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Item #613598ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 7, 1877
* KKK - Ku Klux Klan
* Outrages in Ripley County
* Ozarks Mountain - Missouri
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Ku-Klux" "Lawlessness in Ripley and Adjacent Counties--Men and Women Flogged by Bands of... Read full description -
Item #613596ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 2, 1877
* Pow Wow - Indians
* Chief Spotted Tail
* Red Cloud
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "THE FINAL POW-WOW" "What Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Demand of the President" and more. (see)
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Item #613593BALLOU'S PICTORIAL, Boston, June 2, 1855 The front page as a nice graphic which is representative of "New Hampshire" as well as an article on it as well (see). Prints inside include: "View of Constantinople as seen from the Harbor" "View In Calcutta, East Indies" "Falls of Lewis Fork, Oregon"... Read full description -
Item #613535THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE, Putney, Vermont, March 15, 1846 This is the volume one, number one issue; the very first issue published. This is a Christian-themed magazine of 16 pages. Never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet. Measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, nice condition.
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Item #613522EVERY SATURDAY, Boston, March 4, 1871 The full front page is a print of: "Hon. Charles Sumner". Many prints within including: "Ice Boats ON the Hudson" "On The Way to Pittsburgh - Great Bend on the Alleghenies" being a train; another full page: "On the Way to Pittsburgh" has 3 prints; "At the... Read full description -
Item #613516ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 11, 1877
* Spiritualism - spiritualists
* Materializations - paranormal
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 11 has an article headed: "SPIRITUALISTS" "Piano Playing Without Mortal Contact" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/3 columns.
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Item #613469ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 1, 1879
* Lee's Summit, Missouri
* Tornadoes outbreak - disaster
* Irving, Kansas
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "HORRIBLE HAVOC" "The Wind Manifesting Its Wrath Out West" "Death and Desolation Visible on... Read full description -
Item #613467EFFINGHAM COUNTY OBSERVER, Altamont, Illinois, December 11, 1896
* Uncommon title
News and advertisements of the day.
Complete in 8 pages, a little margin wear with some small tears, generally good. -
Item #613448ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 18, 1876
* Alexander Turney Stewart
* William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
* Cornelius Vanderbilt
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE THREE CROESUSES" "Manhattan's Great Millionaires and Their Peculiarities" "Astor,... Read full description -
Item #613422ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 16, 1879
* Jacob Schaefer, Sr.
* Billiards - pool
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "THE WIZARD'S WAND" "Schaefer's Marvelous Performance with the cue" "The Western Wonder Retains the Championship" and... Read full description -
Item #613421ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 1, 1879
* Woodford Mambrino death
* Trotting stallion racehorse
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "Booked For Burial" "The Famous Trotting Sire Woodford Mambrino No More" and more. (see)
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Item #613416ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 18, 1879
* Waterboro SC South Carolina
* Tornado disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Wrecked By The Wind" "The Lower Portion of South Carolina Tornado Torn" "Fifteen Persons Killed in the... Read full description -
Item #613362ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 21, 1879
* W.W. Cole's Circus & Menagerie
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "In The Lion's Den" "A Horrible Spectacle at Cole's Circus and Menagerie" "Torn to Pieces by a Ferocious and... Read full description -
Item #613358THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., March 11, 1847 Page 2 has: "Army & Navy Intelligence" "Interesting From Mexico" "Naval" "Army Intelligence" "Mexico" concerning the Mexican War.
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Item #613357THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, 1847 The front page has; "Honor to the Brave--Dinner to Gen. Houston" "The Mexican Armistice" "Army & Navy Intelligence" "Interesting From Mexico--Hostility Against Americans--Wretched Condition of American Deserters".
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Item #613356ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 20, 1879
* Negro Exodusters begin
* Wyandotte KS Kansas
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "The Colored Immigrants" "Brief Description of Their Reception and Condition at Wyandotte" and more. (see) Text takes up more than a... Read full description -
Item #613320NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., May 15, 1849
* Astor Opera House
* The Tragedy of Macbeth
Page 3 has a follow-up report on the Astor Place Riot headed: "The Late Riots at New York" and "The Events of Thursday Night", the report taking 1 1/2 columns and carrying over to take most of the back page.
