On This Day: September 6 — Century Dispatch

Safecrackers, Prohibition's Crusader Dies, and Babe Ruth's Home Run Race Heats Up (Sept. 6, 1927)

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

Secret War Plans Exposed: France's Hidden Military Pacts Revealed in 1926

Yidishes ṭageblaṭṭ = The Jewish daily news (New York, N.Y.)

When Honolulu's Power Brokers Made 'Demands' (Plus 105 Howling Dogs)

The Hawaiian star (Honolulu [Oahu])

Gold vs. Silver, Honor vs. Revolution: How Republicans Fought Bryan's Crusade at Cooper Union (1896)

New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.])

Geronimo Cornered, White House Gleams: Washington Awaits the West's Final Reckoning

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

A Dakota Frontier Election Day Approaches: Hayes vs. Tilden, Plus the Indian Wars Come Too Close

Lincoln County advocate (Canton, Dakota Territory, [S.D.])

1866: A Kansas Paper Celebrates the Atlantic Cable—and Trolls Irish Immigrants With Hilarious Contempt

White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)

1865: When Front-Page Fiction Featured Buried-Alive Children (and $240M Insurance Fortunes)

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Sherman Takes Atlanta: Worcester Paper Celebrates Victory (and Savagely Mocks Peace Democrats)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

September 1863: Union Winning the War—But Losing the Peace at Home

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

Maryland Women Raised $357 to Save Union Soldiers—Here's What They Sent Them

The Cecil Whig (Elkton, Md.)

Why didn't the Confederates march into Washington? Russell's stunning dispatch from the panic of July 1861

Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)

Mississippi's $300,000 Problem: How America Tried to Fix Its Most Important River (1856)

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

An American Abroad Insults English Oysters (1846): 'Our Clams Are Tougher'

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

A Town's First Newspaper Chooses Slavery Philosophy Over Local News—Cheraw, 1836

Cheraw gazette (Cheraw, S.C.)