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Item #604943WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, August 16, 1875
* Chief Spotted Tail
* Black Hills region
* Gold discoveries
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has a small one column heading: "Affairs at the Black Hills" See image for text here.
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Item #604937WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, July 2, 1875
* Newton-Jenney Party
* Black Hills gold discovery
* Colonel Richard A. Dodge
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has a small one column heading: "The Gold Discoveries in the Black Hills". See image for text.
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Item #604913THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1878
* SS Pommerania shipwreck
* German ocean liner
The front page has one column headings that include: "A STEAM-SHIP SUNK AT SEA" "The Pommerania Run Down By An Iron Bark" and more. This includes lengthy text.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise good condition.... Read full description -
Item #604911THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 22, 1878
* Gambetta-Fourtau duel
* Paris, France
The front page has one column headings that include: "Gambetta Fights A Duel" "M. De Fourtou Aggrieved At Gambetta's Language In The Chamber Of Deputies--Shots Exchanged And The Honor Of Both Combatants Satisfied" See image for text here.
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Item #604862THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 7, 1878
* Beer in America is best ?
* Exposition Universelle
* Paris, France
Page 5 has one column headings: "AMERICAN BEER THE BEST" "But For Native Wines Nowhere..." and more. Text takes up over 2 full columns. Nice to have in this venerable newspaper title.
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Item #604860THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 6, 1878
* SS Princess Alice sinking
* Collier Bywell Castle collision
* River Thames
The front page has one column headings: "THE THAMES CATASTROPHE" "Log Of The Steamer Bywell Castle" and more. Nice to have in this venerable newspaper title.
Other news of the day throughout. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine... Read full description -
Item #604856EASTON EXPRESS, August 30, 1878
* Inventor Thomas Edison
* Ink for the blind
The bottom of page 2 has a small one column heading: "Edison's Last Contrivance" See image for brief text here.
Other news of the with several interesting advertisements. Complete in 4 pages, nice condition. -
Item #604844THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven original/authentic publications (at least 9 being American newspapers), one each for:
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Item #604841THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, May 30, 1883 The back page has over one-third of a column taken up with baseball reports, including heads: "Starting Out Well" "The Detroits Win This Morning's Game in New York" (see).
Four pages, bit irregular4 at the spine, some tears in the front leaf, otherwise good. -
Item #604825WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, April 16, 1880
* Carl Wilhelm Siemens
* Electric light and plants
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "New Wonders of 'Electricity'" "Dr. Siemen's Discovery--The Electric Lightened... Read full description -
Item #604824WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 25, 1880
* Tarred and Feathered punishment
* Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 3 has one column headings: "Tarred And Feathered" "The Bad End of a Bad Matter" See image for brief text.
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Item #604822WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 18, 1880
* Mauna Loa volcano
* Kilauea - Hawaiian Islands
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "A Volcanic Eruption" "Visit to its Crater by Night". This includes lengthy text.
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Item #604820WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 12, 1880
* Frankfort, Indiana
* Flax mill explosion
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 3 has one column headings: "A Terrific Explosion" "A Building Destroyed and Ten Persons Killed" See image for text here.
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Item #604818WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, March 11, 1880
* Early infinity of space study
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 4 has one column headings: "Popularized Astronomy" "The Immensity of Space" See images for text here.
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Item #604793WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 8, 1872
* Samuel 'Worcester Sam' Perris
* burglar, safe cracker and bank robber
Page 2 has a half column article headed: "Local Matters" "THE ESCAPE OF SAM. PERRIS" "The Condition of the Jail-Other Escapes". This is the notorious... Read full description -
Item #604789THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 15, 1886
* Nonpareil Dempsey (Jack Dempsey)
* Early boxing match - pugilists
The front page has one column headings: "Dempsey Downs La Blanche" "A Fight to a Finish by the Middle-Weight Champions" "Thirteen Desperately Contested Rounds" and more.
Other news and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #604762BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Massachusetts, 1822 Included is a nice illustrated ad for the "Joseph W. Revere..." bell foundry. Joseph was one of the 16 children of Paul Revere, who continued the business from his father. Nice to have this Revere item on the front page of a Boston newspaper.
