On This Day: July 24 — Century Dispatch

The Navy Nearly Goes to War With Britain Over Battleships (and Lindbergh Gets Fogged In)

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

The Prohibition Chief Who Kept a Liquor Stash and 159 People Dead from Heat

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1906: When Lightning Destroyed Maine Farms & Teddy Roosevelt Planned His 'Stand Pat' Campaign

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

1896: When a Nebraska Newspaper Tried to Stop Bryan by Calling Him a Catholic Puppet

The American (Omaha, Nebraska)

Inside Cleveland's Washington: Civil Service, State Funerals & the Fisheries Fight That Almost Started a War

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

Arkansas Stole the Show at America's Centennial—And It Nearly Killed Visitors to See It

Weekly Arkansas gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)

The Ocean Cable is Done—and a Major European Power Just Lost a War

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

The Victorian Romance That Ends With 'Grandmamma' — Plus Tiger Hunting & Comets ☄️

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Atlanta Falls, Greeley Furious, Lincoln's Peace Gamble Backfires (July 24, 1864)

Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Ohio's Civil War Crucible: When Free Speech Met Martial Law (1863)

Delaware gazette (Delaware, Ohio)

A Kansas Editor's Savage Joke: Why Border State 'Neutrality' Was a Lie (1862)

White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)

Invisible Punches & Cursed Lives: The Gothic Horror That Captivated Wartime America

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

From Washington to Cincinnati in 27 Hours: How 1856 America Was Being Stitched Together by Rail—Before It Tore Apart

Washington sentinel (City of Washington [D.C.])

Schoolchildren in White Dresses & Warships at Vera Cruz: July 4th, 1846

American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)