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Item #692101ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, December 2, 1938
* Midvale UT school bus - train disaster
* Riverton & South Jordan Utah children
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "26 CHILDREN KILLED WHEN TRAIN STRIKES SCHOOL BUS IN UTAH" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the school bus disaster near Midvale, Utah. This... Read full description -
Item #691697DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 1852 Page 2 has nearly half a column with a very descriptive article headed: "California Desert", It is datelined from the junction of the Colorado and Gila Rivers, which would be west of Phoenix at the California border, but there is mention of Capitol Dome and other locations... Read full description -
Item #691654DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1847
* Early Mormons - Mormonism
Page 3 has a few items on the Mexican War including: "Reinforcements for the Army Under Gen. Scott"; a letter from "Damp Near Monterey" signed in type: Z. Taylor; "From the Western Border".
This last item includes: "The... Read full description -
Item #691532NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 11, 1860
* Pre-Civil War Southern tensions - secession ?
* Mormons on Abraham Lincoln's election
A great issue from several months before the outbreak of the Civil War, with ominous first column heads including; "THE NATIONAL CRISIS" "The Secession Question Before... Read full description -
Item #690842NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Mississippi Levees Cut by Our Forces", "Rebels Trying to Reopen the Mobile & Ohio Railroad", "Concentration at Vicksburg", "Troops Sent There from Virginia & Mobile", "Gen. Dix's Dept." and more.
Page 4 has: "Negro Freedom and Vagrancy" which... Read full description -
Item #690810BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Jan. 4, 1896
* Utah statehood - joins the Union
* President Grover Cleveland proclamation
* Abandons polygamy
The front page of section two has a report of Utah joining the Union with column heads: "UTAH NOW A STATE" "President Signed the Proclamation of Admission Today", it becoming the... Read full description -
Item #690552THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 7, 1881
* Mormons - Mormonism
This is from 15 years before Utah would become a state. Nearly a full page of: "Remarks by Prest. George Q. Cannon". Other items include: "War Incidents - Bravery of General Kane's Bucktails" "Marvelous Adventures of a Legislator Among... Read full description -
Item #690044BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Sept. 18, 1858 The front page features a print and article: "View of Tarrytown, From the Hudson River". Inside has an additional two pages of text and 5 more prints including: "Washington's Head Quarters, Tappan, New York" "Erie Railroad Pier, Piermont & Nyack, From... Read full description -
Item #689594DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 1859
* James H. Simpson - U.S. Army officer
* Corps of Topographical Engineers
* Utah Expedition to California route
Page 2 has a very lengthy, detailed, 1 1/2 column article: "Discovery Of A New & Shorter Route From Utah to California" signed in type: J. H.... Read full description -
Item #689440FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 22, 1870
* Salt Lake City, Utah scene
* Mormonism - Mormons
* Connecting to Pacific Railroad
A full page has three scenes: "Scene In Salt Lake Valley -- Fortified House On The Plains" "Transporting Railway Ties Across Salt Lake" and "Utah -- Mormons Hauling Wood From The... Read full description -
Item #688252DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Aug. 16, 1852 The bottom of page 3 has two brief items: "From Utah" noting that "...Emigrants were arriving daily on their way to California..." and also: "Capture of Fugitive Slaves" regarding 14 slaves belonging to Mrs. Pendleton had been captured.
Page 3 also... Read full description -
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 #684868DAILY MORNING CALL, San Francisco, California, Dec. 8, 1873 A bottom corner of the front page has an article; "UTAH - Railroad Rout - Disgusted Mormon Converts Returning to Europe". It notes in part: "Several parties of Mormon converts who emigrated from the old country last Summer have within the past two weeks returned... Read full description -
Item #684629SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 8, 1867
* The Great Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake City, Utah
The prime print and article is the nearly half page captioned: "The Great Mormon Tabernacle At Salt Lake" with a related article of the same title. The print shows the famous Temple in the early stages of construction.
Sixteen... Read full description -
Item #684499SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 25, 1886
* Mormons - Mormonism
This was still a Territorial newspaper as Utah would not become a state for another ten years.
This is a somewhat social 26 page edition, which includes "The Christmas Herald" as well, and also includes a review of the events... Read full description -
Item #683650DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 1858 Page 3 has: "Utah" which reports on the territorial elections and other news items from Utah.
Four pages, small piece from the top margin of the back leaf, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half. -
Item #681773NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 2, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Western Navy" "Its Operations Before Vicksburg" "What Admiral Porter Says of General Grant" "The Surrender of Brashear City" "Anticipated Movements of General Grant" "Progress of the Siege of... Read full description -
Item #675647NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Oct. 23, 1867 The front page has: "The Indians" which reports from the Plains & at Fort Larned. Included as well is a letter from Fort Sumner, New Mexico concerning the Indian situation mentioning the Navajos, Apaches, and Utahs.
