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Bay State THE BAY STATE: A Campaign Paper, Devoted to the uplifting of humanity, Vol I, No 2, Oct. 14, 1876: The Advocate of Prohibition, and total suppression of the Liquor Traffic....
Boston s.n. No. 298 Washington Street, Room 7 1876 First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good
4pp, four columns per page. 14.75" x 11" The candidates were: John I. Baker of Beverly, for Governor; Daniel C. Eddy of Boston, for Lieut. Governor. The lead article is the Prohibitory Platform as adopted in Convention at Tremont Temple, July 6, 1876. Other articles include: Daniel C. Eddy, D.D.; The Foe We Have to Meet; Don't Throw Away Your Vote; The State and National Ticket; &c.
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Bryan, William Jennings, editor "THE COMMONER," Vol. 4, Nos. 15 & 16, Whole Nos. 171 & 172, April 29 & May 6, 1904.
Lincoln, Nebraska William J. Bryan 1904 Original editions Original self-wraps Very Good
Two issues of Bryan's weekly tabloid, 16 pages each, containing his political views and news of the day that supported his political views. 14.5" x 10.75"
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Burt, Henry M., editor and publisher "BURT'S AMONG THE CLOUDS": Printed Daily on the Summit of Mount Washington, Vol. I, No. 1, Friday, July 20, 1877.
Mt. Washington, NH Henry M. Burt 1877 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Fine
8pp; with 9 views of mountain hotels. 13" x 10" This marks the first attempt to print a newspaper on the summit of a mountain. It contains news of famous visitors to Mount Washington and where they are staying, sights and places of interest in the White Mountains (West Side, East Side, North Conway, Around the Notch, Summit), local news items, and many local advertisments for excursions and lodging (with woodcut views of hotels), &c.
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100.00 USD
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Jackson, Orin F., publisher "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 101, March 2, 1847.
Newport, R.I. Orin F. Jackson 1847 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Very Good
4 pp; few woodcuts in text; some scattered foxing. 14" x 11" Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The "Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island) occupy page one. On page two, we learn that a Newport Town Meeting addressed the topic of relief for the suffering of Ireland and Scotland, while Gen. Tom Thumb recently earned $75,000 in England. The naval committee of Congress made available the U.S. frigate Macedonian to transport contributions for the relief of Ireland, while a 445-pound 20-year-old woman with a 72-inch bust is on exhibit in England, and a Rev. J. Doblin of Hull, England launched an Anti-Stay and Corset Society to protect females from the effects of tight lacing. A multitude of classified ads and notices for goods, services, and curatives occupy pages three and four.
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Jackson, Orin F., publisher "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 102, March 3, 1847.
Newport, R.I. Orin F. Jackson 1847 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Good
4 pp; few woodcuts in text; some faint staining and edge wear. 14" x 11" Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island") occupy page one. Page two news: Newport Town Hall relief meeting aimed at easing famine in Ireland and Scotland; 7,000 US troops are within 10 miles of Tampico, Mexico; ship arrivals; list of undelivered letters; etc. Page three and four display a variety of notices and classified ads for goods and services, including curatives and patent medicines.
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Jackson, Orin F., publisher "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 104, March 5, 1847.
Newport, RI Orin F. Jackson 1847 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Good
4pp; few woodcuts in text; slight discoloring with age. 14" x 11" Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island") occupy page one. Page two contains a Supreme Court notice, news from the 29th Congress, news of US troops in Mexico, and a translation of a letter from Santa Anna. Pages three and four are devoted to notices and classified ads for goods and services, many of a medical nature.
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Jackson, Orin F., publisher "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 105, March 6, 1847.
Newport, R.I. Orin F. Jackson 1847 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Good
4pp; few woodcuts in text; Some foxing and edge wear. 14" x 11" Complete issue. Notices, ads, and a serial story ("The Palatine: The Phantom-ship of Block Island") occupy page one. Page two contains a Supreme Court notice, news from the 29th Congress, news of US troops in Mexico, and intelligence that Yucatan rebels have seceded from Mexico. Pages three and four are devoted to notices and classified ads for goods and services, many of a medical nature.
