On This Day: February 25 — Century Dispatch

Why a Mayor in Connecticut Wanted to Pay Politicians—and 3 Tragedies That Shook the Region This Week

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

When airplanes chased ducks and a coal miner's wife starved: Small-town paper warns of revolution, 1926

Watauga Democrat (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.)

1906: Murder confession, railroad wars, and Teddy Roosevelt's loneliest dinner

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

Congress Votes to Strip Catholic Schools of $250K (And a Jesuit Statue Sparks Uproar)

The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)

How a Boston Woman's Pie Trick Sparked America's War Against Fake Butter

The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)

Oysters for 75¢, French Pressmen, & Why 1876 Augusta Feared 'Tramps'

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

Nashville Rising From Ashes: How One Southern City Advertised Itself Back to Life in 1866

The Nashville daily union (Nashville, Tenn.)

Feb 25, 1865: Senate erupts over honoring the judge behind Dred Scott (plus: the great cat thief conspiracy)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

The Dannewerk Falls: How a Forgotten War Reshaped Europe—and American Shipping

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

Inside Russia's Brutal Emancipation: While Lincoln Freed America's Slaves, a Noblewoman's Act of Mercy Sparked a...

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Fort Donelson's Heroes & Desperate Men: How the Civil War Began Transforming America (Feb 25, 1862)

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

Mrs. Davis Serenaded, Medical School Thrives: New Orleans Dreams Big One Month Into the Confederacy

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

When Washington Sold Lottery Dreams & Real Estate: A Capital City on the Brink (Feb. 1856)

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

Maryland's Four-Year Financial Shame Ends: State Ready to Pay Its Debts Again

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

Inside America's Capital in 1836: When Slavery Was Sold on the Front Page (And Why It Matters Today)

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