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Item #685478DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 1843 Page 3 has from Baltimore: "Departure of Emigrants For Liberia" noting in part: "...sailed yesterday...from Bond street wharf with between 70 and 80 emigrants destined for the Maryland colony on the coast of Africa under the patronage of the Maryland Colonization... Read full description -
Item #685476DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 25, 1843
* British occupation of the Hawaiian Islands
Page 3 has a full column headed: "The Sandwich Island", now known as the Hawaiian Islands, with much detail on the Paulet Affair. This was the unofficial five-month occupation of Hawaii by a British naval officer. It was ended by... Read full description -
Item #685475DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 1843
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica
* Population in NYC
Page 3 has: "Jews of New York" which notes: "According to the report...of the Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews, their number in New York...is about twelve thousand..." with further detail.
Four... Read full description -
Item #685474DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 1843
* African slave trade
* Slavers - bark ship
Page 3 has: "The African Slave Trade" which notes in part: "...arrived at New York from the coast of Africa, reports that four or five slavers were brought into port...the Brazilian barque Considentia, captured on the 17th... Read full description -
Item #685468DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1843 The top of page 3 has an article: "Francis Scott Key" concerning a speech he gave on St. Chrysostom.
It is rare to fine reports on Francis Scott Key beyond his penning the words to the Star Spangled Banner in 1814, and his death in 1843.
Four pages, very nice... Read full description -
Item #685466TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 27, 1938
* German occupation of Czechoslovakia
* Adolph Hitler & the Nazi Party
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "CZECHS DEFY GERMANY" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the capitulation of Czechoslovakia by Adolph Hitler and Germany.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #685462THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1899
* Palmetto, Fulton County, Georgia
* Negroes massacre - assassinations
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "A NEGRO SLAUGHTER" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues... Read full description -
Item #685434THE SALEM EVENING NEWS, Mass., March 15, 1916
* Pancho Villa crosses Mexican border
* Post Columbus NM New Mexico raid
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "PERSHING'S MEN CROSS THE LINE IN PURSUIT OF VILLA, IT IS REPORTED" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #685427THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 31, 1945
* United States Marines land on Japan
* General Douglas MacArthur takes control
* World War II American Occupation begins
The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "M'ARTHUR OPENS HEADQUARTERS IN YOKOHAMA; FINDS JAPANESE ACTING IN FULL 'GOOD FAITH'; FREED PRISONERS CHARGE BRUTALITY BY... Read full description -
Item #685423A CONTINUATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT IN SCOTLAND, London, England, July 9, (1689)
* Very rare 18th century publication
The year is printed in the dateline of the first report at the top of page 1, as well as in the imprint at the bottom of the back page.
A very rare newspaper from England dealing primarily with Parliamentary affairs.... Read full description -
Item #685393LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 3, 1940
* United States ignorant of the "white race" ?
* Benito Mussolini - Prime Minister of Italy
* World War II - WWII - FRONT LEAF ONLY **
The front side has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "U.S. 'MOST IGNORANT' NATION, SAYS IL DUCE" with subhead. (see)
FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages... Read full description -
Item #685391DAILY NEWS, WAR EXTRA, Los Angeles, July 12, 1943
* Invasion of Sicily Italy
* Operation Husky
The bold banner headline announces: "SEIZE KEY SICILIAN PORTS" with subheads. More inside including a photo of General George S. Patton.
Complete with 36 pages, larger tabloid size issue measuring 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, light wear along... Read full description -
Item #685376THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 18, 1899
* Windsor Hotel (Manhattan)
* St. Patrick's Day fire disaster
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "THE DEAD AND DYING" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues... Read full description -
Item #685305LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 11, 1964
* Comedian actor Eddie Cantor death
* Best publication to be had ? (rare)
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Eddie Cantor Dies of Heart at 72" with subhead and photo. Great to have this report in a newspaper from the home of the film & entertainment industry.
The first section only... Read full description -
Item #685285THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 22, 1910
* Philadelphia general strike (1910)
* Trolley workers labor strike & riot
The front page has a nice banner headline: "100,000 MEN IN PHILADELPHIA ARE ORDERED OUT ON STRIKE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... Read full description -
Item #685281LOS ANGELES LAKERS, June 22, 1988
* Los Angeles Lakers win championship
* NBA basketball title vs. Detroit Pistons
* Best title to be had - rare as such
The front page has a three column color photo showing James Worthy battling Bill Laimbeer with one column heading: "Lakers Repeat as Champions in Tight Game" (see) The front page of the... Read full description -
Item #685278CALENDAR SECTION ONLY of The Los Angeles Times, June 22, 1988
* "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" - Robert Zemeckis
* Best Grand Opening Day movie advertisement
* Live-action/animated comedy w/ review
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and perhaps no better... Read full description -
Item #685272LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., August 5, 1938.
* Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan famous flight
* New York to Ireland - Unintentional ?
* Welcome home - New York Harbor
The front page has a two column heading: "'Corrigan Hailed By Throngs In Triumphant Journey At New York Official Welcome" with... Read full description -
Item #685258THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT (bi-weekly), North Carolina, January 20, 1919
* Prohibition (no beer, liquor) wins
* 18th Amendment ratification
* 3/4 of the states needed is met
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "America First Nation To Legislate Liquor Out" with subheads. First report coverage on Nebraska... Read full description -
Item #685246THE SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, January 13, 1916
* Mexican Revolution
* Massacre of Americans
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "NINE MORE AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY VILLA BANDITS" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the massacre in which many Americans were slaughtered by Mexican bandits at Santa Isabel,... Read full description -
Item #685239THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 26, 1945
* U. S. occupation of Japan begins
* Third Fleet enters Sagami Bay
* Chester W. Nimitz & William Halsey
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "U.S. WARSHIPS ENTER BAY BELOW TOKYO WHEN TYPHOONS DELAY OUR LANDINGS" with subheads and related photo. Coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #685236THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 18, 1974
* White House helicopter incident
* U.S. Army Private Robert K. Preston
* Richard Petty wins Daytona 500 - Nascar
The front page has a four column heading: "Soldier Lands a Stolen Copter on White House Lawn" with two related photos.
The bottom of the front page has a three column photo... Read full description -
Item #685235THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 26, 1908
* President Theodore Roosevelt message
* to Congress on America's waterways
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "IMPROVEMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS" with subheads. (see) Message is signed in type: Theodore Roosevelt. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description -
Item #685234THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, North Carolina, June 11, 1978
* Affirmed wins triple crown
* Belmont Stakes - horse racing
The front page has a three column photo with caption: "Affirmed--by a nose" with text. (see)
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has banner headline: "It's Affirmed again (by a nose)" with 2 related... Read full description -
Item #685229THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1849 Page 3 has several reports headed: "The Riots in New York", they being the Astor Place Riot, the deadliest to that date of a number of civic disturbances in New York City which pitted immigrants & nativists against each other.
Page 2 also has two detailed letters headed:... Read full description -
Item #685179THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 4, 1937.
* Amelia Earhart famous disappearance
* Searching the Pacific Ocean
The front page has a two column heading: "Amelia Earhart's Chance For Rescue Becomes Dim" with subhead. (see)
Complete 1st section only with 10 pages, light toning, a little margin wear with a few tiny... Read full description -
Item #685178THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 10, 1931
* Woman aviator pioneer Elinor Smith
* "The Flying Flapper of Freeport"
* Breaks World airplane flying altitude record
The front page has a one column heading: "ELINOR SMITH CLAIMS RECORD OF 32,000 FEET" with subheads and photo. (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning... Read full description -
Item #685174THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 6, 1957
* Invention of the Cryotron - Dudley Allen Buck
* Superconductivity - magnetic fields
* Bill Haley & His Comets touch down in London
Near the bottom of the front page is a three column photo with heading: "Cryotrons May Lead to Computers Cubic Foot in Size" (see) 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #685171NEW-YORK TIMES, Sept. 28, 1865
* Andersonville Civil War prison in Georgia
* Captain Henry Wirz trial
Front page heads at the top of the first column regarding the trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the Confederate officer in charge of the famous prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia: "Trial Of Capt. Wirz" "Difficulties and... Read full description -
Item #685166NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 17, 1846 Page 3 has: "Illinois. The Mormon War ended" which is an interesting account taking close to a full column. It notes in part: "...Articles of capitulation...drawn up to the following effect:..." followed by the... Read full description -
Item #685140THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 26, 1942
* Lynching of Cleo Wright - Negro
* Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri
Page 17 has a one column heading: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MISSOURI CROWD" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day throughout including much on World War II. Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
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Item #685134NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1845
* Nauvoo Charter - Mormons - Mormonsim
* Illinois legislature repeals - post Joseph Smith murder
* Prelude to exodus to Salt Lake City, Utah
The bottom of the front page has a very brief item noting: "Illinois" "The Mormon charter of Nauvoo has been... Read full description -
Item #685129NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 5, 1844
* Nauvoo Legion militia - Illinois
* Mormons - Mormonism War ?