Four pages, never bound... Read full description -
Item #604760FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 17, 1965
* Harry Blackstone Sr. death
* Magician - illusionist
Page 17 has a one column headline:
"Magician Blackstone Dies At 82"
See images for 1st report coverage on the death of famed magician, Harry Blackstone, Sr.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages,... Read full description -
Item #604743WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 20, 1880
* James Lenox death
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 2 has one column headings: "James Lenox" "The Senior Vice President of the American Antiquarian Society" See images for text here.
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Item #604740WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, February 17, 1880
* Female duel in Virginia
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "Female Duelists" "Two Virginia Girls Fight for the Possession of a Lover" See images for text here.
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Item #604739WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 22, 1872
* Climber Edward Whymper
* Matterhorn - Pennine Alps
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "The Fatal Matterhorn" "Mountain Climbing in Switzerland" Lengthy text takes up over 1 1/2... Read full description -
Item #604738WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 18, 1872
* Virginia City, Montana
* 2 Chinese men fight
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has a small one column heading: "Fierce Fight Between Two Chinamen" See image for text here.
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Item #604737WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 11, 1872
* Dan Rice's circus
* Shooting affray
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has a small one column heading: "Shooting In Dan Rice's Circus"
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Item #604736WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 5, 1872
* Ward Hill Lamon
* Abraham Lincoln
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "Lincoln's Loves" "The Story of His Courtship and Marriage as Told by His Latest Biographer". The text... Read full description -
Item #604721WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 24, 1872
* Ulysses S. Grant
* Republican nominee
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 3 has one column headings: "Political" "National Workingmen's Convention" "Grant And Wilson Nominated" See image for text... Read full description -
Item #604716WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 7, 1872
* Liberal Republican Party
* Carl Schurz - Horace Greeley
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "That 'Sinful Game'" "The Brown Demonstration at Cincinnati"
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Item #604714WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 7, 1872
* Niblo's Garden fire
* Broadway theatre
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 2 has one column headings: "Burning Of Niblo's Garden" "Total Destruction of the Theatre..."
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Item #604710WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Massachusetts, April 26, 1872
* Polaris expedition
* Charles Francis Hall
* North Pole
This issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "Hall's Arctic Expedition" "Incidents of the Northward Trip" See images for text here.
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Item #604604NEW YORK HERALD, June 28, 1864 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "They Cross the James with All Their Trains" "Gradual but Sure Advance of General Grant's Circumvaliating Lines" "Fierce Assaults by the Rebels...Repulsed by Our Forces" "Additional Rebel Accounts"... Read full description -
Item #604566THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, February 12, 1949
* Willie Pep wins featherweight boxing title
* Sandy Saddler
The front page has a three column photo with caption: "As Pep Regained His Title". Also a six column headline on page 16 reads: "Pep Regains Title in Bloody Battle" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #604563THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 19, 1936
* Wally the elephant, execution
* San Francisco Zoo
The front page has a three column photo with caption: "Elephant Executed For Killing Keeper"
One column headlines: "SHOOT ELEPHANT DESPITE PROTEST" "Huge Beast That Killed Keeper Put to Death By Police With Moose... Read full description -
Item #604509THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 11, 1932
* Edgar Wallace death (1st report)
* English novelist, writer, playwright, screenwriter & more
Page 11 has one column headings that include:
"EDGAR WALLACE, UNIQUE FIGURE AS WRITER, DIES"
and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the death of famed writer and playwright, Richard Horatio Edgar... Read full description -
Item #604418THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, November 10, 1875
* City of Waco disaster
* Galveston, Texas
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "LOST IN THE GULF" "Unsuccessful Search for the Victims of the Waco Disaster" "Slight... Read full description -
Item #604415NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 14, 1874
* The Boat Race
* Oxford vs. Cambridge Universities
* Rowing - River Thames
This 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "THE ENGLISH BOAT RACE" "How Oxford Failed To Win" and more. Lengthy text with lineup.