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Item #613310THE TICKLER, Philadelphia, April 28, 1813 The masthead features a very unusual engraving of a dog and an arm holding a switch, & notes: "by Toby Scratch'em". Various literary & news items. Complete as a single sheet issue, generally good. -
Item #613300THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 2, 1877
* Molly MaGuires outrages
* Pennsylvania coal regions
* Mauch Chunck - Pottsville
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE MOLLY MAGUIRES" "Breaking Down of the Secret Conspirators in the Coal Region" and more. (see)
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Item #613299THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 7, 1877
* Laura Bridgman biography
* Deaf-blind Woman
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 11 has an article headed: "Laura Bridgman" "An Evening in Her Home--Her Wonderful Tact and Ingenuity" (see)
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Item #613297THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, January 10, 1877
* James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
* Frederick May
* Marydel, Maryland duel
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Piff, Paff, Pouff" "Three Shots Fired by Mr. May and James Gordon Bennett" and more. (see)
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Item #613261THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, March 26, 1877
* Samuel P. Stickney
* Circus horseback rider
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "America's Oldest Circus-Rider" "The Death of Samuel P. Stickney After Fifty Years' Service in the Ring"
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Item #613259THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, March 14, 1877
* School segregation
* Colored teachers
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "Colored Teachers For Colored Schools" "A Memorial to the Board of Public Schools" This issue is not fragile as newsprint back... Read full description -
Item #613245THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, February 3, 1877
* Chief Sitting Bull
* Sioux Indians
* Black Hills
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "The Hostile Sioux" "Their Present Location and Future Movements" "Preparing for War in the Spring"
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Item #613243THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, February 26, 1877
* Southern moonshiners
* Georgia & Carolinas
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Southern Moonshine" "A Strange Life in the Southeastern Mountains" "One of the Singular Results of the Great... Read full description -
Item #613230THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1875
* SS Schiller sinking disaster
* German ocean liner
The front page has one column headings: "The Lost Schiller" with the subhead "Additional Particulars of the Wreck". This is coverage on the sinking of the German ocean liner, SS Schiller. Lengthy text takes up nearly three columns on the... Read full description -
Item #613216SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 20, 1895 The front page of the issue contains four scenes from "The Deseret Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah" with an accompanying article. Inside the issues is "Whitlock's New 'Western' Independent Chuck"; "Hedges' Water Tube Stationary or Marine Boiler"; "The Sumatra... Read full description -
Item #613214SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 18, 1873 The front page has a large illustration "The Great American Brick Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Emerson's Feathering Paddle Wheel"; "Nine Horse Power Compound Steam Engines"; "Design for Ball Ground Pavilion" and other... Read full description -
Item #613211SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 24, 1877 The front page features a large illustration "Pneumatic Transmission in New York City" with an accompanying article and more illustrations inside. Inside the issue is "New Experiments in Mechanical Flight" with illustrations; "Houyoux' Rotary Pump"; and more illustrations,... Read full description -
Item #613207SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 16, 1878 The front page of the issue features a halfpage illustration "The Holden Ice Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "The National Steam Pump"; "Double Shearing, Punching and Straightening Machine"; "New Boat-Propelling Device"; "Phillip's... Read full description -
Item #613110THE DAILY UNION, City of Washington, July 6, 1847 Page 2 has: "General Taylor's Letter" which takes over 1 1/2 columns. Also: "Latest From Mexico" with news from the war front. Pg. 3 has: "Later From Mexico" and "From Vera Cruz".
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Item #613097THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, May 20, 1873
* Julia War Howe
* New England Woman Suffrage Association
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Woman Suffragists in Mass Meeting" See image for text here.
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Item #613095NEW YORK TRIBUNE, September 9, 1874
* Alfred Packer
* Saguache, Colorado
* Cannibalism - murder
Page 5 has a small one column heading: "Murders In The Mountains Of Colorado" See image for text here.
