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Item #579197THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, September 11, 1954
* Hurricane Edna
This 6 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page:
"Hurricane Edna Batters New England".
Other news of the day including various advertising. Complete in 6 pages, 17 by 22 1/2 inches, light browning with little spine wear, but otherwise in good condition.
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Item #579195THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 13, 1931
* John Quincy Stewart
* Future space travel
* Rockets to the Moon
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 21 that include: "SEES TRIP TO MOON WITHIN A CENTURY", "Prof. Stewart Predicts Space Journey in Rocket Ship Costing $2,000,000,000" and more. See photos for text.... Read full description -
Item #579193THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1942
* Rocket-bomb invention
* Soviet Air Force
This 34 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 5:
"Powerful Rocket Bomb, Reds' New Air Weapon" which tells of the newly invented rocket powered weapon used by the Soviet Air Force against the Nazis during World War II. see photo for text here.
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Item #579192THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10,1931
* Early rockets to Moon ? space?
* Dr. Darwin O. Lyon
This 40 page newspaper has small and somewhat discrete one column headings on page 8: "To Try Moon Rocket Again", "Dr. Lyon in African Desert Gets Ready for Second Attempt", with supporting text. Other news of the day throughout. Good... Read full description -
Item #579186THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1941
* Hawker Typhoon introduced (Tiffy)
* Fighter bomber airplane
* RAF - Royal Air Force
This 100+ page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 5: "Better Fighting Airplane Is Announced by Britain" which tells of the introduction of the British single-seat fighter-bomber, the Hawker Typhoon. See... Read full description -
Item #579125THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1931
* Early rockets flight (space)
* Dr. Darwin O. Lyon
* Pierre Montagne
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "WINS PRIZE FOR STUDY OF ROCKET'S STRENGTH" and more. See photos for text here.
Also a small one column heading on page 27: "NEW ROCKET ATTEMPT" (see photos).... Read full description -
Item #579123THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 4,1931
* Early rockets flight
* Dr. Darwin O. Lyon
This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page E3 (inside) that include: "HAS ROCKET READY TO SEND UP 70 MILES", "Dr. Darwin Lyon to Fire It From Italian Mountain Early This Month", "Denies Aiming At Moon", and more (see photos for... Read full description -
Item #579122THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1930
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel ? moon ?
This 60+ page newspaper has small one column headings on page E2 (inside): "'Moon Rocket' Stays Down", "Professor Oberth Halts Work When Movie Fund Gives Out".
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Item #579112THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 16, 1931
* Early rocket power
* Transatlantic airplane travel?
This 38 page newspaper has small one column heading on page 37: "Predicts 3,000-Mile Speed", "Engineer Visualizes Rocket-Driven Transatlantic Planes" which tells of the possibility of rocket powered airplanes flying over the Atlantic Ocean.... Read full description -
Item #579103THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 26, 1940
* Fritz von Opel seized... Rocketeer
* SS Conte di Savoia
This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 10 that include: "VON OPEL SEIZED ON ITALIAN SHIP" "Auto Maker Is Taken Off Conte di Savoia at Gilbraltar Control Port" and more (see photos). He was considered a dangerous... Read full description -
Item #579087THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1938
* Adolph Hitler returns to Berlin, Germany
* Successful occupation of Austria celebration
This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12 that include: "BERLIN IN ECSTASY AS HITLER RETURNS", "500,000 Acclaim Him Amid Cascades of Bengal Fire and Bursting of Rockets",... Read full description -
Item #579071THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1937.
* Marchese Guglielmo Marconi death
* Radiotelegraph inventor
This 46 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
* MARCONI MOURNED BY ENTIRE WORLD
* Body Lies in State in Royal Academy in Rome--50,000 Pay Tributes to Inventor
* FUNERAL... Read full description -
Item #579053THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 1, 1933
* Rocketing to the Moon cost - Human trip
* Mahatma Gandhi arrested
This 38 page newspaper has a small one column heading on page 7:
"Gives Trip-To-Moon 'Cost'" (see photos for text).
Other news of the day throughout including front page reporting on the arrest of Gandhi . This issue has light... Read full description -
Item #579015THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 2, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rocket airplane flight
This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page31 that include: "OPEL CONCENTRATES ON LIQUID ROCKET", "He Says It Will Enable Future Flights in Stratosphere at 1,250 Miles and Hour", "Great Heat Developed" and more. Also a... Read full description -
Item #579014THE SPRINGFIELD UNION. Massachusetts, July 19, 1935
* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death
* Chicago Gangsters
* "Woman in Red" - John Dillinger
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14: "CHICAGO GUNMAN IS SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE HOTEL", "Former O'Banion Lieutenant Dies Without Making Statement;... Read full description -
Item #578996THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 31, 1931
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* War weapons
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8 that include: "WAR WITH ROCKETS PICTURED BY OBERTH", "Hungarian Inventor Says Nations Are Testing Ways to Shoot Half Around the World", "Forecasts Rain Of Poison... Read full description -
Item #578932LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 11, 1957
* Aga Khan III death (Early 1st report)
* Sultan Mahommed Shah
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
* Aga Khan Dies Today in Geneva
Tells of the death of Sultan Mahommed Shah. See photos for text here.
