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Item #670835LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., February 21, 1933
* 18th Amendment - prohibition end imminent
* House votes to repeal - 21st Amendment - Blaine Act
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "REPEAL BILL GOES TO STATES" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the United States House of Representatives approving... Read full description -
Item #670831NEW YORK HERALD, February 19, 1862
* Battle of Fort Donelson victory
* Cumberland River - Tennessee
Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "The Great Victory", "Additional Particulars of the Capture of Fort Donelson", "Graphic Description of the Sanguinary Fight", and more.
Complete in eight pages. foxing... Read full description -
Item #670806SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 8, 1876 The front page includes a print of: "The New York Anchorage of the East River Bridge" plus two smaller prints as well. This was the Brooklyn Bridge. There is a related article as well. The balance of the issue has various illustration and articles on the latest inventions of the... Read full description -
Item #670800NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1864 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Southern News" "General Sherman's Invasion of Mississippi" "High Prices of Food" "The War In Virginia - From Gen. Lee's Army" "Slavery and the Negro - Negro Equality Before the Law".
Included is the... Read full description -
Item #670731ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, August 31, 1861
* The Surrey eleven cricket team portrait
* Battle of Bull Run - Manassas (in America)
Inside has: "The Surrey Eleven" with a full page portrait of the cricket team.
Another full-page print has: "The Civil War In America: Engagement Between The 71st New York And An... Read full description -
Item #670726CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, section 3 (sports) only, September 27, 1935
* Chicago Cubs to win NL pennant (day of)
* MLB - major league baseball
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "CARDINALS SEND DEANS AGAINST CUBS TODAY" with subheads that include: "WE'LL WIN AND CLINCH TITLE,' SAYS GRIMM"and more.... Read full description -
Item #670722THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 4, 1935
* Vivian Chase shot dead
* Woman bandit - gangster
* Female public enemy # 1
The front page has one column headings that include: "'GIRL BANDIT NO. 1' FOUND SLAIN IN CAR" "Vivian Chase, Luer Kidnap Suspect and Friend of Karpis, Shot in Kansas City" and more. (see)
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Item #670714CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1926
* Twilight Inn resort fire disaster
* Haines Falls, New York
The front page has a one column heading: "Fifteen Dead, Many Missing, in Hotel Fire" (see) First report coverage on the Twilight Inn resort fire disaster at Haines Falls, New York.
Complete with all 36 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #670713THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., August 28, 1954
* Schenectady NY New York
* Little League baseball
* World Series champions
Near the bottom of page 26 is a one column heading: "Schenectady Nine Little Loop Champ" (see) First report coverage on the little league baseball team from Schenectady, New York winning the World Series... Read full description -
Item #670712THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1919
* R-34 airship flight to America
* 1st ever crossing of the Atlantic East to West
* Aviation - flight - dirigible - zeppelin
* Over NYC on her way home
The front page has a very nice banner headline: "R-34 MAKES A MIDNIGHT START FOR HOME; FLIES TO TIMES BUILDING, HOVERS OVER IT, AND THOUSANDS WATCH... Read full description -
Item #670707CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 27, 1934
* Claude Neal Negro lynching
* Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
The front page has a one column heading: "Lynch Negro In Florida as Girl's Slayer" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Claude Neal at Marianna, Florida
Complete with all 30 pages, rag edition in great... Read full description -
Item #670706CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 30, 1930
* R100 - R-100 British rigid airship
* Maiden transatlantic flight (during)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DIRIGIBLE OVER MID-OCEAN" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Two related photos on the back page.
Complete with all 28 pages, this is the "rag edition"... Read full description -
Item #670697CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 16, 1933
* Cord Cheek - Negro lynching
* Columbia TN Tennessee
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "Lynching Tennessee Negro; Tell Sheriff To Come And Get Him" (see) First report coverage on the lynching of Cord Cheek , Negro, in Columbia, Tennessee. Always nice to have notable events in... Read full description -
Item #670695THE GLOBE, Bethlehem, Penn., July 6, 1919
* R-34 airship on the way
* 1st ever crossing of the Atlantic East to West in flight
* Aviation - flight - dirigible - zeppelin
* 1st aerial stowaway - William Ballantyne
The front page has a banner headline announcing: "BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-34 IS REPORTED IN DISTRESS--BIG CRAFT IS... Read full description -
Item #670681THE NEW YORK TIMES, sport's section only, June 23, 1935
* Jesse Owens on the World stage
* Ohio State Buckeyes track star
* Leading candidate for Berlin Olympics
The front page of ths section has a one column heading: "OWENS REGISTERS FOUR-EVENT SWEEP" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues on page with photo. (see)
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Item #670676THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1935
* Wiggins, Mississippi
* Stone County MS
* Negro lynching
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "NEGRO IS LYNCHED, ANOTHER WHIPPED" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally very nice. -
Item #670675LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 29, 2009
* Hate Crimes bill signed into law
* President Barack Hussein Obama
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "Obama signs hate crimes bill" (see) Unfortunate for the somewhat discrete, inside page report here but still a 1st report as such.