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Jackson, Orin F., publisher "NEWPORT DAILY NEWS": Our Country and Its Free Institutions Forever, Vol. II, No. 91, February 18, 1847.
Newport, R.I. Orin F. Jackson 1847 First Edition Tabloid newspaper Good
4pp; few woodcuts in text; small breaks at folds as usual. 14" x 11" Complete issue. Notices and advertisements and a serial story by Dr. Montgomery Bird occupy the front page. Page two news: Irish potato famine and call for Rhode Island to send provisions to Ireland; Daniel Webster addresses the Senate re War with Mexico, offering resolutions on Texas; discussion on admitting Wisconsin as a state. Page three contains a wide variety of classified ads and notices, while page four is devoted to ads for curatives and patent medicines.
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Lawrence, Abbott and others NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, EXTRA: Broadside--Thursday, January 12, 1837.
Washington DC 24th Congress, House of Representatives First Edition Very Good
Broadside, printed on rag paper: heading in bold type, text in three columns; original folds. 19" x 11.75" Rep. Lawrence (a Whig, and later the founder of the town of Lawrence, Massachusetts) here argues against Free Trade, speaks out for American business & labor, and accurately predicts the Panic of 1837. The comments of other members of the House Ways & Means Committee are reported as well. The financial panic of 1837 was caused by unbounded speculation and executive experiments on finances, under the presidency of Andrew Jackson. This panic grew out of Jackson's assumption that government was selling land for state bank notes of questionable value. Martin Van Buren inherited the mess when he took office in March of 1837, and the financial panic gave way to a five-year depression,
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Morris, Cpl. Stephen R., editor "BAMBOO BULLETIN": Edited and Published Weekly by and for the Men of 5295th Air Service Area. Command...Leyte, Phillipines.
Maresbras, Tacloban, PI Air Service Area Command 1945 First Editions Printed self-wraps Very Good
Three issues, 44pp total; cartoons in text. Volume II, Nos. 4, 6, 14. 8" x 6.75" These stencilled newspapers were written, illustrated and produced by troops stationed in the Philippines during World War II. They have a decided "GI" tone and offer local unit news, sports and events, profiles of GIs in the Philippine Islands, etc. The mastheads list editor, artists, columnists, etc., with the statement: "Bamboo Bulletin receives CNS material." On the outside fold, each issue is addressed to a woman in Pennsylvania. The final issue is stamped "Let's Get the Troops Home" and "Get the Men Home from Leyte."
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Murfreesboro "THE MURFREESBORO NEWS," Vol. 9, No. 15
Murfreeesboro, Tennessee Pearl Wade, Owner & Editor 1963 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good
8pp; illus from photographs; newsprint yellowing as usual. 18" x 12" Published by and for African-Americans. Motto: "Where the spirit of God is there is liberty.Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Some stories in this issue: "First Negro Investment Agency Opened in Dallas, Texas"; resolution of the Mid-state Colored Fair Assn. mourning death of Sen. Barton Dement; "Negro Parks Featured in Coming Book"; "Chicago to Hold Negro Fair"; "Woman Physician Wins Many 'Firsts'.first negro on the medical staff."; local society news; sports; ads; &c.
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New York Sun "THE SUN," Number 1, September 3, 1833: Reprinted for Third International Antiques Exposition, NYC, 1931.
NY The Sun 1931 Reprint Printed self-wraps Very Good
4pp; usual age toning. 11.25" x 8.25" Contains ship departures, "An Irish Captain," news briefs, Police Office news, Port of New York arrivals, classifieds, etc.
