On This Day: January 7 — Century Dispatch

Senator Borah Breaks With Coolidge Over Nicaragua—As First Transatlantic Phone Call Connects New York to London

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

When Nebraska's Worst Blizzard Trapped Mail Carriers & Still-Raiders Alike

The Gordon journal (Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb.)

Maine's Deadly Deep Freeze: When Ice Was Gold and Winter Killed Without Warning (Jan. 7, 1896)

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

1886: Why Teddy Roosevelt's Mentor Got Fired (and What It Cost America)

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

1876: When Java Coffee Cost 40¢ and Miracle Worm Pills Outsold Everything Else

The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)

Theater Riot, Railroad Monopolies & Fenian Trials: The Day Reconstruction Exploded (Jan. 7, 1866)

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

1865: Sherman Declares 'Savannah Already Gained' + Gold Miners Fill Pans with 'Ponderous Metal'

The Idaho world (Idaho City, Idaho Territory)

1864 Begins: Can Lincoln Stop a French-Backed Mexican Monarchy? (Plus: Starving Tennessee Loyalists)

Weekly national intelligencer (Washington [D.C.])

Arkansas Fights to Stay Civilized as War Closes In: What One 1863 Newspaper Reveals

Washington telegraph (Washington, Ark.)

When NYC's Newspapers Turned into Recruiting Stations (1862)

New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])

Nashville in January 1861: Still Selling Homes & Sewing Machines While the Union Falls Apart

Daily Nashville patriot (Nashville, Tenn.)

Before the War: A Day in Cotton Country's Greatest Port (Jan. 7, 1856)

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

Inside Washington's Most Exclusive Ball (and the Merchant Dentist Offering 'No Poison' Extractions)

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

Inside Washington's 1836 Breakfast Table: Steamboats, Slave Auctions, and the Capital's Hidden Contradictions

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])