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  • 19th century damaged lot of 20 newspapers...
    Item #694707
    (20) WHOLESALE VARIETY LOT of 20 damaged American newspapers dating from 1820 - 1899, containing at least 5 different titles within the lot. The issues may have staining, edge tears, close-trimming, heavy foxing & wear, missing pages, cut-outs, etc.  A great lot for a dealer, someone wishing to begin a collection when the... Read full description  
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  • An instant collection...    20 newspapers from the 1800's...
    Item #694695
    (20) WHOLESALE VARIETY LOT of 20 issues, with at least 5 different titles, dating from the 1820's - 1890's, in average or better condition--not a damaged or 2nd-rate lot. No pulpish newspapers.  A great value. Please note the shipping & handling for this lot. If purchasing folders, we recommend... Read full description  
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  • An instant mini-collection... 10 newspapers from the 1800's...
    Item #694687
    (10) WHOLESALE VARIETY LOT of ten newspapers with at least 5 different titles dating from the 1820's - 1890's, in average or better condition---not a damaged lot and no pulpish newspapers. A popular way to assemble a variety of titles at a low price. You will receive 10 differently dated American newspapers, spread... Read full description  

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  • 1881 Dr. Scott's electric hair brush...
    Item #694635
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 21, 1881

    * Dr. George A. Scott
    * Electric hair brush
    * Quack invention
    * Politically approved ?


    The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "EDISON OUTDONE" with subheads. (see)
    Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition, should be handled with care.
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  • Voices can now be 'bottled' with the new phonograph...   Hanging of the Mollie Maguires...
    Item #694613
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, March 26, 1878  

    * Phonograph invention described
    * Hanging the Molly Maguires


    Page two has: "The Phonograph" which is a brief article noting in part: "The witty man of the New York Times has explained...the remarkable advantages we shall... Read full description  
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  • The Beecher-Tilton scandal...
    Item #694612
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, April 16, 1878

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


    The front page has an article: "Sinned And Suffered!" "Mrs. Tilton Confesses to Adultery with Henry Ward Beecher".
    This is the infamous Beecher-Tilden Scandal which received much press in the... Read full description  
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  • Thomas Edison on the possibilities of his new phonograph...
    Item #694611
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, May 3, 1878

    * Thomas Edison & his Phonograph machine

     Page 2 has a wonderful article taking two-thirds of a column, headed: "The Future Phonograph" "Edison Speaks For Himself--He Tells What the Machine Will Do for Future Generations".
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  • Mark Twain...
    Item #694609
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Jan. 28, 1877

    * Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens
    * Author and Humorist


    The top of page 2 has an article: "The Innocent, Mark Twain" which takes one-third of a column. It is a story in the life of the famous writer.
    Four pages, large folio size, rejoined at the spine, evenly toned with some minor margin tears, generally good... Read full description  
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  • Frederick Douglass is Marshall of the District of Columbia...
    Item #694607
    THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, March 18, 1877  

    * Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
    * U.S. Marshall nomination 
    * First African American 
    * District of Columbia 


    The front page has two small & somewhat inconspicuous reports--yet which are very notable in African-American history.
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  • Great account of a "classic" Western train robbery...
    Item #694572
    THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22, 1893  The front page has most of a column headed: "FOUGHT THE ROBBERS" "Desperate Battle With Bandits on a Western Train" 'Engineer and Fireman Shot" "One of the Robbers Mortally Wounded--There were Only Three of Them and They Were... Read full description  
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  • Death of President Harrison's wife...
    Item #694568
    THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 25, 1892  The front page has most of a column headed: "THE LAST SCENE" "Mrs. Harrison is No More---She Died at 1:30 This Morning" with much detail on the death of the First Lady, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison.
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  • Details on two hangings in Louisville...
    Item #694567
    THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1, 1889  The front page has over half a column headed: "TWO MEN EXECUTED" "Charles Dinger and Harry Smart Hanged at Louisville" "A Ghastly Gallows Scene" "The Nouse 
    Slipped and Caught Dilger by the Teeth and the Trap Had to Be Sprung a Second... Read full description  
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  • Trouble with the Navajos and Chippewa Indians...
    Item #694565
    THE DAILY JOURNAL, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1891 The top of a front page column is headed: "THE NAVAJOS DEFIANT" "They Are on the Rampage & Troops May Have to Be Called Out" "The Chippewas In Revolt" "A Serious State of Affairs at White Earth, Minn., & It is Believe the Presence of... Read full description  
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  • Three color political prints... St. Patrick's Day...
    Item #694450
    JUDGE magazine, New York, March 8, 1890

