that a potential witness should be disqualified since the required oath "to tell the truth... so help me God" with their... Read full description -
Item #697758FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., July 19, 1943
* Bombing of Rome, Italy
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "ROME IS BOMBARDED BY ALLIES" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice. -
Item #697757LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., April 23, 1945
* Buchenwald concentration extermination camp
* Atrocities and inhuman conditions announced
The front page has a two column heading: "Stories Of Atrocities Will Be Given Public Following Inspection" with subhead. (see images)
Much other World War II reporting. Complete... Read full description -
Item #697756LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., February 1, 1943
* Battle of Stalingrad ending
* Nazis 1st major loss in WWII
* One of the bloodiest battles in history
The front page has a six column heading: "Reds Say 240,000 Nazis Lost At Stalingrad" with subheads (see images). Coverage on the ending of the Battle of Stalingrad which... Read full description -
Item #697755FREDERICK DOUGLASS' PAPER, Rochester, New York, May 20, 1852
* Extremely rare publication
We are pleased to offer this exceedingly rare--and highly desirable--newspaper by the famed Frederick Douglass. This weekly title is the continuation of his newspaper "North Star" which began in 1847.
Much of page 2 is... Read full description -
Item #697736(5) THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, A group of five issues dated Jan. 14, 1758, Jan. 2, 1759, Jan. 13, 1761, Jan. 25, 17673, and Jan. 1, 1771. A nice little group lot providing a flavor of life in England from the period when tensions were growing with its American colonies.
Each issue is complete in 8 pages, 8 by 11 inches,... Read full description -
Item #697733HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 9, 1869
* Winslow Homer illustration - print
The front page features a full page illustration by Thomas Nast: "Peace" showing Grant and Miss Liberty.
Inside has a full page illustration by Winslow Homer: "The New Year - 1869". The doublepage centerfold is: "West Point and... Read full description -
Item #697732HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 13, 1866
* Actor Edwin Booth
* NYC fire department
* Prints - illustrations
The full front page is a nice illus. of: "Edwin Forrest Booth" from a Brady photograph.
The highly sought-after great doublepage centerfold: "Metropolitan Fire Department" is very displayable with many vignettes on... Read full description -
Item #697726FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., November 23, 1943.
* General George S. Patton slaps soldier
* World War II - WWII (1st made public)
Near the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "Disclose Patton Offered Apology To Officers, Men" with photo of Patton. (see images) First report coverage continues on page 7 with a detailed... Read full description -
Item #697723THE BINNACLE, S.S. Ryndam, March 26, 1927 Subtitled: "Published Daily at Sea by The Floating University." An interesting little "in-house" newspaper published on board the ship of this early floating university that traveled the world.
Four pages, lightly inked library stamp in an upper... Read full description -
Item #697718THE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS, Nebraska, March 13, 1883 We seldom encounter Nebraska newspapers from during the Wild West era, but here is one. Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska and this issue is dated from just 16 years after statehood.
Gregory's 'Union List of American Newspapers' notes that the only institution holding any issues... Read full description -
Item #697707THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, Phoenix, April 11, 1951
* Douglas MacArthur Fired
* World War II hero
* President Harry Truman
The front page has a banner headline: "PRESIDENT OUSTS M'ARTHUR; RIDGWAY NAMED SUCCESSOR" with subheads and two photos.
Incomplete issue containing 8 of the 30 pages, nice for display as such.
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Item #697686SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, Aug. 25, 1968
* Fort Hood 43 - Negro soldiers protest
* Democratic National Convention
* Chicago, Illinois - Killeen, Texas
Page 10 has a three column heading: "43 Negro Soldiers at Ft. Hood Face Court Martial for Protest" (see images)
Complete with 50+ pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #697684NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 26, 1932
* Adolf Hitler gains Germany citizenship
* Austrian born changes to run for president
Page 9 has a column-wide article headed: GERMAN CITIZENSHIP ACQUIRED BY HITLER", with subhead: "He Receives an Appointment to Post of Attache at Berlin Legation of Brunswick". See images for... Read full description -
Item #697678LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 28, 2007
* Paul Krassner editorial
* Counterculture satirist
* Yippies - LSD - psychedelics
Page 10 of section E has a two column heading: "'60's live again, minus the LSD" (see)
Complete 1st and E sections only with a total of 50 pages, very nice condition. -
Item #697675THE DETROIT NEWS, July 9, 1926
* Bobby Jones at Scioto (1st day results)
* Olympia Fields Country Club
* U.S. Open golf championship
The top of page 37 has a banner heading: "MEHLHORN LEADS BUT JONES IS FAVORITE IN NATIONAL OPEN" with subheads and leaderboard. (see images) First report coverage of day one of the 1926 U.S. Open at the... Read full description -
Item #697674THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1943
* Invasion of Sicily Italy begins
* Operation Husky
* World War II - WWII
* 1st stage of Europe liberation
The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "ALLIED TROOPS START INVASION OF SICILY; NAVAL ESCORTS BOMBARD SHORE DEFENSES; LANDINGS PRECEDED BY SEVERE AIR ATTACK" with subheads... Read full description -
Item #697672MIDDLETOWN TIMES HERALD, January 23, 1957
* Mad Bomber George Metesky
* Capture & arrest
The front page has a banner headline: "'Mad Bomber' Captured" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy coverage continues on page 2.
