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  • Literary newspaper, with a few illustrations...
    Item #699132
    SATURDAY NIGHT, New York, June 5, 1869  This was one of several literary, dime-novel-like, newspapers that existed in the latter half of the 129th century. Several of the stores have illustrations. This newspaper existed from 1865 thru 1901.
    Eight pages, small holes at the fold junctures at the middle of the leaves, otherwise nice... Read full description  
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  • Issue number one of this San Diego title...
    Item #699124
    DAILY SAN DIEGO WORLD, California, July 25, 1872 

    * Very rare from Southern California
    * Early - volume 1 number 1 issue


    This is the earliest of this San Diego title to be found, being the volume one, number one issue.  This title only existed through 1877.
    Page 2 begins with the "Salutatory" in which the published... Read full description  
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  • Early report on the slave trade in America...
    Item #699115
    THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 5, 1765  Pages 1 and 2 have reports headed: "America" with Charleston datelines. The first report is quite notable, as it is a very early reference to the importation of slaves.
    It reads: "The value of the negroes imported into this province since the passing of the act for laying an... Read full description  
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  • Brigham Young...   San Francisco...   Mormon Temple...
    Item #699111
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 11, 1857 

    * Mormons - Mormonism - Brigham Young
    * Very early view of San Francisco
    * Salt Lake Tabernacle under construction


    Front page shows: "Camp of the Pilgrims to the Jordan" and a half page: "Valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea" with a related article: "Travel Notes in... Read full description  
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  • Full page Winslow Homer print... Desirable: "Among the Wrecker of the New Jersey Coast''(Barnegat Light-House)...
    Item #699109
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 25, 1868 

    * Winslow Homer woodblock illustration

    The front page shows: "Effect of the Tidal Wave at St. Thomas, West Indies". Inside has a nice full page Winslow Homer print: "Winter - A Skating Scene".
    The tipped-in,... Read full description  
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  • St. Peter's Cathedral...    Curling...
    Item #699107
    HARPER'S WEEKLY New York, January 22, 1870  The full front page is taken up with a print of: "The Ecumenical Council-Head of the Procession Entering the Grand Nave of St. Peter's."
    Inside is a full page illustration of "Curling, or Bonspiel" with an associated article; one-third page illustration of: "Chinese... Read full description  
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  • Back Number Budd's Great Loss...
    Item #699106
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1895  The front page has one column with: "BACK NUMBER BUDD'S GREAT LOSS", detailing "Fifteen million copies of newspapers, magazines and other publications" which belonged to Robert M. Budd, a colored newsman, better known as "Back Number Budd" 

    Complete in16 pages, some... Read full description  
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  • Corbett's short-lived newspaper...
    Item #699029
    PORCUPINE'S GAZETTE, Philadelphia, April 26, 1797  The front page includes a: "Two Dollars Reward" ad for a runaway indented servant girl, with details. Pages 2 and 3 have reports on the Napoleonic War including a letter signed in type: Buonaparte, which includes: "I shall send you immediately the ten standards which we have... Read full description  
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  • A boom & bust mining town in Colorado...
    Item #699018
    WHITE PINE CONE, White Pine, Gunnison County, Colorado, Dec. 11, 1885  

    * Very rare old West publication
    * Ghost town - silver mining


    An interesting newspaper from a fascinating town which went through two boom & bust periods.
    White Pine
    began in 1880 as a fledgling mining camp just west of the Continental Divide, boomed in the... Read full description  
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  • Jesse Owens wins his first gold medal at the Berlin Olympics...
    Item #699012
    TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1936

    * Jesse Owens 100-meter gold medal victory
    * Olympic games in Berlin Germany
    * In front of Adolph Hitler & Third Reich


    The bottom half of the front page has a one column head: "Jesse Owens Winner of 100 Meter Final", the text beginning: "Jesse Owens,... Read full description  
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  • Signed by Beauregard and Lincoln...
    Item #699007
    DAILY EXAMINER, Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 24, 1864 

    * Capital of the Confederacy
    * President Abraham Lincoln
    * General P. G. T. Beauregard


    Not just a newspaper from the Confederate states, but from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page has: "The War News--Affairs In the Valley & Around Gordonsville" which includes a... Read full description  
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  • One of the earliest Louisiana newspapers we have offered...
    Item #699001
    ORLEANS GAZETTE & COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, Dec. 24, 1819  

    * Very rare & early Southern publication

    This is one of the earliest newspapers from Louisiana we have had the pleasure to offer. The front page has a lengthy obituary report and an article: "Adam Poe's Contest with Two Indians" plus many... Read full description  
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  • One of the less common titles from antebellum Florida...
    Item #698998
    STAR OF FLORIDA, Tallahassee, Middle Florida, Oct. 20, 1841

