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Item #614908NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 16, 1868
* President Andrew Johnson
* Reconstruction era impeachment trial
The front page is mostly taken up with reports on the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson with the top of the first column having: "The Impeachment" and many related subheads (see). The final vote for acquittal would come... Read full description -
Item #614902PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT, Maine, Dec. 10, 1881 There is an interesting ad on an inside page promoting "Wolf & Buffalo Robes - Horse Blankets" with a bit more detail. Also in this is "A Trip To The Yellowstone" and "What Frightened Stonewall Jackson In Mexico" as well more articles, stories, poems and... Read full description -
Item #614896THE DAILY PICAYUNE, New Orleans, January 4, 1889
* Outlaw Eugene Bunch
* Gentleman Train Robber
This uncommon title from the deep South has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "BUNCH THE BANDIT" "The Bold Highwayman and His Knowledge of Firearms" "How Bunch Received His Wound in the... Read full description -
Item #614893SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 3, 1887 The front page of this issue has a large illustration "Casting the Bronze Buffalo's Head for the Union Pacific Bridge at Omaha" with an accompanying article. Within in the issue is: ""The Floating Balance"; "Parisian Fire Ladders"; "Spencer Fullerton Baird"; and... Read full description -
Item #614869THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 8, 1865
* Ulysses S. Grant welcome home
* New York City celebration
Among the first column heads are: "Our President" "Monster Meeting Last Night at Cooper Institution" "Outpouring of the Masses for the Administration" "The Hero Grant" "It was Big, Great, Immense,... Read full description -
Item #614834THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1872
* Portland, Oregon
* Helena, Arkansas
* Fire disasters
The front page has one column headings: "Part of the Business Section of Portland, Oregon, Burned" "Reported Destruction of Helena, Ark., by Fire" "Fire In Portland, Oregon" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #614830NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 19, 1875
* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning
* Disappearance
Page 5 has an article headed: "The Fate Of Donaldson The Aeronaut Still Unknown" See image for text here.
Complete in 10 pages, minor irregularity along spine, nice condition. -
Item #614678DAIL MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, Sept. 22, 1874
* Uncommon title
The front page has both: "Hot Springs - The Stage Robbers Surrounded--Their Capture or Death Probable" and: "On The Frontier - An Engagement With the Indians--They are Defeated & Driven Southward". More news & ads inside.
Four pages,... Read full description -
Item #614672ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 18, 1880
* Inventor Thomas Edison
* Venture into gold mining ?
* Separation - extraction
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 14 has an article headed: "FUGITIVE GOLD" "Which is Said to Escape from Hydraulic Mines, Etc." "Edison's... Read full description -
Item #614573NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1874 Page 2 has a report headed: "The Challis-Woodhull Libel" "Seventh Day of the Trial--Argument for the Defense--Address of Mr. Brooke" which is concerning the libel trial based on an article on her newspaper (see the web for more).
This is the famed Victoria Woodhull, who... Read full description -
Item #614515SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 16, 1885 The front page has a large illustration "Standard Passenger Locomotive of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford R.R." and has an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Nixon's Course Reading Attachment for Transits"; "Whale Captured at Vadso, August 15, 1884"; and other... Read full description -
Item #614511SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 26, 1898 The full front page has 2 photos of: "The New Columbia University" and another full page inside has 7 photos of "Columbia University". There is a related article on the facing page.
Inside the issue is: "The Zerograph"; "The Miller Electric Wide Spray Sprinkling... Read full description -
Item #614510SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 20, 1886 The front page has illustrations of "the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway" and an associated article. Inside the issue is: "The Ingersoll Stone Channeling Machine"; "Benson's Improved Farm Locomotive"; "The Edison System of Railway Telegraphy"; and more... Read full description -
Item #614494ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 27, 1880
* Macon, Mississippi
* Tornado disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE SOUTH STRICKEN" "Terrible Tidings from Macon Mississippi" "Seventeen Persons Killed and Twenty-Two Wounded" and... Read full description -
Item #614422SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, September 5, 1885 The cover page is a full page illus. of H.M. Stanley with an article on the second page on his being appointed the First Governor of the New Free State of the Congo.