    * Color political prints 

    Judge magazine was founded in 1881 by a group of artists, headed by James Albert Wales, who left the staff of the popular comic weekly Puck. The magazine featured bold satire and good political drawing with chromolithographic front and back covers and center... Read full description  
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  • Displayable mother and child...  color print...
    Item #693836
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, June 2, 1892  Occasionally this title had beautiful color prints on their front pages, and this is one of the better ones (see photos). The print is captioned: "Good-Bye, Papa." taken from the painting by Seymour J. Guy.

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  • Horse Racing...
    Item #693637
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 19, 1891  The full front page is a great horse racing print:  "The End Of The Racing Season--A False Start For The Mile Race."  
    Other prints include a full pg: "Devastating Prairie Fires i Dakota..."; a print of a famous baseball player: "Adrian C. Anson, Captain of the Chicago Base-Ball... Read full description  
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  • Pardon is offered to all former Confederate soldiers...
    Item #693484
    THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Dec. 25, 1868  

    * President Andrew Johnson proclamation 179
    * Amnesty & full pardon for treason (Confederates)


    The middle of the front page has: "A PROCLAMATION" "Amnesty Proclamation by the President--Pardon of All Rebels Without Distinction" which is signed in type: Andrew... Read full description  
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  • Remains of executed Henry Wirz are reinterred, without the head...
    Item #693454
    THE PRESS, Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1869  The front page has a report concerning the reinterment of the infamous Henry Wirz, the "demon" warden of Andersonville Prison Camp who was tried & convicted of war crimes and was hanged on Nov. 10, 1865. He was only two men tried, convicted, and executed for war... Read full description  
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  • The "prelude" to the Great Chicago Fire, plus the most devastating of them all...
    Item #693238
    NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 9, 1871  

    * The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 beginning
    * Very early report plus Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire


    Page 7 has most of a column taken up with reports on a fire in Chicago. This would seem to report on the 'Great Chicago Fire', but they do not. That event would happen... Read full description  
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  • A polygamist on trial...
    Item #693125
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 31, 1884  

    * Polygamist - polygamy trial
    * Mormons - Mormonism


    Page 4 has a report: "A Polygamist on Trial" with a dateline from Salt Lake. This is about the case of John Connelly, likely the result of the recent Edmunds Act which is a federal statute signed into law in 1882 declaring... Read full description  
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  • Indicted for polygamy under the Edmunds Act...
    Item #693123
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 29, 1884  

    * Polygamist - polygamy trial
    * Mormons - Mormonism 


    The bottom of page 3 has: "Indicted for Polygamy" which includes: "Henderson, three times tried at Malad, Idaho, for polygamy under the Edmunds law, has just been convicted of cohabiting with more than one woman... Read full description  
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  • Print of the first woman candidate for Vice President...
    Item #693122
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 27, 1884  

    * Marietta Stow - Women's rights advocate
    * Vice president of the U.S. candidate (1st female)


    Page 5 has a print of: "Marietta L Stow" with a one-third column article on he headed: "Candidate for the Vice Presidency".
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  • The historic Clawson polygamy case...
    Item #693121
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 26, 1884  

    * Rudger Clawson polygamy trial
    * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
    * Mormons - Mormonism


    Page 4 has: "The Mormon Trial" being a report on the famous case of Rudger Clawson. This report is very detailed and takes half a column.
    Clawson was the first practicing polygamist to be convicted and... Read full description  
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  • Rare & early report of an African-American baseball game...
    Item #693120
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 24, 1884  

    * 19th century African American baseball players

    Page 8 has a rather detailed report headed: "Why Two Colored Nines Failed to Finish" which is a report on this baseball game between the Newark  Base Ball Club, and the Alpine Base Ball Club.
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  • The historic Clawson polygamy case...
    Item #693118
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 20, 1884  

    * Rudger Clawson polygamy trial
    * Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
    * Mormons - Mormonism


