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Item #602644EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, February 16, 1874
* Quincy, Illinois bank robbery
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Quincy, Ill." "The Heavy Quincy, Ill., Bank Robbery--Over a Quarter Million Dollars Stolen" See image for brief text here.
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Item #602637EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, February 23, 1874
* Watsonville, California duel
* Women's temperance crusade
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Terrible Tragedy" "A Duel Fought With only Two Feet Between the Opponents--Both of the Duelists... Read full description -
Item #602636EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, June 8, 1874
* Tampico, Illinois tornado
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "A FIERCE TORNADO" "Great Destruction in Illinois--Serious Injuries to Life--The Storm in the East". See images for... Read full description -
Item #602635EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, May 22, 1874
* President Ulysses S. Grant's Daughter
* White House Wedding
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "The Marriage of Nellie Grant" "A Brilliant Affair, with a Deal of Flunkeyism...." Lengthy text here.
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Item #602634EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, May 14, 1874
* Yellowstone wagon road and prospecting expedition
* Bozeman MT Montana - Tongue River
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "The Yellowstone" "Failure of the Expedition--A Blue Account of Its Troubles" See... Read full description -
Item #602522THE WORLD, New York City, December 7, 1872
* Titusville, Pennsylvania
* Perturbation in oil regions
The front page has one column headings: "THE CORNER IN OIL" "The Entire Pennsylvania Petroleum Region In A Tumult" "New And Startling Scheme" Lengthy text continues on page 2.
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Item #602520THE WORLD, New York City, December 17, 1872
* The Tombs prison
* Manhattan Detention Complex
Page 2 has one column headings: "THE TOMBS AS IT IS" "A Visit To The City Prison--The Treatment Of Prisoners" "Bad Ventilation And Heating" Nice to have in this NYC title
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #602518NEW YORK TRIBUNE, December 4, 1868
* Early crimes in Texas
* Joseph J. Reynold
The front page has one column headings: "WASHINGTON" "Reign Of Terror In Texas" "Major-Gen. Reynolds Corroborates With Tribune's Reports...." Text takes up a full column.
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Item #602511THE WORLD, New York City, December 23, 1872
* Brooklyn and the Central Presbyterian Church
* Thomas De Witt Talmage - fire disaster
The front page has one column headings: "TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE" "The Church Burnt To The Ground Yesterday" "A 'Fire Proof' Building Of The Period" and more. This contain lengthy... Read full description -
Item #602470NEW YORK HERALD--EXTRA, Aug. 3, 1841 A broadside issue (single sheet, printed on one side only) printed upon the arrival of news from Europe, as noted at the top of the first column: "Arrival Of The Acadia At Boston" "Six Days Later From Europe" with further subheads (see). The content is nothing but news from Europe,... Read full description -
Item #602468NEW YORK HERALD -- EXTRA, Oct. 22, 1841 An uncommon single sheet issue with a much different masthead, which includes: "Arrival Of The Columbia At Boston. Sixteen Days Later From Europe." Obviously this was a separate printing containing news from Europe as received from the ship Columbia. But this news... Read full description -
Item #602458EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, August 21, 1873
* La Cygne, Kansas
* Lynch mob - lynching
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Lynch Law" "Solemn Proceedings of a Mob"
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Item #602457EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, August 18, 1873
* Lemont, Illinois train wreck
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Railroad Casualty" "Terrible Railroad Accident Near Chicago" and more. Text takes up over 1 1/2 columns.
Complete in 8 pages,... Read full description -
Item #602450EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, July 3, 1873
* Galesburg, Kansas
* Camden, Ohio
* Tornadoes
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Tornadoes" "The Wind In A Fury" and more. See images for text.
Complete in 8 pages, a little spine... Read full description -
Item #602444EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, June 14, 1873
* Wetzell County, WV lynching
* Paris, Kentucky execution
* Yellowstone exploration
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Lynch Law in West Virginia" "Public Executions"... Read full description -
Item #602407THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 15, 1877
* Creedmoor international rifle match
The front page has one column headings: "THE AMERICAN TEAM WINS" "A Score Never Before Equaled" "The Second Stage Of The International Match At Creedmoor...." Lengthy text takes up over four full columns with scores on page 2.
