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Item #610008ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, March 22, 1881
* Singer Sewing Machines
* Manufacturing Co. vs. Stanage case
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The back page (page 10) has an article headed: "Singer Sewing Machines" "Judge Treat Decides That Anybody Can Manufacture and Sell Them"... Read full description -
Item #610002ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, February 27, 1881
* Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
* German Empress and Queen of Prussia
* Marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "BERLIN IN A BLAZE" "The Princess... Read full description -
Item #609965ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 28, 1878
* Minnie Warren death
* Proportionate dwarf
* P.T. Barnum fame
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 4 has one column headings: "Minnie Warren's Death" "Maj. Newell's Wife and Gen. Tom Thumb's Sister-in-Law--The... Read full description -
Item #609960ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, February 12, 1881
* Fiji Islands description
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 9 has an article headed: "The Fiji Islands" "Their Extent-Location, Population and Productions" "Their Value to the Commerce of the World, and Especially of the United... Read full description -
Item #609925ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, February 13, 1881
* Amina Boschetti death
* Italian dancer ballerina
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 15 has an article headed: "A Famous Dancer" "Death of Amina Boschetti, the Beautiful Favorite of the Metropolitan Public" See image for text... Read full description -
Item #609731SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 1, 1890 This issue includes the following inventions and/or prints: "Fire Engine #31", "Fire Boat", "Cable Grip", "Printer's Galley", "Window Shade", "Car Coupling", "Hedge Fence", "Riverside CA View", and more illustrations,... Read full description -
Item #609717NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 7, 1873 The front page has a very interesting report of a hanging: "The Execution of Wade - A Terrible Scene - Two Attempts to Hang Him - A Hardened Ruffian". The report notes in part: "...but the rope being too long, his feet struck squarely on the ground. In this position he remained,... Read full description -
Item #609494ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 6, 1875
* Leavenworth, Indiana
* KKK - Ku Klux Klan
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "'INDIANA KU-KLUX" "The Crawford County Klan and the Infamous and Cruel Outrages it Perpetrates "Men and Women... Read full description -
Item #609256THE VOX HUMANA, "Cambridgeport, Massachusetts), "A Journal of Music & Musical Information" published by the George Woods & Company, manufacturer of organs. The vol. 1 number 12 issue, not dated but would appear to be from the 1870's. Eight pages, 10 by 13 inches. -
Item #609136THE WHEELING INTELLIGENCER, West Virginia, May 12, 1886
* Kansas City, Missouri
* Tornado disaster
The front page has one column headings: "A DEATH BLAST" "Kansas City Visited Yesterday by a Disastrous Cyclone" "Resulting in Loss of Life and Destruction of Property" "The Tempest Strikes a School House and... Read full description -
Item #609073ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 13, 1878
* Island of Cyprus epidemic ?
* Duel in Austin, Mississippi
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has: "TYPHUS AT CYPRUS" "Conflicting Reports as to the Health of the Island" See image for text here.
Page 5 has: "SHOT... Read full description -
Item #609071ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 31, 1880
* Mermaid - aquatic creature
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 6 has an article headed: "A Man With A Mermaid" "The Strange Creature Brought Here by a Gentleman from Japan" and more. (see)
Complete in 16 pages, minor spine wear, very nice... Read full description -
Item #608927ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 24, 1875
* The Masque of Pandora
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has a new poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow headed: "The Masque Of Pandora" "Mr. Longfellow's New Volume of Poems" (see)
Complete in... Read full description -
Item #608926ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 23, 1875
* HMS Pandora (USS Jeannette)
* Sir Allen Young - Arctic voyage
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "ARCTIC EXPLORATION" "Views of Dr. Hayes on the Results of the Pandora's Voyage"... Read full description -
Item #608922ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 5, 1880
* Early billiards - pool
* George F. Slosson
* Jacob Schaefer, Sr.
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "SLOSSON'S SUCCESS" "The Billiard Champion Retains His Proud Title" "His Rival Credited With... Read full description -
Item #608861ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, December 12, 1875
* Rolling Fork MS Mississippi
* Negro massacre - riot
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "SATAN SMILED" "Notorious Negroes Precipitate the Rolling Fork Riot" "The Rolling Fork Riot"... Read full description -
Item #608858ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, December 4, 1875
* Mark Twain
* Niagara Falls
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The back page has an article headed: "MARK TWAIN AT NIAGARA" Text takes up over a full column.
