On This Day: August 30 — Century Dispatch

A Child Crushed, A Doctor Cleared, and Polio Spreading: August 30, 1927

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

When Hollywood Royalty Dies: Valentino's Funeral Stops Traffic (Plus a Cheating Scandal at the Flower Shop)

The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.)

The $3.50 Crime Spree & Other Tales from 1906 Nebraska

The Loup City northwestern (Loup City, Neb.)

When Does the 20th Century Actually Begin? London Is Having a Delightful Meltdown

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

A Treasury Secretary's Mysterious Stroke and the Secret Worries Shaking Washington's Money Machine

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

1876: Democrats Demand "Reform"—And Plot to Reclaim the South

The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.)

The Convention That Nearly Toppled Lincoln: Why Chicago Democrats' Secret Peace Plans Backfired in August 1864

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

8,000 Illinois Patriots Demand Total Victory—and the Annihilation of Slavery (Aug. 30, 1863)

Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

An Irish Rebel Tells America Its Civil War Is Unwinnable—From a California Gold Town Newspaper, 1862

The Placer herald (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.)

What Evansville Was Selling When the Civil War Started (Spoiler: Oysters & Military Buttons)

The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])

Gold Rush Collapse & Patent Medicine Miracles: What a Coloma Newspaper Reveals About 1856 California

The Empire County argus (Coloma, El Dorado County, Cal.)

A Jealous Husband, a Lost Son, and Why New Yorkers in 1846 Were Obsessed With These Stories

Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

Inside a Virginia Newspaper's Brutal Economics: Land, Slaves, and Expansion on the Eve of Panic (1836)

Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va.)