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Item #587728SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August, 1926 Still has the outer color wrappers, the front cover showing the: "Modern Method Of Moving Monsters" showing 2 dinosaurs midway through their construction being moved (see). Inside has a nice photographed article on: "The Education of a Parachute Jumper" & another... Read full description -
Item #587705THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, February 16, 1931
* Lillian Leitzel accident - death
* Acrobatic circus star (1st report)
This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Lillian Leitzel, Circus Star, Dies After Fall"
with subhead: "Little Trapeze Artist Succumbs to Injuries Received... Read full description -
Item #587704THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1948
* Cotton Valley, Louisiana
* Tornado destroys town (1st report)
This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "11 ARE DEAD IN TORNADO", "Hundreds Reported Injured in Wake of Tornado Near Shreveport" 1st report coverage... Read full description -
Item #587703THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, January 16, 1934
* Babe Ruth signs final contract
* New York Yankees
* Last year with the team
This 24 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page of the sport's section: "So Ruth Takes the $35,000 and Once More All Is Well" and "That, by... Read full description -
Item #587501THE AMERICAN JEWISH OUTLOOK, Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1, 1937 As would be expected, mostly Judaica content. Small folio size, 16 pages, minor archival mends at some margin folds, minor edge wear. -
Item #587498THE FELLOWSHIP FORUM, Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 1932 Noted in the masthead: "A National Publication of Patriotism, Controversy and Opinion". Content notes this was an anti-Catholic newspaper. Tabloid size, nice condition. -
Item #587496PM DAILY, New York, Dec. 2, 1946
* Palestine Resistance Committee
* Jewish underground- Jews - Judaica
Page 15 has a full page advertisement headed: "Proclamation On The PALESTINE RESISTANCE -- Attention!" with the text noting this is an effort to: "...raise funds for the Active Fighters of the... Read full description -
Item #587365THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, April 5, 1923
* Pineville, Louisiana
* Tornado disaster
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TORNADO TAKES TOLL OF 14 IN PINEVILLE, LA.", "Scores Are Injured When Twister Cuts 100-Yard Swath through Town" and more. 1st report coverage on the tornado... Read full description -
Item #587338THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 4, 1931
* Epsom Derby - The Derby
* 1st live sporting event to be televised on TV
* John Logie Baird
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 17: "CAMERONIAN WINS ENGLISH DERBY IN STIRRING CONTEST" and more. 1st report coverage on the 1931 Epsom Derby. Though not... Read full description -
Item #587291THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1946
* Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
* Nazi death factory remembered
* Jewish - Jews - 1 year anniversary of liberation
Page 20 contains a very compelling article on the 1year anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen nazi concentration camps. A one column heading reads: "Survivors Of Belsen... Read full description -
Item #587260MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, December 19, 1931
* Jack "Legs" Diamond murder
This 12 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "DIAMOND DEATH INQUIRY WIDENS", "New York City Joins Albany in Slayer Hunt; Gangster's Girl to Be Quizzed in Boston".
Other news, sports and advertisements of... Read full description -
Item #587229THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 13, 1942
* Heavyweight Boxing Champion
* Joins army
This 40 page newspaper has a two line, one column headline on page 10: "LOUIS SIGNS AT $21, EAGER 'TO GET JAPS'" with subheads that include: "Them Japs is Lightweights, Anyway, Says Champion as He Weighs in at 220" Also a two column... Read full description -
Item #587171MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, December 19, 1927
* William Edward Hickman
* Murderer of Marion Parker & others
This 18 page newspaper has a great banner headline on the front page: "FIND FIEND'S MURDER LAIR" with subheads (see photos). Coverage soon before his capture. Nice to have this report on the front page... Read full description -
Item #587053THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1949
* Preston Tucker loses control of his company
* Automobile designer & entrepreneur
* 1948 Tucker Sedan "Tucker Torpedo" fame
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 29: "Rescue Planned for Tucker Corp." with caption: "Everybody's... Read full description -
Item #586990THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 18, 1929
* McAlester, Oklahoma mining disaster
* Old Town Mine
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "OKLAHOMA BLAST ENTOMBS 59 MINERS", "Three Injured Brought Up in McAlester Disaster-Twenty-three Bodies Recovered", " Little... Read full description -
Item #586966THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 17, 1929
* Missing Link discoveries ?
