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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1938

* Discovery of the "Swanscombe Skull" announced
* Found at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent England 
* Dentist and amateur archaeologist A.T. Marston 

The front page has a one column heading: "BRITON, AGE 250,000, SUBJECT OF INQUEST" with subhead. (see images) This famous discovery was actually made a few years earlier but wasn't made public until the day prior of this issue being published. 
Complete with 30 pages, rage edition in great condition.

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THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 20, 1943

* First Quebec Conference - Quadrant
* Highly secret military discussion
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "QUEBEC PARLEY IS PLANNING 'RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION' OF GERMANY AND JAPAN" with subheads and photo. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally in good condition.

history notes: The First Quebec Conference, held in August of…

SANDWICH ISLAND GAZETTE & JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, Honolulu, Oahu, Aug. 20, 1836  

* Very rare publication
* 1st English language

This was the very first English language newspaper published in Hawaii, known as the Sandwich Islands at that time. It is the volume 1, number 4 issue. It was preceded by only two Hawaiian language newspapers, which began in 1834, with this title being the first English-language newspaper printed in the Hawaiian Islands - and the first to include commercial advertising.
 
The…

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 20, 2003

* Truck bomb in Baghdad, Irag UN headquarters
* Suicide bomber on Jerusalem bus (HAMAS) 

The front page has a banner headline: "Bombers Kill 38 in Iraq, Israel" with subheads and few related photos. Much more inside. 
Complete with all sections (80 pages), nice condition.

background: In August 2003, both Iraq and Israel were rocked by significant terrorist attacks amid distinct but turbulent regional conflicts. In Iraq, the post-invasion power

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 20, 1863  Among the front page column heads relating to the Civil War are: ""THE DRAFT IN NEW YORK" "Order Reigns Throughout the City" "The military & Police Ready to Quell Disorder" "The Names Drafted" "Important from Charleston" "The Grand Bombardment to Commence on Monday" "Three Holes Knocked in the Walls of Fort Sumter..." and more.
Additional reports inside including: "News From Key West" "Wholesale Capture of Rebel Blockade Runners" "Condition & Prospects of Lee's…

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, Aug. 20, 1883  The front page has: "Criminal Calendar - Additional Particulars of the Tragedy at Estancia Ranchm NB.M. - Frank James Trial--A Gang of Burglars Broken Up--Free Fight at a Picnic--The Daily Record".
Inside includes: "El Paso's Ways - The Peculiarities of a  Now Thriving Frontier Town--A Place where Border Ruffian and Banker Jostle Each Other--The Gambling Hells and Churches" which has much on early El Paso. Also: "Yellowstone Park -…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1937

* Battle of Shanghai, China
* Imperial Japanese Army

The top of the front page has three column headline: "CHINESE THRUST FOES BACK IN FIERCE DRIVE AT SHANGHAI; U. S. INSISTS RIVER STAY OPEN" with subheads. (see images) More on the following pages.
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Aug. 20, 1836  

* Treaty of Velasco
* General Santa Anna
* Texas Revolution ending

Inside has "Latest From Texas and Mexico" which includes a significant letter signed in type by: Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana in which he agrees to the treaty between Texas and Mexico, known as the Treaty of Velasco.
This is followed by the "Articles of the treaty concluded between his excellency Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana...president of the Mexican republic...and his excellency…

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, Aug 20, 1898  The front page has various reports on the Spanish-American War with reports headed: "THE THIRD U.S. VOLUNTEERS WILL MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO PORTO RICO" "General Wood Hesitated To Let the Regiment Land in Santiago, but Col. Ray Stood Up for His Georgans" "SPAIN PREPARING TO GIVE UP CUBA" "They Represent The Army" "Porto Rican Selections Nave Not Yet Been Made Up" "Morality Among the Natives in Santiago Is Truly Alarming" with more.
Complete in 12…