Complete in 12 pages, minor spine wear, very nice condition. -
Item #608853ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 12, 1875
* Early Wrestling
* Andre Christol
* William Miller
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Two Mighty Wrestlers" "The Wonderful Illustration of the Greco-Roman Science of Wrestling..."
Complete in 8 pages, a... Read full description -
Item #608851ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 9, 1875
* SS Pacific sinking disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "FOUNDERED" "The Steamship Pacific Goes to the Bottom" "A Partial List of the Persons Lost" and more. See images... Read full description -
Item #608750ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 12, 1876
* James Lick funeral - burial
* California baron
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "The Last Rites" "Obsequies of the Late James Lick--Procession of Pioneers--Memorial Address" Text takes up a full column.
This issue is... Read full description -
Item #608666SEMI-TROPIC CULTURIST, San Diego, California, Oct. 8, 1898 An interesting title I don't recall ever seeing before.Various news of the day with some focus on agriculture.
Four pages, various tears at margins, some archival repairs inside, minor fold wear. -
Item #608609ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 12, 1878
* Abercarn colliery disaster (1st report)
* Firedamp explosion - Prince of Wales
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "ROASTED IN A PIT" "An Underground Horror in Great Britain" "Many Miners... Read full description -
Item #608563ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 4, 1878
* Outlaw Henry Collins death
* Sam Bass gang member
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Collins, the Train Robber, 'Goes to Meet Bass'" "Collins Cashes His Checks" See image for brief text here.
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Item #608561ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 26, 1878
* Niblo's Garden theatre
* William Niblo death
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Niblo, The Theater-Manager" "The Founder of Niblo's Garden Dies at the Age of Eighty Years...".
Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #608449IROQUOIS TIMES, Watseka, Illinois, Dec. 23, 1875
* Rare title for the Midwest
Uncommon title from a rather small town in Eastern Illinois. Various news & illustrated ads of the day, 8 pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, a piece clipped from an inside leaf (see), otherwise quite nice. -
Item #608439ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, December 17, 1878
* John 'Red' Leary
* Famous bank robber
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "RED KEARY'S RIOT" "A Battle With his Gang in the Streets of Gotham" and more. See image for text here.
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Item #608435ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, December 7, 1878
* Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 10 has an article headed: "Mark Twain" "A Well-Got-Up Biography of the Great Humorist" Text takes up almost 2 full columns.
Complete in 12 pages, nice condition. -
Item #608386ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 13, 1878
* Island of Cyprus
* British takeover
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an brief article headed: "CONCERNING CYPRUS" "England Takes Possession of the Island" See image for text here.
Complete in 12 pages, nice... Read full description -
Item #608325ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 24, 1878
* Gale of 1878
* Hurricane disaster
* East Coast & New England
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "TORN BY THE TEMPEST" "The Wilds Winds Manifesting Their Wrath" "A Terrible Storm Raging in the... Read full description -
Item #608317ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 17, 1878
* Alexander Turney Stewart
* Corpse stolen for ransom
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "A NEAT JOB" "The Gouls of Gotham Hunted Down" "Stewart's Friends in Possession of the... Read full description -
Item #608299ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 14, 1875
* Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
* Charleston MS political race war
* Philadelphia International Cricket Tournament 1875
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "SCIENCE AND MUSCLE"... Read full description -
Item #608273ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 27, 1875
* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Donaldson's Diary" "Daring Flights of the Fearless Aeronaut--His First Plunge into Lake Michigan--Other... Read full description -
Item #608267ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 13, 1875
* Shawneetown, Illinois flood
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "INUNDATED" "Remarkable Flood at Shawneetown, Ill." See images for text here.
Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity along... Read full description -
Item #608261ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 5, 1875
* Macomb, Illinois tornado
* Washington Harrison Donaldson
* Balloonist - ballooning
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "WIND AND WATER" "Macomb, Ill., Treated to a Tornado by the... Read full description -
Item #608256ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 22, 1875
* Medium - seances
* materialized spirit - ghost
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "A Lively Seance" "Spiritualists Brought to Bay in the Boston Theater"
Complete in 8 pages, minor irregularity along... Read full description -
P.T. Barnum - improving public morals...