Other news of the day.... Read full description -
Item #602397EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, November 24, 1873
* William M. "Boss" Tweed
* Tammany Hall
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Boss Tweed" "Heavy Sentence of the Tammany Chief--Twelve Years in Jail and a Fine of $12,750"
Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #602396EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Indiana, November 17, 1873
* Virginius Affair - executions
* Ten Years' War
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "CUBA" "An Account Of The Massacre" "Sixteen British Subjects Shot" and more. (see). Lengthy text here.
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Item #602390EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, February 6, 1874
* Terre Haute, Indiana ghost
* Carbondale, Illinois negro lynching
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "LYNCH LAW" "Hanging, by a Mob, of a Negro Murderer at Carbondale..." See... Read full description -
Item #602387EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, January 14, 1874
* Nantick, Massachusetts fire disaster (1st report)
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "DISASTROUS FIRES" "Destruction of Nantick, Massachusetts--Loss Half a Million..." See... Read full description -
Item #602383EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, October 27, 1873
* John C. Heenan death
* Bare Knuckle boxing
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Utah" "Death of John C. Heenan, the Prize Fighter". See image for text.
Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear,... Read full description -
Item #602377THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 19, 1867
* Edwin Booth's Theatre
The back page has a small one column heading: "Edwin Booth's New Theatre--Description of the Building" See images for text here. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor foxing, nice condition. -
Item #602369EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, October 8, 1873
* 1st Negro high school
* Louisville KY Kentucky
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "Kentucky" "The First Colored High School in Kentucky". See image for text.
Complete in 8... Read full description -
Item #602368EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, October 3, 1873
* Captain Jack - Modoc Indians
* Day of execution - hanging
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "The Modods (sic)" "Captain Jack and His Five Associates to be Hanged This Morning"
Complete in... Read full description -
Item #602357DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, July 16, 1882
* Mary Todd Lincoln death (day of)
The front page has one column headings: "Mrs. Abraham Lincoln", "Her Health Reported to be Failing Rapidly". See image for the text. She would die on this day.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little margin... Read full description -
Item #602224CLEVELAND DAILY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, January 8, 1879
* Chief Moses capture
* Yakima, Washington
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has small one column headings: "Indians" "Chief Moses Interviewed--He is Not Hostile to the Whites". See image for text.
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Item #602198THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1871
* Franco-Prussian War
* Siege & fall of Paris, France
* French surrender
The front page has one column headlines that include: "IS IT PEACE?" "An Armistice for Twenty-One Days Agreed Upon" "Capitulation of the French Capital and the Terms" "The Army, With a Small Exception,... Read full description -
Item #602166THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1820 The first article is a 4 page report on: "Col. MacDonald on the North-West Magnetic Pole". Also of noteworthy interest is a terrific 7 1/2 page article: "North-West Expedition" which is a great account of Parry's exploration of the area beyond the Arctic... Read full description -
Item #602136THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1874
* Long Branch, New Jersey
* Caskill Mountains
* Summer resorts
Page 5 has one column headings: "SUMMER RESORTS" "Long Branch" "Up Among The Catskills" Early descriptions of these two famous Summer getaways.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, light browning, minor margin wear,... Read full description -
Item #602112THE UNION ARGUS, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9, 1856
* President Franklin Pierce
* State of the Union Address
The entire front page & a portion of page 2 are taken up with the: "Message - From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress", being the President's annual state-of-the-Union address... Read full description -
Item #602085THE WORLD, New York City, November 13, 1872
* Lilian Adelaide Neilson
* English state actress
Page 2 has a small one column heading: "Lilian Adelaide Neilson" See images for text.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise nice. -
Item #602077THE TWO REPUBLICS, City of Mexico, March 23, 1878 An interesting and unusual newspaper printed almost entirely in English. The title would suggest it was printed in Mexico but for a primarily American readership. Some of the content relates to Mexican events as well. The back page is almost entirely taken up with ads.