    * Rare antebellum publication

    We have had a few titles from Florida before the Civil War, but this is more rare than the others. Various news & ads of the day. The back page has an illustrated runaway slave ad.
    Four pages, rejoined at the spine, very nice... Read full description  
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  • Disease ends Lou Gehrig's career...    Yankees...
    Item #698993
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1939  

    * Lou Gehrig ends baseball career
    * Infantile Paralysis - New York Yankees
    * Best title to be had ? (rare as such)


    A six column headline on page 26 announces: "Gehrig's Career as Player Ended by Infantile Paralysis" with one column subheads: "Activity Is Barred By Clinic's... Read full description  
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  • John Wilkes Booth 3 years before his notoriety...
    Item #698989
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, March 28, 1862  

    * John Wilkes Booth theater ad
    * Civil War original reporting


    The front page contains one of the fascinating tidbits of history which delight collectors, in this case, an inconspicuous advertisement for a theatrical production at the Mary Provost Theater in New York--starring John Wilkes... Read full description  
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  • John Marshall, a pioneer in the world of spectacles & optics...
    Item #698987
    THE ATHENIAN MERCURY, London, Nov. 19, 1692  

    * Rare 17th century publication
    * Early optician, John Marshall ad


    One of just four advertisements on the back page is a quite lengthy & descriptive ad beginning: "At the sign of the Archimedes and Spectacles in Ludgate street, the West End of St. Paul's... Read full description  
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  • The king creates codes for rebuilding London after the Great Fire...
    Item #698983
    THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, September 17, 1666

    * Among the earliest of newspapers to be had
    * The Great London Fire disaster
    * Charles II of England creates safety codes


     Certainly one of the more notable events in London history was the Great Fire which began on September 2. Very shortly thereafter, in an... Read full description  
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  • British Jew Bill...   Engraving of a church in Charleston...
    Item #698972
    THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, June, 1753 

    * Early Charleston SC church print
    * The British Jew Bill - Judaica


    This issue contains a great full page print of: "St. Philip's Church in Charles Town, South Carolina" with just a small bit of text on it on the facing page reading: "The church is... Read full description  
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  • "The North Star" becomes "Frederick Douglass' Paper"...
    Item #698970
    FREDERICK DOUGLASS' PAPER, Rochester, New York, Sept. 8, 1854  

    * Extremely rare publication

    We are pleased to offer this exceedingly rare--and highly desirable--newspaper by the famed Frederick Douglass. This weekly title is the continuation of his newspaper "North Star" which began in 1847.
    Among the... Read full description  
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  • It existed for just one year...
    Item #698962
    THE PATRON OF INDUSTRY, New York, July 25, 1820  This newspaper existed for just one year, this being the volume 1, number 6 issues. It was published under the auspices of "The National Institution for the Promotion of Industry". 
    Four pages, small binding holes at the blank spine, wide, never-trimmed margins, nice condition.
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  • One of the less common illustrated papers of the era...
    Item #698955
    ILLUSTRATED TIMES, London, England, April 7, 1860  An illustrated newspaper in the mold of the more famous "Illustrated London News" and later "Harper's Weekly" but this title is less common.
    The front page print is: "New Uniforms of Metropolitan Rifle Vol. Corps" with several prints inside... Read full description  
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  • Early issue of this famous sporting newspaper...
    Item #698940
    NEW YORK SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Dec. 31, 1836

    * Rare & early sporting publication
    * Editor William T. Porter


     This is an early issue of the famous sporting newspaper by William Porter, later to be known as "Porter's Spirit of the Times".
    Porter and his brothers started the Spirit of the Times in 1831.... Read full description  
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  • Adolf Hitler predicts power in 1931...
    Item #698925
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 5, 1931

    * Adolf Hitler predicts rise to power
    * Leader of the Sturmabteilung - Brownshirts


    The front page has a one column heading: "HITLER VISIONS FASCIST REIGN" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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  • First African-American to serve in the House of Representatives...
    Item #698905
    THE CIRCULAR, Oneida Community (New York), Dec. 19, 1870 

    * Joseph Rainey

    Near the top of the back page is a brief yet very significant report. It reads: "Joseph H. Rainey, a colored man, has taken his seat in the House of Representatives as the member elect from the 4th District of South Carolina."
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  • John Menard, African-American congressman from Louisiana...
    Item #698899
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 23, 1869  The full front page is a print of: "The Harp Girl." Inside is a one-third page print of: "Hon. William Claflin, Governor of Massachusetts" plus a half page print: "The Fur Trapper"; a quarter page print of: "Hon. John W. Menard, Colored... Read full description  
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  • The Civil War in Texas...   The Alamo...
    Item #698896
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 23, 1861  The front page is taken up with: "Major Anderson's Command at Fort Sumter" which includes 9 officers, one of whom is "Capt. A. Doubleday".
    Other prints inside include: "Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina" "Surrender of Ex-General Twiggs, Late of... Read full description  
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  • French fliers set new non-stop airplane flight record....
    Item #698882
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 7 & 8, 1933

