Century Dispatch
August 31
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1927
A Mexican General Loved Flappers, and Brownsville Just Became Aviation's Gateway to Mexico
Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)
1926
1926: Coolidge plays hardball on war debts while murder mystery deepens
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1906
1906: Russian Premier Bombed, Roosevelt Reforms Spelling, and Death by Poisoned Cigar
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1896
Maine Roars for McKinley: When a Mayor Openly Admitted Vote-Buying Was Normal (1896)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
1886 Sacramento: When You Could Buy 800 Acres for Pennies on the Dollar
Sacramento daily record-union (Sacramento [Calif.])
1876
Washington's Secret Letter Scandal: How a Cabinet Wife's Revenge Toppled an Attorney-General
The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)
1866
President Johnson's Last Victory Lap: Why This August 1866 Tour Was His Final Stand Against Congress
The Evansville journal (Evansville, Ind.)
1865
1865: When America's railroads were death traps & a blind man wrote the Bible on one page
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1864
How Republicans Set a Trap for McClellan (And Why It Worked in 1864)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Garibaldi Hails Lincoln as 'Emancipator' While Kansas Burns: August 31, 1863
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
August 1862: How Ohio's Newspapers Sold War, Stoves & Escape to Homesick Soldiers
Daily Ohio statesman (Columbus, Ohio)
1861
When Lincoln's Government Destroyed Newspapers & Arrested Spies: Inside the Union's First Crackdown (Aug. 31, 1861)
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
1856
Filibuster's Decree: How an American Adventurer Just Blockaded Central America—and Dissolved a Railroad Mogul's Empire
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1846
How Frontier Newspapers Got Paid: The 1846 Postmaster System That Solved Rural America's Cash Problem
Arkansas state gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
1836
Escaped Murderer, Liquidation Sales & French Fashion: Washington City on the Brink (August 31, 1836)
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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