* Beijing China - Peking Man
This 64 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 31 that include: "SEES AID IN FIXING 'CRADLE OF MAN'", "Walter Granger Says Skeletons Found in China May Aid Knowledge of Ancestry" and more with smaller subheads. See photos for... Read full description -
Item #586965THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, May 23, 1958
* Nike missile explosion disaster
* Leonardo New Jersey - Middletown New Jersey
This 44 page newspaper has a seven column headline on the front page: "N. J. Area Fumes as 'Safe' Nikes Kill 7" with subheads and related photo (see photos). 1st report coverage on the Nike base... Read full description -
Item #586924THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, April 14, 1914
* Federal League of Base Ball Clubs
* Very 1st game under this new league
In the sport's section (page 10) under "Federal League" is a small heading: "Baltimore 3, Buffalo 2" which was the very 1st "Federal League" baseball game to be played. The... Read full description -
Item #586885SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 23, 1915
* Women's suffrage movement
* Front page photo
This 22 page newspaper has a nice front page Women's suffrage photo with caption: "Victory" (see photos).
Also one column headlines also on the front page that include: "SUFFRAGE PROSPECT", "Will... Read full description -
Item #586869THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 16, 1931
* Sing Sing Prison's 1st football game
* Alabama Pitts
This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "2,000 INMATES CHEER SING SING'S FOOTBALL", "Convict Eleven Wins Its Debut Game, Inspired by Exit Gate Behind Goal Line" and more. Reporting... Read full description -
Item #586850FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 15, 1937
* Sullivan, Indiana
* Glendora Coal company
* Baker mine explosion (early 1st report)
This 16 page newspaper one column headings on the front page:
"4 Men Burned, 20 Are Trapped In Mine Blast" and "Explosion Occurs 2 Miles From Entrance; Wives, Relatives... Read full description -
Item #586846PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, August 8, 1929
* Graf Zeppelin around World flight (airship)
* Historic aviation feat begins (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "GERMAN GRAF SAILS AWAY ON FIRST AIR TOUR OF THE WORLD" with subhead. 1st report coverage on the initial start of the historic... Read full description -
Item #586845THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, February 9, 1943
* Battle of Guadalcanal ends
* Solomon Islands campaign
* World War II
This 8 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "Enemy Resistance On Guadalcanal Ended, Knox Says" with subheads. Coverage on the final capture of the island of... Read full description -
Item #586782THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, March 26, 1931
* Scottsboro Boys arrested
* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
* Mahatma Gandhi - India riots
This 56 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 21: "JAIL HEAD ASKS TROOPS AS MOB SEEKS NEGROES"
"Riot Feared in Scottsboro, Ala., After Arrest of Nine, Held for Attacking Girls"... Read full description -
Item #586751THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, May 8, 1957
* Gangster Frank Costello
* Gambling
This 88 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 3: "Costello Starts Term for Defying Jury Quiz" with photo of Costello (see photos). 1st report coverage on famous gangster Frank Costello's contempt of court sentence. See photo for text here.
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Item #586566JERUSALEM NEWS, subtitled "An American Newspaper--The first daily in Jerusalem printed in the English language.", March 20, 1920
* Rare title - Volume 1 issue
* English language
This newspaper began just 4 months prior. The top of the front page announces a: "Prize Competition" for: "...accounts of actual, personal,... Read full description -
Item #586416THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, October 2, 1951
* 1st MLB game televised coast to coast
* Brooklyn Dodgers vs. New York Giants (playoff)
This 30 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "Giants Take Opener" and "Bums Face Elimination". Much more on page 18 with headlines, photos and stats... Read full description -
Item #586396THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, March 5, 1946
* Winston Churchill... Iron Curtain Speech
* Fulton, Missouri (day of)
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headlines on the front page: "Truman and Churchill To Missouri" and "Former Premier Expected to Talk On 'Loan' Today"
This was the day that Winston Churchill would give... Read full description -
Item #586393THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, June 24, 1914
* Watertown, South Dakota
* Tornado disaster (early 1st report)
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "9 PERSONS KILLED, 40 OTHERS INJURED, 3000 HOMES RUINED", "Fearful Work Is Done by a Tornado Which Swept Through Watertown, South Dakota",... Read full description -
Item #586354SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, January 12, 1910
* 1910 Los Angeles, California
* International Air Meet at Dominguez Field
* Aviator Glenn Curtiss - airplanes - airships
Page 6 has small, one column headings on page 6: "Curtiss Makes A Record" "Attains Fastest Speed Yet Carrying a Passenger"
See photos for... Read full description -
Item #586320FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, April 3, 1954
* William "Pudge" Heffelfinger death
* Yale University football star
This 12 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 8: "'Pudge' Heffelfinger, All-Time Grid Great, Dies In Texas At 88" with photo. See photo for 1st report coverage on the death of William... Read full description -
Item #586308THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 11, 1937
* William "Pudge" Heffelfinger
* Yale University football star
* Best football player ever ?
