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THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 1, 1905

• Odessa pogrom - massacre of Jews
• Anti-Semitic - worst (to-date) in Odessa, Ukraine

The top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "BLOOD FLOWS IN STREETS OF RUSSIAN CITIES" with subheads. (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 6 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, small library

HARPER'S MONTHLY, Nov., 1887  This complete, illustration-rich issue features an expansive 24-page feature article titled "A Santa Barbara Holiday" by Edwards Roberts. This extensive travelogue is lavishly illustrated with 13 detailed engravings, most notably featuring a magnificent, highly displayable full-page print capturing a panoramic view of Santa Barbara exactly as it stood in 1887.

It is great to have first-hand documentation of Southern California during the legendary "Boom of the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 1, 1879  The full ftpg. is a Thomas Nast political cartoon showing Blacks & captioned: "The Next Debut - Now Let General M.C. Butler, of South Carolina, Show How Bulldozing Is Done."
Prints inside include a halfpg: "The Avery Institute, Charleston, S.C."; a fullpg: "International Cricket Match at Phila." "The Ute War--Colored Troops Fighting their Way into the Beleaguered Camp" & halfpg. on 'The Ute War' plus much more.
Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed,

LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 1, 1997

• Best "Boogie Nights" film advertisement
• 2nd day of the original opening of this movie
• Mark Wahlberg - Burt Reynolds & more

A terrific issue on the 2nd day of the premiere of the motion picture hit "Boogie Nights" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication.

Note: Where else might one find authentic, poster-size ads for Opening Day showings, in

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1798

• Marie Antoinette beheading
• Eyewitness account of execution

Inside has an interesting letter which begins: "I was an eye-witness of the death of Marie Antoinette. The accounts given of that melancholy event are generally true. She was dressed in a white dimity jacket & petticoat..." with much more detail including: "...Her head was shown to the people, of whom I think 20,000 were assembled; it was then thrown into the basket with her body..."

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 1, 1990

• Star running back Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman
• Lompoc High School - Santa Barbara County
• Future Washington Huskies & Oakland Raiders football

Page 2 of the sport's section has a three column heading: "Kaufman Is the Talk of Lompoc" with photo. (see images) This reads like a biography of the local high school star. 
Complete 1st and sport's sections only with a total of 56 pages, nice condition.

Background: In the November 1, 1990 Los Angeles Times feature “Kaufman Is the

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 1, 1907

• The Bank Panic of 1907
• Stock Market - Wall Street decline

The front page has a nice banner headline: "CALIFORNIA BANKS DOING BUSINESS" with subheads. (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 10 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, November, 1862

• President Abraham Lincoln
• Emancipation Proclamation

Near the back of the issue under "Monthly Record of Current Events" is a report on the Emancipation Proclamation. "On the 22d of September the President issued a very important proclamation. ... that he should at the next meeting of Congress again urge that pecuniary compensation be tendered to the loyal slave States should they choose to abolish slavery either gradually or immediately...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 1, 1988

• Jane's Addiction - American rock band
• Debut album "Nothing's Shocking" release
• Concert performance at "The World" nightclub
• Perry Farrell & Dave Navarro advertisement

Page 78 has a nice full page advertisement for the release of Jane's Addiction debut album "Nothing's Shocking" and a upcoming performance at the The World nightclub in Manhattan. (see images)
Page 93 has a smaller ad for the same performance. (see images)

THE RALEIGH TIMES, North Carolina, Nov. 1, 1941

• USS Reuben James sunk by German U-boat
• 1st American warship casualty of WWII

The top of the front page has a six column headline: "HEAVY DEATH TOLL FEARED IN REUBEN JAMES SINKING" with subhead, photo of the captain and more. (see images) 
Complete with 12 pages, light toning, a little close cut along the right margin, minor margin wear, generally in good condition.

