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1927
New England Underwater: When 10,000 Flooded Residents Made Coolidge Rethink Federal Power
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1926
The $5 Mail Heist That Fooled Everyone (And Other Tales from 1926)
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1906
1906: When railroad workers went silent and politicians bet thousands on election night
The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)
1896
When a Bull Gored a Picador, Robbers Left Silver Behind, and Rebels Planned to Siege Havana: November 6, 1896
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1886
Has Anyone Lit the Statue of Liberty Lately? (Plus: Cleveland Heads to Boston)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Election Day 1876: How a Small Iowa Paper Fought the Civil War All Over Again
Knoxville journal (Knoxville, Iowa)
1866
New Orleans Sends Its First Postwar Shipment—and Cholera Kills 100 in a Week
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1865
1865: Cholera Quarantine Traps 458 Passengers as America Faces New Threats
Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)
1864
The Day Before Lincoln's Presidency Hung in Balance—And Armed Rebels Arrived in Chicago
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Even Confederate Soldiers Wanted Peace: The 1863 Election That Shook the South
Semi-weekly standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
1862
A Mosquito Tests Human Nature: Satire, Corruption & Slavery in the War's Second Year
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1856
Election Day 1856: One Editor Thinks America's Crisis Will Blow Over by Morning
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
Before Railroads Ruled: How Americans Shipped Mail by Steamboat in 1846
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
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