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1927
Nurse, Stained Glass, and Pneumonia: A 1927 Romance Unfolds in Rockville
Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)
1926
1926: When a Sheep-Killing Bear Led Half of West Virginia on an Epic Chase
Pocahontas times (Huntersville, W. Va.)
1906
1906: New York Republicans plot coup as scandal-tainted Senator creeps back to Washington
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1896
Mystery Suicide in Maine: A Successful Man with No Apparent Reason to Die
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
How a Navy Secret and a Dakota Swindle Reveal Gilded Age America's Growing Pains
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Tea, Hats & Hard Times: Inside Wilmington's 1876 Economic Struggle
The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)
1866
Sheridan vs. Early: The Civil War's History Wars Begin (And the South Wins)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
1865: When 57,000 Union soldiers vanished & Idaho struck it rich with $6M in gold
The Placer herald (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.)
1864
Reconstruction Begins: How Lincoln's General Just Reorganized Louisiana—and What It Reveals About the War's True Stakes
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1863
Inside the Crumbling Confederacy: When the South Started Conscripting Machinists and Rejecting Its Own Money (Jan. 1863)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1862
Union Victory in Kentucky + Secret Telegraph System Changing Modern Warfare (Jan. 21, 1862)
Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])
1861
The South's Final Economic Argument for Leaving: A Secessionist Editor Reveals Why (Jan. 21, 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
Gold Rush in the Capital: How Washington's Real Estate Mania Masked a Nation Tearing Apart (1856)
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
1846
"Don't Fight Yet"—A Congressman's Bold Plan to Win Oregon Without Firing a Shot (Jan. 21, 1846)
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
January 1836: Escape, Inheritance, and Westward Expansion in a Virginia Newspaper
Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va.)
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