Background: On October 31, 1941, the USS Reuben James became the first U.S. Navy

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1776

• Capture of New York City
• Rare Connecticut & Rhode Island map
• American Revolutionary War

This issue begins with "Proceedings in the House  of Commons..." which includes discussion on the Revolutionary War, including: "...Nothing could have afforded me so much satisfaction as to have been able to inform you...that the troubles which have so long distracted my colonies in North America were at an end; and that my unhappy people, recovered from their

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1796  Included is a very interesting article titled: "Present State of Printing and Bookselling in America" which is great for our hobby as there is talk of newspaper printing as well, including; "...people of North America manufacture their own paper...The newspapers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are unequaled whether considered with respect to wit & humour, entertainment, or instruction. Every capital town on

WILFORD'S LITERARY MICROCOSM, New York, November, 1881

• Amazing 19th century illustrated masthead

See the photos for what must be one of the "busiest" and largest mastheads of the 19th century--or any century for that matter. There are no fewer than 60 images in this masthead with a huge variety of themes.
This is the volume 1, number 4 issue. The publisher considered his periodical "a religio-scientific monthly magazine devoted to the discoveries, theories & investigations of modern science in

An Iranian newspaper printed in 1943 at the time of the historic Tehran Conference, with photos featuring Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.
The Tehran Conference was held in November & was the first meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders to coordinate their war effort against Nazi Germany. The conference focused on military strategy, particularly the planned invasion of Europe (D-Day) and the future post-war world.
We purchased this issue from a man who was in Iran with the U.S. Army at that

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 1, 1993

• Actor River Phoenix death
• Explorers - Stand by Me
• Hollywood movies - films

The front page has a one column heading: "River Phoenix Collapses, Dies; Actor War 23" with photo. (see images) First report coverage continues inside. Great to have the capital of the entertainment industry and the city where he died.
Complete with all sections (80+ pages), nice condition.

MISCELLANEOUS SCRAP BOOK, Hartford, Connecticut, Nov. 1, 1834  This uncommon title is not listed in either Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers" or Mott's "A History of American Magazines". Information online notes that it existed for just 26 issues, from Oct. 11, 1834 thru March 28, 1835.
There is a nice engraving in the masthead. This is the volume 1, number 5 issue, 16 pages, 7 1/4 by 11 inches, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, nice condition.

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Nov. 1, 1928

• Elfrieda Knaak burned - the furnace girl

• Lake Bluff, Illinois - unsolved mystery
• Suicide or murder ? - infatuation - crush

The front page has a one column heading: "3 MEN HELD; LOVE MARTYR REPEATS TALE" with subheads. (see images)
Coverage of the (still) unsolved mystery surrounding the burning (and ultimate death) of Elfrieda (Freda) Knaak, in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Over the years, rumors as to the cause of her death have included suicide, burglary,

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1755  Of great interest is: "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. By B. Franklin, Esq. of Philadelphia", which takes 3 pages.
Near the back are two prints on a single page, one headed: "Plan of Fort Frederick at Crown Point" and the other a map showing a much wider area including Lake George, the Hudson River, Lake Champlain & more.
There is descriptive text on the same page as well, beginning: "This fort, which is

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, England, November, 1791  Near the back is a: "Proclamation of the Brothers of the King of France - To dispel the Suspicions which have Arisen of their Intention to Dethrone their Brother".
There is also a short bit of "American Intelligence" reporting a terrible fire in New York City.
Present are 2 of the 3 plates called for.
Complete in 96 pages, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate, 5 by 8 inches, nice condition.

