On This Day: April 18 — Century Dispatch

When the AFL's Own VP Was Secretly Running a Capitalist Conspiracy—1927's Labor War Gets Exposed

The daily worker (Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y.)

Missing in Alaska: Arctic Heroes Vanish as Washington Braces for Explosive Government Corruption Probes

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

April 18, 1906: Roosevelt Battles Insurance Scandals While Congress Goes Into Overdrive

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

How a Louisiana Parish Bet Its Future on the Railroad (April 18, 1896)

Lake Charles commercial (Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La.)

When a Queen Defied Her Prime Minister: The Irish Home Rule Crisis That Split Britain (and Burned a Harvard Student)

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

How a Widow's Signature Put $1.6 Million Under One Man's Control—Delaware, April 1876

The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)

Victory Celebrations and Chinese Tea Ships: Baltimore Cheers Civil Rights as America Rushes Back to Business (April...

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

The Day Chicago Voted While Lincoln's Assassin Ran Free — April 18, 1865

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Inside a Confederate Prison: Officers' Harrowing 1864 Testimony From Yankee Camps

Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

"We Hope They Enjoyed Themselves": A Soldier's Darkly Comic Letters from the Civil War's Grinding Middle

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Maryland Paper Reports Death of Lee's Rival—and Why Yorktown Matters More Than Ever

Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)

One Week Into Civil War, Worcester Paper Reprints Charleston's 1776 Glory—A Pointed Historical Reminder

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Inside the Bustling Docks of 1856 New Orleans—Before Everything Changed

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

Can College Students Vote? A Bitter 1846 House Fight That Nearly Changed Everything

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

1836 Lynchburg: Rheumatism Cures, Runaway Slaves, and 70 Miles of Operating Railroad

Lynchburg Virginian (Lynchburg [Va.])