Century Dispatch
June 14
15 years of headlines
1927
Lindbergh's Triumphant Return, Bobby Jones Stumbles, and the Day America's Heroes Made Headlines (June 14, 1927)
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1926
1926: When Pennsylvania politics cost $1M, jail became a party, and Berlin banned short shorts
South Bend news-times (South Bend, Ind.)
1906
1906: When $20K corporate fines were shocking and sultans played diplomatic hide-and-seek
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
1896
Death by Electricity: How a Grand Street Shopkeeper Became 1896's Cautionary Tale
New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.])
1886
1886: Cleveland's Thousand-Guest White House Reception—and One Watchman's Loaded Revolver
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
A River Town Rebuilds: Alexandria, Louisiana, June 1876—Horses, Credit, and the New South
The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.)
1866
Congress Passes the 14th Amendment: The Vote That Changed America (120-32)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
French Royal Cousins Trade Poison Pen Letters & A Preacher Compares Booth to Jesus
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1864
A Vermont Soldier's Desperate Account from Grant's Bloodiest Campaign—May 1864
Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
1863
Pirates, Deserters & Black Soldiers: A Nation Tearing Itself Apart (June 14, 1863)
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1862
A General Hanged, Wounded Left in Rain: The Brutal Logistics of War (June 14, 1862)
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1861
War Ballads & French Saber-Rattling: What Worcester Read the Week After Lincoln Called for Volunteers
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1856
The Business Cards That Reveal How America Was Taking Over Hawaii (1856)
Polynesian (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii)
1846
Torn Between War & Medicine: How 1846 New York Feared Both Union Collapse and Doctor-Induced Death
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1836
Snake Oil and Steam Power: Inside Cincinnati's Wild West of Medicine and Brick-Making in 1836
The Daily Cincinnati Republican, and commercial register (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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