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Item #623190LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York Oct. 21, 1915 The color cover is a nice illustration from World War I captioned: "Waiting for the Range." (see) Other prints within include a photo of "Mrs. Galt Whose Engagement to President Woodrow Wilson is Announced" "In the Wake of the... Read full description -
Item #623060EVENING HERALD, Los Angeles, November 27, 1926
* Carnegie Tech (Mellon) greatest football game
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish - NCAA football
* 1 of the greatest college upsets
* Knute Rockne skips game (mistake)
The front page has a five column headline: "Carnegie Trims Notre Dame, 19-0" with subhead. (see) The front page of the... Read full description -
Item #623058NEW YORK TIMES, September 1, 1934
* Chicago College All-Star Game
* Very 1st annual football game
* Chicago Bears
The sport's section (page 8) has one column headings: "80,000 See Bears Tie All-Stars, 0-0" & subheads: "Collegians Outplay Champions of Pro League, Gaining Six First Downs to Three" "Laws,... Read full description -
Item #623004THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1935
* Annie Smith Peck death
* American Mountaineer
Page 17 has one column headings: "ANNIE PECK DIES, 84; MOUNTAIN CLIMBER" "She Has Scaled Tallest Peaks of Hemisphere and at 80 Flew Over Them Again" "Also Lecturer, Linquist" "Won World-Wide fame When She Conquered Mt.... Read full description -
Item #622969THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1942
* Crystal Springs, Mississippi
* Train-bus collision disaster
The back page has one column headings that include: "12 DEAD, MANY HURT IN TRAIN-BUS CRASH" "Three From Up-State Among Thise Killed at a Grade Crossing in Mississippi" "FREIGHT CONFUSED... Read full description -
Item #622894THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 1934.
* Rex Scott Negro lynching
* Hazard, Kentucky
* Perry County
The back page has one column headings "KENTUCKY MOB HANGS NEGRO TORN FROM JAIL", "Sheriff and Posse Reach Scene as Masked Crowd Disperses--First Lynching of 1934" First report coverage on the lynching of Negro Rex Scott in Hazard,... Read full description -
Item #622824THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 1939
* HMS Thetis sinks
* British submarine
* Royal Navy
The front page has two column headings: "British Submarine Sinks; Found Partly Submerged" "Thetis, New Craft, Fails to Rise After Dive on Trial Trip With 79 Aboard--Located 18 Hours Later Near Shore" (see) First report coverage on the lost of the HMS Thetis... Read full description -
Item #622817THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1929
* Fritz von Opel visits America
* Predicts mass transportation in rocket airplanes
Page 10 has one column headings: "Von Opel To Study Auto Industry Here" "Says on Arriving He Hopes to See Business Men Crossing Atlantic in Rocket Airplane" with photo. (see) Was he predicting the jet airplane ?
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Item #622815THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 2, 1933
* Famed double eagle coins are minted
Page 12N contains an interesting and somewhat inconspicuous report headed: "22,000,000 Coins Minted" with various details, and which includes: "...Included in this coinage were 445,500 double eagles and 1,754,000 eagles...".
It is noteworthy that... Read full description -
Item #622762NORMAN DEMOCRAT-TOPIC, Norman, Oklahoma, April 6, 1900
* Rare territorial title
This is actually a "territorial" newspaper, as Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907, one of only 3 of the contiguous 48 to join the union in the 20th century (New Mexico & Arizona the other two).