Other news of the day. Minor spine wear, otherwise good... Read full description -
Item #578923THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930
* Early rocket airplane test flight
* Dusseldorf, Germany
This 48 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6 that reads: "Tail-Less Plane Crashes", "Rocket Machine Is Badly Damaged--German Flier Slightly Hurt" which tells a early rocket plane test flight by Hans Espenlaub of Germany.
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Item #578916THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 28, 1942
* Fritz von Opel arrested in America
* Rockets - rocketeer - rocketry
This 30 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "Von Opel Arrested In Florida as Alien" with photo of Opel (see photos). He was considered a dangerous alien during wartime with Germany with his great knowledge of... Read full description -
Item #578894THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1930
* Rocket airplane flight... Paul Heylandt
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 10: "SEES LIGHTNING SPEED FOR LIQUID GAS PLANES", "Dr. Paul Heylandt, German Expert, Predicts Motor to Shoot Craft Over Atlantic", with supporting text. Other news of the day... Read full description -
Item #578893NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1862
* Bottoms Bridge, Virginia
* Raleigh North Carolina
* Norfolk & New Bern
The front page has a Civil War map headed: "Our Army On The Chickahominy" with a lengthy subhead (see). There are many one column heads on the front page including: "Brilliant & Successful Reconnoissance from New Bridge"... Read full description -
Item #578865THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 11, 1929
* Max Valier
* Rocket car
This 44 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6: "Claims 235-Mile Speed" "German Tests Rocket Propulsion With Sled on Frozen Lake" which tells of Austrian Max Valier testing his new rocket automobile.
Other news of the day throughout including period... Read full description -
Item #578834THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 30, 1929
* Fritz von Opel
* Early rocket airplane flight
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7 that include: "OPEL SAYS ROCKET IS BIG AVIATION AID", "Flight is Aimed to Show Ease, Power and Take-Off and Landing Without Run", "Inventor Says Rocket Is 'Perfect Emergency... Read full description -
Item #578830THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1929
* Hermann Oberth
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Space travel ? moon ?
This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of section 3 (E1, inside): "MOON ROCKETS LURE GERMANY'S SAVANTS", 'Herman Oberth, One of Four Who Are Making Tests, Confident of Ultimate Success" and... Read full description -
Item #578823LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 16, 1940
* Portage, Pennsylvania
* Sonman coal mine explosion (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "BODIES OF 63 MINERS TAKEN OUT OF MINE" and "One Still Missing in Gas-Filled Mine Shafts" which tells of the explosion at the Sonman coal mine in... Read full description -
Item #578799THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York City, April 22, 1948
* Robert H. Goddard
* Early rockets travel (moon)
This 56 page newspaper has a one column heading on page 17: "Rocket Trip To Moon Called Possibility"
See photos for text. Other news of the day. Rag edition in great condition. -
Item #578772NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 11, 1830 The prime feature of this issue would be the complete printing of the very lengthy: "President's Message", being the annual state-of-the-union address of the President, a tradition which began with Washington and continues to this day. This very detailed... Read full description -
Item #578722THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, August 7, 1926, August 8, 1926
* Gertrude Ederle
* 1st woman to swim English Channel
This 10 page newspaper has two headlines on the front page that include: ""Trudy" Gives Party; Yes, With Champagne" and more (see photos).
Other news of the day including period advertising. Usual browning, minor... Read full description -
Item #578685THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1931
* Rocket car
* Paul Heylandt
This100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8: "NEW ROCKET MOTOR HAS 400-POUND PUSH" and "Liquid Oxygen and Alcoholic Liquid Are Mixed for Fuel in Device tried Out in Berlin".
This tells of Paul Heylandt testing his new rocket automobile with liquid... Read full description -
Item #578623THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, March 15, 1925
* Walter Camp death (1st report)
* Father of American football
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2 that include: "Walter Camp's Death Blamed to Over-Exertion" and more. See photos for text here.
Also the front page of the sport's section:... Read full description -
Item #578587THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 18, 1934
* Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow
* Post Prison escape and gunfight
This 42 page newspaper has a small one column heading at the bottom of page 2: "Convict Caught in Texas".
A brief report tells of the capture of one of the prisoners Clyde Barrow help escape from prison. Rare to find reports... Read full description -
Item #578586FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 22, 1947
* Goose Rocks Beach fire
* Kennebunkport, Maine
* Bar Harbor
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Mayor Declares Emergency As Fire Rages Uncontrolled", "Property Loss In New England Above 3 Million", "Describes Maine As... Read full description -
Item #578556THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1930
* Max Valier
* Rocket car
This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 11: "VALIER SHOWS BERLIN NEW GAS-ROCKET CAR",
"German Believes He Has Made Propulsion by Recoil From Explosions Practical". Tells of Austrian Max Valier testing his new rocket automobile. See photos for text.