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Item #670654EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 27, 1913
* Jack Johnson - World Heavyweight Champ
* 1st African American to hold title (1910)
* Flees U.S. w/ Lucille Cameron to avoid jail
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CONVICTED NEGRO PUGILIST MAKES GOOD ESCAPE TO CANADA" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 18 pages, small... Read full description -
Item #670640CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 26, 1935
* Joe Louis (Brown Bomber)
* Heavyweight boxing fight
* vs. Primo Carnera
The front page has five column headline: "57,000 See Louis Stop Carnera in 6th" with subheads. (see) More on the front page of the sport's section with banner headline and round by round description.
Thirty pages,... Read full description -
Item #670637EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 20, 1913
* Florence Jaffray Harriman w/ photo
* American socialite & suffragist
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Is Given High Honor By Commission Appointment" with subhead and nice photo.
Complete with 18 pages, small library stamp within the... Read full description -
Item #670619THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, Philadelphia, October, 1790 Articles include: "Remarks on Capital Punishment" "Sketch of the Nature & Causes of Diseases" "Short Account of Mr. McGillivray" who was the famous chief of the Creek Indians; "On the Architecture of America"... Read full description -
Item #670618THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, Philadelphia, Sept., 1790
* Benjamin Franklin letters
* Dangerous lightning deaths
A nice issue with a full title/contents page with an embellishment at the top.
Included within are two item by Ben Franklin: "Letter on the Death of Persons Struck with Lightning--by Dr. Franklin" and "Extracts of Letters form Dr.... Read full description -
Item #670603THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, May 16, 1911 The last column on the front page is taken up with a report concerning the very historic Standard Oil versus the United States anti-trust case, in which the United States Supreme Court found Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a... Read full description -
Item #670537THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 1929
* New York Yankees vs. Dallas Steers
* State of Texas exhibition baseball tour
* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig home runs
The sport's section (page 11) has a six column headline: "Yanks Beat Dallas, 12-11, on Ruth's First Homer of Season" with subheads and box scores. First report coverage on the New... Read full description -
Item #670536EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, Oct. 11, 1916
* Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* World Series - MLB baseball (game 4)
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CLOSE TO TITLE" with subhead: "Brooklyn Pitchers Are Hit Hard"
Included on the front page is the "Box... Read full description -
Item #670532THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 14, 1928
* D-LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin German airship
* 1st Interscontinental flight
* Atlantic Ocean to Lakehurst, New Jersey
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ZEPPELIN SPEEDS NORTH OF BERMUDA AND IS EXPECTED HERE THIS AFTERNOON; DAMAGED FIN IS REPAIRED IN THE AIR" with... Read full description -
Item #670530THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 18, 1870
* Franco-Prussian War beginning
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "THE WAR" "Rumors from the Front in Paris and Reports of a Battle" "The French Nation Unanimous" "Legislative Address of Loyalty to Napoleon" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #670528THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1931
* Paul Heylandt testing rocket car
Page 13 has one column headings: "German Rocket Car Successful In Test" "Speeds at 80 Miles an Hour for 14 Minutes--Motive Power Designed for Airplanes" Coverage of Paul Heylandt testing his new rocket automobile with liquid fuel. (see)
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Item #670527THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1944
* Movie Casablanca wins best picture
* Academy Awards
* Humphrey Bogart - Ingrid Bergman
Page 17 has one column headings that includes: "MOVIE AWARD GOES TO JENNIFER JONES" "Chosen Best Actor of Year---'Casablanca' Takes 'Oscar' as the Top Picture" and more. I suspect this is... Read full description -
Item #670521THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1927
* Laurier Palace Theatre fire
* Montreal Canada
* Children disaster
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "77 CHILDREN DIE IN TEN-MINUTE PANIC AS FIRE STARTS IN MONTREAL THEATRE; ALL SUFFOCATED IN JAM ON STAIRWAY" with many subheads and list of the dead. Lengthy first report coverage.... Read full description -
Item #670513LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 21, 2008
* Best "Twilight" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere & review
* Romantic fantasy film - Kristen Stewart
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Twilight" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper... Read full description -
Item #670509THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 22, 1967
* 1967 Oak Lawn tornadoes outbreak
* Belvidere, Illinois - Chicago
The front page has a five column headline: "Twister Barrage Kills 57, Injures 1000 in Illinois" with subheads and related photo. (see)
Complete with all 48 pages, nice condition. -
Item #670506THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 20, 1967
* Surveyor 3 lands on the Moon
* Third American lunar lander
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Surveyor 3 Hits Target, Sends Back Moon Photos" with subheads and related photo. (see) This was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling-scoop. It was visited by... Read full description -
Item #670453HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 5th WAR EXTRA, June 13, 1940
* Fall of Paris, France
* World War II Germans
The front page has a nice headline above the masthead: "TROOPS QUIT PARIS; PLAN CITY SURRENDER" with subheads. Great for display.
