Century Dispatch
September 1
15 years of headlines
1927
Three Planes, One Princess, and 60 Days to Circle the Globe—1927's Aviation Fever Peaks
Douglas daily dispatch (Douglas, Ariz.)
1926
1926: Minnesota Town Maps Every Road, Schools Overflow, and Baseball Nearly Kills a Kid
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1906
When Big Railroad Backed Down to Small Town (Plus $18M School Fund Scandal?)
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1896
When Maine Battled Over Silver (and Tolled 10 Cents to Prove It)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
A Mysterious Stranger, a Loaded Revolver & the Legend of Jack the Bushranger—1886
The Fairfield news and herald (Winnsboro, S.C.)
1876
Sitting Bull's War Song Makes Print—And Custer's Last Stand Is Just Weeks Away
Arizona weekly miner (Prescott, Ariz.)
1866
Johnson Defends His Vision for America—While Mobs Attack Black Worshippers in the South
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
1865: When War Heroes Ran for Office and 'Buttернuts' Got Roasted
The daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)
1864
A Widow's Last Hogs, a Dead Boy-Soldier, and Why Corn Prices Crashed: Raleigh Newspaper, Sept. 1864
The daily confederate (Raleigh, N.C.)
1863
A General's War Poem vs. a Soldier's Grim Reality: Sept. 1, 1863
Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
1862
Maine Towns Put Price Tags on Their Sons' Lives—How One State Raced to Fill War Quotas (Sept. 1, 1862)
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1861
September 1861: Nashville Newspapers Still Selling Miracle Cures While the Civil War Rages
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1856
A Booming Port on the Brink: Inside New Orleans' Last Summer of Peace (1856)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
MEXICO IN CHAOS: Paredes Overthrown, Santa Anna Returns, California Annexed—September 1846
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
1836: When America Built Big (and the Dark Underside No One Wanted to See)
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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