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Item #594732THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1940
* Lend Lease Program (1st report)
* World War II relief - U.S. Destroyers
* Byron Nelson - PGA golf championship
This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "U. S. TRADES DESTROYERS FOR AIR BASES" with subheads.
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Item #594726THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1941
* Rudolph Hess Scotland parachute jump mystery
* Adolph Hitler's right hand man
* World War II
This 20 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "LONDON, WASHINGTON SEE RIFT IN HITLER'S COUNCIL IN HESS FLIGHT; HINT NO. 3 NAZI... Read full description -
1849 Gold Rush Era...
Item #594700THE VERMONT CHRONICLE (weekly), Windsor, April 18, 1849
* Gold Rush era original... with gold rush content
This Vermont newspaper has both religious/Christian-themed news along with general news of the day. Page 3 has coverage related to the gold rush era, "Direct From The Gold Mines" and "Authentic From San Francisco" (see images).... Read full description -
Item #594678THE WEEKLY CRESCENT CITY, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1841 A volume one issue of a quite scarce & early newspaper from the Deep South from 20 years before the outbreak of the Civil War. Various news of the day and period advertising throughout.
A bit irregular at the spine, minor margin tears (no loss), and a bit of damp staining (see).
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Item #594619NEW YORK TIMES, July 2, 1864 Among the many front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT CAMPAIGN" "Return of Gen. Wilson's Cavalry Expedition" "The Danville Road Thoroughly Destroyed" "Concentration of Rebel Cavalry to Cut Off Wilson" "He Gives Battle & Sends for Infantry... Read full description -
Item #594617NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1865 Among the many front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Gen. Sherman's Army" "Department of the Gulf" "Army Of The Potomac" "FROM WASHINGTON" "Asylum For Disabled Volunteers" "Tricks of Substitute Brokers Exposed" and more.
Eight pages, nice... Read full description -
Item #594613THE NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 10, 1863 Among the many front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From New Orleans" "News from Charleston" " "Meade's Army" "Chattanooga" "The Rebels Firing at Long Range" "Whereabouts of Joe Johnston" "The Rebel Invasion of... Read full description -
Item #594610NEW YORK HERALD, July 27, 1865
* Jefferson Davis
The front page has many one column heads including: "JEFF. DAVIS" "His Continued Ill Health" "He is Daily Allowed to Walk in the Open Air" "How He Occupies Himself in His Casemate" "Character of the Letters Sent To Him" "Not One Word of Kindness,... Read full description -
Item #594601NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 9, 1862
* Siege of Yorktown ends
* Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
* New Orleans LA Louisiana
The front page is dominated by a nice Civil War map headed: "The Defenses Of Yorktown" (see photos). There are nice one column heads also: "The Advance of McClellan's Army",... Read full description -
Item #594590THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, June 20, 1882
* Grinnell, Iowa
* Tornado disaster
The front page has one column headlines that include: "WESTERN WINDS", "Later Details of the Storm in Central Iowa", "A Vast Amount of Property Laid Waste", "Fifty Lives Lost in the Town of Grinnell" and more... Read full description -
Item #594568NEW YORK TRIBUNE, February 8, 1876
* Custer, South Dakota born
Page 5 has small one column headings: "The Black Hills" "A City Springing Up Like Magic--Forty Houses Built, And Sixty going Up--A Steam Saw Mill Constructing--Red Cloud Abroad"
See photo for brief coverage on Custer City, South Dakota in it's infancy.
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Item #594522WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, April 29, 1899
* Kirksville, Missouri
* Tornado, cyclone disaster
This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "EXTENT OF CYCLONE", "Further Particulars of the Disaster at Kirksville", "Fifty Known To Be Dead" and more. See photos for... Read full description -
Item #594469ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 21, 1887
* Buffalo Bill Cody
* Wild West Show goes abroad
Page 5 has one column headings: "Buffalo Bill's Bonanza", "A Show Business of $10,000 Per Day" which is a letter from Buffalo Bill while touring in Great Britain. The letter is signed in type: Bill Cody.
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Item #594454THE NEW YORK HERALD, March 18, 1863
* St. Patrick's Day parade
* Civil War era
The front page has one column headlines that include: "ST. PATRICK'S DAY", "Celebration in the City and Vicinity", "Grand Military and Civic Processions" and more.
Civil War reporting includes the following... Read full description -
Item #594452THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1873
* re. The Susan B. Anthony trial
The front page has a very small and discrete one column heading at the bottom of the last column: "The Case of Miss Susan B. Anthony--Prosecution Suspended"
which is a brief mention of her recent indictment for illegal voting.
