On This Day: October 16 — Century Dispatch

The Fall Reckoning: Teapot Dome Goes to Trial as Washington Holds Its Breath

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

500 cops hunt machine gun bandits while Romanian queen goes swimming

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1906: When Kansas Republicans Lost 800 Black Voters & Traveling Salesmen Revolted Over Train Fares

The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)

1896 Nebraska: When a Pawned Cuff Button Sank a Candidate (and McKinley's Victory Was Just Weeks Away)

The Loup City northwestern (Loup City, Neb.)

How Cleveland's Cousin Got a Plum Job (And Why the Navy Ended a Corrupt Scam)

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

Three Rail Companies Go to War Over Your $11 Centennial Ticket—Plus the Steamship Concerts That Won

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Eighteen Unknown Bodies in the Potter's Field: Why New Orleans Needs a Morgue (1866)

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

Oct 16, 1865: War crimes lawyer storms out, Confederates regain the vote

New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])

Three Weeks to Save the Union: How Chicago's Tribune Called the 1864 Election

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Secret Letter Reveals Britain INVENTED the Monroe Doctrine (Not Monroe)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

"Frozen Potato Toes" and Other Excuses: How One Connecticut Town Dodged the Draft in 1862

Litchfield enquirer (Litchfield, Conn.)

While the South Burned: How Shreveport Merchants Kept Selling Honey Recipes and Piano Lessons (October 1861)

The south-western (Shreveport, La.)

Rails, Riches & Regional Rivalry: Why a Southern Railroad Ad from 1856 Predicted Civil War

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

October 1846: How Washington Looked While America Conquered Half of Mexico

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