Page 6 has: "The Pacific Railroad" "Railroad... Read full description -
Item #675592THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Oct. 30, 1878 The front page has an article: "UTAH" "Prosecution of Polygamists" which concerns a case: "...of one Miles, for marrying three young women in the Endowment House on Thursday last...".
Four pages, some archival strengthening at the irregular spine, a bit fragile but in nice... Read full description -
Item #675508NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 2, 1858
* Quarantine Hospital burning
* Bayley Seton Hospital
* Tompkinsville, Staten Island
Page 4 has a column headed: "Great Conflagration at Staten Island" "Destruction of the Quarantine Establishment" with much detail on the burning of the Quarantine Hospital, the city's... Read full description -
Item #673788THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935
* Race driver Malcolm Campbell
* Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with... Read full description -
Item #672302THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 10, 1935
* George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping
* Tacoma, Washington (freed)
* Suspects captured - Harmon Metz Waley
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "COUPLE CAUGHT IN UTAH CONFESS THEY KIDNAPPED THE WEYERHAEUSER BOY" with subheads. (see) More on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy text.... Read full description -
Item #652149THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 20, 1937
* Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston
* Land speed record breaker
* Thunderbolt (car)
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Eyston Sets Auto Record at 311.42 M. P. H., Breaking Campbell Mark on Utah Salt Flats" (see) First report coverage on George Eyston's... Read full description -
Item #651669THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 18, 1926
* Bingham, Utah
* Avalanche disaster
* Mining - Miners
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "28 DEAD, 29 MISSING, AS UTAH SNOWSLIDE BURIES MINE HAMLET" "Avalanche Sweeps Down Upon Little Highland Boy in Bingham Outskirts" "Smothers... Read full description -
Item #649821NEW-YORK TIMES, March 8, 1872
* Victoria Woodhull sister
* Free Love opposition
The back page has: "Opposition to Free Love--Lecture by Mrs. Brooker" which begins: "Mrs. Utie Brooker, the sister of Victoria Woodhull, lectured last night at the Cooper Institute, in opposition to the doctrine of free love as advocated by... Read full description -
Item #649257(5) DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, early 1880's A lot of 5 issues, from several years before statehood with much local news of the day. Articles with Mormon interest and perspective are sure to be found within each issue. Typically 4 page issues, minor browning & dirtiness, but not pulpish. -
Item #648074THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 21, 1961
* Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay
* 6th professional boxing match
* Very rare report when still unknown
The sport's section (page 45) under a very small and discrete one column heading: "Wednesday Night Fight" is a brief and inconspicuous report reading: "Cassius Clay, 192, Louisville, knocked out... Read full description -
Item #638765ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 12, 1883 The top of the ftpg. has: "RESERVATION INDIANS" "Secretary Teller's Report on the Condition of the Tribes" "Radical Changes Recommended--The San Carlos Apaches--A Protest from White Earth" with one of the subheads: "The Apaches at San Carlos".... Read full description -
Item #638662ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Dec. 1, 1884 Page 7 has: "Mormon Ethics" "Some of the Practical Results of the Utah System" which takes two-thirds of a column. This was still 12 years before Utah would become a state.
Ten pages, very nice condition. -
Item #637587FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, October 3, 1970
* Wichita State University football team
* Martin 4-0-4 airplane crash (1st report)
* Rocky Mountains
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "13 Wichita Grid Players Among 29 Killed In Crash". Tells of the Wichita State University football team airplane... Read full description -
Item #634212DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, October 22, 1890 Just what we hope to find on the front page of a newspaper from the Old West is in this issue: "Daring Robbery" "The Watchman Gagged & Bound and $2000 Secured" with some details. Not a lengthy nor conspicuous report, but great to have in this title.
