On This Day: September 20 — Century Dispatch

A Dying Sheriff's Last Request Made History—Texas Appoints Its First Female County Sheriff (1927)

Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)

Baby Dies as Church Riot Erupts: When 1926 America Got Violent

South Bend news-times (South Bend, Ind.)

1906: 'He simply lies, that's all' — A mountain politician's explosive corruption scandal

Watauga Democrat (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.)

75,000 pilgrims stormed Canton to see McKinley—and nearly tore his clothes off

The Indianapolis journal (Indianapolis [Ind.])

When a $20,000 Billiard Table Sparked Scandal: Inside Government Gossip from 1886

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

How 16 Scandals Made Democrats Demand Reform: The 1876 Platform That Almost Rewrote America

The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.)

When Kansas Mocked a President: A Small-Town Paper's Savage Take on Andrew Johnson's Failed 1866 Tour

White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)

September 1865: When Confederate Militias Refused the Stars & Stripes

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

VICTORY IN THE VALLEY: Sheridan Crushes Early at Winchester, 2,500 Rebels Captured

The evening telegraph (Philadelphia [Pa.])

Is Richmond Evacuating? France Poised to Back the Rebels—War Turns Anxiously in September 1863

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

Congress Just Abolished Flogging in the Navy—And Made Showing Up to Church Mandatory

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Escape and Snobbery: What Americans Read While Their Nation Burned (Sept. 1861)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

How America Bet Everything on Digging Rivers and Laying Rails—Just Before It All Fell Apart

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

A Prophecy of Britain's Fall—From 1846: One Correspondent's Stunning Prediction (He Was Wrong)

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