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THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 25, 1930.

* Inventor Thomas Alva Edison - Founders Day
* Rollins College - receives honorary degree in science
* President Hamilton Holt

Page 16 has one column headings: "EDISON HONORED BY ROLLINS COLLEGE" "Doctor of Science Degree Is Conferred on him at Winter Park, Fla." "He Walks In... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 3, 1944

* Thomas Midgley Jr. death
* Ethyl gasoline inventor

Page 21 has one column headlines: "THOS. MIDGLEY DIES; NOTED CHEMIST, 55" "Inventor of Ethyl Gasoline Is Accident Victim--A Pioneer of Synthetic Rubber" with photo. (see) 1st report coverage on the freakish death of ethyl gasoline... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 2, 1930

* Tekamah, Nebraska
* Tornado disaster
* Mahatma Gandhi arrest ?

Page 3 has one column headings: "STORMS KILL 18 IN MIDDLE WEST" "Tornado Hits Tekamah, Neb., Leaving Six Dead and Many Injured" and more. (see)
Page 9 has: "LOOKS FOR ARREST OF GANDHI IN RAID" with subheads. (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 23, 1928

* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
* Calls off engagement
* Samuel Chapman

Page 22 has small one column headings: "Earhart Engagement Off" "Flier Says She is Not to Wed Chapman, Boston Attorney" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 51 pages, rag edition in very... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1930

* Victoria of Baden death (1st report)
* Queen of Sweden

Page 19 has a one column headings: "QUEEN OF SWEDEN DIES AT 68 IN ROME" "Victoria Succumbs at Winter Villa to Bronchial Ailment Suffered Many Years" and more with photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40... Read full description  

THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, May 31, 1883

* Brooklyn Bridge
* Stampede disaster (1st report)

The front page has an article headed: "CROWDED TO DEATH" "Terrible Results of a Decoration Day Jam on Brooklyn Bridge" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 4 pages, light browning and some wear at the margins,... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1930

* Al 'Scarface' Capone seizing control of Chicago
* Rocket airplane flight... Paul Heylandt
* American gangster era original

Page 9 has one column headings: "'POLITICAL RACKET' IS LAID TO CAPONE" "Gangster Is Becoming a Power in the Chicago City Hall, According to Rumors"... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1930

* Max Valier tests the Rocket car
* Austrian rocketry pioneer
* Great depression era original

Page 11 has one column headings: "VALIER SHOWS BERLIN NEW GAS-ROCKET CAR" "German Believes He Has Made Propulsion by Recoil From Explosions Practical" Coverage on Austrian Max Valier testing his new... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1930

* Charles Lindbergh flight
* Airplane journey w/ his mother
* Early aviation era original

Page 3 has one column headings: "LINDBERGH TAKES MOTHER TO CAPITAL" "He Stops at Lakehurst and Camden in First Day's Flight Toward Canal" and more with nice photo. (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1930

* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
* Acrobat Hans Jahn falls to his death

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Circus Acrobat Killed at Bronx Performance In Forty-Foot Fall in Pole-Balancing Act" (see)
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 27, 1930

* Arnettsville, West Virginia
* Coal mine explosion disaster

Page 6 has one column headings: "12 KILLED IN MINE IN WEST VIRGINIA" "Gas Explosion Traps Victims Working in Coal Shaft at Arnettsville" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the Yukon mine explosion of the Crown Coal... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 24, 1930

* Victorian wins Agua Caliente Handicap
* American Thoroughbred racehorse

The sport's section (page 16) has a banner headline: "$123,400 Agua Caliente Handicap Is Won by Victorian; Track Record Broken" with subheads and photo. (see) 1st report coverage on Victorian winning the Agua Caliente... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1930

* Medium - seance
* materialized spirit - ghost

The back page has one column headings: "'CARUSO' AT SEANCE HEARD BUT NOT SEEN" "Medium With Much Groaning and Tossing Produces the Aria From 'Martha'" and more. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 48 pages, a... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 29, 1940

* Italian fencer Nedo Nadi death

Page 15 has one column headings: "NEDO NADI, NOTED AS A SWORDSMAN" "Winner of the Fencing Title at Antwerp Olympics in 1920 Dead at 45" and more with photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 25, 1930.

* Primo Carnera "Ambling Alp" Italian boxer
* Pre Heavyweight World Champion boxing match
* Madison Square Garden - Big Boy Peterson

The sport's section (page 9) has a banner healdine: "Carnera Stops Peterson in First Round Before Crowd of 20,000 in the Garden" with subheads and photo. (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 13, 1930.

* Cornelius McGillicuddy (Connie Mack)
* Wins "The Philadelphia Award"
* Baseball manager for the Athletics

The front page has two column heading: "Connie Mack Wins Philadelphia Award For Most Outstanding Service' to the City" (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 2, 1930

* Napoleon Diamond Necklace found
* Archduchass Marie Louise of Austria

The front page has a one column heading: "BONAPARTE JEWELS FOUND, SELLER GONE" with subheads. (see) This famed necklace is currently on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 24, 1930

* Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma)
* Resistance is the only answer ?

Page 8  has one column headings: "GANDHI DECLARES FAITH IN RESISTANCE" "He Says if India Has to Go Through Civil War Agonies It Won't Be New Thing" and more. (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1930

* George Edward Woodberry death (1st report)
* Beverly, Massachusetts American poet

Page 23 has one column headings: "G. E. WOODBERRY, AUTHOR, DIES AT 74" "Works on Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne Are Among His Books" "Once Columbia Professor" and more. (see)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 1929

* Edmond Thomas Quinn suicide death (drowning)
* American sculptor and painter
* Edwin Booth bronze statue fame

The front page has one column headings: "E. T. QUINN, SCULPTOR, IS FOUND DROWNED" "Noted Artist in Bronze Had Been Ailing Since He Took Poison Last May" "His Family Is... Read full description  

KANSAS CITY JOURNAL-POST (Gravure Section only), Missouri, September 6, 1925
* Santa Fee Trail images... 100th year anniversary
Complete Gravure section of this 1925 newspaper. The key feature are the two Santa Fe Trail-themed 1/2 page prints. Other prints reflecting the news of the day are also included.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 22, 1929

* re. William Desmond Taylor murder
* Irish-American Hollywood actor and director

The front page has one column headings: "SAYS ACTRESS MURDERED TAYLOR" "Ex-Governor Richardson of California Asserts Efforts to Try Her Were Blocked" and more. (see) This murder is still... Read full description  

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 9, 1884  The front page is "Ice yachting on the Hudson -- Watching a Regatta" with a related article within. Inside the issue is "Single Rail Elevated Railway and Train"; "Photo-Enlarging Apparatus - Obtaining the Focus"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
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