Complete with 14 pages, a little margin wear with minimal text loss, a few archival mends on... Read full description -
Item #697671LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 19, 2003
* Kobe Bryant charged with sexual assault
* Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard
* NBA basketball - Eagle County, Colorado
The front page has a three column heading: "Bryant Charged; He Admits Adultery but Denies Assault" with two related photos. (see images) Much more in the sport's section with a... Read full description -
Item #697667THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1938
* Douglas Hyde - An Craoibhín Aoibhinn
* Becomes 1st president of Ireland - inauguration
The front page has a one column heading: "HYDE INAUGURATED AS IRISH PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Douglas Hyde becoming the first president of Ireland. Always nice to... Read full description -
Item #697666THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1943
* Harry Oakes death
* Gold mine millionaire
* World War II - WWII
* Military aircraft insignia
The top of page 8 has a two column illustration with heading: "New Insignia For American Planes" (see images)
The front page has a two column heading: "Sir Harry Oakes, Millionaire, Dead; Wounds on Body... Read full description -
Item #697665FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 7, 1863 The front page has a large print showing Black soldiers captioned: "Pickets of the First Louisiana 'Native Guard' Guarding the New Orleans...Railroad" with a related article, plus: "The Old Slave Laws".
The back page has the... Read full description -
Item #697664NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1929
* St. Valentine's Day massacre arrest (1st rpt.)
* Jack McGurn - Al "Scarface" Capone trigger man
Page 29 has a one column head: "CAPONE AIDE NABBED IN CHICAGO MURDERS" with subheads that include: "Police Say Jack McGurn Is Identified as One of the Beer War... Read full description -
Item #697661THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Oct. 6, 1864
* Rare Confederate publication
* Origin of the American Civil War
Among the front page reports on the Civil War are: "Vice President Stephens and Reconstruction" "Letter from Richmond" "Affairs on Morris Island--A Yankee Description of the 'Pen' and... Read full description -
Item #697655NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 23, 1929
* New York Yankees baseball team
* Decide to be 1st in MLB to wear numbers
Half of the banner headline at the top of the sports page records an historic event in the world of baseball: "...Yankees to Wear Numbers This Year" with column heads including:... Read full description -
Item #697654CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 29, 1941
* Ted Williams .406 batting average enters record books
* Boston Red Sox - major league baseball - MLB
Not only is it difficult to find reports on Ted Williams' season-ending .406 batting average--which has yet to be topped--but when they are found they are typically very small, inconspicuous... Read full description -
Item #697647NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 20, 1847 Near the top of an inside page has a brief yet notable report: "Letters received also state that Col. Cook and the Mormon battalion were 350 miles beyond Santa Fe. They were generally in good health and progressing slowly."
This is a very rare mention... Read full description -
Item #697645NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1943
* Battle of Kula Gulf - Solomon Islands
* World War II naval battle - WWII
* United States Navy - Japanese Imperial
The front page has a nice banner headline: "6 JAPANESE WARSHIPS BELIEVED SUNK IN FIGHT, 4 DAMAGED; U.S. LOSES CRUISER AND DESTROYER" with subheads and related map. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages,... Read full description -
Item #697643NEW YORK TIMES, April 21, 1938
* Early Joe DiMaggio contract signing
* New York Yankees - Yanks
* MLB - major league baseball
The sport's section (page 23) has a four column headline: "Yankee Contract Is Accepted by DiMaggio" with subheads and photo of DiMaggio.
First report coverage on Joe DiMaggio's contract... Read full description
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