On This Day: February 18 — Century Dispatch

A Woman on the Run: The Murder Mystery That Captivated Rockville in 1927

Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)

1926: Television debuts, Churchill sparks debt controversy, and fox hunting goes motorized

Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)

When tar ruined silk shipments and Alice Roosevelt's wedding got one sentence

The courier-journal (Louisville [Ky.])

When Washington Society Met Government Power: A Glimpse Inside Cabinet Receptions & Thousand-Guest Galas (1886)

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

How a Stammering-School Founder Wired America Together—From a Territorial Newspaper in 1876

Arizona weekly miner (Prescott, Ariz.)

An Emperor in Freefall: How Maximilian's Mexico Ran Out of Money (and Time)

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

Feb 18, 1865: Sherman closes in on Charleston as Chicago counts its war dead

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Ale, Horses & Federal Banks: What a Maine Newspaper Reveals About War-Time America (Feb. 18, 1864)

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

"They Cursed Over Soldiers' Graves": A Woman's Devastating Account of Sherman's Occupation in Mississippi

Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

Inside a Doomed City: How Memphis Sold Slaves While Union Armies Closed In (Feb. 1862)

Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

Actors in Gray: The Day New Orleans Comedians Traded the Stage for War (Feb 18, 1861)

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

When New Orleans Ruled America: A Day in the Cotton Capital's Bustling Port (1856)

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

How a Fiery Arkansas Congressman Nearly Started a War Over 'Every Foot' of Oregon—1846

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

750 Pounds of Cheese and a Nation Built on Contradiction: Washington City, February 1836

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