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EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 27, 1916

• Battle of the River Somme offensive - France
• World War I - WWI - German & British Empires
• One of the deadliest battles in human history

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ALLIES WIN GROUND" 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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1945

• Female SS guard Irma Grese
• Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trial
• Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities
• "Hyena of Auschwitz" - "The Beautiful Beast"

Page 12 has a one column heading: "BELSEN TORTURES BY WOMAN LISTED"  with subhead. (see images) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.
Complete in 42 pages, light toning at the margins, very nice condition.

Background:On

SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Sept. 27, 1931

• Women's golfer Helen Hicks victory
• U.S. Women's Amateur golf championship
• Grover Cleveland Golf Course - Buffalo

The top of the front page of this section has a banner headline: "HELEN HICKS WINS, 2 AND 1; QUEEN OF U.S. GOLF" with subhead. (see images)
Complete sport's section only with 10 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

Background: On September 26, 1931, at age 20, Helen Hicks

THE RALEIGH TIMES, North Carolina, Sept. 27, 1971

• President Richard Nixon & Emperor Hirohito of Japan
• Historic meeting in Anchorage, Alaska (1st time)

The front page has a six column headline: "Nixon and Hirohito Meet" with lead-in: "Emperor Flies to Europe" and photo. (see images)
Complete with 38 pages, a few small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

Background: On September 26, 1971, Emperor Hirohito and President Richard Nixon held a brief but historic meeting in Anchorage,

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 27, 1988

• Metallica editorial on growing popularity w/ group photo
• Heavy Metal band - "...And Justice for All" (latest album)
• James Hetfield - Lars Ulrich - Jason Newsted - Kirk Hammett
• Bob Dylan performances at Radio City Music Hall advertisement

Page 85 has an editorial by Chuck Eddy on the heavy metal band "METALLICA" with heading: "Against the Wall" and photo of the group. (see images) 
Background: In September 1988, Metallica

THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 27, 1945

• Hirohito - Emperor of Japan
• Historic visit to Douglas MacArthur
• World War II ending events

The top of the front page has a nice headline: "HIROHITO IN 'SOCIAL' CALL ON MACARTHUR" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.

Note: On September 27, 1945, Emperor Hirohito met with General Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. This encounter, occurring just weeks after Japan's formal surrender in World War II, marked a pivotal moment

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1942

• USS Lexington (CV-16) launching
• Essex-class aircraft carrier "The Blue Ghost"
• World War II - United States Navy
• Battle of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf fame

The front page has a three column photo with heading: "Namesake Of The Lost Lexington Is Launched" with brief text. The top of page 45 has a one column heading: "CARRIER LEXINGTON LEAVES THE WAYS" with subheads. (see)
Complete 1st section only with all 52 pages, rag edition in great condition.

Note: The

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. Sept. 27, 1950

• Second Battle of Seoul, South Korea
• United Nations capture city w/ map
• U.S. General Douglas MacArthur

The top of the front page has a headline announcing: "Seoul Mopup nearly Complete" with subheads and related map. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, (Utah Territory) Sept. 29, 1869  Various news reports from around the country, with some Mormon content as well. Published 27 years before statehood.
Twelve pages, 11 by 16 inches, never bound nor trimmed, some creases, mild wear at the margins. Two small library stamps from Harvard in the masthead.

NILES' NATIONAL REGISTER, Baltimore, Sept. 27, 1845

• The Mormon War
• Hancock County, Illinois
• Nauvoo Temple construction

Inside has various reports under: "Illinois" including: "The Temple at Nauvoo" which mentions in part: "...The first roof of the Temple, has been made of white pine shingles and plank..."
 with more. This is followed by: "A Mormon War" which is a letter from Sept. 14 with details of an attack. Included is a Proclamation from the sheriff of Hancock County. This report takes about

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 27, 1976

• Washington Square Park race riots - NYC
• Racially charged violence - Negroes vs. whites

The front page has a heading: "ALL QUIET IN WASHINGTON SQUARE; What Price Peace in the Park?" Pages 16 & 17 has a report headed; "What Price Peace in the Park" with subhead and related photo.see images for a portion of the text.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
The