* Governor Thomas Ford
Pages 3 and 4 has a report from Illinois: "More Trouble at Nauvoo" which noters in part: "Gov. Ford has ordered 2500 militia & volunteers into service for the... Read full description -
Item #685126NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 27, 1844
* Mormonism - re. Joseph Smith assassination
* Macon Bolling Allen - 1st black lawyer
Pages 4 and 5 contain a nearly full-column article on: "The Mormons" focused on driving the Mormons out of Illinois, and a... Read full description -
Item #685118NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, April 13, 1844
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Nauvoo, Illinois
An inside page has a brief item discussed in the federal Congress with a small heading: "Mormons" noting: "Mr. Semple presented a memorial from the mayor & aldermen of Nauvoo, that a separate territorial... Read full description -
Item #685098NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, July 22, 1843
* Mormons - Mormonism
* Earliest of Brigham Young
The back page has a heading: "The Mormon Prophet" which begins: "The arrest of Joe Smith it appears was in virtue of some new process from Missouri. James Reynolds proceeded to Nauvoo to arrest him, found... Read full description -
Item #685094NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 13, 1843
* Boston Tabernacle dedication
* William Millerites - Millerism
* Second Advent of Jesus Christ
Page 3 has over half a column on: "Trouble Among the Traders To Santa Fe" and another page has: "Texas, Question ion Annexation - The Condition of Texas".
The back... Read full description -
Item #685093NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, May 6, 1843
* Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia)
* Jewish synagogue - Jews - Judaica
* William Millerites - Millerism
Page 5 has: "Consecration Of the Synagogue Roudafe Sholum (Followers of Peace) of Philadelphia. This is the Rodeph Shalom synagogue, one of the... Read full description -
Item #685083NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 18, 1843
* William Millerites - Millerism
The back page has a report headed: "Millerism" which is about the Millerites, followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would occur in roughly the year... Read full description -
Item #685082NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, March 11, 1843
* William Millerites - Millerism
The back page has an interesting report headed: "Millerism In Philadelphia" which is about the Millerites, followers of the teachings of William Miller, who in 1831 first shared publicly his belief that the Second Advent of Jesus Christ would... Read full description -
Item #685062THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, October 7, 1940
* Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Tigers
* World Series of baseball (game 6)
Above the masthead is a nice scoreboard graph showing the Cincinnati Reds winning 4-0. (see) The front page has two column heading: "BUCKY WALTERS SHUTS OUT TIGERS AND HITS HOMER" with subheads, related... Read full description -
Item #685056TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., May 2, 1936
* Alvis Karpis (creepy) captured
* Last public Enemy No. 1 - early F.B.I.
The front page has a two column heading: "KARPIS IS TAKEN BY PLANE EARLY TODAY TO ST. PAUL, MINN." with subhead. (see)
Complete with 100 pages, light toning and a .little wear at the margins, generally good.
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Item #685049THE MARTIAN, France, Nov. 10, 1918
* Rare U.S. military camp publication
* World War I - WWI (day of armistice)
This is a little 4 page newspaper "Published by Organizations at Hospital Center, A.P.O. No. 780 American Expeditionary Forces" near Mars, France, hence the title.
This town became an American hospital... Read full description -
Item #685046LOS ANGELES EVENING HERALD, May 22, 1920
* Venustiano Carranza assassination
* Rodolfo Herrero - Mexican Revolution
* FRONT LEAF ONLY (Pages 1 & 2)
The large & bold banner headline announces: "KILL CARRANZA FOR GOLD" with subhead: "Ex-President And Aides Massacred By Former Guards".
This... Read full description -
Item #685028NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 27, 1827
* Harmony Society description
* Harmonists, Harmonites, or Rappites
Inside has a half column article headed: "The Harmonists" which notes in part that: "Their settlement is situated on the northern bank of the Ohio river...18 miles below Pittsburg...there are now in... Read full description -
Item #685023THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 16, 1897
* Thomas Alva Edison
* Fluoroscope (Vitascope)
* X-Rays experiments
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "MORE EDISON WONDERS" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile... Read full description -
Item #685022DAILY PALO ALTO, Stanford University, California, 1901 A lot of ten issues, dates of September & October, 1901, of the school newspaper published by this now prestigious university in northern California, with various news tidbits, items about school and many ads as well.
Each is complete in 4 pages, measures 11 by 15 1/2 inches. A... Read full description -
Item #685017THE WORLD, New York, Nov. 30, 1860
* Pre Civil War tensions & religion
The front page has: "THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY" "Its Observance in the Metropolis" "The Clergy On The Crisis" "The Perils of the Nation from a Christian Point of View" Sermons of..." with a... Read full description -
Item #685011THE WORLD, New York, July 9, 1860 Page 3 has most of a column taken up with a report headed: "From Great Salt Lake City" which has a subhead: "Brutal Treatment of a Mormon By U. S. Soldiers" with much detail.
Page 4 has a report headed: "News Frost Pike's Peak" and page 8 has a pre-Civil War report... Read full description -
Item #685008NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 8, 1872
* David Livingstone found
* Henry Morton Stanley
Over two-thirds of page 8 are taken up with a very detailed account of the Livingston/Stanley expedition in Africa. Since the New York Herald financed Stanley's expedition in search of Dr. Livingstone, this newspaper had terrific coverage... Read full description
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