On This Day: February 21 — Century Dispatch

30 Dead as Epic Storm Batters East Coast—Plus How a Chicago Utilities Mogul Bought an Election

The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])

When Congress rushed to adjourn & a $6M heir died with a cigarette 🔥

The Cordele dispatch and daily sentinel (Cordele, Georgia)

1906: Mother's Desperate Act Aboard Luxury Steamer Shocks Nation

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

A 14-Year-Old Kicked Her Leg Twice and Split a Church in Two (1896)

The American (Omaha, Nebraska)

Riots, Scandal & Socialism: How London's Elite Lost Control in February 1886

New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.])

What Ailed 19th-Century Maine: Patent Medicines, Oysters at 45¢, and French Tailors

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

When Maine Rebuilt Itself: The Bustling Business Pages of 1866

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Feb 21, 1865: Confederate Admits Arming Slaves Would Be 'Abolition' 📰

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

How Grant Planned to Strangle Vicksburg—and Why Canada's Trade Deal Nearly Split America

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

A Freezing Apple-Seller, Patriotic Concerts & Why Singer Sewing Machines Cost $75 in Wartime Connecticut

The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)

Reaping Machines, Fashion Icons & $50,000 Lottery Dreams: Inside Washington's Bureaucratic Valentine's Day

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

Britain's Stunning U-Turn: A Free-Trade Revolution That Could Change Everything—February 1846

American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)