On This Day: May 14 — Century Dispatch

Senator Pittman's Torch: When Nevada Dreamed of Desert Pecans and Flood Relief

Las Vegas age (Las Vegas, Nev.)

1926: When a $5,000 Egyptian Mummy Turned Out to Be a Shaved Baboon

Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)

1906: A German revolutionary's American dream ends, Russian priest found murdered in Finland

The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)

1896 Nebraska: When a Baseball Game Baffled a Woman, and a Kodak Photograph Became a Mother's Only Memory

The Sioux County journal (Harrison, Nebraska)

EXCLUSIVE: President Cleveland's Secret Wedding Plans Leaked—Congress Already Budgeting for It

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

May 1876: Dallas Booms While Washington Scandals Rage—and a Chief's Lament Goes to Print

The Dallas daily herald (Dallas, Tex.)

Why Stanton Won't Answer Congress About Lincoln's Real Killer (Chicago Tribune, May 14, 1866)

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

🔍 Lincoln Conspiracy Trial Opens to Press + Mexico's Emperor Flees North (May 1865)

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

Sherman Predicts Slavery's Return, and Egypt Proves Him Right (May 1864)

National democrat (Little Rock, Ark.)

Two Tribune Reporters Lost in Vicksburg; Colored Troops Now Marching—May 14, 1863

New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])

May 1862: How Evansville Sold Sugar and Bonnets While the Civil War Raged

The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])

General Butler Seizes Baltimore Under Cover of Darkness—The Union Tightens Its Grip

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

May 1856: Steamships, Lotteries & Land Warrants—When America Bet on Expansion

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

May 14, 1846: Congress Votes for War—and Argues Over Soldier Pay While Doing It

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

Boston to New Orleans in Days: Inside America's First Interstate Transportation Network (1836)

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