NEW YORK HERALD, August 20, 1874  Page 5 has an article under: "The Colored War In South Carolina" with subhead: "A Skirmish Between Rival Black Factions at Georgetown--The Town in Possession of Infuriated Negroes".
Also: "The White Sulphur Springs" "Lack of Visitors" "Bad Management I& Dilapidated Dwellings 7 Hotels" "Repulsive Negroes" and: "The Black Tide of the South Sets Toward the Cities"
Page 4 has: "FORMOSA" "The Japanese Forces inn a Position to Bring the Pirates to Terms" "A…

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 20, 1979

* Neil Young - Canadian-American singer - songwriter
* "Rust Never Sleeps" album concert tour w/ Crazy horse
* Palladium nightclub concert hall advertisement

Page 45 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming "NEIL YOUNG" concerts at the Palladium nightclub in Manhattan. (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
The Village Voice…

NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1948 

* Babe Ruth funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral
* Best publication to be had ? (rare as such)

Near the bottom of the front page is a 2 column heading; "75,000 Go to Babe Ruth's Funeral And Stand in Rain Along Fifth Ave." Most of the article carries over to page 11, where also are two photos headed: "All Walks Of Life Join In Final Tribute To Babe Ruth". Als an article: "Council Asked to Rename River Ave. for Babe Ruth".
Complete in 36 pages, this is the…

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Aug. 20, 1864  There was much interest in England concerning the American Civil War, England favoring more for the South because of their need for cotton.
Inside has a half page print: "The War In America--View of Petersburg, Virginia" with a related article. 
Twenty-four pages, great condition.

NEW YORK MIRROR, Aug. 20, 1836  "A Weekly Journal Devoted To Literature & the Fine Arts" as noted in the masthead. A rather common title, but this is among the first we've encountered that has never been bound and trimmed and still has the original green outer wrappers.
Eight pages plus the wrappers, some archival mends to interior pages, nice condition.

Background:The New-York Mirror was a leading literary and arts-focused weekly newspaper in New York City from 1823 to 1842, co-founded by…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 20, 1935

* Will Rogers & Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths

The front page has a one column heading: "FINAL FLIGHT OF ROGERS AND POST IS OVER" with subhead. More on page 8 with related photo. Five more photos are on the back page.
Complete in 32 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. Nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

PROGRESS, "A Mirror For All Men And Women", Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1881  The front page features a nice print of: "The Coming Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia" with a descriptive article carrying over to page 2.
Page 3 has: "President Arthur" beginning: "The apprehension that President Garfield could to survive...has become almost a certainty, and as Progress goes to press we face the fact that Chester A. Arthur will probably be President of the United States...".
This would prove true:…

BUTNER WORLD NEWS, Aug. 20, 1945  This is a mimeographed newspaper produced by the staff on board the USS General H.W. Butner, the American troop carrier transporting troops from Europe to the Pacific.
It is a four page newspaper, typewriter set, with front page headlines including: "Okinawa-Based Troops to Enter Japan As Occupation Forces" "Stars & Stripes Reams Congress on Draft Discontinuance, Occupation" "Surrender Machinery Begins to Roll; Japs on Way to Manila" and more inside. 
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1933 

* End of Prohibition - repeal
* Missouri repeals amendment
* Beer - liquor returns

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "REPEALISTS WIN IN MISSOURI, 4 TO 1; BALLOTING IS LIGHT" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the state of Missouri ratifying the repeal of prohibition. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag edition in great…

GAZET VAN BRUSSEL [Gazetteer of Brussels], Belgium, Aug. 20, 1871  A four page issue which appears to be in Dutch. An archival repair at the spine, good condition.

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, Aug. 20, 1844  On page 3 under: "Lieut. Fremont's Expedition" is a report from the Daily Missourian about the Fremont expedition "...just returned to St. Louis."
The report provides the basic chronology of the expedition and describes the highlights expedition from departure to its return.
Near the end of the report is mention that: "...The party were cordially received and hospitably entertained, at his residence, near the Bay of San Francisco by John A.…

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP, Boston, Aug. 20, 1859  Perhaps the most outstanding aspect of this newspaper is the beautiful & large masthead, plus each page is trimmed in a nautical theme.
The front page has a print of: "Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian Patriot" with a biography of him. Inside has a print of: "Snipe Shooting" and a nice scene of: "Long Island Sound Steamboats Leaving New York City".
Eight pages, very nice condition.