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Prohibition Group of three broadsides: offprints of articles from various newspapers, opposing Al Smith's plan to alter the 18th Amendment
1928 Very Good
3 leaves. Articles are from: Chicago Daily News, Boston Transcript, Winston-Salem Journal, Clarksburg (WV) Gazette, Providence Journal, Springfield Republican, Worcester Telegram, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Inquirer, Buffalo Evening News, and Rocky Mountain News. 17" x 11.75" This pro-Hoover, anti-Smith material centers on the futility of Smith's plan to make Prohibition a state option.
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Shattuck, G.E. THE ADVERTISER: First issue of this monthly periodical
Hinsdale, New Hampshire G.E. Shattuck & Co. 1883 First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good
4pp, letterpress, using display typefaces. 10" x 7.25" This publication marks the third year of Shattuck's store on the Stebbins Block, Hinsdale. On page one is notice of a Sugar Festival, Drama and Dance, given by the young people of the Universalist Society and held at Town Hall on April 20, 1883. The cast of characters in the drama, and the synopsis of scenes, are on page three. A column on page one, written by "Leonard & Henry," promotes this new advertising medium. The rest of the issue features box ads for coco soap, books, harnesses, boots & shoes, shaving & hair dressing, baked good, Hotel Ashuelot, millinery, hardware, insurance, paper hanging, tailoring, printing by Leonard & Henry, paints, groceries, &c.
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U.S. Armed Forces, European Theater of Operations THE STARS AND STRIPES: SOUTHERN GERMANY EDITION, Volume I, Number 1, Tuesday, May 8, 1945
Altdorff, Germany U.S. Armed Forces 1945 First Edition Framed Very Good
4pp, 18.5" x 12.5". Preserved under non-reflective glass, mounted in an antiqued wooden frame to 22" x 17-1/2" overall. Published on V-E Day, this American Forces newspaper celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, proclaiming in 2-1/4" block letters: "E T O WAR ENDS." The Library of Congress has the issue on microfilm, noting that it was published at the auxiliary plant of the Nurenberg 8 Uhr Blatt, Altdorff, Bavaria.
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US Army, Pacific Theater "THE NEW OKINAWAN," Vol. I, No. 161, Sunday, 30 Sept 1945: Most Widely Read Ryukyus' Daily.
Okinawa, Japan Army Service Command I 1945 First Edition Not bound Good
4pp, printed by stencil; four-panel cartoon by Milton Caniff. Minor archival repairs, loss of four letters at bottom of one leaf. 13" x 8" Headlines include: Jap Government Banns Tokyo Newspapers Showing Macarthur Higher Than Emperor; Macarthur Announces Shipping Available to Return 1,490,000 Pacific Veterans within Next Seven Months; Macarthur Orders Arrest of Japanese Who Massacred 100 Allied Prisoners; Pittsburgh Practically Out of N.L. Pennant Race; &c.
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US Army, Pacific Theater "THE NEW OKINAWAN," Vol. I, No. 162, Monday, 1 Oct 1945: Most Widely Read Ryukyus' Daily.
Okinawa, Japan Army Service Command I 1945 First Edition Not bound Good
4pp, printed by stencil; one-panel cartoon by Hank Syverson. Archival repair to first leaf, loss of several letters. 13" x 8" Headlines include: Full Scale One-way Service Opens Between Yokohama and San Francisco; Macarthur Orders Japanese Government to Cease All Censorship Activities -- First Free Press in History of Empire; Navy Orders Curb on Loose Spending as Sailors Blow Lid off Shanghai; Chicago Cubs Win National League Flag; &c.
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York Gazette CARRIERS' ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE "YORK GAZETTE", JANUARY 1st, 1894
York, PA York Gazette 1894 First Edition Self-wraps Very Good
(4)pp. The front page contains the title and a calendar for the year 1894. The two middle pages comprise the carriers' address, titled "The `York Gazette' Carrier Boys Go Everywhere." At the end, as usual, is "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" On the back is a view taken from a T. Dart Walker painting of "The Liberty Bell at the World's Fair." 11" x 7"
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