On This Day: May 3 — Century Dispatch

May 1927: When Tampa's Spanish Press Covered Floods, Fascism, and the Charleston

La gaceta (Tampa, Fla.)

The Day Before Britain's General Strike & Inside Scarface Al's Secret Arsenal

South Bend news-times (South Bend, Ind.)

1906: When Olympic Athletes Traveled from Nebraska & Robbers Had Manners

The frontier (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.)

Rhodes Under Fire: How a Failed Coup Shook the British Empire (May 3, 1896)

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

New Haven's Bargain Wars: How Merchants Went Viral (in 1886)

Morning journal and courier (New Haven [Conn.])

1876: What Augusta's Newspaper Reveals About Life Before Telephones (Hint: Revolvers Were Cheap)

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

One Year After Appomattox: Congress Rejects Johnson's Allies & Kills Army Bill—Reconstruction Showdown Intensifies

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

May 3, 1865: Marriage licenses require loyalty oaths & the wild true story of Booth's killer

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

"We Can Afford This War": Vermont Congressman's Bold Bet on American Wealth (May 1864)

Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)

Lincoln's Secret Strategy: A Border State Politician Reveals Why the President Won't Free the Slaves—Yet

The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.)

New Orleans, May 1861: Steamboats & Soldiers—A City Caught Between Commerce and War

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

Lotteries, Steamships & Land Grabs: What America's Economy Looked Like the Week Before Bleeding Kansas

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

1846: Did Your Doctor's Lancet Kill You? One New York Newspaper Said Yes

Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

When Arkansas Was Selling an Entire Territory by the Acre (May 3, 1836)

The Arkansas gazette (Arkansas Post, Ark. Ter.)