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 20, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN" "Severe Fight Near Chattanooga with the Rebels Under Wheeler" "FARRAGUT" "Passages of Dog River Bar by the Union Fleet" "Attack on the Rebel Obstructions" "Bombardment of Fort Morgan" "2000 Troops from Pensacola in the Rear of the Fort" and more.
Additional Civil War reporting inside.
Eight pages, great condition.

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE., August 20, 1953

* 1953 Iranian coup d'état
* Mohammad Mosaddegh
* "Operation Boot" by British

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Iran Shah to Return Today" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally nice.

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (Rotogravure/Pictures section), Missouri, August 20, 1939

* Rotogravure section featuring Maureen O'Hara

This is a beautiful display of one of the most glamorous actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood.  Fans of this cinematic era and Maureen will love this collection of some of the personalities she portrayed.

This is the Rotogravure/Picture section ONLY., and is in good condition. Multiple pages would be great for display.

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, August 20, 1910

* MLB pitcher Christy "Matty" Mathewson
* New York Giants baseball star celebrated

Page 6 has a one column heading: "Mathewson Is One Of Best Athletes Now In The Game" 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.
Complete with 10 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, some small binding holes along the…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1929

* 1st Women's Air Derby begins
* "Powder Puff Derby"
* Marvel Crosson's crash & death
* LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (airship)
* 1st to fly around the World (halfway)

The front page has a one column heading: "WOMAN DERBY FLIER IS LOST IN ARIZONA" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56 pages, a little margin wear, generally nice.

wikipedia notes: The first Women’s Air Derby during the 1929 National Air…

FITCHBURG DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 20, 1920
 
* Woman's Suffrage (19th Amendment)
* about a week prior

The front page has a two line, two column heading: "RATIFICATION OF SUFFRAGE MAY BE RECONSIDERED," with the subhead: "Such is the Statement of Speaker Walker of the Lower Branch of the Tennessee Legislature." A related front page article has: "Tennessee Still Doubtful." The 19th Amendment would be adopted into law in just 8 days.
Other news of the day with period…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1947

* Doctors' trial ends w/ guilty verdicts
* United States of America v. Karl Brandt
* Nazi human experimentation - Jewish holocaust

The front page has a two column heading: "Hitler's Doctor, 14 Others Guilty In Medical Experimentation Trial" First report coverage continues inside with photo of Dr. Karl Brandt.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 44 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

THE WORLD, New York, Aug. 20, 1864  Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "General Sheridan's Army" "A Retrograde Movement to Berryville" "The Enemy Pushing Up the Valley" "General Grant's Army" "Reconnoissance to Fair Oaks" "Operations Against Mobile" "The Peace Question" & much more.
Eight pages, great condition.

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Arizona, August 20, 1932

* Jim Mollison makes it
* Airplane - aviation
* 1st solo Atlantic flight (W to E)

The front page has a banner headline: "LONDON FLYER MAKES NEW BRUNSWICK SAFELY" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from West to East. Maybe not as significant as Lindbergh's flight but still a aviation first. Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 6 pages,…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, August 20, 1925

* Actor Rudolph Valentino
* Natacha =Rambova photo

The front page has a two column heading above nice photo of Natacha Rambova: "Valentino and Bride At Parting of Ways" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 24 pages, minor spine wear, generally nice.

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Aug. 20, 1814  The front page has an article: "Dueling" concerning the Sec. of War his his efforts: "...in erasing from the roll of the army the names of two duellist officers...". Inside has much on the War of 1812 including: "Splendid Celebration" "Capture of a Dispatch Cutter" "Of Fort Erie" "Much the Latest" "Another Invasion threatened" "War In Connecticut" "Lower Canada Frontier" and more.
Four pages, bit irregular at the spine, good condition.

DOLLAR WEEKLY MIRROR, Manchester, New Hampshire, August 20, 1859  Pg. 4 has a full column ad for "The Real Genuine Monster Show - Nixon & Co.,'s Mammoth Circus." This also includes small illustrations, including "Educated Bull, Don Juan"
Complete in 4 pages with a small lite stain on the front page, otherwise is in very good condition.