This 52 page newspaper has two column headlines in the sport's section (page 34): "Heffelfinger Named Best Player Of All Time at Touchdown Club" and"Yale Football... Read full description -
Item #586246ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, June 15, 1928
* Herbert Clark Hoover nominated for President
* 1st report with photo
This 30 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "HOOVER CHOSEN; DAWES LEAVES RACE" with subheads and a nice photo of Herbert Hoover.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A few... Read full description -
Item #586111THE COURIER JOURNAL, Louisville, Kentucky, August 27, 1974
* Charles Lindbergh death
* Aviator - airplane
This 1st section only (1st 20 pages) of a normal 42 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Lindbergh dies of cancer" with related photos (see photos). Page 3 has a banner headline: "Famed aviator Charles... Read full description -
Item #586108THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 30, 1928 This 60+ page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page of the sport's section: "63,247, A RECORD, SEE CRICKET TEST"and "Melbourne Throng Sets World's Mark as Australia Loses 4-Wickets for 262 Runs" and more (see photos)
This tells of the cricket match... Read full description -
Item #586086THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, February 4, 1914
* Fight for Women's Suffrage
* Another early defeat
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "WOMAN SUFFRAGE RECEIVES A BLOW FROM DEMOCRATS", "Majority Members of the National House, in Caucus, Refuse to Create a Committee on Suffrage"... Read full description -
Item #586085THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 26, 1931
* Tulane Green Wave football
* First game of undefeated season (day of)
* Best title to have in ?
This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 10: "Tulane Begins Title Conquest Today With Fighting Ole Miss Team" with subheads (see photos). This would be the day... Read full description -
Item #586083THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, July 1, 1921
* Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier
* Heavyweight boxing championship (pre-fight news)
This 40 page newspaper has two headlines on the front page: "2 TO 1 AND 3 TO 1 ODDS OFFERED TO DEMPSEY" and more. More in the sport's section with related cartoon illustration (see... Read full description -
Item #586068THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 1915
* DuPont Powder Plant Company explosion
* Wilmington, Delaware
This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "30 Workman Are Killed When Explosion Tears DuPont Powder Plant" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the disaster at the DuPont Powder Company in... Read full description -
Item #586057THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, October 7, 1915
* President Woodrow Wilson's engagement
This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "President Woodrow Wilson to Wed Mrs. Norman Galt of Washington" with subheads and photo (see photos). This is 1st report coverage on the engagement of... Read full description -
Item #586054THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, October 1, 1915
* Boston Red Sox wins pennant
This 12 page newspaper has a five column headline on page 9: "Red Sox Clinch American League Rag" with subheads that include: "RED SOX CINCH RAG IN AMERICAN" and more (see photos). 1st report coverage on the Boston Red Sox winning the 1915 American... Read full description -
Item #586053THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, April 4, 1939
* Ghazi bin Faisal killed
* King of Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
* Comedian Jack Benny fined
This 36 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 6: "Fast-Driving King of Iraq Dies in Light Pole Crash". See photos for 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #586027SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 9, 1921
* Iowa Hawkeyes college football
* Notre Dame - Knute Rockne
This 30+ page newspaper has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading on page 3 of the sport's section (inside): "Notre Dame Defeated" which gives a brief first report on Iowa Hawkeyes football team beating... Read full description -
Item #586020LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, June 15, 1963
* Medgar Evers assassination funeral
* Civil Rights activist
This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "'March of Mourning' At Evers Funeral". 1st report coverage on the funeral of Medgar Evers, who recently was assassinated in front of... Read full description -
Item #586018THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 23, 1941
* Michigan - Ohio State football Rivalry
* 1st meeting as ranked teams (AP Poll)
This 40+ page newspaper has loads of college football reports in the sport's section with one column headlines: "MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE PLAY 20-20 DEADLOCK", "85,753 Fans Thrilled as Big... Read full description -
Item #586017THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 25, 1950
* Storm of the Century begins
* Extratropical cyclones
This 24 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Winter Sweeps In; 9 Die" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the beginning of the "Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950" which was also called... Read full description -
Item #585946NEW YORK TRIBUNE, October 3, 1911 The front page of this issue has a column wide headline "Austin's Death List May Not Exceed 100" with subheads "State Health Commissioner's Census, Almost Complete, Show 86 Missing", "Disaster Inquiry Delayed", "Relief Work Being Pushed, but Many... Read full description -
Item #585943SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 2, 1915
* 1st Zeppelin air raid over London
* World War I - WWI
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "AIR RAID ON LONDON", "ZEPPELIN DROPS BOMBS", "Four Civilians Killed" and more. This was the 1st air raid over London,... Read full description -
Item #585898THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13, 1940
* Western actor Tom Mix killed
* Arizona car accident (1st report)
This 50+ page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Tom Mix Dies as Auto Turns Over in Crash". 1st report coverage on the death of famous Western movie actor, Tom Mix.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #585880THE HATCHET, "Published On The High Seas", February 21, 1919
* Ship's newspaper : carried President Woodrow Wilson to Europe & back
* Rare
This is an interesting little newspaper printed on board the U.S.S. "George Washington". As noted at the top of page 2: "A Daily Newspaper With The... Read full description
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