Description: You are considering the Jan 31, 1880, original and complete issue of Harper's weekly Vol XXIV, No.1205, pages 65-80. It is 1880. Rutherford B. Hayes is President but declines another run. James A. Garfield (R) defeats Winfield S. Hancock (D) in the November election. The year is known for its "Hard Winter of 1880-1881." Thomas Edison introduces the Incandescent light- bulb and it is debuted aboard the U.S.S. Columbia at Wall Street before its voyage to Portland, in Wabash, Indiana, on the streets, and at Edison's Menlo Park lab for Christmas. A Viking ship is excavated, and the cash register is introduced. Internationally The First Boar and Second Anglo-African Wars begin. France annexes Tahiti. The Panama Canal project begins and the Cologne Cathedral is completed after 632 years. In Australia, Ned Kelly, the bushranger, is captured and hanged. Closer to home the first pay telephone service is introduced in Connecticut, the Salvation Army begins operating in the U.S., and the first perfect game is pitched in baseball. USC opens and Mexican soldiers kill the Apache warrior Victorio. In This Issue: Republicans and a Third Term. The Irish Question. Iceland. The Recent Storms. Straw. Tile Club centerfold. Wild Animals in India. Paris Under the Snow. Whale in Charleston. Floating Islands Thomas Nast cover page, full-page and last page cartoon illustration. Wonderful old ads, literature, domestic and foreign news. I will combine shipping. Two Harper's Weekly issues mail for the same price as one. I will refund any postage overpay for multiple issues.
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