On This Day: June 2 — Century Dispatch

Springfield's Grand Makeover: Why This 1927 City Was Obsessed With First Impressions

Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)

The 11-year-old hero, 31-pound monster fish, and America's last homesteaders

Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)

1906: Lightning kills 5 at baseball game, melts silver dollar in victim's pocket

Macon beacon (Macon, Miss.)

Rum, Ransoms & Gunboats: How Two Naval Commanders Saved a Country's Port in 30 Minutes

The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)

Federal Crackdown on Anti-Chinese Violence, and Why Cleveland's Marriage License Made the Papers

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

How Arizona's Boomtown Miners Shipped Gold by Stagecoach (120-Hour Journey Included)

Arizona weekly miner (Prescott, Ariz.)

One Year After the War Ends, California Dreams of Railroads—and Auburn Grieves an Assassinated Friend

The Placer herald (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.)

1865: The Congressman Who Refused to Beg Lincoln for His Constituent's Freedom

The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)

Does Lincoln Deserve Credit for Abolition? A Civil War-Era Debate That Still Divides Us

Weekly national intelligencer (Washington [D.C.])

A Union Spy's Secret Report from Inside the Confederacy—What He Found Will Shock You

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Richmond Celebrates—While Betting on Washington in 3 Weeks | June 1862

Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.)

June 1861: Nashville Advertises Seeds and Cordials While the South Prepares for War

Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)

"Bleeding Kansas" & Colt Revolvers: What Worcester Merchants Were Selling in June 1856

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Senate Erupts Over Oregon: Did America's Famous "54° 40' or Fight" Boundary Ever Actually Exist?

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