Century Dispatch
April 14
15 years of headlines
1927
A President's Widow Comes to the Apple Blossoms: When Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Visited Rural Virginia
Clarke courier (Berryville, Va.)
1926
1926: Oklahoma Oil Baron Builds $20K Minnesota Lake House & America's First Super Grid Takes Shape
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1906
1906: When a Chicago millionaire spent $35M fighting unions... then joined them
The labor world (Duluth, Minn.)
1896
Escaped Murderer at Large, Bombing Sent to Roosevelt: Frontier Justice in 1896
The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
1886
Justice Field Won't Move: Inside Washington's $135,000 Real Estate Standoff (April 14, 1886)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
From 1876 Augusta: Nitrous Oxide Dentistry, 3-Cent Hair Ruches, and the $400,000 Bank
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
The Day After Lincoln: Fenians Massing on the Border, Davis About to Stand Trial
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
📰 The Morning Lincoln Died: Rags to Riches & Sherman's Threats (April 14, 1865)
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1864
Congress Moves to Expel Congressman for Saying War Must End (But Did the Same to a Republican?)
Weekly national intelligencer (Washington [D.C.])
1863
1863: Confederate Diplomat Exposes 'Shameless' British Betrayal
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1862
Found Dead in the Canal: What One Indiana Newspaper Reveals About Life (and Death) in 1862
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1861
April 14, 1861: Memphis Reads Romance While Fort Sumter Burns
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1856
April 1856: Washington Land Boom, Paris Roses, and the Last Gasp of Antebellum Optimism
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
1846
A Young Man's Last Letter: The Gambling Suicide That Haunted Baltimore, 1846
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
When Americans First Learned to Bet on Their Own Deaths: Insurance Comes to 1836 Washington
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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