Other news of the day... Read full description -
Item #594426ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, Rochester, New York, November 12, 1872
* The great Boston Fire
* One of most costly fires in U.S. history
The front page has one column headlines: "THE BOSTON FIRE", "It Breaks Out Afresh", "But is Promptly Suppressed", "The Fire Now Confined To The... Read full description -
Item #594424THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1948
* D. W. Griffith death
* 1st report
This 28 page newspaper has a two line, one column headline on page15: "DAVID W. GRIFFITH, FILM PIONEER, DIES" with subheads that include: "Producer of 'Birth of Nation', Intolerance' and 'America'... Read full description -
Item #594411THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 2, 1873
* Wreck of the RMS Atlantic
* Ocean Steamer
* North American coast
Over half of the front page contains the first report of this tragic marine disaster off the coast of Nova Scotia. The wreck of the ocean steamer Atlantic on a rock, about fifty yards from Meagher's Island, in the County... Read full description -
Item #594407Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, September 28, 1874
* 1st Creedmoor black powder match
* 1st Grand International rifle match
* United States vs. Ireland
The front page has one column headlines:
"THE RIFLE"
"The American Beats the Irish Team by Three Scores--Colonel Bodine Gets Great Glory--Presentation of Prizes"
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Item #594404THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 11, 1874
* Vicksburg, Mississippi massacre
* Assassination of Negroes
The front page has small one column headings on the front page: "The Vicksburg Troubles", "All Quiet In The City--Burial Of Bodies...", "Gov. Ames' Proclamation--The Slaughter Of Negroes", "The... Read full description -
Item #594401THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 23, 1957
* Mad Bomber George Metesky
* Capture & arrest w/ photo
This 42 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "'MAD BOMBER' IS FINALLY SEIZED", "Locked Up for Observation by Phychiatrists (sic)" with small... Read full description -
Item #594400ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, May 14, 1935
* Lawrence of Arabia motorcycle accident (1st report)
* Would die less than a week later
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' DYING AFTER CRASH"
"Noted British Hero Swerves to Avoid Hitting Boy... Read full description -
Item #594398ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, New York, November 11, 1872
* The great Boston Fire (1st report)
* One of most costly fires in U.S. history
More than half of the first column is taken up with heads on the disastrous Boston fire, which caused $75 million in damage in 65 acres, beginning: "FIRE ! ", "BOSTON",... Read full description -
Item #594394ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, May 16, 1935
* Harriet May Mills death
* Syracuse, NY suffragist
This 40 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "HARRIET MILLS IS DEAD AT 77" and "Pioneer in Woman Suffrage Dies After Long Illness" with small photo. 1st report coverage on the death of Harriet... Read full description -
Item #594389THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 6, 1875
* William M. Tweed
* Boss of Tammany Hall
The front page has one column headings: "TWEED'S ESCAPE", "Nothing Heard Of The Fugitive" and more. Coverage on the jail escape of William M. 'Boss' Tweed.
Other news and day. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine... Read full description -
Item #594386THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1875
* Whiskey Ring scandal
* St. Louis - Chicago
The front page has one column headings: "THE DISTILLERY FRAUDS", "Further Seizures In Milwaukee,Wis., Ordered" and more. Coverage on the Whiskey Ring scandal. The text takes up more than three full columns of the front page.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #594383THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 27, 1875
* Chief Stone Calf
* Cheyenne Indians
The front page as small one column heading on 6th column: "Surrender Of Indian Tribe" and "Stone Calf And 1,600 Cheyennes With Their German Women Captives Surrender". See photo for brief text here.
This issue contains other news of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #594381THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1875
* Bloody Benders
* John Sr. arrest
The front page has a small one column heading near the bottom of column six:
"Probable Arrest Of Old John Bender At Last"
See photo for brief text here. Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, very minor margin wear, otherwise good condition. -
Item #594375THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 30, 1942
* Reinhard Heydrich close to death
* Nazi SS leader - "The Blond Beast" "Hangman"
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Wounds Fatal to Heydrich, Says Vichy" "3 More Women Shot in Reign of Terror"
Coverage on the recent attack on SS leader, Reinhard... Read full description -
Item #594370THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 21, 1873
* First battle of the Stronghold
* Modoc War - Captain Jack
The front page has one column headings: "The Modoc War" "An Eight-Hour Battle--The Troops Defeated with a Loss of Forty Killed" which is a 1st report on the first battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War.
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Item #594367THE WORLD, New York City, December 4, 1872
* Horace Greeley death
* Liberal Republican Party founder
The front page has one column headings: "HONORS TO THE DEAD", "Forty Thousand Persons View The Remains Of Horace Greeley" and "Final Preparations For The Obsequies To-day".
Also a a lengthy report on a Negro... Read full description -
Item #594366SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, April 27, 1872
* Mount Vesuvius eruption
* Gulf of Naples, Italy
Page 5 has one column headings: "Vesuvius In Eruption" "The Volcano Again Active" "Two Hundred Persons Burned" and more. 1st report coverage on the 1872 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #594348THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1870
* State of Virginia rejoins the Union
* Post Civil War
The front page has a one column heading: "The Virginia Bill Signed by the President" with smaller subhead: "The Admission of Virginia" See photo for text here.
