On This Day: February 15 — Century Dispatch

1927: When South Carolina Fought Over Toilets, Traps, and Progress

The herald and news (Newberry S.C.)

1926: When Baby's First Visit Required a Detective (And Other Roaring Twenties Drama)

South Bend news-times (South Bend, Ind.)

When Chicago was the world's 2nd largest Polish city: Inside the immigrant press of 1906

Zgoda : Wydanie dla mężczyzn (Chicago, Ill.)

A Town Bets Big: Lake Charles Votes for a Railroad That Changed Everything (Feb 1896)

Lake Charles commercial (Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.)

How a Maine Newspaper Sold Revenge: The 'Foster' Serial That Demonized Native Americans in 1876

Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)

1866: When Ohio's 8-Hour Workday Was Revolutionary—and Steamboat Disasters Cost Millions

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Feb 1865: War Bonds, Fortune Tellers & French Horsewomen in Lincoln's Washington

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

Train robbers steal $30K near Harper's Ferry as Congress fights over soldier pay

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Steamship Delivers War Secrets: How Hoop Skirts Became Contraband in Occupied New Orleans

The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])

Six Weeks Before the Fall: New Orleans Mobilizes for War (Feb. 15, 1862)

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

Six Weeks Before Fort Sumter: Congress Debated Territory Law While Evansville Merchants Sold Oysters

The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])

1856: Inside New Orleans' Bustling Port the Day Before a Nation Tears Itself Apart

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

The Immigrant Gateway: Inside 1846 New York's Booming Packet Ship Business—Before the Famine Hit

The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])

John Quincy Adams Takes on Congress (And Carefully Avoids Mentioning the Senate)

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg [Va.])