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EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 10, 1916

* Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
* Gorizia, Northeastern Italy

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ITALIANS MAKING BIG GAINS" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a little irregular along the spine,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 12, 1916

* Johnstown (Echo), Cambria Co., Pennsylvania
* Southern Cambria Railway trolley cars accident

The front page has a nice banner headline : "MANY KILLED IN CRASH" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 16 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a little…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 2, 1916

* Preparedness Day Bombing arrests
* re. American entry into World War I

The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIVE INDICTED IN BOMB PLOT" with subhead. (see) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 12 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, irregular along the spine,…

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Aug. 16, 1916  

* Babe Ruth vs. Walter Johnson pitching duel
* Early coverage for Ruth, before he was a Yankee
* Best publication to be had ? - very rare as such

Near the bottom of the back page is a brief yet very historic report with small heading: "Red Sox Increase Lead After Great Battle with Washington" with the text beginning: "A hotly contested game of thirteen innings, which resulted in George Ruth's third 1 to 0 victory of the season over Walter…

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, August 30, 1916

* Paul von Hindenburg
* German Chief of Staff

This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "SUPREME COMMAND TO VON HINDENBURG"
"Kaiser William Has Dismissed Gen. von Falkenhayn and Named Field Marshal von Hindenburg Chief of Staff". 1st report coverage of Paul von Hindenburg being named the new German chief of staff. See photos for text.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning,…