Century Dispatch
April 10
14 years of headlines
1927
Seven Years Later: Sacco & Vanzetti Sentenced to Death as Arizona Paper Covers America's Most Divisive Case
Douglas daily dispatch (Douglas, Ariz.)
1926
4 Million Union Workers Demand Beer as Prohibition Cracks Widen—Plus Maine's 'Boy Wonder' Enters Politics
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1906
April 1906: Vesuvius Erupts, Kings Rescue Villagers, and Socialists Riot in San Francisco
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1896
A Former President Remarries Quietly—Plus Train Robberies, Dead Gunfighters & 40,000 Fraudulent Voters
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1886
Silver Worth $35,600 a Ton Found in Dakota—and De Smet Votes on Becoming a City
The DeSmet leader (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.])
1876
Inside the Belknap Impeachment: When Congress Brought a War Secretary to Trial
Weekly Arkansas gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1866
Congress Defeats Lincoln's Successor—And General Grant Gets a Speeding Ticket (April 1866)
Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)
1865
🎆 April 10, 1865: 'The Rebellion Has Ended!' - Chicago Erupts as Lee Surrenders
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
April 1864: Inside the Vicious Northern Civil War Politics That Nearly Lost Lincoln the Election
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Tomorrow's Iron Fleet Will Change Naval Warfare Forever—Inside the Numbers That Terrified Charleston
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1862
The Last Days of Normal: New Orleans Auctions Off Luxury and People, Weeks Before Union Occupation
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1861
The Day After Fort Sumter: What Worcester Worried About on April 10, 1861
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1856
A Window Into How New Orleans Got Rich (and Why It All Fell Apart in 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
A Penny for Your Temperance News: Washington's Bold New Paper Arrives (1846)
The Columbian fountain (Washington, D.C.)

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