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CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 25, 1937

• Alcatraz Island prison mutiny
• San Francisco Bay "The Rock"

The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "BEATS WARDEN IN ALCATRAZ" with subhead. A few related photos are on the back page. (see images)
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

Background: The September 24, 1937 Alcatraz mutiny marked a pivotal turning point in American penology, serving as the first major test of the

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1671

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something from the 17th century in your hands
• Great gift idea for that history buff

This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuring 6 1/2 by 10 3/4

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 25, 1940

• Actress Marguerite Clark death
• Stage and silent films - movies

The front page has a three column heading: "Marguerite Clark Dies; Golden Girl of Silent Filoms" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

background: Marguerite Clark was a titan of early Hollywood whose legacy was nearly erased by a 1920s vault fire that destroyed the

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 25, 1858

• Paul Morphy - American chess champion
• Early Salt Lake City, Utah  view

The prime print would be the great and displayable full page view of: "Salt Lake City, from the Observatory of the Council House" being one of the earlier views of Salt Lake City to be had in any periodical. The condition of this print is quite nice (see).
The front page shows: "Rev. Samuel I. Prime, D.D." with text on him. Inside includes two illustrations on: "The Army of

LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 25, 1987

• Best "The Princess Bride" advertisement
• Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
• Romantic fantasy adventure comedy-drama film

A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "The Princess Bride" 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 the

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Sept. 25, 1873

• P.T. Phineas Barnum ad

The photo shows the nice page five, 2 1/2" by 12" ad for " P. T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum Menagerie", which includes a portrait of Mr. Barnum and various details about the attractions and performances. The ad takes two-thirds of the column.
Eight pages, good condition.

Background: In the late summer and early autumn of 1873, P. T. Barnum’s enormous traveling spectacle — officially promoted as P. T. Barnum’s Great Traveling

TULARE WEEKLY TIMES, Visalia, California, Sept. 25, 1880

• Rare old West publication

From this Tulare County city in the agriculturally-rich San Joaquin Valley of Central California. News of the day with several interesting advertisements.
Complete in 8 pages, some margin wear, light toning, should be handled with care.

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 25, 1945

• New super atomic bomb developed
• Post Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
• Leslie C. Arends' warning announcement

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "NEW ATOMIC BOMB BARED" with subhead. (see images) See below for information.
Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.

Note: On September 24, 1945, U.S. Representative Leslie C. Arends, a Republican from Illinois and member of the House Military Affairs Committee, announced that a new "super" atomic bomb had

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 25, 1937.

• Nanjing (Nanking) & Canton air raid bombing
• Japanese airplane raiders - pre massacre

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "BRITAIN EXPRESSES 'HORROR' OF BOMBINGS, TALKS BOYCOTT; OUR FLEET TO STAY IN CHINA" with various subheads. (see images) More on page 8.
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1684

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuring 6 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches and printed on very high quality paper with

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 25, 1984

• Lou Reed - American musician songwriter singer
• Beacon Theatre concert performance advertisement w/ The Swimming Pool Q's
• The Velvet Underground & "Walk on the Wild Side" song fame

Page 80 has a full page advertisement for two "LOU REED" performances at the Beacon Theatre 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.
It is worth noting that "Th

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1914

• First Battle of Picardy - Ainse River - France
• German Empire vs. France - World War I - WWI

The front page has a banner headline in red lettering:  "BATTLE OF GREAT VIOLENCE IS REPORTED ON FRENCH LEFT WING" 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, a little

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 25, 1969

• Woodstock music festival on Max Yasgur's farm
• Going back to Bethel, New York - revisited
• "The Grateful Dead' plays at a NYC night club

The top of page 25 has an heading: "The Undulating Hillside: Going Back to Bethel" Coverage continues on another page. A story of a man going back to the site of the famous music festival shortly after its conclusion.
Page 39 has an advertisement for three performances by "The GRATEFUL DEAD" at

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1673  Most of the front page is taken up with accounts of various military battles in Europe. Page 2 has a report of a naval battle off the coast of Scotland between the British and the Dutch, with various details.
Complete as a single sheet issue, 6 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches, nice condition.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 25, 1673

• The Third Anglo-Dutch War

Most of the front page is taken up with accounts of various military battles in Europe. Page 2 has a report of a naval battle off the coast of Scotland between the British and the Dutch, with various details.
Complete as a single sheet issue, 6 1/2 by 11 inches, various foxing spots, good condition.