Incomplete issue containing 8 of the 12 pages of the 1st section only, minor margin and central fold... Read full description -
Item #670435BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, November 27, 1933
* Famous San Jose, California lynchings
* Thomas Harold Thurmond & John M. Holmes
* Brooke Hart kidnapping and murder
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Kidnapers Lynched; Gov. Rolph Approves" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #670415NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 5, 1933 The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GAS BOMBS SHUT STOCK EXCHANGE; 4 SUSPECTS HELD" with subheads that include: "2,000 Driven To Street" "Gasping Brokers Flee 'Knockout' Fumes in the Cooling System" and more. There are two related photos on page... Read full description -
Item #670408THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, Feb. 29,1908 Page 2 contains a rather large report on a coming concert of Ignace Paderewski, headed: "World's Greatest Pianist Comes to the Garrick Next Friday".
The large photograph of him is captioned: "World's Famous Pianist Who Will Give a recital at the Garrick Theater Next... Read full description -
Item #670402THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1931
* re. Knute Rockne death
* Notre Dame Fighting Irish
* Head football coach
The sport's section (page 33) has one column headlines that include: "ROCKNE'S MEMORIAL PLANS HAVE BEGUN" "Notre Dame Officials Act to Complete the Project With Nation-Wide Donations" "ASSEMBLY HONORS ROCKNE'S... Read full description -
Item #670393THE THEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, New York, January & February, 1796 A religious magazine which published bi-monthly, each issue dated for two months. It begin in July, 1795, and lasted only thru February, 1799, the latter issues being quarterly. An obscure title from the 18th century.
Eighty pages, disbound without a full... Read full description -
Item #670392THE THEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, New York, November & December, 1795 A religious magazine which published bi-monthly, each issue dated for two months. It begin in July, 1795, and lasted only thru February, 1799, the latter issues being quarterly. An obscure title from the 18th century.
Eighty pages, disbound without a full... Read full description -
Item #670381THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 20, 1928
* Nora Bayes death w/ photo
* American singer & comedian actress
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "NORA BAYES DIES AFTER OPERATION" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Nora Bayes, American singer, comedian and actress.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #670378THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1930
* Airplane endurance record flight
* "City of Chicago"- Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
* John and Kenneth Hunter
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ENDURANCE FLIERS SET RECORD, KEEP ON" with subheads. (see) Article continues on page 7 with photo of the Hunter brothers.... Read full description -
Item #670352NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Jan. 21, 1862 With the front page taken up with ads, the feature is the back page war map headed: "THE WAR IN KENTUCKY & TENNESSEE" with related column heads, including; "Defeat of Zollicoffer's Army" "Fighting All Day" "Gen. Zollicoffer Killed" "Utter... Read full description -
Item #670346CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1930.
* Bobby Jones goes for the 4th major (day of)
* United States amateur championship
* This would be his famous grand slam win
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a seven column headline: "JONES AND HOMANS REACH FINALS IN AMATEUR GOLF" with subheads. (see) Jones would... Read full description -
Item #670305CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 17, 1936
* Negro star athlete Jesse Owens suspended
* Berlin Olympic games come to an end
The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading: "OWENS IS BARRED BY A.A.U.; READY TO BECOME A PRO" with subhead. (see) Also a two column heading:... Read full description -
Item #670219THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1935
* Father Charles Coughlin
* Roman Catholic priest
* Anti-Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Madison Square Garden speech
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "23,000 HERE CHEER COUGHLIN ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with complete text of his speech... Read full description -
Item #670218CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 30, 1934
* Jackson Barnett death (1st report)
* "The World's Richest Indian"
* Oklahoma oil wells owner
* Muscogee Creek Native American
Page 20 has a one column heading: "Barnett, Indian Oil Millionaire, Dies In 92D Year" with subhead. The back page has a photo of Barnett with his... Read full description -
Item #670163THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 19, 1931
* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Simon Flegenheimer
* New York City bootlegger - racketeer - gangster
* Arrested for income tax evasion (1st report)
The front page has one column headings that include: "GANG DRIVE SPURRED BY SCHULTZ CAPTURE" "Racketeer Held in $150,000 Bail as Government Centres War on Tax... Read full description -
Item #670160THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 23, 1874
* President Ulysses S. Grant signed in type
* Veto message on Monetary Legislation
Page 5 has one column headings that include: "VETO" "The President Saves the Credit of the Country" "The Inflation Bill Returned to the Senate Unsigned" "Message Of The Chief Magistrate"... Read full description -
Item #670157THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1930
* Babe Ruth nearing the end of his career
* New York Yankees contract disagreement
* MLB - Major League Baseball
The sport's section (page 12) has a four column headline: "Ruth Rejects $85,000 Offer for 1930" with subheads. (see) Coverage on Babe Ruth dealing with his new contract... Read full description
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