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EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 24, 1916

* Battle of Verdun, France beginning
* World War I - WWI
* German vs. French armies

The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "GERMAN GOAL IS PARIS" 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 12 pages, 2 small library stamps within the masthead, generally in…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 16, 1916

* Hunt for Pancho Villa expedition 
* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid
* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit

The front page has a banner headline: "TROOPS MEET NO OPPOSITION" with subhead. Also a three-column engraving of General Frederick Funston. (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…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 18, 1916

* Lower Otay Reservoir dam failure close
* Great Southern California flood of 1916
* Best title to be had ? - rare as such

The front page has a nice banner headline: "BIG OTAY DAM TO OVERFLOW" 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.
Complete with 12 pages, small library stamp within the…

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, May 9, 1916

* Pancho Villa Expedition - Mexico Revolution
* Post attack on Columbus, New Mexico
* United States Army operation

The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICANS ROUT VILLISTAS" with subheads. (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.
Complete with 16 pages, a little irregular along the spine,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 27, 1916

* Pancho Villa expedition
* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid
* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit

The front page has a banner heading: "REPORT VILLA IS PREPARING TO MAKE RESISTANCE" with subheads and related photo. (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 16 pages, small library…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 18, 1916

* Victor Victrola talking machine ad
* Record - phonograph "His Master's Voice"
* Nipper the Dog & different models w/ prices

Page 3 has a very nice full page advertisement for a Victor Talking Machine. (see) 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 18 pages, good condition.

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, 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,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 10, 1916

* Woodrow Wilson election
* Charles Evans Hughes

The front page has a banner headline: "REPUBLICANS DEMAND RECOUNT" 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, minor irregularity along the spine, generally very nice.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 9, 1916

* George Sisler - St. Louis Browns
* Ernie Shore - Boston Red Sox
* Major League Baseball - MLB

Page 8 has a two, 1 column photos of George Sisler & Ernie Shore with headings and text. (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.
Complete with 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, generally nice.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1916

* National Schism- Greece
* Island of Crete revolution

The front page has a nice banner headline: "REVOLUTIONISTS HOLD CRETE" 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, generally  nice.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 21, 1916

* Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas
* Bert Dudley lynching mob - hanging
* Revolution on Island of  Crete - Greece

The front page has a one column heading: "Mob In Kansas Invades Jail And Lynches Prisoner" (see image)
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 16 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 30, 1916

* Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers)
* National League pennant race
* MLB - Major League Baseball

The front page has a six column headline: "DODGERS ARE AGAIN IN LEAD" with subhead, score and lineups. (see images) Inning by inning description continues inside.
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. Rare as such.
Complete with 16 pages, a little…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 8, 1916

* Quebec Bridge construction disaster
* St. Saint Lawrence River collapse

The front page has a nice banner headline: "RIOTING IN NEW YORK STIKE" 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. Rare as such.
Complete with 14 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 11, 1916

* Quebec Bridge construction disaster
* St. Saint Lawrence River collapse

The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "TWENTY-FIVE FALL TO DEATH" 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. Rare as such.
Complete with 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.

wikipedia notes:…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 8, 1916

* New York City polio - infantile paralysis epidemic

The front page has six column headline: "INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC IS SPREADING" with subhead. (see) 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, generally very nice.

THE PEOPLE'S LEDGER NO. 5, Lowell Massachusetts  A newsletter "Devoted to Preparedness for Health & Prevention of Sickness" as noted in the dateline, which--by the way--has no date. But a bit of investigating indicates the date is about January, 1916.  It is produced by the "C. I. Hood Company" which makes a variety of health-related products, most receiving some attention within this issue.
Still attached is a postcard to be mailed in to receive free information.
Four pages, 10 1/2 by 16 3/4…

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 6, 1916

* Louis D. Brandeis inauguration
* 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice

This 16 page newspaper has one column headings near the bottom of the front page: "Brandeis Seated" and "New Supreme Court Justice Takes Oath of Office". See photo for coverage on the 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, taking the oath of office.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Light browning, a little margin wear,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 11, 1916