THE TIME-PIECE & LITERARY COMPANION, New York, Sept. 27, 1797  A quite rare title by Philip Freneau which lasted from March 13, 1797 to August 30, 1798. This is volume 2, number 6 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 ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Sept. 27, 1873  Inside has a nice full-page print: "Croquet at the Convalescent Home of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Highgate" with a related article.
Also within is a full-page wine-related print: "The Vintage In France: Grape Gatherers Returning" and a doublepage: "An Apple Orchard". Other prints as well.
Sixteen pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1937

• Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination
• Killed by Arab at Nazareth, Israel

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "British Chief in Galilee Killed By Arabs Near Nazareth Church" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of Lewis Yelland Andrews, British District Commissioner for the Gaillee during the British Mandate for Palestine.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 38 pages, light toning at the

FRANK LESLIE'S CHIMNEY CORNER, New York, Sept. 27, 1873  An illustrated newspaper not unlike 'Leslie's Illustrated' however the focus was mostly on women's issues and interests. Various stories as well.
Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a single sheet, nice condition.

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, Boston, Sept. 27, 1879

• Rare publication
• Women's suffrage

Uncommon women's suffrage paper produced by--among others--Lucy Stone, Alice Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Livermore.
Among the articles: "Concerning Women" "Suffrage In California" "The Influence of Women" "Feminine Door-Keepers at the House of Commons" "What One Woman Has Done, Another Can Do" and much more.
Eight pages, great condition.

background: The Woman’s Journal, founded in Boston by Lucy Stone and her

HERALD OF GOSPEL LIBERTY, Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1811  Basically religiously-themed content in this 4 pages newspaper. Never bound nor trimmed, wear at the folds and margins, foxing, 9 1/4 by11 1/2 inches.

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 27, 1940

• 1940 Tripartite Pact
• Germany - Japan - Italy
• Axis powers officially unite

The front page has a nice banner headline: "WAR PACT AIMED AT U. S. JOINS JAPAN AND AXIS" with subheads. First report coverage on the Tripartite Pact which was signed in Berlin by the representatives of Germany (Nazis), Japan and Italy.
Complete in 46 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally in good condition.

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Sept. 27, 1764  The back page includes: "...published in the South Carolina Gazette it appears that the whole number of French setters at New Orleans and its environs, including the garrison, negroes, etc. does not exceed 1900 souls; so vastly has the late formidable power of that nation dwindled in America since the accession of all the northern parts of that vast continent to the crown of Great Britain...".
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1934

• RMS Queen Mary launching
• Cunard Line ocean liner
• Lindbergh baby kidnapping indictment

The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP LAUNCHED AS QUEEN MARY" with subhead. (see)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1862

• Emancipation Proclamation
• President Abraham Lincoln

Page 2 contains the full texts of the Emancipation Proclamation, perhaps the most significant Presidential pronouncement of the entire Civil War wherein Lincoln declared all slaves free.
Headed: "A Proclamation By the President of the United States" the document begins at the bottom half of the first column and takes the top half of the second column and is signed in type by the President: Abraham

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 27, 1938

• German occupation of Czechoslovakia
• Adolf Hitler & the Nazi Party

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "CZECHS DEFY GERMANY" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the capitulation of Czechoslovakia by Adolf Hitler and Germany.
 Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, light toning and a minor wear at the margins, generally nice.

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1938

• Adolf Hitler speech on Czechoslovakia
• "Blessed Are The Peace-Makers"
• Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany

The front page has a banner headline: "DON'T MARCH ! HITLER TOLD" with subheads. (see) Complete text of this speech appears on page 6. Related photo and map are on the back page. First report coverage on Adolf Hitler's "Blessed Are The Peace-Makers" speech at the Sportpalast in Berlin, Germany re. Czechoslovakia.
Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in great

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1932

• Poona Act agreement settled - India
• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends

The front page has a five column heading: "India Celebrates Gandhi's Victory" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 27, 1897

• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Yellow fever - jack
• Epidemic - pandemic

The front page has a one column heading: "Fever's Devastation" with subheads. (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 4 pages, a few small library stamps within the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1890

• Sequoia National Park is created

Page 2 has a very notable yet inconspicuous report on the creation of Sequoia National Park.
Under the heading: "General Washington News" is a subhead: "The 'Big Trees' National Park" with the text noting: "Secretary Noble has promulgated rules & regulations for the government of the park in Tulare county, California, containing the mammoth or 'Sequia Giantea' trees, created by the act of Congress approved September

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, section 3 (sports) only, September 27, 1935

• Chicago Cubs to win NL pennant (day of)
• MLB - major league baseball

The front page of this section has a banner headline: "CARDINALS SEND DEANS AGAINST CUBS TODAY" with subheads that include: "WE'LL WIN AND CLINCH TITLE,' SAYS GRIMM"and more. The Cubs would win this game and capture the National League crown. They would face the Detroit Tigers in the World Series in which they lost. Great to have this Chicago publication. Rare

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1930.

