On This Day: October 7 — Century Dispatch

When Gary Schools Surrendered to Segregation (and Black America Fought Back): Oct. 7, 1927

The monitor (Omaha, Neb.)

Murder trials & Main Street paving: Small-town Nebraska gets federal cash in 1926

The Gordon journal (Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb.)

When Hearst Battled Tammany Hall (And Mattresses Were Stuffed With Gold)

The sun (New York [N.Y.])

McKinley vs. Bryan: How a Lumber Dealer's Paycheck Split America (October 1896)

The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)

Cholera Apocalypse at the Stockyards: Why 1886 Hog Prices Are Collapsing

South Omaha stockman (South Omaha, Neb.)

What Augusta, Maine Wanted to Know (and Buy) on October 7, 1876

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

A French-Language Newspaper Argues That Slavery's End is Just the Beginning—October 1866

New Orleans tribune (New Orleans [La.])

October 1865: When America's Former Mayor Was a Suspected Rebel Spy

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

Boa Constrictor, Fallen Generals & Election-Year Politics: Oct. 7, 1864

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

When a General From Germany Saved the Union—and a Rabbit Found Shelter in the Chaos (1862)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Slaves Freed, Forts Fallen: The Civil War's True Nature Emerges (October 1861)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

Dr. De Grath's Electric Oil vs. Counterfeiters + How the South Bet $1M on Railroads Before the Crisis

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

When a Yankee Rode the Coal Screen (and What Doctors Found in the Victim's Skull)

American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)