    Page 2 has: "The Clawson Polygamy Case" being a report from Salt Lake, Utah,  on the rather case of Rudger Clawson with some detailed coverage of the trial.
    Clawson was the first... Read full description  
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  • Mormons deny they supported the Democratic party...
    Item #693114
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 13, 1884  Page 2 has a somewhat brief report: "Denied by Mormons" which is a report from Salt Lake, Utah, noting in part that: "President John Taylor...leaders of the Mormon Church...repudiated the statements...that the Mormon Church had appropriated money to aid in the election of... Read full description  
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  • Politics at the Mormon Conference...   Much on crime...
    Item #693112
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 9, 1884  Page 2 has: "The Mormon Problem" reports on political issues, noting in part: "...semi-annual post-conference session of the Mormon Constitution Convention...composed largely of polygamists, being a continuous body...John T. Caine reported on his efforts to have Utah admitted... Read full description  
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  • The notorious Buzzard Gang of Pennsylvania...
    Item #693111
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 8, 1884  

    * The Buzzard Gang - Welsh Mountain criminals
    * Lancaster County PA Pennsylvania


    Page 13 has a nice report on: "The Buzzard Gang" datelined from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, which mentions the release of: "Joe Buzzard, Wm. Welder and Tiller Clark, all notorious characters &... Read full description  
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  • A Mormon missionary is persecuted in Indiana...   Four Negroes are lynched...
    Item #693105
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 26, 1884  Page 3 has: "A Mormon Missionary Persecuted" which is a report from Salt Lake, Utah, noting in part: "...from a Mormon mission in Indiana...that he made no convert, but left his testimony against unbelievers. He claims to have been pelted with goose... Read full description  
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  • Another anti-Mormon crusade...
    Item #693104
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 25, 1884

    * re. Tennessee's Mormon Massacre
    * Mormonism crusade - Mormons
    * Cane Creek massacre


     Page 4 has: "Anti-Mormon Crusade" "Missionaries of the Church Warned to Leave Tennessee". Bits include: "...south of Lebanon...Mormon elders made their appearance six years ago & began to... Read full description  
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  • Much on crime...
    Item #693103
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 20, 1884  This newspaper has a wealth of crime-related reports including: "A Woman Drugged & Robbed" "The Gaynor Murder Case" "Swinging from a Cottonwood Tree" is from Fort Keogh & reports on the finding of two men who were hanged; "Stabbed to the Heart" "Shot Through the... Read full description  
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  • Much on crime...
    Item #693102
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 20, 1884  This newspaper has a wealth of crime-related reports including: "A Jealous Woman Shoots Her Husband Through the Head" "Horse Thief's Honeymoon--Cowardly Assassination of a Boy...." "Death of the Des Moines Lunatic" "Sandbagged & Robbed" "Arrested For Stealing a... Read full description  
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  • Frank James after his criminal career...   Murder of Mormon missionaries...
    Item #693098
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 7, 1884  Page 4 has an article: "FRANK JAMES" "The Peculiar Way in Which His Moberly Friends Reversed Themselves".
    Frank James, was a bit of a novelty at the time. He was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; in the post-Civil War period he was an outlaw. The... Read full description  
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  • Boxer John L. Sullivan as a wife abuser...
    Item #693073
    THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, June 12, 1883

    * John L. Sullivan wanted by police
    * "Boston Strong Boy" spousal abuse
    * Heavyweight bare knuckle boxing champion


    The front page has an article headed: "'Knocked Out' In One Round" "Prof. Sullivan's Latest Achievements" (see) Reports the famous boxer who is... Read full description  
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  • 1899 Battle of Ladysmith, Natal...
    Item #693044
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 2, 1899

    * Battle of Ladysmith
    * Second Boer War
    * Colony of Natal

     

    The top of the front page has a two column headline: "ENGLISH OVERWHELMED LADYSMITH INVESTED" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that... Read full description  
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  • Stagecoach robbery...  The new king of Hawaii...
    Item #693032
    NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1874  The front page has: "A Highway Robbery In Texas--Passengers of a Stage-Coach Robbed" which is a classic report from the Old West.
    Page 4 has an interesting article: "Ten Hours, or Eight?" which is a detailed report--taking over half a column--on the debate as to whether a work day... Read full description  
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  • Descriptive of California...   Much on the Indians...
    Item #693031
    NEW YORK TIMES, April 13, 1874  The front page has: "The Indians' "The Situation at Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies--Insolence of the Savages" which is an interesting report datelined from Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory.
    Also on the front page is: "Triple 'Execution" "Three Indians Hanged at... Read full description  
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  • Great article on James Lick and his contributions...
    Item #693022
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1874  Page 2 has over 1 1/2 columns taken up with: "MR. JAMES LICK'S GIFTS" "Extraordinary Beneficence Of The Sam Francisco Millionaire" "He Bestows $2,000,000 for Public Purposes--Full Details of His Various and Comprehensive Plans".
    James Lick was an American real... Read full description  
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  • The Suffrage Convention: women work towards gaining the vote...
    Item #693018
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1874  