THE 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 Wages" See image for text here.
Complete, a little margin wear, nice condition.

CLEVELAND WEEKLY HERALD, Cleveland, Ohio, August 20, 1880

* Eureka, Nevada
* Fore disaster

The front page has one column headings that include: "EUREKA FIRE" "Further Particulars of the Conflagration" and more. See images for text here.
Other news and advertisements of the day throughout. Complete in  8 pages, a little margin wear, otherwise in good condition.

THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER, Scotland, Aug. 20, 1779  Page 3 under "America" has a report from the Committee of the House of Delegates in Virginia, which includes: "...those inhabitants of this state who were beyond sea at the commencement of hostilities at Lexington, & have not since by overt acts adhered to the public enemy, ought still to be deemed citizens of this commonwealth..." however, it was also resolved that those: "...who left that state & joined the subjects of his Britannic Majesty…

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, August 20, 1862

* Baton Rouge Louisiana  LA
* Warrensburg MO Missouri

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "MOVEMENTS ON THE PENINSULA", "Grand March of McClellan's Army", "THE BATTLE OF BATON ROUGE", "REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR", "THE REBEL RAM ARKANSAS" and more. 

Complete in eight pages. This issue is not fragile as newsprint…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1929

* John Baird - father of television
* TV in it's infancy - inventions

This 56 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 5: "Television Transmits British Talking Film; Actor's Voice Is Clearer Than in Theatre".

Very significant reporting during the founding of television, an invention which would change not only the worlds of entertainment & communication forever, but society as well.

A significant issue for any collector of television…

THE WORLD, San Diego, California, August 20, 1872 

* Rare Southern Cal issue 
* Wild Old West 

Very nice illustration of two globes in the masthead. A very early issue for San Diego! This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons & gunfights were often seen on a regular basis.

Very…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 20, 1930  This 40 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "MOB LYNCHES NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA" "Takes Prisoner From Jail by Ruse...."

This tells of the lynching of Negro Oliver Moore in Tarboro, North Carolina.

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise good.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, dated August 20, 1935.

* Will Rogers
* Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths

This 18 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:

* Bodies of Rogers and Post Reach California by Plane

and more. (see)

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, generally nice.

THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 20, 1927 

* Dole Air Race
* Early aviation - airplanes 
* California to Hawaii 

This 16 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Three Planes, Six Aviators Now Missing Over Pacific; Mysterious Flare Sighted" with subheads and related photo. (see)

Tells of the Dole Air Race from Oakland Ca to the Hawaiian Islands.

Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise in good condition.

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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia GA August 20, 1919  This 20 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 15: "'Bobby' Jones Defeats James S. Manion" with subheads that include: "Atlanta Boy Meets Robert Gardner In Second Round Today" and more.

This tells of a young Bobby Jones playing in the United States Amateur championship at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh PA. This would be the first time he was a major factor in the Amateurs as he would end up with the runner-up trophy.
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LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 20, 1957

* San Francisco Giants are born
* New York to West Coast
* MLB baseball

This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 5: "N. Y. GIANTS DECIDE TO RELOCATE FRANCHISE IN SAN FRANCISCO" with smaller subheads. (see photos)

Tells of the official decision to move the New York Giants to San Francisco for the following baseball season.

Other news of the day throughout. Some spine wear, otherwise good.

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LIFE MAGAZINE, N.Y., August 20, 1908. The front cover is a picture of a young lady on a boat deck and the doublepage centerfold is entitled  "1908" by Meissonier.  The issue contains a variety of stories, poems and other illustrations. Measures 10 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches. In very good condition.

ALL FICTION MAGAZINE - THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, MI, August 20, 1939.  A great issue for framing and displaying!

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1910

This issue a full color, cover page. This issue's front page is a photo of "England's New Sovereigns at Close Range."

This issue has an illustration of "An Historic Incident--And True" by Kemble and there is an article with photos of "The Aeroplane in War" by General Homer Lea and "A Diana in Africa" by H. R. H. Helene de France, Duchess of Aosta. The double page illustration is of "Retired with Honors" by H. G. Williamson and there is a photo…