    * New non-stop airplane flight distance record
    * French aviators Paul Codos & Maurice Rossi


    Here are a pair of issues on a aviation achievement. The Aug. 7th issue has a banner headline: "SILENCE VEILS OCEAN FLYERS" with subheads. Related photo on the back page.The... Read full description  
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  • Murder, Inc. case... informant Abe Reles...
    Item #698862
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1940

    * Murder, Inc. crime syndicate
    * Actor Irving "Gangi" Cohen
    * Jewish mobster Abe Reles as informant


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TRIGGER MEN BARE 'CONTRACT' MURDERS FOR BIG RACKETEERS" with subheads. (see images) Nice to have in this World famous publication.... Read full description  
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  • 1929 Endurance airplane flight record...
    Item #698826
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1929 

    * Airplane endurance record flight 
    * Curtiss Robin monoplane airplane
     

    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "ST. LOUIS FLIERS SET ENDURANCE RECORD; KEEP ON INTO NIGHT" with subheads. (see) Lengthy article continues on page 3 with 3 related photos. (see) Coverage on... Read full description  
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  • Reporting on the spirit world...
    Item #698817
    SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH, New York, January 15, 1853  

    * Ghosts - mediums - spectre - apparition - spooks

    The masthead notes; "Devoted To The Illustration of Spiritual Intercourse", focused on the spirit world. This is the volume 1, number 37 issue. This is the first of this title we have offered.
    Among the articles: 'An Hour With... Read full description  
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  • Rare military paper.: 'In time of peace, prepare for war'...
    Item #698816
    CITIZEN SOLDIER, Norwich, Vermont, Sept. 4, 1840  "Devoted To the Interests of the Militia, Military Science & National Defense" as noted in the masthead, where also is found their motto: "In Times Of Peace, Prepare For War". This title lasted but 52 issues. 
    Most of the front page... Read full description  
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  • With the famous quote: "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."
    Item #698812
    THE WAR, New York, October 5, 1813

    * Oliver Hazard Perry's famous quote 
    * “We have met the enemy—and they are ours”
    * Battle of Lake Erie victory - War of 1812


    This is a very interesting newspaper as it existed for one purpose: to report the news from the War of 1812. It began publication... Read full description  
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  • "Dinner In The Steerage Of A French Transatlantic Liner" & Thanksgiving preparations...
    Item #698808
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, Nov. 22, 1890 (with Supplement containing: "Dinner In The Steerage Of A French Transatlantic Liner", by T. de Thulstrup)
    Also included: Full ftpg: 'At the Horse Show, Madison Square Garden'; Fullpg: 'The Day Before Thanksgiving' shows cooks preparing the... Read full description  
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  • A great illustration showing Eskimos hunting for Polar-Bear...
    Item #698806
    HARPER'S WEEKLY October 11, 1890 (Supplement included)  The most desired illustration is the double-page print captioned: "Esquimaux Hunters Capturing A Polar-Bear", which is found in the Supplement.
    Also included is the entire regular issue which features another great double-page print: ""A... Read full description  
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  • Volume one issue of the famous Stars & Stripes...
    Item #698805
    THE STARS AND STRIPES, France, Nov. 8, 1918  This was the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces from World War I and is a volume 1 issue. Logically the content is focused on war events. This issue was published just 3 days before the war's end.
    Eight pages, various light wear, generally good.
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  • 1920 George Gipp 'The Gipper' death....
    Item #698804
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 18, 1920

    * re. George 'The Gipper' Gipp death
    * Notre Dame college football star
    * Coach Knute Rockne fame


    Page 14 has a somewhat discrete one column heading: "Notre Dame To Build Monument in Honor Of Gipp" (see image) Coverage on the recent death of George Gipp, Notre Dame football star. He is... Read full description  
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  • The beginning of the end for gangster Al Capone ?, in a Chicago newspaper...
    Item #698795
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 17, 1930 

    * Al 'Scarface' Capone arrest warrant
    * Other high profile gang bosses (list)
    * Prohibition era - beer - liquor
    * Best title to be had - rare as such


    The front page has a one column heading "WARRANTS OUT FOR ARREST OF 26 GANG CHIEFS" with subheads.... Read full description  
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  • Much on the Civil War from the Confederacy...
    Item #698788
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 12, 1863  