This paper contains 2+ full pages of prints and an article concerning: FOUR-COUPLED PASSENGER ENGINE, GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN... Read full description -
Item #614403EASTON EXPRESS, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1884
* Cincinnati courthouse riots
Page 3 has an article headed: "The Cincinnati Mob" "A Fierce Fight Between the Mob and the Military" See image for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Cincinnati Riots of 1884,... Read full description -
Item #614387ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 15, 1883
* Star route scandal trial
* Thomas J. Brady & Stephen W. Dorsey
* Not guilty verdict
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Acquitted" "A Verdict of Not Guilty Rendered in the Star-Route Trial" and... Read full description -
Item #614382ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 3, 1883
* Mayersville, Mississippi
* Issaquena County
* Lynching - hanging
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "A Wealthy Mississippian Hanged by a Mob" See image for text here.
This issue is not fragile as newsprint... Read full description -
Item #614381ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 9, 1883
* Battle of Wilson's Creek
* Springfield, Missouri
* Survivors reunion
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE BLUE AND THE GRAY" "Reunion of Survivors of the Battle of Wilson Creek"... Read full description -
Item #614380ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 19, 1883
* Sitka, Alaska
* Baranof Island
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Life At Sitka" Text takes up 1 1/2 columns.
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made of cotton and linen rags, allowing them to remain... Read full description -
Item #614356ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 27, 1883
* Miles City, Montana
* Custer County
* Lynching - hanging
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "VIGILANTES' VENGEANCE" "Bill Rigney Hanged by a Mob at Miles City, Mont." and more. (see)
This issue... Read full description -
Item #614355ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 25, 1883
* Tivoli picnic grounds
* Baltimore, Maryland
* Patapsco River
* Pier disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "CARNIVAL OF DEATH" "The Terrible Calamity that Befell a Church Excursion Party" "A... Read full description -
Item #614304ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, February 11, 1880
* Outlaw Frank James
* Mardi Gras carnival
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Frank James Again"
Page 4 has: "A Mimic Mardi Gras" "The Streets of the City in the Possession of Merry... Read full description -
Item #614275ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 9, 1883
* 19th century scalping
* Native Americans - Indians
* Trophy - proof of a kill
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "Scalp-Taking" "The Indian Tradition Purporting to Give the True Origin of the... Read full description -
Item #614267ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 27, 1883
* Marianna, Arkansas
* Negro lynching
* Lee County
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "CALENDAR OF CRIME" "A Negro Fire-Bug Murdered by a Mob at Marianna, Ark." and more. (see)
This issue is not fragile as... Read full description -
Item #614266NEW YORK TIMES, a lot of seven issues from October, 1870, each containing on inside or back pages a report of a baseball game with box scores. All issues 8 pages, some partially loose at the spine, generally very nice condition.This item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #614258ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 4, 1883
* SS Daphne disaster
* Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
* Shipyard launching sinking
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "CAPSIZED IN THE CLYDE" "Frightful Accident at the Launching of the Steamer Daphne, Near Renfrew,... Read full description -
Item #614254ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 30, 1883
* Clay City, Indiana
* Tornado disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE INDIANA TORNADO" "The Central Portion of the State Swept by a Destructive Wind-Storm" and more. (see)
This issue is... Read full description -
Item #614212ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 2, 1880
* Commercial Point, Ohio
* Pickaway County
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "TRACED TO A TREE" "Judge Lynch Holds Court in the Interior of Ohio" "The Body of a Bully Found Dangling in... Read full description -
Item #614194ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 6, 1883
* Booth's Theatre closes
* Romeo and Juliet is last performance
* Actress Helena Modjeska
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The back page has an article headed: "THE NEW YORK STAGE" "Booth's Theater and the Actors Who Played... Read full description -
Item #614025THE PENN YAN EXPRESS, New York, 1890 An uncommon title from this town of 5100 pop. in upstate New York. The name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Pennsylvania Yankee". Various news of the day with a wealth of ads, many of which are illustrated.
Four pages, large folio size, evenly toned, fragile so it must be handled carefully, but... Read full description -
Item #614024THE PENN YAN EXPRESS, New York, 1890
* Uncommon title
An uncommon title from this town of 5100 pop. in upstate New York. The name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Pennsylvania Yankee". Various news of the day with a wealth of ads, many of which are illustrated.