Also a small one column heading on page 5 reads: "The Admission of... Read full description -
Item #594338THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, May, 1784 Near the back under "American News" is an extract from the Journals of Congress concerning papers provided to the ship United States, owned by James Moore & commanded by capt. Thomas Bell, that it: "...is of the United States of America...where the said James Moore shall arrive with his... Read full description -
Item #594333THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1967
* John Coltrane death
* Jazz Saxophone - composer
This 32 page newspaper has one column heading on page 10: "John Coltrane, Saxophonist, Succumbs at 40". See photo for 1st report coverage on the death of famous jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #594324THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1948
* Reginald Weir - African American
* 1st black in U.S. Open tennis championship
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ARABS BLAST BLOCK OF JEWISH AGENCY; 11 KILLED, 86 HURT" "Explosive Is Believed Carried to Scene in Car Stolen From Our... Read full description -
Item #594313THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, September 6, 1954
* Joe Bauman home runs record
* Roswell Rockets - New Mexico
This 16 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "Mighty Joe Connects for 70th Homer" with caption: "On Last Day" 1st report coverage on Joe Bauman of the Roswell Rockets breaking the record for the... Read full description -
Item #594296THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, July 10, 1934
* Andrew McLeod negro lynching
* Bastrop, Louisiana
This 22 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "Attacker of Girl Lynched in South" and "300 Storm Jail and Stage Hanging". This is 1st report coverage on the lynching of Andrew... Read full description -
Item #594247PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, September 15, 1930.
* U.S. Yacht Enterprise
* Shamrock V
* America's Cup
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "AMERICAN BOAT TAKES SHAMROCK IN SECOND RACE"
"Enterprise Has Margin Of Two Races For American Cup"
Coverage on the 1930... Read full description -
Item #594236BOSTON PATRIOT, Massachusetts, 1809 A "typical" newspaper of the day with various news and advertisements. However, the issue has the front page printing of one of a series of letters, "Correspondence Of The Late President Adams", with his block type signature, John Adams. Other news of the day with period advertising... Read full description -
Item #594233THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1932
* Rin Tin Tin death (1st report)
* Hollywood German Shepherd
* World War I hero
This 36 page newspaper has one column headings on page 17: "Rin Tin Tin Dies At 14 On Eve Of 'Comeback'", "Film Dog Had Been Signed for Talkie--Son Trained as Understudy... Read full description -
Item #594209THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 15, 1937
* Coney Island amusement park
* Roller coaster mishap - death
This 48 page newspaper has one column headings on page 24: "ONE DEAD, 2 HURT IN CONEY MISHAPS", "Man Falls From Car of Roller Coaster--Two Girls Injured on Another 'Ride'" and "Mardi Gras Under... Read full description -
Item #594207THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigam, June 21, 1919
* Scuttling of the German Fleet (1st report)
* Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter
* Scapa Flow, Scotland
This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "GERMAN CREWS SINK INTERNED WARSHIPS" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the scuttling... Read full description -
Item #594045THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 22, 1937
* Ted Healy death (1st report)
* Three Stooges fame
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TED HEALY DEATH IS FEARED DUE TO SUNDAY BEATING", "Autopsy Is Ordered on Comedian Creator of 'Stoogies'".
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Item #594014A lot of eight issues: five of the NEW YORK HERALD (Dec. 29, 1861; Aug. 28, 1862; May 30, Sept. 7 & 24, 1863) two of the NEW YORK TRIBUNE (Feb. 4 & 5, 1862) and one NEW YORK TIMES (March 7, 1863), all from during the Civil War but with little or no front page war content. There is war content inside. All complete in 8 pages, perhaps a bit... Read full description -
Item #593927SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 5, 1898 A very significant issue in the history of automobiles, as the noted reference work "Kane's Famous First Facts" records that the first automobile advertisement ever published in America is on the back page (not the very first appearance, which was in the July 30, 1898 issue).
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Item #593905THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, October, 1748 One of the better items in this issue is discussion of the proceedings at Aix la Chapelle towards the treaty that would end tthe War of the Austrian Succession in Europe. A bit further on is: "The Substance of the Articles of the Definitive Treaty of Peace" which takes... Read full description -
Item #593903THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November,1748 The most significant content in this issue would be the "General & Definitive Treaty of Peace", more commonly known as the Treaty of Aix la Chapelle which ended the War of the Austrian Succession. This treaty takes five pages.
Other items in this issue are: "A Pulmonic Machine"... Read full description -
Item #593831WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 13, 1899
* Cornelius Vanderbilt II death (1st report)
This 4 page newspaper has one headlines on the front page that include: "VANDERBILT'S DEATH", "Details of How the Multi-Millionaire Passed Away" and more.with small illustration of Vanderbilt.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #593781NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 23, 1864 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From the Gulf", "The Expedition to the Matagorda Peninsula", "The Granite City Shells the Rebels & Scatters Them", "Meade's Army", "General Kelley's Dept.", and more.
Additional... Read full description
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