THE GLOBE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25, 1919

• Babe Ruth w/ Boston Red Sox
• Early home run HR record
• 1st MLB Baseball power hitter ?

Near the top of the 2nd section (page 9) is a report headed: "Ruth's New Record" noting in part: "Babe Ruth made back numbers of all official and unofficial records yesterday afternoon when he knocked his 28th home run. It was a terrific drive..." with more.
Sixteen pages, irregular & partially loose at the spine, some margin wear and tears, should be handled

THE TIME-PIECE & LITERARY COMPANION, New York, Sept. 25, 1797  A quite rare title by Philip Freneau which lasted from March 13, 1797 to August 30, 1798. This is volume 2, number 5 issue.

Pages 2 and 3 have various news reports while the back page is mostly taken up with ads.
Four pages, very nice condition.

THE GENERAL EVENING POST, London, Sept. 25, 1783

• Closing events in the Revolutionary War
• Post war Loyalists and patriots

The front page has a wonderful document headed: "America" with a Baltimore, Maryland dateline concerning those citizens supportive of America or England at the conclusion of the war.
A few bits note: "...Resolved unanimously, that...if those who have abandoned the cause of America & joined that of our enemies are permitted to return to & remain among us as citizens. Resolved

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 25, 1978

• Premiere opening of "Up in Smoke"
• Cheech & Chong counterculture movie
• Stoner comedy film - cult classic

Page 73 has a iconic advertisement for: "Up in Smoke" for it's opening in New York City. Being a weekly publication, this is actually the opening day ad for this film. Nice to have this in a hippy publication. Very rare as such.
It is worth noting that "The Village Voice" was an American news and culture paper, known for being the

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.

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 25, 1947  Page 35 has a two column, opening day review and image for "The Foxes of Harrow", written by Frank Yerby. This movie was created from the 1st script ever purchased by Hollywood which was written by a black writer and then made into a major motion picture. The fact that it starred Rex Harrison and Mauren O'Hara makes it all the more desirable (i.e., popular movie stars of the day wanted a major role in the film).
Complete in 60 pages, "rag edition" printed on

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 25, 1940

• Jimmie Foxx 500th home run (2nd ever to do so)
• Boston Red Sox - MLB Major League Baseball

The top of page 26 has a one column heading: FOXX HITS 500TH HOMER AS BOSTON WINS, 16-8, 4-3" with subhead and box scores (see images).
Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Sept. 25, 1884

• re. Tennessee's Mormon Massacre
• Mormonism crusade - Mormons
• Cane Creek massacre

Page 4 has: "Anti-Mormon Crusade" "Missionaries of the Church Warned to Leave Tennessee". Bits include: "...south of Lebanon...Mormon elders made their appearance six years ago & began to inculcate their doctrine into the minds of an ignorant class of people living in what is known as the Drennon settlement...soon embraced the beliefs of the Mormon Church...six years those

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1928

• Casper Holstein kidnapping (set free)
• Harlem Negro mobster leader

The top of page 33 has a one column heading: "NEGRO, BACK HOME, LAUDS KIDNAPPERS" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 64 pages, rag edition, a few small binding slits along the spine, very nice condition.

wikipedia notes: Casper Holstein was a prominent New York mobster involved in the Harlem "numbers rackets" during the Harlem

KENTISH GAZETTE, Canterbury, England, Sept. 25, 1795  A handsome issue of the 18th century, with two decorative embellishments in the masthead & ornate lettering in the title.
Page 2 has a detailed article headed: "Church of St. Paul, Covent Garden" which reports on this tragic fire of 5 days earlier. The famous church still stands today and is a focal point of the new Covent Garden Markets, a major tourist attraction in central London.

Four pages, very nice condition.

SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, New York, Sept. 25, 1850  First column heads on page 7 include: "LATER FROM CALIFORNIA" "$1,000,000 in Gold Dust!" "Terrible Riot At Sacramento City" "The Mayor Shot" "Martial Law Proclaimed" "The City In Ashes!" "Large Yield Of the Mines" and more. Some of the subheads include: "Terrible Riot at Sacramento!" "Great Yield of the Mines" "The Gold Mountain" "Extraordinary Success" "Gold Diggings in the Trinity Region" "Matters on the Pacific Side".
Four pages, nice

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 1858

• Pike's Peak gold rush
• Kansas Territory boom

Page 3 has a detailed article headed: "The Kansas Gold Region", which we now call the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. At the time Pike's Peak was in the Western Kansas Territory, the Colorado Territory not being formed until 1861. 
The report includes a letter which mentions near the beginning; "...The excitement witch I predicted more than a month ago is now at its height...men can make from the

NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "General Grant's Department" "Change in the Military Policy of the Rebels" "The Contraband Negroes in Arkansas" "Their Treatment By Our Troops" "The Plantation Free Labor System" "The Butchery of the Beckham Family" "Three of the Negro Perpetrators Hanged" & more. Also page 3 has much reporting concerning the Battle of Chattanooga.
Twelve pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1948

• Mildred Gillars pleads not guilty
• Axis Sally - trial for treason
• Nazis broadcaster

Page 8 has a small one column heading: "TRIAL OF 'AXIS SALLY' SET" "Court Names Nov. 15--Accused Would Have Truman Appear" (see) Brief coverage of the decision to go to trial as Mildred Gillars pleads not guilty for treason.
Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1873

• Wall Street - stock market failure
• Panic of 1873 near the beginning
• Best title to be had ?

The top of page 6 has one column headings: "THE CALM" "The Banks Bringing Order Out Of Chaos" "The Stock Exchange Speaks" "Reported Shipments of Gold from Europe" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
Complete with 16 pages, nice condition.

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1906

• Atlanta massacre of 1906
• Georgia race riots

The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MORE NEGROES KILLED AT ATLANTA GEORGIA" 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 6 pages, small library stamps within the masthead, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1908

• Early airplane flights
• Wilbur Wright - Brothers

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WILBUR WRIGHT MAY ATTEMPT A CHANNEL FLIGHT" (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 8 pages, two small library stamps within the masthead, some small binding holes along the spine, minor margin wear, generally nice.

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 25, 1911

• French battleship Liberte explosion
• Toulon, France Harbor disaster

The front page has a great banner headline in large lettering: "500 ARE KILLED" with: "Great Disaster Befalls French Navy In Toulon Harbor" and subheads. 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 stamps within the

NEW YORK HERALD, September 25, 1874

• Robert Toombs interview
• Lawyer, planter & GA politician
• Confederate States organizer

The top of page 3 has one column headings: "BOMBASTES FURIOSO" "An Interview with General Robert Toombs" "His Epitaph" and more. (see) Text takes up a full column.
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.

COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Sept. 25, 1793

• Founding Father John Hancock
• Proclamation & documents
• re. Yellow Fever epidemic

The front page begins with a document from  Massachusetts on the restrictions to be enforced due to the spread of the Yellow Fever epidemic centered at Philadelphia, signed in type by the governor: John Hancock.
This is followed by "A Proclamation" from him also relating to the: "...dangerous and infectious disease...prevails at this time..." also signed: John Hancock, and

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sept. 25, 1872

• Hardships of Transatlantic travel (steerage)
• Grief misery peril torment suffering

Page 3 has an article headed: "Sufferings In The Struggle" "Fifteen Hundred Passengers Packed and Thrown Together on the Decks" "Death Looked For As A Relief" and more. (see) Lengthy text takes up about 3 1/2 total columns.
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1933

• Mike Donlin death (1st report)
• MLB baseball player & actor

The top of page 15 has a one column heading: "MIKE DONLIN DEAD; ONCE WITH GIANTS" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 34 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 25, 1929

• Aviator James H. Doolittle
• 1st blind airplane flight

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "Airplane Conquers Greatest Enemy, Fog, In Blind Flying Test" First report coverage on the very first "blind flight" by James H. Doolittle.
Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in great condition.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 25, 1939

• Floyd Gibbons death (1st report)
• World War I - WWI correspondent
• Best title to be had - very rare as such

The front page has a one column heading: "Floyd Gibbons, Famous War Writer, Is Dead" with small photo. (see) Great and maybe only reported in this publication since he was a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. Very rare as such.
Complete with all 28 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional

THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Nebraska, September 25, 1925

• Babe Ruth - New York Yankees
• 1st ever player to hit 'ultimate home run'