* Capture of Contalmaison
* Battle of Albert - France
* World War I - WWI
* German vs. British armies

The front page has a nice banner headline: "GERMAN TRENCHES STORMED" 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, a…

THE SALEM EVENING NEWS, Mass., March 15, 1916 

* Pancho Villa crosses Mexican border
* Post Columbus NM New Mexico raid

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "PERSHING'S MEN CROSS THE LINE IN PURSUIT OF VILLA, IT IS REPORTED" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice. Should be handled with care.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 24, 1916

* Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim death (1st report)
* Automatic machine gun creator - inventor

Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "MAXIM, INVENTOR OF MACHINE GUN, DEAD". (see) 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 tamp in the masthead, a little irregular along…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 2, 1916

* Charles Mallory Hatfield
* Rainmaker or Con Man ?
* Morena Reservoir - dam

The front page has a banner headline: "Rainmaker Hatfield Sues City For $10,000" with subhead. (see) 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 tamp in the masthead, a little irregular along the spine,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, July 19, 1916  Several front page heads on World War I including: "RUSSIANS INVADE HUNGARY" "Germans Regain Ground From British" "Admission of Losses Made By London" "Assaults Violent In Riga Sector".
Complete in ten pages, nice condition.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 21, 1916

* Battle of Cambrai, France
* Hindenburg Line crossed
* 1st ever major tank battle
* World War I - WWI
* FRONT LEAF ONLY (Pages 1 & 2)

The front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "BRITISH DRIVING AHEAD" with subhead. (see)
Front leaf only (pages 1 & 2), minor margin wear, nice for display as such.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 12, 1916

* Seaham, County Durham, England
* German submarine bombardment
* World War I - WWI colliery village

The front page has a nice banner headline: "DIVER SHELLS BRITISH PORT" 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 14 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a…

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,…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 12, 1916

* Battle of Parral - Mexican Expedition
* Carrancistas vs. United States cavalry
* Chihuahua, Mexico

The front page has a nice banner headline: "REPORT VILLISTAS ROUTED BY AMERICAN TROOPS" 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…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 29, 1916

* SS La Provence II - armed merchant cruiser
* German U-boat U-35 torpedo sinking disaster

The front page has a nice banner headline: "1000 ARE SAID DROWNED" 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.
Incomplete issue containing the first 10 of 14 pages, small library stamp within…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 31, 1916

* Relations w/ Germany deteriorating
* Pre-United States involvement in WWI

The front page has a nice banner headline: "AMERICANS GIVEN WARNING TO LEAVE GERMANY" with subhead. (see) 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…

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 7, 1916

* Sinking of the Lusitania case
* Compromise with Germany ?
* World War I tensions

The front page has a nice banner headline: "BERLIN OFFERS CONCESSION" with subhead: "LUSITANIA CASE NOW NEARING FINISH" (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 14 pages, small library stamp within…

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., February 24, 1916 

* Battle of Verdun, France beginning
* World War I - WWI
* German vs. French armies

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GERMANS IN HARD DRIVE ON VERDUN" with subhead. (see) Coverage at the beginning of the Battle of Verdun in France. Some consider this to be the greatest and lengthiest battle in World history.
Complete with 12 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally nice.

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…

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, July 1, 1916  The cover has a wonderful and highly displayable color cover of a set of three trains, as seen from the point of view of a 4th locomotive's engineer, with steam rising in the foreground.  The print shows passengers standing at the back of the caboose of one of the trains the locomotive is trailing.  Additional unrelated prints (automotive ads, airplane, lighthouse, etc.) are present as well. See images for details.
Complete in 16 pages and in good condition.…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, February 4, 1916  Front page carries an article entitled "Little Girl's Dime May Build A Warship to Guard America" with subtitle "Child, Tired of Funds for Foreigners, Starts One for Own Nation". This is about Marjorie Sterett who started the Marjorie Sterett Battleship Fund Award from her desire to help build the battleships for World War I. Her handwritten letter was personally responded to by President Roosevelt. See photos for the letter.
Other news and advertisements of…

