Century Dispatch
March 30
15 years of headlines
1927
Spring Came to Minnesota—But It Brought Mud, Not Flowers (March 30, 1927)
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1926
1926: When a Senator Admitted America's European Loans Would Never Be Repaid
The daily worker (Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y.)
1906
1906: When Oregon Horses Shipped to Starving Japan & Cripple Creek Nearly Killed 200
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1896
A Failed Coup Within the Coup: How U.S. Diplomacy Bungled Hawaii's Last Chance for Independence (1896)
The Hawaiian star (Honolulu [Oahu])
1886
"Lay on Macduff!" Senator Logan Demands War Machine While Labor Burns (March 30, 1886)
Savannah morning news (Savannah)
1876
A Spooked Marylander Mistakes Furniture for Ghosts (And Gets Philosophical About Courage)
Saint Mary's beacon (Leonard Town, Md.)
1866
Senator Foot's Last Words, Bank Panics, and 4,000 Irish Heading to America—March 30, 1866
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
Death, Salvation & $2.25M Insurance: A Connecticut Town 3 Weeks Before War's End
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1864
A One-Legged Colonel Returns to War: Worcester Honors Its Hero (1864)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
Union Army Plots Water Warfare in Mississippi—Plus a White Man's 23-Year Slavery & Worcester's Leaking Library
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
March 1862: A Confederate Paper Defends Press Freedom While the South's Military Hopes Peak
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1861
One Week After Secession: What Arkansas Was Still Buying and Selling
Arkansas state gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1856
The Inventor Who Refused to Quit: Why Captain Ericsson's Failed Hot-Air Engine Still Matters
New-York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1846
A Maryland Congressman's Desperate Plea to Save the Union Through Canals (1846)
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
When Life Insurance Cost $1/Year: A Snapshot of 1836 America Just Before Economic Collapse
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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