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1927
1927: When America's Elite Debated Wars, Airports, and Farm Colonies—All at Once
The Manning times (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.)
1926
The Last Lincoln Dies: Abraham's Son Passes at 82, Ending an Era
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1906
1906: When $30 rugs were luxury items and politicians courted voters with textbooks
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1896
Democrat's Impossible Choice: Why Maine's Candidate Just Quit Mid-Race
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
A Woman on Crutches, a Drenched Dandy, and 3,483 New Post Offices: Washington's July 27, 1886
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Don't Slaughter Your Sheep Yet: A Farmer's Crisis in 1876 Maine (Plus: A Mysterious Stranger Arrives at the Gray Gull)
The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)
1866
33-Car Train Carries 2,000 to Massive Anti-Radical Rally in Reading—Inside the Political Earthquake That Would Trigger...
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1865
📜 1865: A 133-year-old will promises the widow 'two payr of Good Shoos' annually
The Willimantic journal (Willimantic, Conn.)
1864
Atlanta in Reach: Sherman Crushes Johnston as Union Victory Finally Seems Real
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1863
Lee Fires Back: Why the General Had to Publicly Rebut the Union's Gettysburg Claims (July 27, 1863)
Richmond Whig (Richmond, Va.)
1862
1862: A Boston Minister Drafted His Own Congregation Mid-Sermon—And 16 Men Followed Him to War
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1861
Lincoln Personally Orders Arms to Iowa as Civil War Reaches the Border (July 27, 1861)
Daily Democrat and news (Davenport, Iowa)
1856
1856 Nashville: When Mineral Springs Beats Modern Medicine (And Why Corn Mills Cost Three Times Less Than You'd Think)
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1846
July 1846: As America Goes to War, Arkansas Courts Settle Land Fraud and Divorce—Plus a Serialized Napoleon Saga
Arkansas state gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1836
The Slave Market Was On the Front Page: What Washington's 1836 Newspaper Reveals
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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