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Item #585806THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, May 21, 1862
* Richmond VA Virginia
* New Orleans LA
* Pensacola Fl
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.
Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Important from the Peninsula", "Advance of the Union Army... Read full description -
Item #585805THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, May 23, 1862
* New Orleans Louisiana LA
* Fort Wright & Randolph
This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "Interesting From New Orleans", "Operations of the Department of the... Read full description -
Item #585791THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, September 4, 1878
* SS Princess Alice sinking (1st report)
* Collier Bywell Castle collision
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "DEATH'S DAY", "Five Hundred Excursionists Drowned off the British Coast", "A Steamer Run Down and... Read full description -
Item #585789INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEWS, Scotland, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, Dec. 23, 1909 The front page has a colorful Christmas theme showing angels ringing a bell, with colorful borders around the page (see). Eight pages, very nice condition. -
Item #585772NEW YORK HERALD, March 14, 1864 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From New Orleans" "Organization of the New State Government of Louisiana" "Inauguration of Governor Hahn" "Address of Gen. Banks" "News From the Department of the South" "The Sherman Expedition"... Read full description -
Item #585771NEW YORK HERALD, March 14, 1864 Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From New Orleans" "Organization of the New State Government of Louisiana" "Inauguration of Governor Hahn" "Address of Gen. Banks" "News From the Department of the South" "The Sherman Expedition"... Read full description -
Item #585770THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 3, 1864 The front page is dominated by a rather large map headed: "THE WAR IN DENMARK. The Siege of Duppel--The Entrenchment of the Danes..." and more (see) There are also ftpg. one column heads on "The Danish War" as well as reports on the American Civil War. More war-related reports on the inside &... Read full description
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Item #585743THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 17, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "Player of the year" BIG TEN
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 40+ page newspaper has one column headlines on page two of the sport's section: "Kinnick Selected for Big 10 Award" and "Voted Most Valuable Player in Loop". See... Read full description -
Item #585731CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Ohio, December 24, 1880
* Novelist George Eliot death
* Victorian era
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:
"GEORGE ELIOT"
"The Great Novalist Quietly Passes Away"
"Her Death Caused by a Chill Taken on Sunday Last"
1st report coverage on the death of famous English... Read full description -
Item #585729CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, May 28, 1880
* General John Porter Hatch
* Chief Victorio - Apaches Indians
the front page has one column headlines: "INDIAN ROUT", "Gen. Hatch Whips The Hostile Apaches", "Fifty-Five Killed--Victoria Receives Reinforcements from the Tribes". See photos for text here.... Read full description -
Item #585728CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, June 4, 1880
* Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive print
Page 3 has a nice two column illustration of the "Stephenson's Rocket" steam locomotive with headline: "A History of the Ohio Railroad Company--The Forerunner, and What Might Have Been the Parent of the Present Lake Shore Railroad"
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Item #585726NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 24, 1863 Among the ftpg. one column heads on the Civil War are: "From Gen. Thomas's Army" with various subheads including: "Particulars of Hood's Rout & flight..."; also: "Later From the South--Richmond Papers of Wednesday on... Read full description -
Item #585719NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 17, 1863
* Charleston SC South Carolina
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are; "Important From The Mississippi" "Operations of the Marine Brigade" "Serious Steamboat Disaster" "Rumored Capture of Marmaduke" "The Bombardment at Charleston" "Operations Before... Read full description -
Item #585714NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 16, 1863
* Charles City County, Virginia
* General James Longstreet
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Important From Knoxville" "General Foster In Command" "Pursuit Of Longstreet" ""From Gen. Butler's Dept." "Expedition to Charles City Court... Read full description -
Item #585713NEW YORK TRIBUNE, December 29, 1863
* Battle of Chickamauga - Tennessee
* General George H. Thomas official report
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "The Battle of Chickamauga - Official Report of Major-Gen. Thomas" which is very detailed & takes nearly 2 columns; "Progress of the War In... Read full description -
Item #585699NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, August 9, 1834 Page 2 reports on "The new coinage..." describing the new gold coins being produced: "On the face the new coins will be readily distinguished by a head of liberty, disencumbered of a cap. On the reverse the surplus motto "E pluribus unum", which... Read full description -
Item #585695THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, January 6, 1922
* Eamon de Valera resigns (1st report)
* President of the Irish Republic
* Irish free State
This 16 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "DE VALERA RESIGNS PRESIDENCY OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC; EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF THE DAIL IRREVOCABLY SPLIT" with subheads (see photos). 1st... Read full description -
Item #585693THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 12, 1922
* Arthur Griffith death (early 1st report)
* Sinn Fein & Dail Eireann leader
* Irish Free State - Ireland