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Item #613083PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Aug. 3, 1878 The front page has: "Murderous Robbers - A Virginia Storekeeper & his Mother-in-Law Shot by Negroes" "Kearney And Butler Talk" "Deadwood - A Milkman Encounters Five Road Agents" and more.
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Item #613031THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, January 24, 1873
* British full rigged ship
* Northfleet sinking disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Most Terrible Marine Disaster" "A Ship Cut to the Waters' Edge" "Over 350 Persons Believed To Be... Read full description -
Item #613030THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, January 10, 1873
* Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte death
* 1st President of the French Republic
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Napoleon" "Announcement of His Death" "The Particulars Of His Last Hours" and more.... Read full description -
Item #613006THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 30, 1873
* Battle of Sand Butte
* Modocs Indians War
* Scarface Charley victory
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Battling The Modocs" "Disastrous Fight In The Lava Beds" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1... Read full description -
Item #612996THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 24, 1873
* Fort Scott KS Kansas
* Fire disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Fire Panic In Kansas" "Fears That Fort Scott Will Be Destroyed" See image for text here.
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Item #612994THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 23, 1873
* Frankfort KY Kentucky
* Beer riot - breweries
* Modoc Indian War
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "The Frankfort Riot" "Twelve Hours of Disorder--The Trouble Caused by an Advance in the Price of... Read full description -
Item #612987THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 14, 1873
* Modoc Indians War
* Captain Jack
* Gen. Edward Canby assassination (1st report)
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Horrible Massacre" "General Canby And Others Killed By The Treacherous Modoc" and... Read full description -
Item #612985THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 9, 1873
* Actor Edwin Booth
* Hamlet & Richelieu
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an advertisement headed: "OPERA HOUSE....EDWIN BOOTH..." (see) Uncommon to find on the front page.
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Item #612982THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, April 2, 1873
* Wreck of the RMS Atlantic (1st report)
* Ocean Steamer
* Canton, Mississippi tornado
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "APPALLING SEA DISASTER" "Over 700 Persons Drowned in a Sinking Ship" and more. (see)
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Item #612980THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Indiana, February 4, 1873
* Conshohocken PA Pennsylvania
* Factory - boilers explosion disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "Terrific Boiler Explosion" "Four Immense Boilers Scatter Shafts Of Destruction And Bolts... Read full description -
Item #612923NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 21, 1871 Page 4 has an article: "Female Influence in Politics" which talks of the influence of women in politics & mentioning the possibility of them voting in the future (see).
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Item #612881SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 28, 1888 Full front page has seven scenes: "Manufacture Of Scientific Apparatus--Factory, Stores, And Offices Of J. W. Queen & Co." with an accompanying report inside includes five more illustrations. Inside the issue is: "Engish Coupling and Uncoupling Devices", "A Twenty Thousand Dollar Country... Read full description -
Item #612865ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Oct. 22, 1876 Page 2 has a nice report of a baseball game (see for portions). Also inside: "Drugs That Intoxicate" "Fashionable Stimulants & Their Insinuating Effects" "The Padre's Poker Game" "Women In India" "Doomed" "The Arctic Fleet... Read full description -
Item #612863ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 9, 1876
* Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa
* Lynching - lynched - hanging
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "Lynch Law In Iowa" "Patrick Hand Hanged in the Engine House at Lyons" See images for text here.
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Item #612857ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 9, 1876
* Warsaw KY Kentucky
* Lynching - lynched
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "MOB MURDER" "A Bloody Night's Work at Warsaw, Ky." "Judge Lynch's Last Sentence, and How It Was Executed" and more. Text... Read full description -
Item #612849ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 21, 1876
* Heim Brewery fire disaster
* East St. Louis
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The back page has an article headed: "Beer Brewery Burned" "East. St. Louis the Scene of the Conflagration" and more. (see)
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Item #612829ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 13, 1876
* Fulton, Missouri
* Fire disaster
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "A Warm Time" "Eighty Thousand Dollars Burned Up at Fulton, Missouri" See image for text here.
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