Century Dispatch
January 1
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1927
How Nevada Negotiators Reshaped the West—And Why Las Vegas Couldn't Stop Burning (Jan. 1, 1927)
Las Vegas age (Las Vegas, Nev.)
1926
New Year 1926: $2 Strawberries, Armed Robberies, and a 56-Year Railroad Career Ends
The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1906
1906: Three German Businessmen Vanish at Pearl Harbor (Plus a Pastor Becomes a Farmer)
The Hawaiian star (Honolulu [Oahu])
1896
Gold or Greenbacks? America's Treasury on the Brink—and a Sailor Goes Mad at Sea
The Dalles weekly chronicle (The Dalles, Or.)
1886
Inside Cleveland's Glittering New Year's Ball: Diamond Necklaces, Diplomatic Intrigue & a Hangover Cure (Jan. 1, 1886)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
A General Warns of Disaster: Read Arizona's Prophetic 1876 Indian Policy Debate
Arizona citizen (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.])
1866
Death, Trials & Secret Empires: What 1866 America Feared Most (Plus Chicago's Shocking Wheat Numbers)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
New Year 1865: Lincoln counts his $18M cotton haul as the Confederacy crumbles
New York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1864
Jan. 1, 1864: Worcester Celebrates Emancipation's First Birthday as Union Generals Chase Rebels Across the South
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
Emancipation Day 1863: When Freedom Arrived, Violence Followed
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
New Orleans on the Brink: How a City Mobilized for War—New Year's Day 1862
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1861
New Orleans on the Edge: Last Days Before Secession (Jan. 1, 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
New Year's Day 1856: When New Orleans Ruled America's Waterways—See the Ships That Built a Fortune (and a Doomed...
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
January 1, 1846: Democrats Plot Polk's Re-Election While Oregon Teeters on the Brink of War
Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1836
New Year's Day 1836: Inside the Price of Pianos, People & Property in Slave-Era Washington
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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