Century Dispatch
June 9
15 years of headlines
1927
When a Soviet Ambassador Was Shot Dead in Warsaw—And Lindbergh Made Berlin Go Wild (June 9, 1927)
Amerikanski srbobran (Pittsburg, Pa.;Pittsburgh, Pa.)
1926
The Diplomatic Drama, Swimming Dreams & a Pigeon's Mysterious Message
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1906
1906: When $3 shoes were luxury and lead paint was 'the best' 🏺
The Baltimore County union (Towsontown, Md.)
1896
Maine Goes All-In for Reed in St. Louis—Plus a Strangling Mystery and Organized Boy Burglars
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
Geronimo on the Run, Socialites Gossiping, and Cleveland's Wedding Week at the White House
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Apache Agent Under Fire (1876): A Frontier Scandal Letter That Changed Everything
Arizona weekly miner (Prescott, Ariz.)
1866
The Day the Fenian Dream Died: How Irish-American Civil War Veterans Lost Their War on Canada
The Evansville journal (Evansville, Ind.)
1865
June 1865: Inside Lincoln's Assassination Trial & Confederate Steamboat Sabotage Plot
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
Lee's Last Stand: Union Army Closes in on Richmond (June 1864)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
Three Weeks Before Gettysburg: A Vermont Newspaper Escapes Into Poetry and Philosophy
Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
1862
One Hour That Changed the War: Union Navy Destroys Rebel Fleet and Takes Memphis
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1861
Yesterday Tennessee Seceded—And Nashville's Front Page Still Sold Patent Medicine Cordials
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1856
1856: Washington's Real Estate Boom—While the Nation Crumbles Toward War
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
1846
1846: The Secret Military Buildup Before Mexico War—Newly Published Orders Reveal the U.S. Prepared for Invasion
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
A Slaveholding Nation Buys and Sells, 1836: Inside Washington's Property Wars
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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