Century Dispatch
August 14
13 years of headlines
1927
Rejected, Deported & Ready to Fly: Georgia's Drama as Pilots Race Across the Atlantic
The Cordele dispatch (Cordele, Georgia)
1926
The Phantom Stabber Returns & A Father's Ultimate Sacrifice
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1906
When American Rifles Failed Against Filipino Machetes: August 14, 1906
Deseret evening news (Great Salt Lake City [Utah])
1896
Death Wave: How a 1896 Heat Spell Killed 128 Americans—and What It Reveals
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1886
When Dakota Territory Banked on English Money—and Lost It All | 1886 De Smet Leader
The DeSmet leader (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.])
1876
Free College in 1876? Arkansas Made Its Bold Bid for the Future
Weekly Arkansas gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1866
Angry German Verses & Desperate Veterans: What One Pa. Newspaper Reveals About America's Messy 1866
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1865
Female pardon brokers, Grant's hero tour, and the ship that killed 100+ burns
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
August 1864: Farragut's Triumph at Mobile Bay—and Why Lincoln's Re-election Hung in the Balance
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
The Confederate Press War: When a Newspaper Dared Question Victory—August 1863
Semi-weekly standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
1862
When a General Freed 2,000 Slaves—And Iowa Cheered (August 1862)
Charles City Republican intelligencer (Charles City, Iowa)
1856
The Summer of 1856: Dredging the Mississippi, Racing to the West, and Patent Wars Over Electric Snake Oil
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
War, Tariffs & Cornfields: Why Indians & White Settlers Were Fighting Over Crops in 1846
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])

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