Most of the front page is taken up with... Read full description -
Item #622746NEW YORK TIMES, July 22, 1937
* Scottsboro Boys case
* Andy Wright sentence
The front page has a one column heading: "SCOTTSBORO JURORS GIVE 99-YEAR TERM" with subheads that include: "Wright Sentenced at Once in Case in Which Alabama Barred Execution" and more.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44... Read full description -
Item #622733NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 21, 1940
* Rock of Gibraltar bombing
* Operation Felix
* World War II
The front page has a nice banner headline: "REPORT GIBRALTAR BOMBED, AFIRE" With subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 38 pages, minor spine wear, nice condition. -
Item #622708THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 6, 1929
* Woman aviator Amelia EarhartPage 15 has a small and discrete heading: " Flying Lesson for Miss Earhart" (see)
* Takes first airplane flying lesson
* To obtain Airline Transport Pilot License
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56 pages, rag edition in very nice... Read full description -
Item #622693THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1919
* War-time prohibition taking effect (eve)
The front page has a one column heading: "WAR PROHIBITION REPEAL HANGS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL" with subheads. (see) Coverage on wartime prohibition act taking effect (eve).
Other news of the day. Complete in 28 pages, some brown toning, a little margin... Read full description -
Item #622636THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1915 The front page has a three-column, three-line headline "Russia and Italy Declare War on Bulgaria and Allies Warn Greece; Bulgars Cut the Nish Railroad" with subheads "Italian Fleet on the Way " "Allies Reject Greek View of Treaty and Land More Troops" "Some... Read full description -
Item #622518NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 4, 1933
* New York Yankees
* Longest non-shutout game streak at 308
* Lefty Grove
A banner headline on page 10 announces: "Longest Scoring Streak in Major League History Ends as Yankees are Blanked" with subheads: "Yankees Finally Bow By A Shut-Out, 7-0", "Held Scoreless by Grove of the... Read full description -
Item #622392TUCSON DAILY CITIZEN, Arizona, November 29, 1930
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
* Knute Rockne's next to last game as coach
The front page has a nice banner healdine:
"NOTRE DAME WINS OVER ARMY BY 7-6" with subhead and lineups. Nice to have this report on the front page and very unusual for such a nice headline here as well.
Other... Read full description -
Item #622386THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, July 3, 1906
* Harry Kendall Thaw
* Stanford White murder
The front page has a one column heading: "TO PUNISH HARRY THAW" with subheads and photo of Thaw. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 20 pages, lightly toned, small label above photo (see), generally nice.. Should be handled with care. -
Item #622385THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, August 30, 1906
* William Jennings Bryan - "The Great Commoner"
* American orator and politician
* World tour welcome home
The front page has a two column headline: "'THE COMMONER' RETURNS TO RECEIVE GLAD WELCOME" with subheads and nice photo of Bryan. (see)
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #622378THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, August 10, 1906
* Armenian-Tatar massacres of 1905-07
* Russian Revolution of 1905
The front page has a one column heading: "SEVEN HUNDRED MORE KILLED" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 14 pages, lightly toned, small label within subheads (see), nice condition. Should be handled with... Read full description -
Item #622367THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, August 18, 1906
* Valparaiso, Chile earthquake disaster
The front page has a two column headline: "VALPARAISO SUFFERS FATE THAT BEFELL SAN FRANCISCO" with subheads and large illustration. (see) 1st report coverage on the Valparaiso earthquake of 1906.
