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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 14, 1916
* Noteworthy contribution in animation history (see background below)
The entire front page is taken up with an illustration captioned: "Animated Cartoons In the Making: Filming the Successive Drawings." showing a man doing just that. An inside page is entirely devoted to: "Animated Cartoons in the Making--How 16,000 Drawings are Prepared & Photographed in Producing 1000 Feet of Motion Picture Film" with related photos as well. Note also the…
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 16, 1916
* Lynching of Negroes Luther Durrett & Brack Kinley
* Puducah, Kentucky hangings - shooting - burning
The front page has a banner headline: "MOB STORMS PADUCAH JAIL AND LYNCHES TWO MEN" with subhead. (see images) 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,…
* Boston Red Sox vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
* World Series - MLB baseball (game 4)
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CLOSE TO TITLE" with subhead: "Brooklyn Pitchers Are Hit Hard"
Included on the front page is the "Box Score" as well as nice text with an inning-by-inning account of the game found on page 9. This was game 4 of the Series. Boston would win the title in game 5.
Babe Ruth was a
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