MIDDLESBOROUGH IN THE NEWSPAPERS

Here is a collection of around 100 newspaper pages from the Daily News and other national newspapers that covered Middlesborough events back to 1890. The stories are typical news of the day, but some are very unusual. The pages are large but some are difficult to read due to the quality of the originals. The files are also large and may take a while to download.

A favorite is the story of "Adolph Hitler" living in the mountains near Middlesboro!

23 October 1893: In Receivers Hands (2nd Column)

1922: Ewing (Virginia) Notes

1922: Public Library

28 August 1895: The Son of a Lord Injured

01 September 1925: Babe Ruth To Make A Public Apology To Miller Huggins

27 July 1893: A Kentucky Bank Fails

19 January 1952: Soldier Honored

10 May 1951: First Negro Plays In Organized Ball In Southern State

10 August 1906: Battle With Desperado

03 August 1916: Cloudburst Annihilates Tennessee Village

29 May 1950: Meldrum News

17 January 1912: Bequeaths Head To Doctor

April 1919: Bravest Man In US Is Afraid Of Wife and The Manring Shows "The Cat And The Canary"

22 October 1893: Bad For Middlesborough

09 January 1906: Life Sentence For Two

08 July 1895: This Is News: Cattle Browze In the Street

07 October 1901: A Family Feud

1922 Daily News Ads

26 March 1932: Met By Officers (1st Column)

22 October 1889: "The Bedbug Song": And He Got There Just The Same (E.C. Colgan Dies)

23 July 1924: Death Wiping Out Feud In Kentucky; Members Thinning

21 December 1948: Daily News Page

09 November 1922: Formal Opening Hotel Cumberland Today

19 January 1950: Weekly Barn Dance Starts Tonight

23 September 1890: Proposals For Building A Dam Across Little Yellow Creek (5th Column)

22 April 1939: Pruden Birthday Party (My Family Mentioned)

15 November 1938: Middlesboro School News

1923: The Elks New Home

24 February 1934: Mother's Birthday Newspaper

30 July 1952: Mountain Clans Named In Murder

1924: Schools Observe Education Week (Pre-1950's Pledge Of Allegience)

04 August 1916: 28 Known Victims Of Cloud Burst; 10 Missing

23 April 1900: Governor Taylor (Middlesboro Resident Involved In Assassination Of Governor William Goebel)

24 November 1894: Gold In Kentucky

09 April 1900: Election Trouble In Kentucky

16 August 1956: Miner Seized For Posing As Hitler In Fraud

1956: Preacher Who Kept Hitler Alive Arrested

28 October 1924: Honor Roll For Six Week Term

1924: Our Automobiles

23 January 1948: Obituary of Otis James Irwin

09 October 1935: Birthday Party Is Given

10 February 1908: Knoxville Not So Dry: The Jug Train (Middlesboro)

23 August 1923: Open Letter From Mr. Yarber (KKK)

26 November 1948: Robed Ku Klux Klan'ers Go To Church

Woman Kills White Cap

05 February 1923: L.W. Owens and Grace Partin Wed

1923: Christmas Ads

19 May 1951: Sports Slants: Little Mary Grace Parrott

1954: Death Seer Weeps

13 February 1902: Fight Between Moonshiners And Officers: Nine Men Killed In Scrimmage

Fuller's Action Approved (Mistake made when Middlesboro, Kentucky name used instead of Middleboro, Mass.)

20 February 1902: Lee Turner Captured At Knoxville Tennessee

15 November 1893: Middlesboro Without A Bank

October 1924: Teachers Address P.T.A. Last Night

15 April 1941: Four Persons Dead During Mine Crash

1924: Rose Hill and Ewing News

1923: Nellie Cordell-She Knows All

26 November 1914: Daily News Sports Page and New South Brewery Ad

17 October 1905: Shot Dead Because of Woman

01 August 1895: Voted For Monroe

19 July 1935: Old Mountaineer Is Sought For Slaying Two Officers

10 March 1924: Dean Of Doctors-105 Years

16 May 1903: General Howard In Kentucky Mountains

04 June 1949: Get Aquainted With Your Carrier

September 1890: Turned To Stone-A Big Green Cloud Passes Over

26 October 1940: More Numbers For Middlesboro Draftees Given

28 October 1940: More Numbers For Middlesboro Draftees Given

28 December 1945: Rescue Squad Finds Nine Trapped Miners

16 November 1894: Hanged Himself

1907: Gave Birth To 5-All Well

16 February 1924: Motch Motor Company Radio Ad and Comics

16 November 1948: Sends Concratulations (WMIK)

05 December 1905: Reign Of Terror Exists

07 September 1890: The New Route-Welcome To Middlesborough (Very good early history)

1923: Shelburne Drug Company-Sudden Service

17 December 1940: Three Wounded In Gunfight

1898: Smallpox Epidemic Middlesboro Kentucky (Mentioned 1st Column)

10 March 1914: Feudist, Slayer of 11, Dead

23 September 1899: Feudist Shot In Back

16 February 1913: Not Full Target Size-Why The Kentucky Mountaineers Are Usually Small In Stature

03 December 1948: WMIK Reception Reports

16 November 1931: Authors Indicted For Criminal Syndicalism In South-Kentucky Takes Action

29 August 1890: Fought To The Death-A Bloody Duel In Middlesborough Kentucky

23 June 1920: Murder Mystery Puzzles Detroit

03 July 1910: Paving Brick Durable (Middlesbrough England)

08 July 1936: Walter R. Yeary Secures Position With Scott's Stores

15 August 1949: Daily News-Society News and Election Results

1949: Official Opening Of Station Sunday At Hotel Cumberland (WCPM)

30 October 1951: Daily News Society Page and WMIK Log

16 December 1948: Daily News Sports

19 November 1948: WMIK Promos and Sports

10 December 1948: Daily News

07 December 1948: Daily News

08 December 1948: Daily News

30 November 1948: Daily News

08 November 1951: WMIK Radio Log

26 October 1948: WMIK Promos

13 December 1948: Daily News

21 December 1948: Daily News

1952: WMIK Democrat Convention

08 March 1906: Women Fought A Duel

17 November 1933: Jack Zuta and Ike Ginsburg

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Written by Chuck Owens

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Since 10 January 2010
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