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1927
Judge Demands Action on Bribery; Snyder-Gray Killer Cracks on Stand; Klan Dragon's Ex-Wife Sues Governor
The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1926
1926: American Jews Race to Raise $500K as European Communities Crumble
Intermountain Jewish news (Denver, Colo.)
1906
When coal miners turned cold on their own leader—and Italian workers seized police guns
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1896
Champion Liar, Burned Stores & Senator's Mansion: Small-Town Maine Unravels (May 6, 1896)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
The Only White House Wedding Ever (And Why Washington's Spinsters Are Furious)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Tucson 1876: Does the New York Herald Have the Moral Authority to Lead America?
Arizona citizen (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.])
1866
One Year After Appomattox: How Jackson's Merchants Quietly Rebuilt the South (And Who They Forgot)
The daily Mississippi clarion (Jackson, Miss.)
1865
May 6, 1865: Jefferson Davis flees with stolen Confederate jewelry as assassination conspiracy explodes
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
Bloodbath on the Red River: How a Brutal 1864 Victory Nearly Broke the Confederacy
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1863
May 6, 1863: 'The Battle Still Unfinished' - Hooker's Army Fights for Its Life at Chancellorsville
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1862
The Final Days of Confederate New Orleans: A City Improvising Its Own Collapse (May 1862)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1861
Fort Sumter Fired On Six Weeks Ago—See How Worcester Soldiers Joked About War (and What They Were Actually Being Paid)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1856
A City of Merchants Ignores the Storm: New Orleans in May 1856
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
A Senator's Fury Over Fake News (1846): When Congress Battled Over Western Roads—and the Press Got It Wrong
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
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