Century Dispatch
February 19
13 years of headlines
1927
Wall Street Sends 1,400 Marines to 'Smother' Nicaragua—And Communist Press Exposes It All (Feb. 19, 1927)
The daily worker (Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y.)
1926
1926: When eyeglass pins cost 23¢ and romance serials ruled the front page
Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)
1906
When Kansas Republicans Bet $200 on Elections & Roosevelt Chose Locks Over Suez
The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)
1896
A Butler's Bullet: How Frank Miller Became a Hero (Again) in 1890s San Francisco
The Dalles weekly chronicle (The Dalles, Or.)
1886
How Miss Cleveland Solved Washington's Impossible Dinner Problem—Plus What Corsets Cost in 1886
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Delaware in 1876: When Tea Merchants Competed Like Titans and the State Counted Every Dollar
The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)
1866
Grant Orders Newspapers Suppressed & A $40,000 Daylight Heist Shocks St. Louis (Feb. 19, 1868)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
Sherman Takes South Carolina's Capital as Illinois Politicians Get Caught Stealing
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Soldiers Threatening to Hang Copperheads at Home: How the Civil War Army Became Judge and Jury
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1862
New Orleans Braces for War: As Union Threatens, Confederacy Desperately Recruits—Feb. 19, 1862
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1861
Chaos at the Station: Inside Lincoln's Frantic Arrival in Albany (Feb. 1861)
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1856
Inside the Golden Port: New Orleans' Commerce in 1856 (Before Everything Changed)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
"Oregon is Ours!" Polk Rejects British Deal; Indiana Demands Expansion (1846)
Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis)

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