Item #608221ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 24, 1879
*James Dobbins & Michael Burns duel
* P. T. Barnum - trying to improve public morals
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "A DUEL TO THE DEATH" "The Principals Farmers, and Both... Read full description -
Item #608198ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 18, 1879
* Spiritualism
The back page has an article headed: "Satan And Spiritualism" "One and the Same Thing, According to an Evangelist" "The Subject Viewed from a Scriptural Stand-point" See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little irregular... Read full description -
Item #608145(100) WHOLESALE LOT OF 100 NEWSPAPERS all from the 1800's and all on rag paper--no pulpish or brittle issues (unless I included a few damaged historic issues of the latter years). All issues are damaged or 2nd rate condition--some will be perfectly fine. A reasonable mixture of titles but perhaps a higher concentration of the N.Y.... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #608116ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 23, 1881
* Marie Tussaud
* Madame Tussauds
* Wax sculptures fame
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 6 has an article headed: "MADAME TUSSAUD" "Her Life and Adventures--Her Experience During the Days of '93--Her Wax Modeling" Text takes up... Read full description -
Item #607906THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 2, 1870
* Epsom Derby horse race
* Kingcraft wins in upset fashion
The front page has an article headed: "DERBY DAY" "All London on the Downs to Witness the Great Sport" "Three Hundred Thousand People all in Present" "Kingcraft the Easy Winner by Four Lengths" and more. (see) Text takes up 1... Read full description -
Item #607893THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 1870
* Abraham Lincoln's cabinet
* Thurlow Weed
Page 2 has an article headed: "President Lincoln" "The Selection of his Cabinet for his Second Term--A Chapter from Thurlow Weed's Autobiography" See images for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor margin wear, otherwise... Read full description -
Item #607892THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 29, 1870
* Catherine E. Beecher
* Women's domestic training
Page 2 has an article headed: "Domestic Training For Woman" "Meeting of Ladies at Steinway Hall--Speeches by Mr. and Miss Beecher" See images for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor margin wear, otherwise in nice condition. -
Item #607871THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 28, 1870
* Mount Cenis (Frejus Rail) Tunnel
* France & Italy connected (ground breakthrough)
The front page has one column headings: "The Mont Cenis Tunnel" "The Great Work at Length Completed" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, otherwise nice. -
Item #607847THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 9, 1870
* Gen. George Henry Thomas
* Death - funeral
The front page has an article headed: "THE LATE GEN. THOMAS" "Final Funeral Ceremonies at Troy" "An Immense Throng Present" and more with smaller subheads. Text takes up over 2 1/2 columns.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor... Read full description -
Item #607846THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1870
* The Boat Race
* Oxford vs. Cambridge Universities
* Rowing - River Thames
This 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "The Annual Boat Race of the English Universities" "Cambridge Wins by a Length in 20 Minutes and 30... Read full description -
Item #607719THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 9, 1870
* Civil Rights law tested
* Treatment of Negroes changed ?
The front page has an article headed: "The Admission of Colored Men in Theatres--Test Cases in Charleston, S.C." See image for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, some spine wear & tear, otherwise nice. -
Item #607675EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, July 22, 1873
* Mount Vernon, Indiana
* Cholera epidemic
* Jackson, Tennessee fire disaster
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Mt. Vernon, Ind." "The Cholera Abating" "Jackson, Tenn."... Read full description -
Item #607564THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 12, 1859
* Raleigh, North Carolina duel
* Obadiah Jennings Wise & Patrick Henry Aylett
* Pre Civil War South
This 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has a brief article headed: "Duel between O. Jennings Wise and Patrick Henry Aylett" See image for... Read full description -
Item #607554THE MERRICK COUNTY ITEM, Central City, Nebraska, Dec. 1, 1880
* Uncommon title
Various news of the day from the Midwest with two illustrated ads on the back page promoting the attractiveness of settling in Nebraska, one headed: "Specimen Views Of Union Pacific Railroad Lands In Nebraska...Millions of good Acres yet for Sale at from $3 to... Read full description -
Item #607390CHEERFUL HOURS, Dayton, Ohio, August 9, 1896
* Jewish - Judaica - Jews
The front page has a print showing the: "Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem" (see) the rest of this issue is filled with literary content.
Complete in 8 pages, measures 10 x 8 inches, some central fold wear and minor margin chipping, otherwise good.
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