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1927
When a 9-Year-Old Girl's Death and a Tunnel Under the Hudson Made the Same Front Page
Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)
1926
When 300 Native Americans staged a lynching in Montana (and other shocking stories from Black America, 1926)
The monitor (Omaha, Neb.)
1906
40 Dead in Fiery Train Wreck, Plus a Crucifixion in Pittsburgh—November 12, 1906
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1896
From India's Famine to American Factory Boom: November 1896 at the Crossroads
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1876
DISPUTED: How Tilden Lost the Presidency in Real Time—The 1876 Election Descends Into Chaos
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1866
New Orleans Rising: Fair, Davis's Freedom, and the South's Gamble on Redemption
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1864
How a Union Officer Joked His Way Out of a Confederate Hanging (November 1864)
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
How a Governor Begged His State for 15,000 Soldiers—and Offered Them Wages Instead of Glory
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1862
A General's Iron Rule Defended: Why One New Orleans Paper Praised Butler's Brutal Occupation (Nov. 1862)
L'union (Nouvelle-Orléans [La.])
1861
How the North Weaponized Europe—And Why Winfield Scott Fled in Secret (Nov. 12, 1861)
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1856
1856: A Nation Building Railroads While Tearing Itself Apart
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
"Too Much Irish Blood to Give Up": A Baltimore Hero Dies as Mexico War Gets Grimmer
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
1836 New Hampshire: Dead Farmers, Revolutionary Stoves & Buffalo Skins—The Forgotten Side of Early America
New-Hampshire statesman and state journal (Concord [N.H.])
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