This 14 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "ARTHUR GRIFFITH, DAIL PRESIDENT, IS DEAD IN DUBLIN" with subheads and photo of Griffith. 1st report... Read full description -
Item #585678LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, November 1, 1963
* Pepsi Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana
* Holiday on Ice show explosion disaster
This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Shattering Explosion Kills 67 in Indiana Coliseum During Show". 1st report coverage on the Indianapolis Coliseum explosion during the Holiday... Read full description -
Item #585632THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, August 27, 1950
* Ransom Eli Olds death (1st report)
* Father of the American automobile
* From the capital of the car industry
This 40+ Sunday newspaper has a one headline on the front page: "Auto Pioneer R.E. Olds Dies at 86" with subhead. 1st report coverage on the death of automobile... Read full description -
Item #585627CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, September 10, 1880
* Salineville OH Ohio
* Coal mining
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "COAL MINERS", "The Three Months' Strike at Salineville Ended", and "The Men Notified to Go to Work or Take Out Their Tools". This is 1st report coverage on... Read full description -
Item #585626THE WORLD, New York City, May 20, 1891
* Tarrytown, NY explosion disaster
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "THE EARTH SHAKEN", "An Appalling Explosion Of Dynamite", "Railroad Laborers Blown Into Atoms at Tarrytown" and more with related illustrations. There is lots of text which... Read full description -
Item #585603THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 27, 1930
* Golfer Bobby Jones
* Grand Slam 4 Majors
* Day of achievement
This 24 page newspaper has a two column headlines on the front page that include: "Homans Stages Sensational Comeback to Beat Seavers; Plays Jones for Title Today" and more. Jones would win... Read full description -
Item #585598THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, July 5, 1918
* Mehmed V death
* Ottoman Sultan
* Turkey - Turkish
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page (pg. 12): "SULTAN OF TURKEY CALLED BY DEATH", "Passing of Mohammed V. Is Reported by Constantinople Dispatch Received by War of Vienna".
See photo for brief 1st... Read full description -
Item #585597THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 21, 1917
* Christy Mathewson arrested
* Sunday blue law violated
* Baseball - John McGraw
This 20 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "M'Graw And 'Matty' Summoned To Court", "Police Charge Sunday Benefit Game for 69th Was Part of National League Schedule". See photo for brief... Read full description -
Item #585584THE NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 23, 1860
* Pemberton Mill disaster
* Lawrence Massachusetts MA
* Roof Collapse
The first column on the front page has; "More Of The Lawrence Massacre" "Further Particulars as to the Pemberton Mills" "Graphic Descriptions of the Other Mills--Condition of the Operatives--Their Pay--Influx of... Read full description -
Item #585570THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 25, 1922
* Robert Erskine Childers executed
* Irish Nationalist
* Irish Civil war
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "CHILDERS EXECUTED BY THE FREE STATE; REPRISALS FEARED", "Military Court's Sentence Is Carried Out After Night of Rebel... Read full description -
Item #585569THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All Conference" 1st choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 28 page newspaper has two column headlines in the sport's section (page 35): "Kinnick Outstanding Grid Star in Western Conference", "Iowa Back Only Unanimous... Read full description -
Item #585531GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1760
* Battle of Quebec
* Map of the war in Germany
* French and Indian War
A feature of this issue is the "French Account of the Raising the Siege of Quebec" which takes over half a page (see for portions). There is also: "A Description of a Water Mill of a New Construction..."... Read full description -
Item #585525ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Sept. 2, 1865 As noted in the masthead this is the: "Gazette of the Regular & Volunteer Forces", with a nice engraving of an eagle as well. Pages 1 & 2 have various content relating to the closing events of the war with thoughts of reconstruction. Articles inside include: "American... Read full description -
Item #585514THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, November 11, 1915
* Great Bend, Kansas tornado
* SS Ancona sinking
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "12 KILLED, OVER 100 INJURED IN KANSAS TWISTER", "Fifty Residences, Santa Fe Depot, Water Plant and Three Flouring Mills... Read full description -
Item #585513THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, November 10, 1915
* SS Ancona sinking (1st report)
* German U-Boat U-38
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "AUSTRIAN SUBSEA TORPEDOES LINER; HUNDREDS PERISH", "Large Underseas Boat Sinks Italian Steamer Ancona and But 270 of Nearly 500 Aboard Landed", and more... Read full description -
Item #585508SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, May 16, 1768 The front page is taken up with a wide variety of news reports from London including one item noting: "...the colony agents have orders...to obtain an act of Parliament for the encouragement of the linen manufactury in North America...". An inside page has reports from "Boston"... Read full description -
Item #585491THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1939
* Nile Kinnick "All American" team choice
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
* Maxwell Award trophy
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 26): "ALL-AMERICA POST IS WON BY KINNICK" and "Iowa Back Draws 577 Votes for 1939 Eleven Selected in... Read full description -
Item #585489THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, April 5, 1887
* John L. Sullivan
* Heavyweight boxing
Column three of the front page has headlines that include: "GROVER AND JOHN L." and "The Champion Prize Fighter Pays His Respects to President Cleveland".
