Newspapers, Non-Pennsylvania

This page contains vintage newspapers, along with magazines that have significant local information. There is a Non-Pennsylvania section, and a Foreign section. We have scattered almanac listings throughout the page. Pennsylvania newspapers, are listed on the Newspapers, Pennsylvania Page.

Our small-community newspapers save the every-day history, and they tell that history first-hand. At times, these small-town newspapers, are the only source of much of the day-to-day local history. The ads show the evolution of fads, businesses, entertainment, society and more. Sometimes, the only evidence that certain businesses even existed, is their surviving ads.

Reading vintage newspapers, is reading history written as it occurred. Yes, they could be biased, and they might make mistakes, but it’s a snapshot of the day, not a re-write done years later.

We have runs of some newspapers that were printed over a time span. It’s interesting to see the different ways that those newspapers evolved. They might change the size of the newspaper or the way they were numbered. They could change their masthead, change editors, or they were sold to new owners.

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Non-Pennsylvania

Here are five different Boston newspapers. They were printed (from top to bottom) between 1802 to 1816.

American Trade Reporter Vol. XIII No, 47 Saturday, November 29, 1879, New York, NY, A Weekly Record of Progress in Trade and Manufactures. 8 pages.

Here are six almanacs. One is 1858, the others are from the 1870s. Five of them are AYER’S AMERICAN ALMANAC printed in Lowell, Mass. One is The Centennial Calendar also known as Simmon’s Liver Regulator Almanac. It doesn’t say where it is prnted. All, but one of the almanacs have advertizements for Meadville, Pa. pharmacies on the back covers.
Here two more Ayer’s American Almanacs – 1896 and 1889 with Samuel S. Collom, Saegertown, Pa. ads on the back covers. The 1948 Merchant’s Bank almanac is published by the ALMANAC PUBLISHING CO., Morris Plains, N.J., printed in Newark, N.J. by Geiger Brothers.

Boston Gazette. No. 43 of Vol. XI Thursday, January 28, 1802, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Boston Patriot. No. 38 Vol. II Wednesday, January 10, 1810, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

1893 Burdock Blood Bitters Almanac and Key to Health, from Foster Milburn & Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

The Centennial Post 1976, Washington D.C. This is a bi-centennial joint effort, by the Smithsonian Institute and the Washington Post. It has a fancy masthead with the (fake) date December 31, 1876, Washington City. This newspaper helped promote a Smithsonian centennial exhibition (in conjunction with the national bi-centennial celebration) with 1876 era newspaper stories and ads. 4 pages.

Here is The Centennial Post newspaper listed directly above, 1976.

Citizen Soldier Vol. I No. 40 Friday, May 7, 1841, Windsor, Vt., 8 pages (uncut). Weekly newspaper “Devoted to the interest of the militia, to military science and national defense in general.”

This shows the evolution of the Columbian Centinel newspaper masthead. From top to bottom: 1815, 1800, 1798, 1794.

Columbian Centinel. Whole No. 872 No. 40, of Vol. XVII Saturday, July 28, 1792, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Columbian Centinel. Whole No. 879 No. 47, of Vol. XVII Wednesday, August 22, 1792, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Columbian Centinel. Whole No. 1066 No. 26, of Vol. XXI Saturday, June 7, 1794, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Columbian Centinel. Whole No. 1524 No. 16, of Vol. XXX Saturday, October 27, 1798, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Columbian Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist No. 7, of Vol. XXXIV Whole No. 1723 Wednesday, September 24, 1800, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Columbian Centinel. No. 3,214. Wednesday Morning, January 25, 1815, Boston. Mass., 4 pages. It has articles on: The Invasion of New Orleans, War Against the Creeks, War in the Chesapeake, On Lake Ontario. It also has much more War of 1812 news, such as militia drafts and army promotions.

Columbian Centinel. No. 3,218. Wednesday Morning, February 8, 1815, Boston, Mass., 4 pages. On the front page, it has a letter from President James Madison to the United States Senate, opposing the incorporation of the subscribers of the Bank of the United States. There are three letters reprinted from General Andrew Jackson, describing in detail, gun boat and other war information of the War of 1812. There is also a reprinting of the long, very detailed official dispatch titled: Capt. Pring’s Despatch [sic] to Commodore Yeo. U.S. ship Saratoga, Plattsburg Bay, Lake Champlain, Sept. 12, 1814. It concerns the capture of His Majesty’s squadron by the Americans, under Commodore M’Donough.

The Connecticut Courant. Vol. XXXIV Number 1786 Monday, April 15, 1799, Hartford, Conn., 4 pages.

The Connecticut Courant. Vol. XXXIV Number 1789 Monday, May 6, 1799, Hartford, Conn., 4 pages.

