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Item #653039THE NEW YORK TIMES,. June 12, 1938
* The Clyde tornado disaster
* Callahan County, Texas - TX
Page 3 has a one column heading: "RAKE TEXAS DEBRIS FOR TORNADO DEAD" with subhead and related photo. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Clyde, Texas tornado disaster. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World... Read full description -
Item #653020THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 26, 1948
* Duluth Dukes minor league baseball team
* 1948 bus crash disaster
* Babe Ruth Day proclaimed!
Page 19 has the Proclamation by the Mayor of New York making July 26, 1948 "Babe Ruth Day."
Additionally, one column headlines on page 14 has: "BASEBALL RALLIES TO... Read full description -
Item #653003CHICAGO HERALD, January 29, 1916 The top of a middle column of the ftpg. is headed: "BRANDEIS, NAMED FOR HIGH COURT, FACES BIG FIGHT" "Many Senators Oppose Boston Lawyer, Chosen to Fill Vacancy on Supreme Bench" "First Jew For Post" "Wilson Will Lead Contest for... Read full description -
Item #653002THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 26, 1938
* Alymer Maude death
* Leo Tolstoy translator
The top of page 17 has a one column heading: "ALYMER MAUDE, 80, TOLSTOY AIDE, DIES" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the death of Alymer Maude, English translator of Leo Tolstoy's works. He also wrote Tolstoy's biography.
Other... Read full description -
Item #652998THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 1, 1938
* Sufi Abdul Hamid killed
* African-American Islam convert
* Anti-Semitism - "Harlem Hitler"
The front page has a one column heading: "PLANE CRASH FATAL TO 'HARLEM HITLER'" with subheads. First report coverage continues on page 3 with photo of Hamid. Nice to have in this famous... Read full description -
Item #652986THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1938
* Henry Ford's 75th birthday celebration
* Receives "Grand Cross of the German Eagle"
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis - Third Reich
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Ford, at 75, looks to 'Going Ahead'; Huge Parties Given Him in Detroit" with subhead. (see)... Read full description -
Item #652985THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1938
* Jenny Kammersgaard swims Baltic Sea
* Swimming - Danish girl - Denmark
The top of page 15 has a two column heading: "Danish Girl, 19, Swims Baltic Sea, 37 Miles in 40 Hours 9 Minutes" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 28 pages, rag edition in... Read full description -
Item #652983WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, October 24, 1906
* Oscar Strauss (politician)
* 1st Jew in presidential cabinet
* Jewish - Judaica - Hebrew
The front page has the 2-line, 2-column heading: "SEVERAL CHANGES IN THE CABINET," followed by the mention of Oscar Strauss - who was the first Jew (excluding... Read full description -
Item #652981THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 10, 1938
* Leo Frobenius death (1st report)
* Ethnologist, archaeologist, African history
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "LEO FROBENIUS, 65, EXPLORER, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #652968NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 21, 1816 Inside has over two pages taken up with: "A PLAN, For Classing and Arming of the Militia, and for Calling them Forth to Execute the Laws of the Union, Suppress Insurrections, and Repel Invasions, and to Repeal the Laws Heretofore passed for those... Read full description -
Item #652947NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Feb. 22, 1817 The first two pages are taken up with a lengthy report signed in type by: D. Porter, being: "...the communication made by captain David Porter, commissioner of the navy in relation to the site for a naval depot & the best means to be adopted for the defence of... Read full description -
Item #652933NEW YORK HERALD, February 3, 1888 On page 4 is a poem titled: "After the Dazzle of Day", reading in its entirety:
"After the dazzle of day is gone
Only the dark night shows to my eyes the stars;
After the clangor of organ majestic or chorus or perfect band
Silent athwart my soul moves the... Read full description -
Item #652926THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 18, 1937
* Gold Gate Bridge disaster
* Construction workers fall
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Ten Perish as Wreckage Rips Golden Gate Bridge" with subhead. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #652924THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Amendment, March 2, 1969
* Mickey Mantle retires
* New York Yankees
* MLB baseball
The front page has has a small one column photo headed: "To Retire" (see) The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a four column heading: "Mantle Ends Great Career" First report... Read full description -
Item #652915THE STARS & STRIPES, Jan. 2, 1945
* Battle of the Bulge
The top of the front page has a photo of the new-created five star general insignia, created by a Public Law by Congress on December 14, 1944. Those to be conferred with this honor within a week of its creation were George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D.... Read full description -
Item #652907THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 17, 1928
* Eddie Foy Sr. death (1st report)
* Actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "EDDIE FOY DIES SUDDENLY ON TOUR" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very... Read full description -
Item #652873MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL, Tennessee, Sept. 17, 1875 The top of a ftpg. middle column has heads: "THE INDIANS" "Progress f the Work o the Commissioners at Red Cloud Agency--Reward for Gallant Service" "A Cheyenne Wants a Dead Commissioner--The Threat Creates Considerable Excitement". The text takes nearly an entire... Read full description -
Item #652868LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Mass., March 3, 1969
* Apollo 9 space mission
The front page has a three column heading: "Apollo 9 In Orbit" with caption: "Prelude To Moon Shot" and related photo. (see) First report coverage on the successful launch into orbit of the Apollo 9 mission. It was the first flight of the Command/Service... Read full description -
Item #652857THE DIARY OR WOODFALL'S REGISTER, London, Oct. 14, 1789 Page 2 has a great letter stating the considerable economic growth of the United States in producing their own manufactured goods, etc. It begins: "A letter from Philadelphia speaks of the rapid advancement of the... Read full description -
Item #652852THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., December 15, 1930
* New York Giants vs. Norte Dame Fighting Irish
* Charity football game for NYC unemployed
* Knute Rockne's last game
Page 8 has a one column heading: "FOOTBALL GAMES NET $750,000 FOR CHARITY" with subheads. (see) This was Knute Rockne's very last football game coached... Read full description -
Item #652811NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 24, 1842 Although quite inconspicuous, page 3 shows "Passengers Sailed... Havre... Ship Villa de Lyon... Professor Longfellow, Cambridge". We believe this to be H. W. Longfellow, and the destination to be Le Havre, France.
