Century Dispatch
November 23
13 years of headlines
1927
The Condemned Woman Who Screams vs. the Man Who Reads His Bible—And Al Capone's Bloody Crown
The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1926
1926: First Franco-American Elected to Congress & A Captain's Dramatic Rescue
Le messager (Lewiston, Me.)
1906
1906: Senator's Bold Plan to End Child Labor & A Bomb Rocks St. Peter's
The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)
1896
McKinley Doubts the Tariff, Germany's Emperor Seethes, and a $3M Palace Is Coming to Niagara Falls
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1876
Maine Farmers Were Warned Not to Leave Home (1876) — And Nobody Listened
The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)
1866
Cholera Ships, Fenian Plots & a Presidential Shutdown: November 1866
The Evansville journal (Evansville, Ind.)
1864
Sherman Marches South & Gold Plummets: Election Edition (Nov. 23, 1864)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
How Union Soldiers Starved Tennessee While Fighting the Confederacy—A War Correspondent's Shocking 1863 Dispatch
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1862
Chattanooga, November 1862: When a Newspaper Shows How Wars Are Actually Fought (Spoiler: Hogs Matter)
The Chattanooga Daily Rebel (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
1861
How New York City Churches & Politicians Mobilized for War (November 1861)
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1856
A 'Paris in 75 Hours'? Nashville's Merchants Dreamed Big in 1856 (With Fictional Tunnels)
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1846
"Our Troops Fought with Obstinacy"—Taylor's Triumphant Report from Monterey Reaches Baltimore
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
26 Hours from Baltimore to Raleigh: How 1836 America Was Building the Impossible
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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