This article appeared in The Connecticut Courant Newspaper May 6, 1799, listed immediately above. On March 1, 1799, the House of Commons in London, voted on ending the slave trade. It failed to pass by 30 votes (54 votes for – 84 votes against).
Mail Stage ad appearing in the Daily National Intelligencer newspaper, December 20, 1823.

Daily National Intelligencer Volume XI Number 3409 Saturday, December 20, 1823, Washington, D.C., 4 pages.

Daily National Intelligencer Vol. LXV No. 16,613 Thursday, November 16, 1865, Washington, D.C., 4 large pages.

The Dedham Transcript Vol XXVIII No. 20 Saturday, August 14, 1897, Dedham, Mass., 4 large pages.

Eagle Vol. 53 No. 7 August 1965, Milwaukee, Wis., 40 pages. This is the official magazine publication for the Fraternal Order of Eagles. It has a nice article titled “I Love Meadville Because…”.

Erie Railroad Magazines listed immediately below.

Erie Railroad Magazine, October 1958, Cleveland, OH, 30 pages with lots of pictures, feature story: “Meadville Shop”.

Erie Railroad Magazine, February 1959, 30 pages, story and pictures of the great 1959 flood in Meadville, Pa. with emphasis on the railroad.

Essex Register. Vol. XXV No. 52 Thursday, June 30, 1825, Salem, Mass., 4 pages.

Evening Courier & Republic. V0l. II No. 461 Friday, November 13, 1863, Buffalo, NY, 4 pages.

Four-page fold-out illustration: The Bombardment of Fort Sumpter. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 27, 1861.

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper No. 283 Vol. XI Saturday, April 27, 1861, New York, NY, 14 pages with a 4-page fold-out illustration of The Bombardment of Fort Sumpter.

Gleason’s Pictorial Vol. VII Whole No. 162 Saturday, August 12, 1854, Boston, Mass., 16 pages. The front page is about Oliver H. Perry, with a half-page illustration of him.

This is Gleason’s Pictorial (listed above), printed August 12, 1854 with the front page article about Oliver H. Perry.

Independent Chronicle Vol. XXXVIII No. 2610 Thursday, May 8, 1806, Boston, Mass., 4 pages, front page printing of the Treaty with Tripoli – a proclamation by Pres. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison Secretary of State.

Independent Chronicle Vol. XLV No. 3379 Monday, August 30, 1813, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

This is the fancy and rare masthead of the 1784 Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal newspaper listed immediately below.

The Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal No. 38 Vol. 1 Saturday, July 31, 1784, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Here is the 1785 Massachusetts Centinel masthead, after they changed their name (listed immediately below).

The Massachusetts Centinel. No. 11 of Vol. III Wednesday, April 27, 1785, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Here is the 1876 facsimile of The New-England Courant 1723, listed immediately below.

The New-England Courant. No. 80 From Monday, February 4, to Monday, February 11, 1723, Boston, Mass. This is a Centennial “Fac-simile of the first Paper ever issued by Franklin, now re-printed in the Centennial year 1876, by McLean & Sons, 1006 F St., Washington, D.C. .. Copyright, 1876 by McLean & Sons.” They even used the correct paper, to make this as close to the original issue as possible.

New England Galaxy. No. 425 Vol. VIII Friday, December 2, 1825, Boston, Mass., 8 pages (pages 6 and 7 are blank).

New-England Palladium No. 27 Vol. 33 Tuesday, April 4, 1809, Boston, Mass., 4 pages. Printed by Young & Minns, Printers to the State.

New-York Tribune Vol. XXVIII No.8,528 Saturday, August 8, 1868, New York, NY, 8 large pages. It has a large article titled The Oil Regions where it mentions: Petroleum Center, Titusville, Corry, Oleopolis, Pithole City, Tidioute, Oil City, Pleasantville, and Shamburg.

On the left is The Whig Almanac and United States Register 1848, New York, NY. On the right is the Telephone Almanac 1938, printed for Bell System Telephone Subscribers by the American Telegraph & Telegraph Company, New York, NY.

The New Yorker Vol. IX No. 21 Whole No. 229 Saturday, August 8, 1840, New York, NY, published by H. Greeley & Co., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register. New series on the left, 1821 and original series on the right, 1817 (with a Pittsburg [sic] article, bottom right column).
Niles’ Weekly Register No. 1 of Vol XII Whole No. 287 Saturday, March 1, 1817, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register No. 9 of Vol XII Whole No. 295 Saturday, April 26, 1817, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages. It contains a six-page article titled “Pittsburg [sic] Report”.

Niles’ Weekly Register No. 20 of Vol XII Whole No. 306 Saturday, July 12, 1817, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register (New Series No. 6 of Vol I) No. 6 Vol XIII Whole No. 318 October 4, 1817, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register (New Series No. 20 of Vol I) No. 20 Vol XIII Whole No. 332 January 10, 1818, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register (New Series No. 3 of Vol VIII) No. 3 Vol XX Whole No. 497 March 17, 1821, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Niles’ Weekly Register (New Series No. 19 of Vol VIII) No. 19 Vol XX Whole No. 513 July 7, 1821, Baltimore, Md., 16 pages.