Other news of the day. Complete in 14 pages, lightly... Read full description -
Item #622326THE NEWS & COURIER, Charleston, South Carolina, March 18, 1921
* Chicago "Black Sox" White Sox
* 1919 World Series of baseball scandal
The front page has one column heads which announce the dropping of the legal case against the "Black Sox" scandal players, with: "DROP CASES AGAINST SEVEN SOX... Read full description -
Item #622285THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, September 14, 1906
* U.S. second occupation of Cuba
* United States Marines
* Theodore Roosevelt
The front page has a two column headline: "AMERICAN MARINES LANDED AT HAVANA AND CIENFUEGOS" with subheads and two related photos. (see)
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #622262THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1929
* re. Old Yankee Stadium stampede disaster
* New York Yankees - Babe Ruth - Lou Gehrig
* Hospital visit with injured children w/ photo
Page 3 has a one column heading: "BABE RUTH BRINGS CHEER TO HOSPITAL" with many subheads and rare photo. (see) Two days earlier there was a stampede... Read full description -
Item #622258THE COMMERICIAL APPEAL, Memphis, April 15, 1935
* Black Sunday (1st report)
* Dust Bowl
The front page has a one column heading: "Rain Clouds Check Western Dust Storm" with subhead. (see)
Page 2 has a two column heading: "Dust Storm Blackens Skies Throughout West's Drouth Area" (see) 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #622251THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, August 28, 1938
* Monte Pearson pitches no-hitter
* New York Yankees - MLB baseball
* Joe DiMaggio 3 triples in a row
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a 7 column headline: "Pearson Pitches No-Hit Game Against Cleveland" with subheads, box scores and photo of Pearson. (see) 1st... Read full description -
Item #622249ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 22, 1933
* John Dillinger on the run
* Police raid on hideout
* Midwest bank robber
Page 6 has one column headings: "CHICAGO GANG TRIO IS SLAIN BY POLICEMEN" "Heavily Armed Men Are Shot Down Upon Resistance" 1st report coverage on the police raid upon a Dillinger hideout in which 3 of his gang... Read full description -
Item #622245THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 12, 1935
* 2nd anuual soap box derby
* Akron, Ohio
* Graham McNamee
This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8: "GRAHAM McNAMEE HURT" "Auto In Boys' Derby at Akron Injures 3 in Judges' Stand" 1st report coverage on the 2nd annual soap box derby in Akron, Ohio. The 1st derby was... Read full description -
Item #622217THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 18, 1977
* Wernher von Braun death
* Father of rocket science
The front page has a three column headline: "Von Braun, Rocketry Genius, Dies Thursday of Cancer" First report coverage on the death of Wernher von Braun, German-American rocket scientist.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #622215THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 23, 1944
* Kasturba Gandhi death
* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wife
* The Mahatma
This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "MRS. GANDHI DEAD; WIFE OF MAHATMA" "Succumbs to Heart Ailment at Poona, Where She and Husband Were Held in... Read full description -
Item #622213THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 16, 1930
* RMS Tahiti - British steamer
* Sinking and rescue (early 1st report)
The front page has a four column headline: "British Ship Sinking, 252 in Peril; Loses Propeller in Mid Pacific; Three Steamers Racing to Rescue" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #622211THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1943
* Rocket glider bombs
* Nazis new weapon
This 48 page newspaper two column headlines on page 13 that include: "Churchill Reveals Nazis Are Using Glider Bomb Powered by Rocket" and more (see photos). See photo for text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout with much on World... Read full description -
Item #622188THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sport's section only, August 24, 1930
* Paul Jessup breaks world discus record
* University of Washington Huskies
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "WORLD RECORD SET BY JESSUP IN DISCUS" with subhead and photo. (see)
Complete sport's section only with all pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #622187THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 22, 1930
* Marion Terry death (1st report)
* English stage actress - plays
Page 15 has a one column heading: "MARION TERRY DEAD; FAMOUS ACTRESS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 34 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. -
Item #622185THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 6, 1930
* Major General Douglas MacArthur
* Named Chief of Staff of U.S. Army
The front page has a one column heading: "MACARTHUR NAMED CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF" with subheads. (see) Text continues on page 3 with photo. 1st report coverage on Douglas MacArthur being named Chief of Staff of the army with the... Read full description -
Item #622184THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 5, 1930
* Siegfried Wagner death (1st report)
* German opera composer and conductor
* Bayreuth Festival artistic director
Page 23 has a one column heading: "SIEGFRIED WAGNER DIES AT AGE OF 61" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, rag edition in great... Read full description -
Item #622182August 1, 1930
* R100 - R-100 British rigid airship
* Maiden transatlantic flight ends
The top of the front page has a three column heading: "R-100 ARRIVES AT MONTREAL AIRPORT; BATTLES STORM AS SHE NEARS HER GOAL; DAMAGED FIN REPAIRED AS SHIP DRIFTS" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues on page 2 with map.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #622181THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 16, 1930
* Charles Lindbergh receives Congressional gold medal
* President Herbert Hoover - White House
The front page has a one column heading: "LINDBERGH RECEIVES MEDAL FROM HOOVER" with subheads. (see) Text continues on page 3 witgh photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #622169THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, January 28, 1963
* Harvey Gantt break the color barrier
* 1srt Negro enrolled in a South Carolina college
* Clemson University Tigers
The front page has a three column headline: "Color Wall Broken In South Carolina" with caption: "Negro Enrolled at Clemson College" (see) 1st report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #622155TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 9, 1927.
