Century Dispatch
November 5
13 years of headlines
1927
When Las Vegas Bet Everything on the Future: November 1927's Building Boom
Las Vegas age (Las Vegas, Nev.)
1926
Nov 5, 1926: Star witness too sick to testify in trial of the century, plus Congress promises massive tax cuts
The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)
1896
McKinley's Landslide: How America Chose Gold Over Silver (And Sealed a Political Dynasty)
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
Inside the Union Stock Yards, 1886: When Omaha Became America's Meatpacking Frontier
South Omaha stockman (South Omaha, Neb.)
1876
Election Day Eve 1876: 100,000 Cheer Tilden's Promise to Heal America (Little Do They Know)
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1866
A City in Mourning Seeks Healing: Inside New Orleans' Lavish Banner Ceremony, November 1866
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1865
When the news stopped being 'exciting': An Iowa town's post-war economic wake-up call
The daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)
1864
A Soldier's Vivid Account from Cedar Creek: How Sheridan Turned Retreat into Victory—One Week Before Lincoln's...
The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)
1863
Desperate Times: Confederate General Jails Journalist Over Routine War News (Nov. 5, 1863)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1862
Desperate Harvest: How the Confederacy Fed Its Armies (and Why It Failed)
Washington telegraph (Washington, Ark.)
1861
New Orleans on the Brink: How One City Mobilized for War—Six Months Before It All Fell Apart
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
The Steamboat Inventor Who Died Poor While His Rival Got Immortal Fame—And How Fake Cognac Flooded America in 1856
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
An Officer's Letter from Texas: The Alamo's Final Days, Told with Haunting Detail
Burlington hawk-eye (Burlington, Iowa)

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