On This Day: February 29 — Century Dispatch

1896: The Populists Thought They'd Win—And They Almost Believed It

The dawn (Ellensburg, Wash.)

She Destroyed Her Marriage With Dirty Dishes—A 1876 Temperance Tale That Still Cuts Deep

Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)

Trapped and Arrested: How a Union General's Florida Blunder Cost 1,500 Casualties—and His Command

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

Britain Caught Red-Handed Recruiting U.S. Soldiers—And America Is Furious (1856)

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