Century Dispatch
October 27
14 years of headlines
1927
A Judge Tells Citizens to Shoot Klan Members (and Other Oct. 1927 Mountain Town Drama)
Watauga Democrat (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.)
1926
Cotton Crisis, Royal Visitors, and a 'Clubber' on the Loose: Alabama 1926
The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)
1896
One Week to Election: McKinley Confident, Bryan Defiant—and the Populists Just Gave Up
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
Statue Dedication Tomorrow, Westinghouse's Electric Revolution, and Why Women Are Crashing Horse Races in 1886
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
1876 Augusta, Maine: When a Drug Store's 'Careful Selection' Was Revolutionary Marketing
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
Death Sentence in Canada Sparks Fenian War Threats—And Sherman Arrives in Washington with Bad News
The Evansville journal (Evansville, Ind.)
1865
When Pennsylvania Burned Down Squatters' Cabins (And Other Wild Tales from 1771)
The Bedford gazette (Bedford, Pa.)
1864
Election Fraud, Military Rout, & One General's Heroic Redemption: October 27, 1864
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1863
"He continued to give orders until he was unable to do so": A Massachusetts officer's account of battle near Richmond,...
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
When Soldiers' Families Packed Care Boxes: A Davenport Wartime Tuesday (Oct 27, 1862)
Daily Democrat and news (Davenport, Iowa)
1861
When the Confederacy Couldn't Even Clothe Its Soldiers: Inside October 1861's Desperate War Legislation
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1856
October 1856: Inside a Doomed River Town's Booming Last Days Before the Panic
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
Patent Hernias & Imported Chefs: How 1846 Washington Sold Progress to the Masses
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1836
Racing Across America in 26 Hours: Inside the 1836 Transportation Boom That Changed Everything
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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