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Item #602076THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, September 26, 1877
* Hunting animals for the zoo & circus
* Lions - tigers - elephants & more
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 3 has one column headings: "HUNTING WILD BEASTS" "The Dangerous Business of Stocking the... Read full description -
Item #602074THE WORLD, New York City, October 5, 1872
* Samuel Archer King
* Scientific ballooning voyage
Page 2 has small one column headings: "UP IN A BALLOON" "A Thrilling Voyage Over the White Mountains" "Out At Sea In The Darkness And Fog" and more. Over a full column of text.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete... Read full description -
Item #602072THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, August 20, 1875
* Black Hills - Dakota Territory
* Professor Walter P. Janney
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 5 has one column headings: "Something Reliable About The Black Hills" "Skillful Miners, with a Little Capital, Can Make Fair... Read full description -
Item #602043BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Boston, Massachusetts, July 5, 1882
* Steamer Scioto disaster (1st report)
* Mingo Junction WV OH
* Ohio River
The front page has small one column headings: "Steamboat Disaster" "Collision of River Boats at Mingo Junction, Ohio--The Steamer Scioto Sunk and Twenty Lives Lost" See image for text here.
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Item #601895THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 24, 1879
* Actor Edwin Booth
* Attempted assassination (1st report)
* Mark Gray
This 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "TRYING TO KILL MR. BOOTH" "A Starting Scene At M'Vicker's Theatre" "two Shots... Read full description -
Item #601863THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 24, 1878
* Minnie Warren death (1st report)
* Proportionate dwarf
* P.T. Barnum fame
Page 5 has a small heading: "Death Of Minnie Warren". See image for brief text.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, usual browning, some margin wear and chipping, must be handled with care. -
Item #601859EVANSVILLE JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, April 19, 1891 The front page has a column-wide headline "Tickled The Texans" "Harrison Passes from Arkansas to Texas" "Arkansas Delighted with the president's Visit -- Builds Bon-fires and Runs up the American Flag" "Texas In A Quiver of Joy".
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Item #601857NEW YORK HERALD, July 10, 1874
* Lewis Rosentine & John Moody
* Abraham Behm murder
Page 6 has one column headings: "A DOUBLE EXECUTION" "The Hanging of Rosentine and Moody at Harrisburg" "A Full Confession by the Colored Culprits"
Other news of the day. Complete in 10 pages, a little margin wear, generally nice. -
Item #601823THE WORLD, New York City, October 31, 1872
* Steamship Missouri disaster
The front page has one column headings that include: "AWFUL CATASTROPHE", "Another Steamer Burned at Sea", "Over Eighty Lives Lost", "Heartrending Scenes" and more.
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a little... Read full description -
Item #601808THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, November 22, 1877
* Billiards becoming popular
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 5 has one small column headings: "Modern Billiards" "An Interesting Exposition of the Beauties of the Game" Lengthy text here.
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Item #601792THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 1877
* Battle of Cow Island Landing
* Cow Creek - Montana
* Nez Perce Indians
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "INDIAN POW WOW" "Spotted Tail's Crowd at the... Read full description -
Item #601789THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, September 13, 1877
* Creedmoor international rifle match
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "CREEDMOOR" "Beginning of the International Rifle Match". See images for text.
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Item #601764THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, December 19, 1877
* Henry Ward Beecher sermon
* Existence of Hell?
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
Page 6 has one column headings: "Henry Ward Beecher" "The Plymouth Pastor's Unorthodox Sermon"
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Item #601759THE CLEVELAND HERALD, Ohio, November 24, 1877
* USS Huron North Carolina coast sinking
* Sloop-rigged screw steam gunboat
This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.
The front page has one column headings: "The Huron Disaster" "One Hundred and Five Lives Lost" "Only Thirty... Read full description -
Item #601746THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 12, 1881
* Edwin Booth
* Sir Henry Irving
* The Tragedy of Othello
Page 3 has one column headings: "Current London Gossip" "Stories From The Stage..."
Other news and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages, minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #601711NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1866
* General Winfield Scott death
The top of the front page has: "Honors To Gen. Scott" "Official Statement of His Illness & Death,..." "Medical Diary of His Physical Condition from His Arrival at West Point" "His Burial Place..." "The Funeral Cortege..." and... Read full description -
Item #601684THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1875
* Swimmer Matthew Webb
* 1st crossing of the English Channel
The front page has a small heading: "A Great Swimming Feat--Capt. Webb Crosses The Channel". Report from London, and one from Calais stating: "Capt. Webb arrived here at 11 0' clock this morning in good health... Read full description -
Item #601673CLEVELAND DAILY HERALD, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1877
* Electrocution as a means of execution ?
Page 3 has an interesting article: "Public Executions - Electricity as a Substitute for the Rope", which is a letter suggesting electricity come be used as a more humane method of execution. Various details are offered by the... Read full description
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