Here are three more of our non-Pennsylvania newspapers.

The Quincy Patriot Vol. 62 No. 32 Saturday, August 6, 1898, Quincy, Mass., 4 very-large pages.

Railpace Newsmagazine Vol. 26 No. 10, September 19, 2007, Piscataway, NJ, 47 pages, it has a 2-page magazine article with color pictures: One Hour in Meadville.

Here is the Railpace Newsmagazine listed immediately above, showing the One Hour In Meadville article.

Religious Telescope – New Series Vol. IV, No. 49 Whole No. 744 Wednesday, August 16, 1854, Dayton Ohio, 4 large pages. Published for The Church of the United Brethren in Christ.

Salem Gazette Vol. XXVIII No. 104 Friday, December 30, 1814, Salem, Mass., 4 pages.

The Spectator Vol. II Number 185 Wednesday, July 3, 1799, New York, NY, 4 pages.

The Spectator Vol. III Number 294 Saturday, July 19, 1800, New York, NY, 4 pages.

Stars and Stripes newspaper listed immediately below, with the signed color photo.

The Stars and Stripes Vol. 49 No. 59, Tuesday, June 12, 1990, “Authorized unofficial publication for the U.S. armed forces” 28 pages. At the bottom of page one, is a story and picture about the removal of “Checkpoint Charlie” at the Berlin Wall. See the image immediately above, that shows this newspaper, and a color photograph, signed by Sgt. Michael Rafferty, who was on duty when they removed the historic checkpoint.

The Statesman. Vol. V No. 2, Tuesday, January 10, 1826, New York, NY, 4 pages. It has extensive commodity prices, including the rate of pay for sailors, and a list of U.S. banks with a Bank Note Table that gives redemption rates and the bank notes not payable in New York. It also has extensive U.S. and New York legislative news.

On the left, is Isaiah Thomas’s Almanack for 1803, printed in Worcester, Mass. This is the first year that it was printed by Isaiah Thomas, Junior. On the right, is the upper right corner of page 4, of the January 1, 1789 edition, of Isaiah Thomas’s newspaper, Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette (listed immediately below). You can see the ad, that is advertising Thomas’s Almanack.

Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy: Or, The Worcester Gazette Vol. XVII No. 821 Thursday, January 1, 1789, Worcester, Mass. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, prominent early American printer/author, 4 pages.

Thompson’s Bank Note and Commercial Reporter, June 6, 1857, New York, N.Y., 32 pages plus a 7-page coin supplement. See image and text immediately below for more details.

Here is the June 6, 1857 issue of “Thompson’s Bank Note and Commercial Reporter”.

Thompson’s Bank Note and Commercial Reporter was an invaluable reference for bankers and other businessmen. It has long lists, that describe the banknotes issued by the banks around the U.S., Canada, and the territories. It describes known counterfeit notes. It reports the latest banking news, such as the deaths of prominent bankers, new capital expenditures and it has many pages listing the individual banks’ rates of discount. It has the latest, commercial, stock, and wholesale prices (commodities). It also lists private bankers, and has a list of “Broken, Closed and Worthless Banks”. At the back of this issue, it has seven pages illustrating foreign coins. You could subscribe to this publication weekly, semi-monthly or monthly.

Ulster County Gazette Vol. II. Num. 88. (Vintage reprint) Saturday, January 4, 1800, 4 pages, well-known issue, containing news and a tribute on the death of George Washington.

The Yankee. Vol. V No. 42 Friday, October 11, 1816, Boston, Mass., 4 pages.

Here is a group of our non-Pennsylvania newspapers.

Foreign

Here are four foreign newspapers, from 1795, 1795, 1771, and 1690.

The Courier No. 5,295 Thursday, June 25, 1812. London, England, 4 pages. About one page of space is devoted to speculation whether the United States will go to war.

Gazette Nationale, ou Le Moniteur Universel No 197 April 16, 1795, Paris, France, 4 pages.  This was the main French newspaper during the French Revolution and was for a long time the official journal of the French government, especially under the Napoleonic regime. It had a large circulation in France, Europe, and also, in America during the French Revolution.

The London Chronicle Vol. XXX No. 2343 From Tuesday, December 17, to Thursday, December 19, 1771, London, England, 8 pages.

The London Gazette From July 31 to August 4, 1690. London, England, printed by Edw. Jones in the Savoy, 1690, 2 pages.

The Times No. 3369 Saturday, August 1, 1795, London England, 4 pages.

Tax stamps were historically important in our country’s early history. Here are two tax stamps on London newspapers from 1771 and 1795.

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