Other news of the day along with period advertising is found throughout.... Read full description -
Item #652793THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 1847 The ftpg. features much concerning the Mexican War including: "Honor to the Brave--Dinner to Gen. Houston" "The Mexican Armistice" "Army & Navy Intelligence" "Interesting from Mexico - Hostility Against Americans--Wretched Condition of American Deserters".... Read full description -
Item #652746LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, Jan. 27, 1927
* Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker vindication
* Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Page 2 has one column headings: "COBB AND SPEAKER BOTH EXONERATED" "Cleared Of All Charges in Decision by Judge K.M. Landis".
During the 1920's there was an on-going feud... Read full description -
Item #652741THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1925 The top of the ftpg. has 2 column heads on the famous John Scopes "monkey" trial over the teaching of evolution in school: "SCOPES, EVOLUTION DEFENDANT, TURNS DOWN BIG FORTUNE" with subheads: "Movie Concern Said to Have Offered Him $50,000 to... Read full description -
Item #652738THE NEW YORK HERALD, January 27, 1888
* Walt Whitman's "To Those Who've Fail'd"
* 1st appearance - quite rare
Page 6 has Walt Whitman's "To Those Who've Fail'd," which was a piece written exclusively for the New York Herald. The entire text reads:
To those who've fail'd in... Read full description -
Item #652737THE NEW YORK HERALD, February 12, 1888
* Walt Whitman's "ABRAHAM LINCOLN (BORN FEB. 12, 1809)"
* 1st appearance - quite rare
Page 12 has Walt Whitman's "ABRAHAM LINCOLN (BORN FEB. 12, 1809)," which was a piece written exclusively for the New York Herald. While noteworthy, it is certainly... Read full description -
Item #652727THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, November 25, 1939
* Gangster Benjamin Bugsy Siegel
* Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg murder
Page 8 has a one column heading: "Gangland Victim Linked to Lepke" with subhead. (see) First report coverage of the murder of gangster Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg by Benjamin 'Bugsy' ... Read full description -
Item #652723THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 16, 1938
* Nazi Germany taking over Austria
* Total Anschluss very close
* Arthur Seyss-Inquart
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "AUSTRIA CAPITULATES TO GERMANY; PRO-NAZIS GET KEY POSTS IN CABINET; BERLIN HAILS UNITY OF TWO NATIONS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #652722THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1938
* Helen Keller & Lily Pons
Page 26 has a two column photo with heading: "Opera Star Gets Medal For Aiding The Blind" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #652721THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, November, 1789 The issue begins with the continuation of: "Letters from a Pennsylvanian on his Travels Into the Eastern States..." which is very descriptive & which takes nearly 5 pages. Also the continuation of the: "History of the American War", and... Read full description -
Item #652695THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 30, 1938
* Peter Levine found dead
* Boy kidnapping - abduction
* New Rochelle, New York
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LEVINE BOY'S BOUND BODY WASHED ASHORE ON SOUND 94 DAYS AFTER ABDUCTION" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on page 2 with photo... Read full description -
Item #652693BOSTON MUSEUM, May 18, 1850 Page 6 has: "A Short Story by Dickens" contained here in its entirety (see). The back page has over 2 column headed: "Arrival of Three California Steamers" with much news from there including much on gold mining.
Eight pages, decorative masthead,... Read full description -
Item #652653YOUNG WOMEN, Chicago, January, 1895
* Young Women's Christian Temperance Union
An interesting magazine published by the Young Women's Christian Temperance Union whose focus was the outlaw of alcoholic beverages. They also worked to promote women's right to vote.