Page 8 has a small and somewhat discrete one column heading: "Yanks Beat Sox" with box scores. (see) The 'Sultan of Swat" becomes the first modern player to blast an ultimate grand slam, a walk-off homer with the bases full which wins the game by one run.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light toning, minor margin wear, generally

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 25, 1841

• Early Florida Everglades

The bkpg. has a very early article on: "The Everglades" which begins; "The Pay-hai-o-kee, grass-water of Everglades, comprises a large portion of Southern Florida...and separated from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico by a pine barren..." with more descriptive text.
Another page has: "Indian Treaty" concerning a treaty with the Sioux Indians, with the details.
Sixteen pages, 8 1/2 by 12 inches, very nice condition.

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THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, September 25, 1934

• Babe Ruth's last game at Yankee Stadium
• New York Yankees - MLB baseball

The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a one column heading: "TIGERS CLINCH FLAG AS YANKS BOW TO BOSOX" with subhead and box scores (see) Ext includes: "Babe Ruth, making his last appearance of the year at the stadium and probably his last as a regular..." First report coverage on Babe Ruth's last MLB baseball game played at Yankee Stadium, the house Ruth built.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1866

• Jerome Park racetrack grand opening
• Fordham, New York City (Bronx)

The back page (pg. 8) has one column headings: "Sporting Matters" "The Inauguration Meeting at Jerome Park To-day" "The Condition of the Track--Status of the Horses...." "The Betting--The Pools--The General Excitement..." 1st report coverage of the initial opening of Jerome Park Racetrack in the Bronx, New York.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, a printing flaw within mentioned

NEW YORK OBSERVER, Sept. 25, 1856

• Bleeding Kansas
• Missouri border invasion
• War on slavery

Page 3 has an item datelines: "Lawrence, K.T. [Kansas Territory], Sept. 15" which includes: "...2800 men...destined to attack Lawrence...About 500 remain preparing to fight in our fortifications..." with more on "bleeding Kansas" (see).
Four pages, very nice condition.

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, September 25, 1875

• Bellefontaine, Ohio lynching
• P.T. Phineas Barnum ad

The front page has one column headings that include: "The Hellish Crime Near Bellefontaine" "Horrible Confession of the Miscreant's Wife" "Schell Dragged from the Jail and Lynched" See image for text here.
The back page has a nice & somewhat large illustrated advertisement for: "Barnum - The Only Hippodrome in America!  Any Ten Shows On This Continent! "P.T. BARNUM'S Great Roman

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 25, 1972

• Joe Namath - 6 touchdown passes
• New York Jets vs. Baltimore Colts
• Johnny Unitas

The sport's section (page 15) has a three column heading: "Namath Puts on Show".

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise nice.

SAN LEANDRO REPORTER "SUPPLEMENT", Alameda County, California, Sept. 25, 1880

• Rare Old West title

A very scarce and quite small single sheet "Supplement" issue, measuring just 9 by 10 3/4 inches. This issue contains various small tidbits (see) and a few ads, one of which is a $10 Reward!" for a lost pair of gun barrels. Very nice condition.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS - PARADE, Detroit, Michigan, September 25, 1955  The front of this issue contains a photo of Hopalong Cassady with an inside accompanying article "Hopalong: Ohio State's BIG little man" which includes additional photos.

Also included is an article "Polio report... The Salk Vaccine is Good - But Better Ones Are One The Way".

Additional stories and advertisements are within.

This is complete in 32 pages with several binding holes along the top of the issue, otherwise is in

SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, Sacramento, California, September 25, 1868  On the front page under "The Pacific Railroad" is a report in which "...L. Gaylord Clark claims the honor of being the first one who predicted the building of a railway across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific... There would be no difficulty in the way of constructing a railroad from the Atlantic to the pacific ocean; and the probably the time may not be very far distant when trips will be made across the continent, as they

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 25, 1911

• Neenah WI Wisconsin
• Hayrack (hayride) train disaster

This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "TRAIN HITS HAYRACK", "13 KILLED AT NEENAH, WIS.", "TRACKS HIDDEN BY BILLBOARD" and more with list of the dead and injured (see photos). This tells of the Hayride disaster at Neenah, Wisconsin.

Other news and advertisements of the day. Light browning, little margin wear, otherwise good