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November 17
1927
Machine Guns vs. Pickets in Colorado; Navy Secrets Spilled in London—Nov. 17, 1927
Douglas daily dispatch (Douglas, Ariz.)
1926
Wolf bounty fraud, $1 Red Cross memberships, and a 51-inch moose trophy from 1926 Minnesota
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1906
1906: 'Shoot to Kill' Manhunt & Storm Kills Maine Sailors
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1896
Five Years Late for Justice: The Shocking Delay in a Maine Murder Trial—Plus Water Wars & Tramp Violence
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1886
"That Finishes Me!" — A Murdered Logger, Missing Killers, and Maine's Violent Frontier (Nov. 17, 1886)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1876
Maine's Busiest Day: Inside an 1876 Small-Town Newspaper That Connected a Scattered State
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
How Major Palliser Solved the Armor Problem That Almost Sank Britain's Navy
The Placer herald (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.)
1864
A Forged Empire: How 8 Criminals Swindled Banks Across America for $300,000 (and Got Caught)
The evening telegraph (Philadelphia [Pa.])
1863
Inside a Wartime Capital: How Washington Auctioned Horses, Sold Real Estate & Made Money Off the Civil War
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1862
"25 New Regiments": How the Union's Overwhelming Manpower Shift Became Undeniable in the Fall of 1862
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1861
November 1861: The South Fractures as Executions Loom and North Carolina Threatens to Defect
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1856
New Orleans on the Brink: A Port City's Last Days Before the Storm (1856)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
November 1846: What Washington Was Really Reading (Spoiler: Not the War News)
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
1836
How to Travel from Philadelphia to North Carolina in 26 Hours (1836 Edition)
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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