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Item #578546THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 5, 1928 This 100+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page 25: "CAR IS BLOWN TO BITS IN NEW ROCKET TEST" "Von Opel, Undaunted by Hanover Failure, to try Again for Speed of 250 Miles Per Hour".
Tells of German Fritz Von Opel testing his new rocket automobile.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #578522THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 28, 1928
* Max Valier
* Rocket car
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "NEW ROCKET AUTO HITS 131-MILE PACE, CRASHES" "German Inventor Quadrupled Power on 100-Pound Car After Two Successful Tests"
Tells of Austrian Max Valier testing his new rocket automobile.
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Item #578521THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1928
* Fritz Von Opel
* Father of rocket propulsion
This 44 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Opel Motorboat Beats Train; Speeds 58.84 Miles and Hour".
See photos for short article here. An early report on speed propulsion, very slow in today's standards.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #578520THE NEW YORK HERALD, December 2, 1861
* 1st year of the American Civil War
* Tybee Island, Georgia landing
Among the ftpg. one column heads are: "News From Washington" "The President's Message & the Reports of the Departments" "Proposed Ship Canal Between Lake Erie & Lake Michigan" "Important From Missouri"... Read full description -
Item #578497THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 27, 1950
* Al Jolson death report & funeral
* "The Jazz Singer" fame
This 54 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 30 that include: "THOUSANDS MOURN JOLSON ON COAST", "Jessel in Tribute at Temple in Hollywood Calls Singer Inspiration to U.S. Jewry". Nice to have in this famous NYC... Read full description -
Item #578427SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, October 29, 1898 The frontpage of this issue contains two photos of Indians entitled "The Ghost Dance - Unconscious" and "The Ghost Dance - Rigid". Within the issue is an additional photos "Black Coyote". Other articles are "Donnet's Fishing Gun" "Sinking Cylinder Foundatons in... Read full description -
Item #578302LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 21, 1937
* Bilbao Basques Spain captured
* Franco-troops - France
This 8 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Bilbao Taken, Rebel Troops Press Ahead".
This tells of the Franco-Troops conquering Bilbao Basques, Spain.
Other news of the day throughout. Minor... Read full description -
Item #578289THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 26, 1928
* Fritz von Opel - Fritz Stamer
* 1st rocket powered aircraft
* Lippisch Ente
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4:
"'ROCKET' PLANE NEARS COMPLETION AT PLANT" "Experts to Test Machine About June 15--Inventor Predicts Hop Here at 200... Read full description -
Item #578257THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, July 26, 1946
* Roger Malcolm & George Dorsey with wives
* Monroe, Georgia negro massacre
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines page 25: "Mob Slays 4 Negroes" and "Victims Are Waylaid at Bridge in Georgia" which tells of the murder lynchings of 4 Negroes in Monroe, Georgia.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #578254CHRONICLE AND NEWS, Allentown, Pennsylvania,October 8, 1925
* Christy Mathewson death - New York Giants (1st report)
* Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Senators
* World Series Game 2 (pre game)
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 10: "MATHEWSON DIED LATE LAST NIGHT", "Men of Game 'Big Six' Loved and Played... Read full description -
Item #578227THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1930
* Robert Goddard
* Early rockets - rocketry
* Research money donated
This 100+ page newspaper has small one column headings on page 14: "$100,000 FOR ROCKET TEST" and "Daniel Guggenheim Assures Backing for Goddard's Experiments".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #578201THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, July 5, 1912
* Corning NY train wreck (Gibson)
* Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
* Early 1st report
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "42 PERSONS DEAD AND 60 INJURED", "As Result of Collision of Trains Near Corning, N.... Read full description -
Item #578198THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 26, 1949
* Hyndman Pennsylvania PA fire (1st report)
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Town Swept by Christmas Tree Fire" and "Business District and Home Destroyed". This tells of the fire that almost... Read full description -
Item #578189THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, April 6, 1923
* Arlington Hotel fire
* Hot Springs, Arkansas
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"300 Guest Flee Big Hotel Fire At Hot Springs" and "Arlington Destroyed, Loss $1,000,000; Fireman Killed" which tells of the Arlington Hotel fire disaster at the Hot Springs... Read full description -
Item #578164ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, January 21, 1935
* Gilberton, Pennsylvania
* Coal mine explosion
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Mine Blast Kills 2, Overcomes 50" and "Pennsylvania Rushes Aid to Men Felled by 'Black Damp'" which tells of the Philadelphia and... Read full description -
Item #578147THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, December 25, 1932
* Moweaqua, Illinois
* Coal mine disaster
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"HOPES FOR 54 MEN TRAPPED IN MINE FADE" "Deadly Gas Fumes Fill Shaft Until Air Is Pumped In; Families Wait in Anguish" with smaller subheads.
Tells of the... Read full description -
Item #578140THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, October 8, 1915
* Evangelist Billy Sunday
* Re: Women
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "SUNDAY ASSAILS WIVES WHO SHUN MOTHERS' CARE", "Arraigns Pleasure Seekers", "Don't Worry If You Don't Wed", and more (see images).
Other news of the day.... Read full description
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