Four pages, large folio size, evenly toned, fragile so it must be handled... Read full description -
Item #613967ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 16, 1877
* Ballooning "Amazon" flight
* Lizzie Ihling Wise
* John Wise niece
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The back page has an article headed: "UP IN A BALLOON" "The Airy Adventures of Lizzie Ihling Wise" and more. (see)
This issue is not... Read full description -
Item #613966ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, March 12, 1880
* Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana
* Flax Mill explosion fire disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "SLAIN IN A SECOND" "The Flax Mill at Frankfort, Ind., Destroyed" "Ten Persons Torn Into Ten... Read full description -
Item #613965ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 15, 1880
* Red Hill, Colorado becomes a ghost town
* Powder explosion disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "RED HILL IN RUINS" "The Little Place Demolished by Giant Powder" and more. (see)
This issue is not... Read full description -
Item #613964ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 22, 1880
* Beer drinking in Germany
* University students
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "BEER-GUZZLING IN GERMANY" "Beer as an Element In University Life--Drinking Bouts of Students and Professors" and more. (see)... Read full description -
Item #613926THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 6, 1881
* President James A. Garfield
* Going to Long Branch, New Jersey to die
The front page has one column headlines: "With Prayers", "The People's Patient will be Followed", "On His Journey this Morning to" "Long Branch and Renewed Life",... Read full description -
Item #613922SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 15, 1892 The front cover is "The New Santa Maria, Replica of Columbus' Vessel, which is to be Sailed Across the Atlantic". Inside the issue is "Baker's Rocking Chair Fan"; "Front View of the Apparatus for Lifting Blocks of Beton and Carrying them to the Car";... Read full description -
Item #613917SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 2, 1886 Includes an article of: THE BELL TELEPHONE CASE . This article details the Interior Department recommends that the Attorney General investigate to see if Bell's first patent was valid. The front page of the issue "Hydraulic Machinery for Operating the... Read full description -
Item #613896ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, January 3, 1882
* Shanesville (Sugarcreek), Ohio
* Party floor collapse disaster
The front page has an article headed: "A DANCE OF DEATH" "Festivities Turned Into Mourning by Falling Floors" and more. (see)
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, light toning,... Read full description -
Item #613874PUCK, New York, May 18, 1887
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are much desired... Read full description -
Item #613851THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, July 16, 1886
* Haymarket Square riot
* Chicago IL Illinois
* Anarchy - Anarchists
* Jury sworn in - trial begins
The front page has one column headings: "ANARCHISTS TRIALS" "The Twelfth Man Secured" and more. (see)
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 4 pages, large sized paper... Read full description -
Item #613766ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, May 9, 1875
* German ocean liner SS Schiller
* Isles of Scilly sinking disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "GONE DOWN" "Horrible and Heart-Rendering Ocean Disaster" "The Steamship Schiller... Read full description -
Item #613765ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, May 8, 1875
* Newton County, Georgia tornado
* Columbia GA & more
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "THE GEORGIA STORM" "One of the Most Violent Tornadoes on Record" "Over Fifty Persons Killed, and Sixty... Read full description -
Item #613761ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, January 13, 1880
* Jews - Jewish - Judaica
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 6 has an article headed: "CODE OF THE JEWS" "Trials in Capital Cases Among the Ancient Israelites" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/2 columns.
This issue is not fragile... Read full description -
Item #613760ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, January 11, 1880
* Early billiards - pool
* Jacob Schaefer vs. William Sexton
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE WESTERN WIZARD" "Schaefer Hailed Champion, of the Billiard Champion" "Holding the Title at the Old Game... Read full description -
Item #613746ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 7, 1875
* Georgetown, Colorado
* "Silver Queen of Colorado"
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "COLORADO" A Batch of Correspondence, Descriptive and Otherwise" "Georgetown, its Mountains, Mines and... Read full description -
Item #613741ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, April 30, 1875
* Oshkosh, Wisconsin fire
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "OSHKOSH" "Latest from the Ill-Fated Wisconsin Town" "Immense Destruction of Valuable Property" "Loss Estimated as... Read full description -
Item #613740ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, April 23, 1875
* Denison, Texas
* Grayson County
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "Northern Texas" "Denison--Its History and Rapid Progress" "Business and Prospects of the City"
Complete in 8 pages, minor... Read full description -
Item #613734ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE, Missouri, March 25, 1875
* John Mitchel death
* Irish nationalist activist
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "John Mitchel" "A Sketch of His Life, and an Estimate of His Character"
Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity... Read full description
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