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1927
How a St. Louis Boy Banned from Broadway Became a Paris Sensation—Plus: The Roaring '20s Insurance Scandal
The gazette (Cleveland, Ohio)
1926
When bored 1920s women disguised themselves as 'Joe and Bill' to find work
Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)
1896
Nebraska 1896: A Small-Town Editor Absolutely Eviscerates a Political Turncoat
The frontier (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.)
1886
Dakota Territory's Political Machine Spins Up—And One Editor Has a Scathing Attack on Cleveland
The Mitchell capital (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.])
1876
Hell Gate's Final Hour: 294,000 Pounds of Dynamite Ready to Detonate Under New York City
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1866
Gunfire, Cholera & Piano Sales: New Orleans in Chaos, One Year After the War
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1865
September 1865: War crimes trial grips the nation as an entire Louisiana court gets arrested
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Britain Seals the South's Fate: "Last Nail in the Rebel Coffin" (Sept. 24, 1863)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
Inside a Desperate Confederacy: Elections, Conscription & the Machinery of War (Sept. 1862)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1856
Inside New Orleans' $200 Million Economy (1856): The Merchants Who Built a Doomed City
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
A Penny Newspaper Declares War on Whiskey: Inside Washington's 1846 Temperance Crusade
The Columbian fountain (Washington, D.C.)
1836
Moving West at 30 Miles Per Hour: How 1836 America Packed Up and Left
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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