On This Day: April 11 — Century Dispatch

1927: Rykoff accuses the West of starting WW3, a piano-machine concert nearly riots, and Big Bill Thompson wins Chicago

Imperial Valley press (El Centro, Calif.)

1926: Immigration Doors Slam Shut as Europe Smolders

Yidishes ṭageblaṭṭ = The Jewish daily news (New York, N.Y.)

1906: Chinese fugitives flee across Pacific as Hawaiian murder trial hinges on 'insane act' defense

The Hawaiian star (Honolulu [Oahu])

When Gladstone Met His Match: The Debate That Nearly Toppled Irish Home Rule (and Left MPs Sitting on the Floor)

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

A Printer's Secret in 1876 Kansas—And the Mystery That Consumed Him

Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)

Maryland, 1866: Congress Defies Johnson Over Civil Rights as Nation Rebuilds

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

🎉 1865: 'Bulls Embraced Bears' — Chicago Goes Wild as Lincoln Reclaims 'Dixie'

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

"Free Forever!" Louisiana Votes to Abolish Slavery—But Owners Still Hunt Down the Escaped

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

April 1863: Union Tightens Noose—Richmond Riots, Charleston Bombardment, and the South's Desperate Gamble

Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)

Worcester Booms While America Bleeds: What a 1862 Real Estate Page Reveals About Civil War Profiteering

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

April 11, 1861: The Day Fort Sumter Fell—and Arkansas Newspapers Still Sold Fiddles to Runaway Slaves

Arkansas true Democrat (Little Rock, Ark.)

Inside the Economic Engine of Slavery: A 1856 New Orleans Shipping Page Reveals America's Fatal Contradictions

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

One Cent for Temperance: How a Radical D.C. Paper Launched America's Crusade Against Alcohol (1846)

The Columbian fountain (Washington, D.C.)

When Washington Got Its First Insurance Boom: What $2.04 Could Buy in 1836

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