On This Day: October 19 — Century Dispatch

A $15,000 Mystery: How New Britain's Schools Lost Track of Their Money (And Why a Dog Named 'Sooky' Saved the Day)

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

The Queen, the $320K Heist, and the Prisoner Who Refused Freedom

The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)

The Sailing Ship with Elevators & Two Maine Elopement Scandals

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

Guano Ships & Suppressed Claims: How Hawaii Became America's Pacific Staging Ground (Oct. 19, 1896)

The Hawaiian star (Honolulu [Oahu])

Beef, Pork & Fortunes: Inside South Omaha's Booming Stockyards (1886)

South Omaha stockman (South Omaha, Neb.)

How to Catch a Lumber Thief Using Your Dog's Nose: October 1876 Belfast

The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)

A Pennsylvania Newspaper's Brutal Taxonomy of Brides (1866): Why Charlie's Mustache Isn't Enough

The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)

The War Crimes Trial That Started It All: America's First Reckoning With Atrocity, 1865

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

Sherman Has Hood in a Vise—And the Union Press Smells Victory (October 1864)

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Lincoln's Secret Love Letter to Shakespeare (And Why Britain Needed to Read It)

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

1862: While the Civil War Raged, Columbus Thrived as a Rail Hub Selling Fake Confederate Money

Daily Ohio statesman (Columbus, Ohio)

1861: While the Civil War Raged, New York Kept Selling Cheap Boarding Rooms & Cheaper Flour

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

1856: New York Fights Over Voting Rights While Telegraph Promises to Shrink the Atlantic to 10 Days

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

Should Prisoners Weave? Arkansas Debates Penitentiary Labor in 1846

Arkansas state gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)

26 Hours Baltimore to North Carolina: How 1836 America Was Obsessed with Speed (and Slave Trading)

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])