Century Dispatch
May 1
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1927
A German Daredevil, a Mexican President's Luxury Train, and Why Florida Farmers Fear Mexican Tomatoes (May 1, 1927)
Nogales international (Nogales, Ariz.)
1926
May Day 1926: When British Workers Nearly Brought Down the Government
The daily worker (Chicago, Ill.;New York, N.Y.)
1906
1906: Gold Rush Alaska Gets San Francisco Earthquake News by Telegraph
The Nome tri-weekly nugget (Nome, Alaska)
1896
Federal Troops Boot State Militia Off Sand Island—And a Cuban War Looms | May 1, 1896
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1886
The Day Labor Rose Up: May 1886 and the Eight-Hour Fight That Changed America
Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento [Calif.])
1876
Augusta's Pulse in 1876: What a Maine Newspaper Reveals About Life in America's Centennial Year
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
One Year After Appomattox: Congress Rewrites America's Constitution—And Europe Edges Toward War
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
May 1, 1865: 'We should hardly recognize him' - Eyewitness to Lincoln's funeral train
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1864
Inside the Union Army's Spring Offensive: How Chicago Fought Currency Chaos While Soldiers Starved
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
From the Mayflower to the Battlefield: One Connecticut Family's 230-Year Legacy (and a Soldier's First Letter Home)
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1862
Scarlet Fever & $1.50 Wages: Life in Wartime New York, May 1862
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1861
May 1861: New Orleans Mobilizes for War—What $13 Bounties Tell Us About Confidence & Tragedy
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
May 1, 1856: New Orleans at Peak Power—Where Every Ship, Train & Auction Block Tells Slavery's Story
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
When Congress Fought Over Canals While Starting a War: The Sectional Rage of 1846
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

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