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, January 29, 1916  

* Louis D. Brandeis nomination
* 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice

The front page carries a single column headline "Brandeis Is Named To Succeed Lamar" with subhead "Nomination Causes Great Surprise, and It Seems Certain There Will Be Gift Against Confirmation".  "...The senate received the nomination with unconcealed surprise in which all official Washington joined because Mr. Brandeis had not been mentioned among the long…

CHICAGO HERALD, January 29, 1916  The top of a middle column of  the ftpg. is headed: "BRANDEIS, NAMED FOR  HIGH COURT, FACES BIG FIGHT" "Many Senators Oppose Boston Lawyer, Chosen to Fill Vacancy on Supreme  Bench" "First Jew  For Post" "Wilson Will Lead Contest for Confirmation and is Confident His Candidate Will Be Approved". The report takes the balance of the column and carries over to pg. 2 as well. The ftpg. features a nice photo of him headed: "Nominated For Supreme Court." Brandeis…

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, June 4, 1916

* Victor Innes found guilty
* Mrs. John W. Nelms
* Eloise Dennis

The front page has a nice banner headline: "INNES, GUILTY, GIVEN 7-YEAR SENTENCE" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 14 pages, light toning, a little spine wear, generally good.

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, June 7, 1916

* HMS Hampshire (1903) explosion disaster sinking
* Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
* World War I - WWI - Royal Navy

The front page one column headings that include: "BRITAIN IS STUNNED BY DRAMATIC DEATH OF EARL KITCHENER" "Earl and Staff Went Down With Cruiser Hampshire When Vessel Was Hit Off Orkney Islands by Mine or Torpedo" and more. (see) 1st report coverage on the sinking of the HMS Hampshire during World War I.
Other news,…

THE SALEM EVENING NEWS, Massachusetts, January 8, 1916 

* East Youngstown, Ohio riots

The front page has a two column headline: "FOUR KILLED IN RIOTS AT EAST YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO" with subhead. (see) 1st report coverage on the East Youngstown strike riot involving the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, light browning, a little spine wear, should be handled with care.

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 18, 1916  The full front cover has a duotone illustration entitled "Launching A Sea Plane From The After Deck Of The U.S. Armored Cruiser 'North Carolina'" with an accompanying inside report "Widening the Range of the Fleets Eyes By Means of the Aeroplane Catapult."
Also within the issue is: "Operating Trains across the Great Divide by Power from Water Falls"; "Million -Volt Commercial Frequency Transformer"; "German Military Railroad Organizations at…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1916

* Braddock, Pennsylvania riot
* Edgar Thomson Steel Works

The front page has one column headlines that include: "TWO STRIKERS SLAIN IN BRADDOCK BATTLE", "Many Others Seriously Injured When They Attack Guards at Carnegie Steel Co.'s Plant", "Two Women Rioters Shot" and more. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 24 pages, light browning, a little margin wear, otherwise good.

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 8, 1916

* Glenn Springs raid
* Boquillas, Texas
* Mexicans

This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "BANDIT RAID INTO TEXAS", "Four Americans Are Killed", "Eight Troopers Fight 75 Mexicans" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the Glenn Springs raid in Southwestern Texas by Mexican Villistas and Carrancistas.

Other news and advertisements. Light browning, minor margin wear, otherwise good. Should be…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, January 10, 1916 

* East Youngstown, Ohio riots 
* 1st report 

This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "RIOTING HALTS STEEL MERGER", "Four Inquires Will Trace Cause of Ohio Trouble", "Twenty-one Mob Members Shot, but Bullets Spared Mill Police" and more (see photos). Coverage on the East Youngstown strike riot involving the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.

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

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Massachusetts, September 5, 1916

* Christy Mathewson vs. Mordecai Brown
* Greatest pitching rivalry (last time)

This 16 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 11: "Matty Beats Brown" and  "So Reds Get Even Break With Chicago" with box scores (see photos). This was the last game Christy Mathewson would face Mordecai Brown on the baseball field. Some consider this the greatest pitching rivalry in Major League History.

Other news of the day. Light…

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,…