This was the first periodical

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 1, 1928

• Elfrieda Knaak burned - the furnace girl

• Lake Bluff, Illinois - unsolved mystery
• Suicide or murder ? - infatuation - crush

The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Family Refuses to Believe Miss Knaak Tortured Self" (see images)
Coverage of the (still) unsolved mystery surrounding the burning (and ultimate death) of Elfrieda (Freda) Knaak, in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Over the years, rumors as to the cause of her death have included suicide, burglary, murder,

THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, November, 1787

• President Thomas Jefferson
• United States Navy

Among the articles within are: "The Situation of the First & Present Settlers in America Contrasted" "Thoughts on emigration, Particularly to America..." Mr. Jefferson's Opinion Upon the Establishment of an American Naval Force" which begins: "The sea is the field on which we should meet an European enemy, on that element it is necessary we should possess some power...".
Also: "The Utility of 

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Nov. 1, 1862  The feature of this issue would be the nice page 3 print of: "The Rebel Steamer Alabama" with a descriptive caption.
Much Civil War reporting including: "From North Carolina" "From the Army of the Potomac" "The Murders, Wholesale and Hellish, or Union Men" "Lincoln The Last President" "Give Us A Divided North" and much more.
Eight pages, good condition.

THE HOBO NEWS, New York, November, 1940  An interesting monthly "street" newspaper that existed from 1936 to 1948, distributed by street sellers in bohemian areas.  It was produced in part by hobos.
The front page is dramatic with: "TO HELL WITH HITLER - Public Enemy No. 1" with a cartoonish print of Hitler as a wolf. The back page is equally as dramatic, showing Churchill about to behead Hitler with an ax.
Complete in 20 pages, tabloid-size, very nice condition.

Background: This complete,

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1737  There are two reports in this issue concerning America, one headed: "An American Story" which concerns Mexico. The other is the King of Spain's order to his governors in America.
Among the other articles noted in the table of contents are: "The Salt Tax a Heavy Burden" "Taxes Mortgaged to the South Sea Company Most Grievous" "A Mathematical Problem & two Others Solved" and more.
Near the back is a section headed: "Historical Chronicle" with news

THE POLITICAL MAGAZINE, London, November, 1783  Certainly one of the less common magazines of the 18th century, formatted very much like the more common 'Gentleman's Magazine' of the day.
Much of the content is taken up with reports from Parliament, which includes some discussion concerning America. However, the American content is minimal, this issue essentially providing a sense of the discussions in England at this period of time.
No maps or plates called for are present.
Complete in 80 pages,

SAN JOSE MERCURY, California, Nov. 1, 1978

• Artist Mary Vincent's violent attack
• Arms mutilation with hatchet - ax
• Lawrence Singleton indictment

The top of page 22 has a five column heading: "Girl tells of rapes, ax mutilation" with photos of the victim and suspect. (see images) This crime was committed about a month earlier.
Complete 1st section only with all 28 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.

wikipedia notes: After arriving in Berkeley, California and staying with her grandfather,

NEW YORK MAGAZINE OR LITERARY REPOSITORY, November, 1792

• President George Washington
• State of the Union Address

Certainly the most notable content is President Washington's state-of-the-union address, found in its entirety at the back of the issue.
Headed: "THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH" it is prefaced with a paragraph reading in part: "...the national legislature assembled...at Philadelphia...the President of the United States...repaired to the Senate Chamber...with both Houses being present, the

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1845

• Early Mormons - Mormonism
• Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

Inside has an address to the anti-Mormon citizens of Hancock (Ill.), submitting copies of a correspondence between a group of citizens and the "twelve" at Nauvoo.
This discusses the removal of the Mormons from the state, including: "...The history of their church has shown that wherever the leaders go, the members will follow. This is part of their religious duties. When, therefore, this

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 1, 1859

• Trial & conviction of John Brown
• Harper's Ferry WV insurrection

Over half of the front page is taken up with a large: "Map Of The Polar Seas, With the Leading Points of Interest in Arctic Exploration" which shows from Labrador to the North Pole and west to the "Behring Strait". The balance of the front page is taken up with the: "History of Arctic Expeditions from 1743 to 1859" "Another Expedition Proposed".
But the more significant content is on page 3 with column

THE SHAKER, Shakers, Albany County, New York, November, 1872  This title is: "Published Monthly, by and Under the Direction of the Mt. Lebanon Bishopric" as noted in the masthead. It is for those in the Shaker community, quite famous today for the style of furniture they produced.
Much religious content as might be expected.
Eight pages, 9 3/4 by 13 3/4 inches, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.

NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 1, 1871

• Southern Ku Klux Klan - KKK
• Mormons - Mormonism

Among the front page column heads: "Bold Outrage by Kuklux in Mississippi" "Suspension of Habeas Corpus in South Carolina Justified" "Prosecution of the Mormon Cases to be Persisted In" "Awkward Position of the Husband of a Ninth Wife".
Among the subheads: "The Mormons" "Mayor Wells' Bail--The Ninth Wife of Auditor Clayton Sues for Divorce and Alimony--Determination of the Government".
Also on the front page is a great

THE CUB, San Francisco, California, November, 1871

• Yosemite Valley engraving - illustration
• Sierra Nevada Mountains - California
• The Great Chicago Fire disaster

A curious little newspaper which features an engraving of a bear cub in the masthead. A semi-monthly paper with a great front-page print of: "Yosemite Valley" with a related article. Nice to have this early illustration a mere 20 years after the Mariposa War and 20 years prior to the region becoming the 3rd U.S. National Park (missed

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1781  Near the back is a section headed: "American News" which has a "Copy of a Letter from Brig. Gen. Arnold to his Excellency the Commander in Chief, dated Sound off Plumb Island, Sept. 8, 1781" which takes over an entire page & is signed by him in type: B. Arnold.
This is his detailed report on the taking of New London, Connecticut, known as the Battle of Groton Heights.
Also included is a letter from George Washington to Congress which prefaces

THE DAILY SOUTHERN GUARDIAN, Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 1, 1864

• Rare Confederate publication

A rather rare title and great that it includes the word “Southern”.
The front page is mostly taken up with ads & military notices but the first 1 1/2 columns are taken up with letters of a military nature. More war reporting on page 2 with: "Frightful Carnage" "War News - From Richmond" "From the Valley--Sheridan Retreating" "From Hood's Army" "From Forrest" "From Virginia" "Amnesty" "The Yankees

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, Nov., 1871  The issue has a 7-page article regarding the beloved Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), the Swedenborgian missionary, headed: "Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Hero", which features multiple illustrations.
Also within the issue is: "A New England Village"; "Rambles in the West Indies"; and more.
Complete in 150+ pages, disbound without wrappers, a mild smudge on the front page, scattered foxing, but otherwise in good condition.

PETERSON'S MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, November, 1862  Although not an uncommon title, this item is doubly interesting. This issue was never bound nor trimmed, as more typically found, still having the original outer wrappers and still having the eleven full page plates of fashions of the day and other items. One of the prints is hand-colored.
The other interesting item is the receipt for postage for Peterson's Magazine, for the quarter ending Sep, 39m 1862, being 50 cents, which is attached to

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 1, 1873

• Yellow fever - jack outbreak
• Memphis, Tennessee epidemic

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "AFFLICTED MEMPHIS" with subhead. (see images) Text takes up almost 2 full columns.
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 1, 1977

• O. J. Simpson as a running back
• Buffalo Bills - NFL football

The front page has a nice banner headline: "O.J. Simpson Out for Season" with subhead: "Will Have Surgery on Left Knee" and photo.
 First report coverage on what would be the end of O. J. Simpson's career with the Buffalo Bills. He would be traded to the 49ers the following season and never would regain prominence.
Unusual for such a nice headline on the front page being a sports theme, and ironic in a

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 1, 1794

• John Jay letter
• Conflicts at sea

Most of the first column is taken up with a letter signed in type by: John Jay, such letters rarely found in period newspaper. It concerns the problem with British impressment of American sailors and the seizure of ships. Various news of the day inside.
Four pages, light damp staining, generally good condition.

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1847  Page 3 has a great letter from Santa Anna to Col. Childs, stating his request that Childs evacuate the city of Puebla and if he does so he would extend courtesies to his exit. The responding letter from Childs states he will have none of it--he will defend his position at Puebla. Ultimately Santa Anna would depart.
Four pages, very nice condition.