Coverage on heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan's visit to the White House to meet... Read full description -
Item #585485THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1937
* Pittsburgh Panthers
* National champions (1st report)
* NCAA college football
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 28) that include:
"29 OF 33 EXPERTS VOTE FOR PANTHERS"
"Pitt Team Totals 327 Points, California 277, Fordham 253 and... Read full description -
Item #585481THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, January 26, 1939
* Joe Louis "Brown Bomber"
* Heavyweight boxing title fight
This 14 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on page 8: "Joe Floors John Henry in 2:29 to Retain Heavyweight Crown" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on Joe Louis knocking out John Henry... Read full description -
Item #585469THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 6, 1955
* Brooklyn Dodgers are World Series champions
* Finally beats New York Yankees
* Major league baseball - Bums no more
* Johnny Podres - 1st World Series MVP
This 48 page newspaper has various headings in the sport's section (page 40) regarding the recent... Read full description -
Item #585467PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, August 18, 1931
* East Texas oil fields
* Martial law in effect
* Gov. Ross S. Sterling
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TROOPS SHUT WELLS IN TEXAS OIL FIELDS", "Governor Declares Martial Law In Four Counties to Stop Production in Area"... Read full description -
Item #585459EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Nevada, August 9, 1879
* Rare mining town title
* Wild Old West original w/ Jackson House Hotel ad
A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote town in northeastern Nevada. This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 feet elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county... Read full description -
Item #585456THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 15, 1922
* Cap 'Pop' Anson death (1st report)
* Major league baseball MLB
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 13: "SUDDEN ILLNESS FATAL TO ADRIAN 'POP' ANSON", "Grand Old Man of Baseball Dies After Week's Sickness. Was 70 Years Old".... Read full description -
Item #585454THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis, Tennessee, May 26, 1922
* Babe Ruth & Ban Johnson
* Fight with umpire & fan
* Suspended from baseball
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 22): "BABE RUTH IS SUSPENDED BY PRES. JOHNSON", "Bambino Can't Play Until Investigation Is Made of... Read full description -
Item #585452THE NEWS SCIMITAR, Memphis,Tennessee January 21, 1922
* Pope Benedict XV death
* 1st report
This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "CARDINAL NOTIFIED OF POPE'S DEATH" with subheads and photo (see images).
Other news of the day. Usual browning with some margin wear, otherwise good. Should be handled with... Read full description -
Item #585447THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, June 5, 1921
* Pueblo, Colorado flood disaster
This 40+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "500 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN RAGING TORRENT SWEEPS OVER PUEBLO", "Many Trapped Like Rats", "Other Towns Stricken" and more. 1st report coverage on the... Read full description -
Item #585440THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, May 23, 1780 Page 2 has: "...from the force carried out with Sir Henry Clinton to South Carolina, there is room to entertain the most favourable hopes of the success of his enterprise. With Sir Henry Clinton, from New York, went 7500 men..." with more (see photos). Elsewhere... Read full description -
Item #585423THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 7, 1955
* Laramie WY airplane crash
* Nice headline for display
This 40 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "66 DIE IN WYOMING PLANE CRASH" with subheads and related photos. 1st report coverage on the Oakland bound DC-4 Airplane crash near Laramie, Wyoming.
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Item #585417THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 19, 1939
* Nile Kinnick stars - Iowa Hawkeyes
* Minnesota Golden Gophers upset
This 50+ page Sunday newspaper has various college football reports in the sport's section with a one column heading on the front page of this section (inside, near back): "Hawkeye Rally in Final Period Beats... Read full description -
Item #585414SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 22, 1897 Within the issue is a small but very early illustrated advertisement for a "Complete electric railway with battery and track..." from the Carlisle & Finch company. Ad measures about 1 by 2 1/2 inches on one of the back pages. Also in the issue is "Southern Station... Read full description -
Item #585409THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 12, 1847 The front page features a nice illustration of: "The French Mail Steamship Union, Now In Port" The ftpg. has much coverage of: "The Chicago Convention" "The Grand Procession & Organization" with more.
Four pages,... Read full description -
Item #585402MEMPHIS EVENING APPEAL, Tennessee, March 7, 1931
* Ruth Nichols - aviatrix
* Altitude airplane flight record (women)
This 18 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Ruth Nichols Hops to 30,000-Foot Record" with subhead and photo of Nichols (see photos).
Nice to have on the front page. Other... Read full description
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