On This Day: August 17 — Century Dispatch

When a Connecticut Governor's Plane Crashed Before Takeoff—And a Secret Passenger Might've Been on the Rome Flight

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

The hermit, the halter rope, and Valentino's final week 📰

The Alaska daily empire (Juneau, Alaska)

1906: San Francisco rebuilds with insurance fights, Panama coup plots, and Chinese workers for the canal

The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)

1,000 Mainers Fled to the Lake on Electric Trolleys—And One Brought Home This Menu

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

1886 Sacramento: The Moment California's Great Land Boom Went Into Overdrive

Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento [Calif.])

A Jammed Door Lock Changed Her Mind: 1876 Romance, Farm Ledgers & the Language of Flowers

Saint Mary's beacon (Leonard Town, Md.)

The Convention Where Republicans Literally Silenced Debate—And Lost Control of America

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

The Wall Street Scandal That Shocked 1865: A Son's $5M Betrayal

The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])

Angels at the Convention: When Spiritualism Crashed Grant's War News (August 17, 1864)

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

Inside the Confederacy's Desperate Race for Supplies—and the Small Victories Fading Fast (Aug 17, 1863)

Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

A Memphis newspaper from 1862 reveals the secret debate that would change the Civil War forever

Daily union appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

General Lyon Dies at Springfield: The Union Learns War Won't Be Quick

Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)

Congress in Chaos: Kansas Fury, Mail to California, and the Storm That Broke the South—August 1856

The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])

How America Fed Its Navy (and Managed a War Debt) in 1846—Plus Capitol Real Estate Booms

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])

A Bishop's Diamond Ring, a Library That Still Stands, and Congress Settles Its Debts: August 1836 Newport

The Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.)