    * Confederate capital

    Not only a nice Confederate newspaper, but one from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "City Intelligence" "Latest News From The North--Yankee Account of the Charleston Naval Victory" "Another Brutal Order of the... Read full description  
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  • Amelia is the first woman to fly the Atlantic...
    Item #698780
    NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1928  

    * Woman aviator Amelia Earhart makes history
    * Flight across the Atlantic Ocean
    * Airplane "Friendship"

    The front page has one column headings: "MISS EARHART SEES ALDERSHOT 'TATTOO'" "Motors From London for the Army's Great Annual Night Spectacle" and... Read full description  
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  • Great ads for "Titanic", "As Good As It Gets", "Tomorrow Never Dies" (James Bond), "Amistad"...
    Item #698750
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 26, 1997 

    * Best Titanic film advertisement... 2nd weekend premiere
    * Premier weekend of "As Good As It Gets"
    * James Bond, 007, "Tomorrow Never Dies"
    * Many more!!!


    A terrific issue on the second weekend of the motion picture hit... Read full description  
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  • Exceedingly rare Napoleon occupation newspaper...
    Item #698747
    COURRIER D'AMSTERDAM or the COURIER VAN AMSTERDAM, December 3, 1810  This was a daily newspaper published in Amsterdam during the French occupation of Holland. It is bilingual: half printed in French and half in Dutch. Two mastheads as well, one in each language.
    In 1810 Napoleon Bonaparte annexed Holland to his empire, hence... Read full description  

    Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.

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  • Pittsfield, Lexington, and much more...
    Item #698745
    BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, April 28, 1855  A periodical much in the style of the more popular Harper's Weekly, but this title existed before Harper's did.
    The front page has a print of: "May Morning". Additional prints inside include: "Western Railroad Depot, Pittsfield, Mass. ""View of Pittsfield,... Read full description  
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  • Sherman descending upon Savannah...
    Item #698734
    DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Dec. 19, 1864  

    * From the capital of the Confederacy
    * General William T. Sherman
    * Sherman's March to the Sea
    * Capture of Savannah close


    Not just a newspaper from the Confederate, but from the capital of the Confederate states.
    The front page has an editorial beginning: "The accounts from... Read full description  
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  • The James-Younger gang rob a train...
    Item #698731
    LIBERAL SENTINEL, Middletown, New York, July 23, 1881 

    * Outlaw Jesse James-Younger gang
    * Rock Island railroad train robbery


    Page 2 has a report noting: "A gang of outlaws, supposed to be the James gang, on Friday night captured a train on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific road...robbed the conductor & a passenger..." and... Read full description  
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  • George Washington writes concerning the Jay Treaty...
    Item #698710
    FEDERAL ORRERY, Boston. Nov. 12. 1795  

    * President George Washington

    Page 2 has: "Indian Intelligence - Of the Creeks" which is most of a column with details on relations with them & other tribes. The report is datelined from Savannah.
    Page 3 has a letter signed in type by the President: Geo. Washington,... Read full description  
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  • Chicago Fire of 1874...
    Item #698692
    RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 15, 1874

    * 2nd great Chicago fire disaster (1st report)

    Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Chicago Again In Flames"with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 4 pages, a little spine... Read full description  
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  • Shepherdsville, Kentucly race riot.....
    Item #698691
    RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, Aug. 9, 1874

    * Whiskey Riot - race war - Negroes
    * Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky


    Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
    Page 3 has a small one column heading: "Lawlessness in Kentucky" (see image)
    Complete with 4 pages,... Read full description  
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  • Samuel Archer King... Ballooning pioneer...
    Item #698687
    RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, July 11, 1874

    * Samuel Archer King
    * Ballooning voyage
    * Buffalo - Lake Erie


    Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
    The front page has a one column heading: "Interesting Balloon Voyage" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete... Read full description  
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  • Eads Bridge opening... St. Louis...
    Item #698685
    RICHMOND DAILY WHIG, July 10, 1874

    * Eads Bridge construction completed - opening
    * East St. Louis, Illinois & St. Louis, Missouri
    * Mississippi River - Riverfront area


    Here is a uncommon publication from the capital of the Confederacy just a decade earlier. This issue measures 25 x 18 inches.
    The top of the front page has a one column heading:... Read full description  
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  • 1928 Chicago gangland war in full swing...
    Item #698677
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 8, 1930

    * Chicago gangland wars
    * Al 'Scarface' Capone era w/ report
    * Prohibition & great depression
    * Best title to be had - rare as such


    The front page has a great banner headline for display concerning the gangland wars in Chicago that reads: "GETS BOMB BY MAIL; KILLED" with subhead.... Read full description  
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