• Bobby Jones goes for the 4th major (day of)
• United States amateur championship
• This would be his famous grand slam win

The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a seven column headline: "JONES AND HOMANS REACH FINALS IN AMATEUR GOLF" with subheads. (see) Jones would complete his famous Grand Slam in golf on this day. (historic)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small

FEDERAL GAZETTE & BALTIMORE DAILY ADVERTISER, Sept. 27, 1798  Page 3 has an address to the President by the grand jury of the district of Maine (then part of Mass.) concerning the on-going troubles with France, followed by: "The Answer" signed in type: John Adams.
An interesting report: "There are now in the United States seven Universities, sixteen Colleges, and sixty Academies."
Four pages, handsome masthead, nice condition.

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 1849 Page 3 has a nice article: "Growth of Chicago". Also on page 3: "Minnesota Territory" with early reports from that portion of the country.
Four pages, very nice condition.

SECTION 9 only of the New York Times, September 27, 1931

• Robert H. Goddard
• Rocket airplane invention
• w/ illustration

Page XX4 of this section has two column headlines announcing: "NEW ROCKET PLANE FOR STRATOSPHERE," "Turbine Design Employs Gas Expansion And Propellers to Attain Great Speed" with two detailed illustration of his new invention (see images). Lengthy text here.
Complete section 9 only with 12 pages, light toning and a little wear along the margins, generally good.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1936

• Seabiscuit wins Hendrie Handicap
• Detroit Race Course
• Thoroughbred racehorse racing

Page 8 of the sport's section (inside) has a two column heading: "Seabiscuit Victor by 4 Lengths In Hendrie Handicap at Detroit" with subhead and racing summary. (see) First report coverage on famous racehorse, Seabiscuit, winning the Hendrie Handicap at Detroit, Michigan. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Other news,

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1928

• T. E. Lawrence Muslim saint - spy ?
• World War I - Arab Revolt & more fame

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Report Lawrence Now a Moslim Saint Spying on the Bolshevist Agents in India" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 60 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton & linen content, allowing the issues to remain very white &

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1935

• Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer jailed
• Jewish-American gangster - beer baron

The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "SCHULTZ IS JAILED; BAIL SET AT $75,000" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication, especially on this topic.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 46 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1881

• President James S. Garfield death
• Best title to have ?

The ftpg. has nearly a half column of heads on the death of President James Garfield: "HE RESTS" "At Last From His Life of Noble Labors" "the Final Funeral Services of the Nation's Dead" "A Quarter of a Million People Turn Out to Render Homage" "Mother, Widow, and Children at the Bier of the Dead" "A Grand, Imposing Funeral Procession Seven Miles in Length" and more (see).
Eight pages, a few

THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, (Utah Territory) Sept. 29, 1869  Among the articles are: "The Arabs of the Middle Ages" "Local & Other Matters" and much more. Published from 27 years before statehood.
Twelve pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 27, 1864  Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Latest From Sheridan" "Official From Sec. Stanton" "Our Advance at New Market" "The Enemy Still Flying" "No Guns & Many Prisoners Taken" "Jeff Davis At Macon" and more.
Eight pages, binding slits at the spine affect just a few words, otherwise nice.

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, September 27, 1932

• Max Schmeling (German boxer)
• Heavyweight boxing

This 6 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Schmeling Scores Technical Knock-out over Mickey Walker" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on the heavyweight boxing match between Max Schmeling and Mickey Walker.

Other news and advertisements of the day. Very minor margin wear, otherwise good.

THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sept. 27, 1865

• Andersonville prison trial - Henry Wirz

Not surprisingly this issue has much Reconstruction related reports, including: "Soldiers! Who are Your Friends?" "The Trial of Wirze" "How Stand We?" "The Beginning of the End of Radicalism" & more.
Four pages, nice condition.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 27, 1930

• Golfer Bobby Jones
• Grand Slam 4 Majors
• Day of achievement

This 24 page newspaper has a two column headlines on the front page that include: "Homans Stages Sensational Comeback to Beat Seavers; Plays Jones for Title Today" and more. Jones would win the historic grand slam of golf on this day. Nice to have this on the front page.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise good condition.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, September 27, 1932

• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends
• Untouchables to Harijans

This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Gandhi Brings Fast to End as He Wins Fight", "Great Britain Meets His Demands on Untouchables"
and more (see photos). This tells of Gandhi's six day fast.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Light browning, some margin wear, otherwise in

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1943

• Rocket gun invented by Nazis
• 100 foot barrel

This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6: "Rocket Guns Reported", "Germans Said to Plan Shelling London With Them". See photos for text information.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout with much on World War II. Good condition.

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Sept. 27, 1873  Inside has a nice full-page print: "Croquet at the Convalescent Home of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Highgate" with a related article.
Also within is a full-page wine-related print: "The Vintage In France: Grape Gatherers Returning" and a doublepage: "An Apple Orchard". Other prints as well.
Sixteen pages, nice condition.

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 27, 1954  This 22 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 14: "Mays and Avila Earn Batting Championships" "Giants' Sparkplug Finishes With .345; Indians' Star Hits .341; Williams Fall Short" with box scores and photo of Mays. (see)

With three hits in the season Finale, Willie Mays wins the batting title. He went from third to first in this game.

Also on the same page is a interesting photo of Ted Williams with caption: "Ted

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1932

• Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
• Six day fasting - hunger strike ends
• Untouchables to Harijans

This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GANDHI BETTER AFTER EATING; IS STILL IN PRISON", "Famous Indian Poet, Tagore, and Other Leaders Visit Him", "Drinks Grapefruit Juice" and more (see images). This tells of Gandhi's six day fast ending.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day

NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, from New York, New York, dated September 27, 1881 The frontpage has: "A Nation's Last Farewell" "Final Ceremonies At Cleveland" "Exercises In Monument Square--The Procession To The Cemetery--Scenes Around The Tomb--The Final Rites" and "The City Under A Pall" "How Sorrow Has Found Expression".  More related coverage inside. All columns on all pages are black-bordered in honor of President Garfield's death.

This is complete in 8 pages measuring 18x23.5 inches and is a bit

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, from New Orleans, Louisiana, dated September 27, 1950.

• Heavyweight boxing fight
• Joe Louis (Brown bomber)
• Ezzard Charles
• Pre fight news

This 42 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 21:

• Louis Seeks to Regain Heavy Crown Against Charles Tonight

with subheads that include: "Browns Bomber 2 To 1 Favorite" and more.

Other news of the day throughout. Little margin and center crease wear, light browning, otherwise in good condition.

PM SUNDAY, New York, N.Y., dated September 27, 1942.

Headlines on the frontpage read "The People Protest Congress' Price Boosting, but Not Loudly Enough, Yet" "Hitler Losing Initiative in Stalingrad Battle - Willkie Asks 2d Front When We're Ready" "Sub Sinkers - What Happens When a U-Boat Is Sighted". The paper features other war news and stories of the day.

This is a complete issue in two-sections and is in nice condition; see photo for additional details.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, George W. Young;  The President Receiving the Citizens of Long Island; Captains of the Coal Strike; The Latest Method of the Middle West in Politics; The New Lance-Boat of the German Army with photos; "Hiawath," Played by Indians in the Open with photos; The Kaiser Goes A-Hunting; fullpage illustration "Fast To A Big One" by Beard; doublepage centerpage foldout illustration "The Hostile Fleet Entering Newport

HARPER'S WEEKLY, from New York City, dated September 27, 1913.

This issue has a color cover sheet over it.

In this issue there is an illustration called "When His Business Partner Entered" by Wallace Morgan. There are several articles in this issue including "The Younger Suffragists" by Winnifred Harper Cooley; "The Coming Musical Season"; "Current Athletics" by Herbert Reed; "A Frenchman in the United States"; "Frank P. Walsh" by Dante Barton and "How the Cabinet Was Selected" by Honore