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Item #604354THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 10, 1944
* Aga Khan III weds
* Sultan Mahommed Shah
* St. Louis Cardinal World Series champions
This 38 page newspaper has small, somewhat discrete one column headings on page 20: "The Aga Khan Marries", "Moslem Ruler, 67, Takes French Bride of 32 in Switzerland"
See photo for brief text here. This tells of the... Read full description -
Item #604329THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11, 1947
* The famous UFO scare that was also during the time of the Roswell, New Mexico incident
Page 7 has has one column headings: "YES, DISKS FLY ON, BUT INTEREST LAGS" "Reports Still Come From Many Quarters, but There's a Bit of Cynicism in Them" with smaller subheads. See images for text here.
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Item #604326NEW YORK TIMES Rotogravure Section, May 24, 1936
* LZ 129 Hindenburg
Over one-third of page 3 is taken up with a great photo of the airship Hindenburg, with caption: "Ready For The Return Voyage On Her Second Visit to the United States. The Hindenburg tied up to the mooring mast at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst..." ... Read full description -
Item #604215TRI-WEEKLY FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 24, 1881
* Orange, Texas
* Lawlessness - lynchings
Page 5 has small one column headings: "Terror In Texas" "A Series of Bloody Tragedies in Orange" See images for text.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor margin wear, otherwise nice. -
Item #604214THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, June 27, 1881
* Professor Henry Draper
* Cambridge observatory
* Astrophotography
The front page has small one column headings: "Lots Of Comets" "Another One Discovered--The Big One Photographed by Prof. Draper" See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4... Read full description -
Item #604180KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, February 26, 1889
* Plymouth PA Pennsylvania
* Squib factory explosion
The front page has one column headings: "A TERRIBLE DISASTER" "Eleven Souls Suddenly Hurled Into Eternity" and more.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good. Should be handled... Read full description -
Item #604179KANSAS CITY DAILY JOURNAL, Kansas City, Missouri, February 20, 1889
* Purcell, Oklahoma
The front page has a small one column heading: "The Oklahoma Gold Field". See image for text.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good. Should be handled with care. -
Item #604178CLEVELAND DAILY HERALD, Ohio, April 29, 1876
* P. B. S. Pinchback
* Negroes - African Americans
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 4 has one column headings: "Washington" "Better Than Nothing for Pinchback" and more. See image for text here.
Complete, very minor margin wear,... Read full description -
Item #604001NEW YORK TIMES, July 12, 1862 Among the front page one column Civil War heads are: "Rebel Views of Gen. McClellan's Present Position" "Probable Withdrawal of the Rebel Lines" "From Gen. McClellan's Army" "He Announces that All is Quiet & that the Enemy has Retreated" "News From New... Read full description -
Item #603987NEW YORK TIMES, May 17, 1861 Among the front page one column Civil War heads are: "The Secession Rebellion" "Gen. Butler to Command at Fortress Monroe" "His Promotion to a Major-Generalship" "Another Secession Camp Broken up in Missouri" "Gen. Harney's Proclamation" & much more.
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Item #603902WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 21, 1866
* Quotes of Josh Billings
* American humorist
The front page has a small one column heading: "The 'Sayings' of Josh Billings". See images for text.
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4... Read full description -
Item #603898WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 2, 1866
* Memphis, Tennessee
* Race riots - Negroes
* Reconstruction era
Page 2 has a small one column heading: "Riot at Memphis". See image for text .
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4 pages, minor... Read full description -
Item #603891THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, November 9, 1877 The front page of the issue has a one column heading: "General News"; "The Feeling in Washington Over Gen. Miles' Victory"; and more. (See photos for text on the decision of the U.S. military to send Chief Joseph and his followers to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas).
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Item #603881WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 26, 1866
* Buffalo, New York
* Tornado disaster
Page 3 has a small one column heading: "Terrible Tornado at Buffalo" See image for text here.
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4 pages, minor spine... Read full description -
Item #603880WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, June 23, 1866
* Cholera outbreak
Page 2 has a small one column heading: "Cholera" See images for text here.
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War. Complete in 4 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise in very nice condition. -
Item #603829WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, March 23, 1866
* Pike's Opera House fire
* Cincinnati Ohio
Page 2 has a small one column heading: "Additional Particulars of the Cincinnati Fire. Loss Two Millions" See image for brief text here.
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout soon after the end of the Civil War.... Read full description
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