* Charles Lindbergh's coming home
* On board the USS Memphis - light cruiser
The front page has a two column headline: "ALL WASHINGTON IS PREPARING FOR A RECORD GREETING" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light browning, a little margin wear, otherwise good. Should... Read full description -
Item #622153ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 5, 1934
* Babe Ruth all-stars play in japan
The Sports Section (page 15) has one column headings: "JAPANESE FANS IDOLIZE RUTH" "Babe Impressed by Orderliness of Crowd at Game in Tokio" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 26 pages, a little... Read full description -
Item #622136THE PATRIOT, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1933
* Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle death (1st report)
* Silent film actor, comedian and director
Page 13 has a one column heading: "FATTY ARBUCKLE DIES SUDDENLY" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day including a front page report on the Jack Sharkey vs. Primo Carnera championship... Read full description -
Item #622133THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1940
* Italo Balbo killed
* Italian Blackshirt
* Marshal of the Air Force
The front page has a five column headline that reads: "BALBO KILLED, HIS PLANE SHOT DOWN" with subheads that include: "Italy In Mourning" "Fascist Leader Had Been Sent to Libya After Reported Jealously of Premier" and... Read full description -
Item #622107DAILY NEWS, New York City, March 9, 1999 This is the "National Edition" with the very nice, full front page memorial to Joe DiMaggio who had just died, with a special "wrap-around" cover sheet with his photo from an earlier year with the New York Yankees. Great to have this report in a New York City... Read full description -
Item #622097THE NORWICH SUN, New York, Oct. 11, 1923 Front page heads include: "Yanks Win The Second Game By the Score of Four To Two; 'Babe' Ruth Gets A Home Run".
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Item #622046FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 19, 1960
* Korabl-Sputnik 2
* Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka
* Francis Gary Powers
The front page has a two heading: "5-Ton Space Ship Carrying Animals Launched By Reds" This was the very 1st space flight to bring back animals still alive.
Also on the front page is a four column headline: ... Read full description -
Item #621994MID-WEEK PICTORIAL of the New York Times, April 20, 1935
* Publisher Adolph Ochs death
The front page is taken up with a photo of "Adolph S. Ochs", publisher of the N.Y. Times who recently died.
Complete in 28 pages, 9 3/4 by 13 inches, minor mend to a lower corner, minimal margin wear. -
Item #621963THE NEWS, Cleveland, Ohio, September 30, 1926
* Re: Jack Dempsey's defeat at the hands of Gene Tunney
* Estelle Taylor, his actress wife, supports him
* Boxing history
The front page has a one column head: "Estelle Is Still True to Dempsey," with the subhead: "Doesn't Know Difference Between Upper Cut and... Read full description -
Item #621839THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 26, 1934
* Engelbert Dollfuss assassinated by Nazis
* Austrian dictator
* Nazi coup fails
The front page has a four column headline: "AUSTRIAN PREMIER KILLED BY NAZIS AFTER CAPTURE OF FEDERAL CHANCELLORY" with subheads and photo of Dollfuss.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #621777THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 7, 1928
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart* About to make history
* Airplane "Friendship"
Less than 13 months after Charles Lindbergh's heralded accomplishment, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to achieve the feat. The front page has a four column headline: "Friendship Fails in 3... Read full description
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