An interesting broadside advertising: "NEW ENGLAND AT HOME. Ye Supper Of Ye OLDEN TYME." noting that: "A New England Supper will ben gvven by ye Damyseies and ye maydens of ye Young Ladyes' Social, for ye benefit of Grace Church Great Bend, on Wednesday eve, in ye month of November Day the 1st, MDCCCLXXVI in LENHEIM'S HALL." The text also includes a little poem (see photos).

My guess is this may be from Clinton, Massachusetts, but you might have a more knowledgeable thought. Measures 20 by 13

THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Nov. 1, 1941  A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
Among the front page reports are: "Whilst  Tanks Are Rolling Towards Moscow Soviet Radio Denies Arrival of Allied Material" "The English Are Our Traditional Enemies The De Gaullists Have Neither Seen Nor Understood Anything" "Kalinin In German Hands" "Lasting & Heavy Attacks of German & Rumanian

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, November 1, 1931

• Aviator Charles Lindbergh & Anne Morrow
• Airplane flight to the Orient
• Yangtze River China crash photos

This rotogravure section only has six front page photos regarding Charles Lindbergh's airplane crash on the Yangtze River in China.
Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with all 16 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice.

DAILY DISPATCH, Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 1, 1861

• From the Confederate capital

One of the most well known titles from the South, and from the capital of the Confederacy. Among the front page reports are those headed: "From Norfolk" 'Major General Van Dorn" and a few smaller items and various advertisement.
Inside has: "Boulevards for Richmond" "Army of the Potomac" "From Norfolk" "Affairs on the Kanawha" "From Gen. Floyd's Command" "From Kentucky--Gen. Zollicoffer's Return to Cumberland

LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, November 1, 1963

• Pepsi Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana
• Holiday on Ice show explosion disaster

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Indianapolis Explosion Kills 62, injures 385" First report coverage on the Indianapolis Coliseum explosion during the Holiday on Ice show.
Complete with 8 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, England, November, 1746

• More on the Jacobite Rebellion

There is still content on the Jacobite Rebellion, with: "Rebels Tried at York". And near the back is half a page on: "Executed at York". Also a report from the: "Boston Gazette" in America concerning the troubles with France in Louisbourgh and Cape Breton, Canada. There is another letter from Nova Scotia.
Three pages are taken up with a List of Ships Taken" including several traveling to or from America,

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, Nov., 1777  The first article is: "Debate in the House of Lords...Relative to the American War" taking over 4 pages & continued from a previous issue.
Further on is an interesting article: "Political Character of the Americans" which begins: "The people of America, with respect to their political characters, may be divided into the five following classes: 1. Rank tories, 2. Moderate men, 3. timid whigs, 4. Furious whigs, 5. Staunch whigs." The article goes on

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1781  Near the back is a section headed: "American News" which has a "Copy of a Letter from Brig. Gen. Arnold to his Excellency the Commander in Chief, dated Sound off Plumb Island, Sept. 8, 1781" which takes over an entire page & is signed by him in type: B. Arnold. This is his detailed report on the taking of New London, Connecticut, known as the Battle of Groton Heights.
Also included is a letter from George Washington to Congress which prefaces

AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, New York, November, 1854  Phrenology is a theory stating that the personality traits of a person can be derived from the shape of the skull. Although holding no validity today, it was a popular science in the mid-19th century and this periodical focused on it.
Inside has a portraits of Sarah Benjamin, 100 years old, along with her "Phrenological Character, Biographical Sketch, and Portrait". Other phrenology-related prints as well.
Complete in 24 pages, 9 by 11

TARZANA TIMES, Los Angeles neighborhood, California, Nov. 1, 1940  A simple little "neighborhood" newspaper with local news tidbits & ads.
Eight pages, 9 by 12 1/2 inches inches, printed on slick-stock newsprint, very nice condition.