    * Early Women's suffrage meeting
    * Susan B. Anthony & more


    The back page has almost  1/2 columns taken up with: "WOMEN WHO WANT TO VOTE" "The Suffrage Convention" "Second Day's Proceedings--Address of Rev. O. B. Frothingham on the Question at... Read full description  
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  • The Lowry Gang...
    Item #693014
    NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1874  

    * Lowry War

    The bottom of page 2 has: "The Lower Gang" with the report noting in part: "...gives the following account of the murderous doings of another of the Lower gang: 'Bryan Oxendine shot his wife...under the following circumstances:..." with much more.
    The Lowry War was a conflict in Robeson County,... Read full description  
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  • Much detail on Vasquez and his stagecoach robbery...
    Item #693009
    NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1874  

    * California outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez

    Page 4 has over half a column taken up with: "California Bandits" "Two Men Capture A Regular Station, Receive & Plunder the Stage, and Corral the Passengers".
    The article begins: "... gives the subjoined account of the recent... Read full description  
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  • Cook was the first to reach the North Pole?
    Item #692923
    THE OMAHA BEE NEWS, Nebraska, Sept. 2, 1909 

    * Frederick Cook reaches North Pole

    The top of a ftpg. has a one column heading on the controversy of Cook being the first to reach the North Pole, not Peary: "AMERICAN FIRST AT NORTH POLE" with subheads. (see)
    Twelve pages, evenly toned, some fraying at the right margin, a... Read full description  
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  • 1880 Leadville, Colorado booming...
    Item #692860
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Feb. 15, 1880

    * Leadville, Colorado on the rise
    * Silver mining boomtown


    This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Growth Of Leadville" "An Old Mining Camp and a New City" and more. (see) Text takes up just over a full column.
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  • Roentgen's x-ray discovery...  Early bicycle...
    Item #692802
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 8, 1896 

    * Discovery of the X-ray
    * Wilhelm Roentgen


    The second page of this issue contains "Prof. Roentgen's Discovery" (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen) which is of the further reporting of his discover of the x-ray. The frontpage of this issue contains "New Harlem River Bridge... Read full description  
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  • Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson...
    Item #692708
    NEW YORK TIMES, April 17, 1868  The entire front page is taken up with coverage of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson with column heads: "IMPEACHMENT" "Continuation of the Case for the Defence" 'Proceedings in the Case of Sec. Stanton Against Gen. Thomas" and more.
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  • Much coverage of Johnson's impeachment trial...
    Item #692703
    NEW YORK TIMES, April, 12, 1868 

    * President Andrew Johnson
    * Reconstruction era impeachment trial


    The entire front page and much of the back page are taken up with reports on Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial with column heads: "IMPEACHMENT" "The Re-Examination of Gen. Thomas" "Several Remarkable... Read full description  
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  • President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial...
    Item #692697
    WILMINGTON JOURNAL, North Carolina, May 29, 1868 

    * President Andrew Johnson acquitted
    * Reconstruction era impeachment trial


    The notable report is on page 3 under "Latest News By Telegraph" with column heads: "Impeachment" "The President Acquitted" with a dateline from Washington.
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  • Impeachment and Reconstruction reports...
    Item #692696
    WILMINGTON JOURNAL, North Carolina, May 22, 1868  Among the articles: "Will Impeachment Succeed" "Probability of the Acquittal of the President--Senators Grimes, Fessenden, Trumbull & Henderson Against Conviction--Extraordinary Excitement in Washington..." "Anarchy in the South--'Somebody's Got to... Read full description  
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  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial...
    Item #692694
    WILMINGTON JOURNAL, North Carolina, May 8, 1868  The top of the last column has: "Impeachment--Eloquent and Patriotic Address of Mr. Stanbery In Defence of the President of the United States" and then also: "Trial of Mr. Davis" in Richmond.
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  • Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial...
    Item #692693
    WILMINGTON JOURNAL, North Carolina, May 1, 1868 

    * President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial

    The front page includes: "Impeachment" "The Probable Verdict" "Great Pressure for Conviction" "The Result of Impeachment--Possible Failure of the Radical Game--Only One-third of the Senators Thick & Thin... Read full description  
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