On This Day: April 23 — Century Dispatch

When a Legislator Got Caught With Scotch, a Preacher Got Locked Up Drunk, and Mexico Lost 187 People to Bandits

The West Virginia news (Ronceverte, W. Va.)

1926: Man Arrested for Crime of 'Introducing a Speaker' at Union Rally

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

April 23, 1906: 'Flames blazing far above her head' and other stories from earthquake week

The Richmond palladium (Richmond, Ind.)

How to Build a Third Party That Actually Wins: A 1896 Populist Masterclass (Spoiler: It Didn't Work)

The Nebraska independent (Lincoln, Nebraska)

When 4,800-Acre Farms Sold for $34,000: A Snapshot of the 1886 California Land Rush

Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento [Calif.])

Caught Red-Handed: How a New York Official Billed the Government $2.7 Million (in today's money) for Voter Lists

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

One Year After Appomattox: Murder, Loyalty Oaths, and the Wild West of Reconstruction America

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

1865: Lincoln's funeral train stops the nation — and his medieval royal bloodline revealed

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

While Grant's Armies Fought, Worcester Readers Debated Whether Humans Could Redirect Rivers

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Vindication and Retreat: How Union Discipline Held While Confederates Cracked (April 1863)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

April 1862: While Shiloh Burned, New Yorkers Rented Rooms and Bought Artificial Limbs

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

Confederate Troops Seize Harper's Ferry Arsenal—And a Chicago Firm Plans to Profit (April 23, 1861)

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

200+ Human Beings for Sale: Inside a D.C. Newspaper's Shocking April 1856 Auction Notice

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

War Is Coming: American Forces Mass on the Rio Grande as Mexico's Diplomacy Crumbles (April 1846)

Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis)

April 1836: Insurance, Slavery Ads, and the Birth of American Financial Hustle in Washington City

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