On This Day: April 9 — Century Dispatch

When Sacco Met His Fate: The Week China Exploded and America's Class War Erupted (April 9, 1927)

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

When 35 sailors died in burning oil and Congress heard why rich folks got better booze

The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.)

When the King Arrived, Vesuvius Stopped: Italy's 'Miracle' and a Broke Prophet's Train Fare

The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)

A Senator Says No to the Presidency—And It Changes Everything (Nebraska, 1896)

The Nebraska independent (Lincoln, Nebraska)

April 8, 1886: Gladstone Faces Parliament While Texas Erupts in Gunfire—And a Boston Man Claims Miracle Medicine

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

Grant's Inner Circle Caught Running Secret Police Against Congress—The Conspiracy That Toppled a Presidency

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

April 1866: How Baltimore Sold the Future—One Ad at a Time

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

April 9, 1865: Grant Confident of Lee's Surrender (Happening Today!)

New York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

While the Civil War Raged, New York's Help-Wanted Ads Boomed: What April 1862 Really Looked Like

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

Fort Sumter Burns While Cleveland Debates Sewers: A City Unaware of War

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

Rush Hour, 1856: One Day in a Port City About to Explode

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

War Drums Over Oregon: How Indiana Watched America Nearly Fight Britain in 1846

Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis)

Slavery, Perfume & Fire Sales: What Washington's Newspapers Reveal About 1836 America

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