Decorative title page, 12 pages, 9 1/2 by 13 inches, nice... Read full description -
Item #652648NEW YORK HERALD, January 29, 1888
* Walt Whitman - American poet
* 1st Appearance of "Halcyon Days"
At the top of page 12 is a poem titled: "Halcyon Days" by the noted Walt Whitman, this being the very first appearance of this poem in print as verified by the Walt Whitman Archive, and is very... Read full description -
Item #652647THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 25, 1928
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart makes history* Flight across the Atlantic Ocean
* Airplane "Friendship"
Page 23 has one column headings: " MISS EARHART SLIPS FROM HOST TO FLY" "Eager for the Air, She Takes Off at Croydon, Handling Controls Herself" and more. (see)... Read full description -
Item #652632NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1936 The banner headline announces: "REPUBLICANS NAME LANDON UNANIMOUSLY; HE ACCEPTS PLATFORM, ADDING OWN IDEAS" with a photo of him as well. Many related subheads include: "Landon Sends Telegram" "
To Back Constitutional Amendment if States' Wage Laws Fail" "For Gold... Read full description -
Item #652626This is an interesting deed for the purchase of a church pew in: "...the Baptist Meeting House, near the Dock Village, so called, in Alna, in consideration of the sum of $33.25....do bargain, sell and convey...a Pew in the said House, No. forty..." with further legal wording (see). This is in the state of Maine and is dated... Read full description -
Item #652615LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 5, 1976
* The Bicentennial festivities
* The United States celebrates 200th birthday...
A terrific issue on the celebration of the Bicentennial of The United States. The front page has several photos, including a banner photo split between an a shot showing the tall ships in the New York Harbor, and another... Read full description -
Item #652612DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 16, 1864
* From the capital of the Confederacy
* The Death of Major Edgar Burroughs
Among the front page items are: "The Death of Major Edgar Burroughs" "City Intelligence" "The Escaped Yankee Officers" "Telegraphic" and several Acts from... Read full description -
Item #652594DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 1858 Page 2 contains a report headed "Cemetery Dedication" being the ceremonies of the historic Prospect Hill Cemetery at Washington (see photos).
Four pages, very nice, clean condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half. -
Item #652592THE MIDDLESEX JOURNAL & EVENING POST, London, Jan. 19, 1779 The entire front page & a bit of pg. 2 are taken up with verbatim: "Proceedings of the Court Martial on the Trial of Admiral Keppel". As Wikipedia notes: 'During the American Revolutionary War Keppel came into a notorious dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser over Palliser's... Read full description -
Item #652581THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 24, 1932
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* Commonwealth Club Address
* 1932 presidential campaign
* San Francisco, California
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "ROOSEVELT RENEWS DEMAND FOR REPEAL; PRAISES SMITH AMID CHEERS OF 16,000; TAMMANY DECIDES TO FIGHT FOR GOVERNOR" with subheads that... Read full description -
Item #652579THE RIVER FALLS JOURNAL, Wisconsin, February 16, 1882
* Pierce & St. Croix County
Contains news of the day with several interesting advertisements. A large sized issue measures 28 x 22 inches.
Complete with 4 pages, a little wear at the folds, generally nice. -
Item #652564THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 27, 1938
* Vienna, Austria Jewish population
* Businesses owned by Jews to be eradicated
The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "NAZIS INSIST JEWS QUIT VIENNA BY '42" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #652556THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1938
* Adolph Hitler - Fuehrer & commander-in-chief
* Orders all German military to give Nazi salute
The top of the front page has a small one column heading: "Hitler Orders the Army To Give him Nazi Salute" See image for brief text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #652553SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, February 23, 1889. This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following prints: GUN FACTORY - WIRE TIGHTENER - BRAKE SHOE - EAR PIERCER - FIRE ESCAPE - STEP LADDER & Much More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them. Very interesting... Read full description -
Item #652550THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1938
* John Steinbeck - American author
* New York Drama Critics' Circle
* "Of Mice and Men" play
Page 23 has a one column heading: "'OF MICE AND MEN' WINS CRITICS' PRIZE" with subhead and photo of Steinbeck. (see) First report coverage on John Steinbeck winning the New York Drama... Read full description -
Item #652548THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1938
* Gabriele D'Annunzio death
* Italian writer, poet, playwright
* Prince of Montenevoso
* Duke of Gallese
The front page has a one column heading: "D'ANNUNZIO DIES; POET-HERO WAS 74" with subheads. (see) Lengthy first report coverage continues inside with photo.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #652502TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, July 8, 1925 The top of the first column has heads: "WOULD BAR EVOLUTION BY CONSTITUTION" "Bryan Group is Prepared to Go the Limit" "Adverse Decision to Be Appealed Through" with the text carrying over to page 11.
This reports on the famous evolution vs. creation trial of... Read full description -
Item #652495THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1938
* George Bird Grinnell death (1st report)
* Anthropologist - historian - naturalist
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "DR. G. B. GRINNELL, NATURALIST, DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description
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