On This Day: February 9 — Century Dispatch

Railroad Stocks Crash 40% in One Day—And a 23-Year-Old Just Made History in Texas

Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)

1926: Ponzi Vanishes Again, Tennis Queens Clash, and Diplomats Trade Insults

The Cordele dispatch and daily sentinel (Cordele, Georgia)

When 400,000 miners threatened America's fuel supply & cattle barons ruled the West

The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)

A Missouri Democrat Admits His Party Is Doomed (And Gets Booed for It)

The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)

Cotillions & Courtroom Drama: How Washington Fought Back Against Bell Telephone (1886)

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

44% Returns Promised & Fresh Oysters for 43¢: Life in 1876 Augusta

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

One Year After the War: Congress Opens Southern Land to All—And a Colored Delegation Talks Back to the President

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Feb 9, 1865: 'Peace bubble has burst!' — Lincoln's re-election confirmed as war grinds on

The daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)

Postmaster Confesses to Bank Murder: How Detectives Caught Him Red-Handed with $70 Still in His Pocket

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Arrested & Deported in 30 Minutes: How Civil War Chicago Dealt With Dissenters

Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

A Fake Doctor Charged $100 (in 1862!) — Inside Civil War New York's Con Artists & Opera Houses

Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

Inside Louisiana's Secret Courtroom Crisis: How One State Tried to Steal the Federal Justice System (1861)

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

While Kansas Burned: Inside the U.S. Government's Boilerplate Bureaucracy on the Eve of Civil War

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

Stephen Douglas Declassifies 28-Year-Old Diplomacy to Prevent War With Britain Over Oregon

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

How a Gardener Became a Diplomat: Webster Reveals Congress's Chaotic Final Days

State journal (Montpelier, Vt.)