Newspaper results for "iron curtain"

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17584 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (8352 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. Daily National Intelligencer — 1820-07-15, page 2

    … on deck. Anngel. Another was gone below. In the theatre of Now York, there is an iron curtain, which secures the audi dience, both from smoke, as well as from fire. JI few more …

  2. Evening Star — 1857-06-09, page 3

    … fiitting around for a few moments over the heads of the congregation, alighted on tbe iron curtain-f,ame i?ea- tbe organ, and quietly jeinaiued there up to the end of the strain …

  3. National Republican — 1876-12-15, page 2

    … rufies dry. FROM fire and water YOUR escape Is certnln; Your shield OF safety is-our iron curtain Tall writing may be found in benevolent societies reports as preface to statement …

  4. National Republican — 1877-11-24, page 3

    … drcamliiff lonnaiiReioi triun m an rrt there no fpjlle. And k let It lat thi fill of I iron curtain nncn tie iai rayortiithl halrt Ped rrom rer mini 1 hough the hfje ofmrdrrama proved …

  5. Evening Star — 1881-12-10, page 5

    … OF gas; but tins precaution Was utterly neglected. The person In charge OF the iron curtain between the Stage and auditorium appears 10 have fled at the FIRST ALARM The OIL …

  6. National Republican — 1881-12-10, page 1

    … failure of gas but this precaution was ut terly neglected Tho person luchaiyeof tho iron curtain between the stage and auditorium appturs to havo fled nt tho first aliimp Tho official …

  7. The Evening Critic — 1881-12-12, page 1

    … man also ac tod ns gem nil iiuiiiiiiguicr mm 1110 iicrsou who nail ennrgo 01 tho Iron curtain was nbseut from bis imnt whllo tho door keys of tho vnrloiisnutloL iveni lu tho …

  8. Evening Star — 1882-06-26, page 1

    … from the outside. In addition to boarding and bricking up the, cell windows an iron curtain has been made that covers tlia ttrinHAttr ."TtK/w ? ??- *? - - uiv Timuun, i uc …

  9. Evening Star — 1882-10-06, page 4

    … outskirts of the town and hanged him.' The snapping or a chain caused the fall of the Iron curtain among the footlights on the stage ot the Royal Opera House, In Berlin, last evening …

  10. National Republican — 1882-10-06, page 1

    … In n Iterlln Tlipnfcr Bkhlik Oct 5 Tho snapping of a chain cnusd tho fall of tho Iron curtain among tho font lights on tbo stage of tho Royal Opera Houso this even ing The accident …

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