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Lot 371

[NEWSPAPERS]. [SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE]. The Baltimore News... February 15, 1929.

Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid
$250

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[NEWSPAPERS]. [SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE]. The Baltimore News... February 15, 1929. 28 pp. Approximately 21 1/2 x 16 3/4". P. 1 printed in red and black. 

Condition

Toned, brittle, worn, chipped, one horizontal crease, a few pages loose. Fair. HEADLINE STORY ABOUT THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE. "Gang 'Firing Squad' Kills 7 / Machine Guns Used in Chicago Slayings". Story appears on pp. 1 and 2. On the front page is an article about Charles Lindbergh's honeymoon with his new bride, Anne Spencer Morrow (with her picture), "Lindbergh To Have Air Honeymoon". In addition, there's an article about Morrow's literary career, "Fiancee Soared to Poetic Heights as Lindy Flew Sea..." 

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