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1927
Oil Wizard Accused of Hiding Millions—and a 17-Year-Old Stuntman's Final Jump (Sept. 12, 1927)
Imperial Valley press (El Centro, Calif.)
1926
September 1926: Mussolini dodges bomb, threatens France, while America races planes
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1906
🇨🇺 Rebels March on Havana & Hearst's Political Machine Backfires Spectacularly
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1896
Massacre in Turkey Ignites Britain; American Navy Battles Typhoid at Home
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
Charleston Still Reeling: Inside America's Most Terrifying Earthquake & the Sabotage Plot That Could Have Killed...
Savannah morning news (Savannah)
1876
1876 Augusta: How a Small Maine Paper Reveals the Gilded Age's Get-Rich-Quick Schemes (and Kerosene Stoves)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
President Johnson's Last Stand: The Tour That Failed to Save His Presidency
The Evansville journal (Evansville, Ind.)
1865
When Tyler's Widow Tried the Ultimate Inheritance Scam (Plus: Brazilian Navy Gets Reverse-Blockaded)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
McClellan's War Declaration Explodes the Peace Democrats—One Editor Chooses Conscience Over Party
The evening telegraph (Philadelphia [Pa.])
1863
A Slave-Holding Texan Calls Slavery a 'Monstrous Crime'—Inside the North's Desperate Push to Hold Its Coalition...
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1862
A Dwarf's Magic & Gold: How Worcester Escaped the War in Fairy Tales (Sept. 12, 1862)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1861
September 1861: How New York Recruited an Army—One Front Page at a Time
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1856
When New Orleans Was America's Richest City: A Merchant's World on the Brink (1856)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
1846 Baton Rouge: A Merchant's Paradise (and a Slave Market)
Baton-Rouge gazette (Baton-Rouge, La.)
1836
September 1836: When Washington's Elite Imported French Carpets by the Shipload
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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