Century Dispatch
October 14
13 years of headlines
1927
1927: When Connecticut Fought Drunk Drivers and Radical Saboteurs—All on One October Morning
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1926
1926: A Fatal Wave Goodbye, Hung Jury for Harding's Attorney General, and the Kaiser's $3.6M Payday
Watauga Democrat (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.)
1906
The Hitless Wonders Win It All & Arizona Strikes Gold Again
Arizona republican (Phoenix, Ariz.)
1896
Nine Tons of Powder, One Abandoned Baby, and the Biggest Blast Ever: Maine's October 14, 1896
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1876
1876 Maine: $500 Bounty for Arsonists, Stock Schemers, and Five-Cent Cologne
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1865
🔍 Oct 14, 1865: Johnson decides Jefferson Davis must face treason trial + English spies hunt Irish rebels in Chicago
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
October 1864: Pennsylvania Dems Sense Victory as Lincoln's War Grows Unpopular—'The Union Savers' Strike Back
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1863
October 1863: Confederates Watch Union Artillery Arrive—And Know They Can't Match It
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1862
CORINTH FALLS: Union Routs Rebels in Mississippi, Capturing Thousands and Breaking Confederate Power in the West
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1861
October 14, 1861: War Gets Real—Armies Mobilize, Rails Gouge Farmers, and Canadians Fight a Legal Battle
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1856
1856: When America's Greatest Builders and Its Greatest Enemies Were Building the Same Railroads
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
When War Profits Met Fashion: What Washington Was Really Buying in October 1846
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
When Virginia's Land Boom Met the Edge of Disaster: October 1836
Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va.)

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