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Item #623885THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1947
* Bar Harbor, Maine fire
* United Airlines Flight 608
* Bryce Canyon, Utah
The front page has a three column headline: "18 DEAD, DAMAGE $25,000,000 AS FOREST FIRES SWEEP ON WIDE NEW ENGLAND AREA" with subheads that include: "Night of Terror Ends Safely Foe Bar Harbor's Refugees" and... Read full description -
Item #618549THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1930
* Standardville, Utah (ghost town)
* Mine explosion disaster
The back page has one column headings: "20 UTAH MINERS DIE IN GAS EXPLOSION" "Nine Are Rescued as Carbon Monoxide Sweeps Through Standardville Coal Shaft" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #616770DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Dec. 11, 1889
* Jefferson Davis death
* Confederate president - Confederacy
A "territorial" newspaper from seven years before Utah would be come a state. The ftpg. has: "Jefferson Davis' Remains - Views Yesterday by Some 70,000 Persons" with various subheads... Read full description -
Item #616741THE DESERET WEEKLY, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1, 1893 This paper calls itself a: "Pioneer Publication of the Rocky Mountain Region - Truth and Liberty". See the photo below for the very decorative & large front page illustration, which shows settlers traveling, the Mormon temple, an early train, etc. Among the many... Read full description -
Item #616471THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 8, 1933
* Prohibition in U.S. ending
* Rules & regulations explained
The front page has a banner headline above the masthead: "Wets Take Lead in Three States; Both Carolinas Vote Dry"
Also a three column heading: "Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah Apparently Wipe Dry Law Out of... Read full description -
Item #615929THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1935
* Race driver Malcolm Campbell
* Land rocket car speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
This 44 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Campbell Breaks Auto Record, Drives at 276.816 Miles and Hour" and more (see images) Reporting continues on page 29 with... Read full description -
Item #615526THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, (Utah Territory) Sept. 29, 1869 Among the articles are: "The Arabs of the Middle Ages" "Local & Other Matters" and much more. Published from 27 years before statehood.
Twelve pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition. -
Item #613593BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 2, 1855 The front page as a nice graphic which is representative of "New Hampshire" as well as an article on it as well (see). Prints inside include: "View of Constantinople as seen from the Harbor" "View In Calcutta, East Indies" "Falls of Lewis Fork, Oregon"... Read full description -
Item #613216SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 20, 1895 The front page of the issue contains four scenes from "The Deseret Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah" with an accompanying article. Inside the issues is "Whitlock's New 'Western' Independent Chuck"; "Hedges' Water Tube Stationary or Marine Boiler"; "The Sumatra... Read full description -
Item #604446THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE--EXTRA, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 23, 1963 Presumed complete with all 46 pages, minor wear at central fold, generally very nice. -
Item #603648THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, Wheeling, West Virginia, April 4, 1881
* Mormon 47th Congress dispute
* Allen G. Campbell
* George Q. Cannon
The front page has one column headings: "THE MORMONS" "The Campbell-Cannon Congressional Contest" and more. See images for text.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, large sized paper... Read full description -
Item #602863DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Jan. 13, 1890 A Mormon newspaper from 6 years before Utah statehood. Page 3 has: "Idaho's Admission" "Judge Wilson, Prest. Wm. Budge & Others Opposing It for the 'Mormons' " "Dubois Makes A Harangue Against the Church". Idaho would join the Union on... Read full description -
Item #602383EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, October 27, 1873
* John C. Heenan death
* Bare Knuckle boxing
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Utah" "Death of John C. Heenan, the Prize Fighter". See image for text.
Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear,... Read full description -
Item #599749DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Jan. 11, 1890 The front page has: "Colored Children" "Trouble in Illinois Over their Admission to the Public Schools" "He Was Shunned". Much of page 2 is taken up with: "Remarks of Apostle Heber J. Grant" and so much more.
Complete in 6 pages, large folio... Read full description -
Item #598774THE SALT LAKE HERALD, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, February 22, 1871
* Uncommon title
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the Old West back when cowboys, Indians,... Read full description -
Item #597888DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Jan. 4, 1890 From six years before Utah would become a state. Inside has: "The Idaho Test Oath Case" which takes most of the page. Also: "And What Next? "Immorality Sanctioned by City Ordinance at San Antonio, Texas" "One Woman Sues Another for Having Alienated... Read full description -
Item #597657BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 2, 1855 The front page as a nice graphic which is representative of "New Hampshire" as well as an article on it as well (see). Prints inside include: "View of Constantinople as seen from the Harbor" "View Iin Calcutta, East Indies" "Falls of Lewis Fork,... Read full description -
Item #597498DESERET SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 6, 1892 The top of the last column on the front page note: "JAY GOULD DEAD" "That is the Startling Announcement Today" "Her Dies of Consumption" "What Was Known of the Patient's Condition Last Night" and a bit more (see). The report takes two-thirds of... Read full description -
Item #597185DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Jan. 11, 1890 From 6 years before Utah would become a state. Various news of the day & a great wealth of ads, many of which are illustrated.
Four pages, some browning at folds, some archival mends at the margins of folds, generally nice condition.
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