Century Dispatch
December 1
13 years of headlines
1927
The Week Henry Ford Changed Everything—And Local Thieves Nearly Ruined Christmas
Parsons advocate (Parsons, W. Va.)
1926
1926: Jurors Call Prosecutor Unprintable Names, Sea Gull Steals Golf Ball
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1906
The Train Wreck That Killed a Railroad President & A Mother's Thanksgiving Heartbreak
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1896
Spanish Official Calls America 'Shopkeepers'—Congress Is About to Prove Him Wrong
The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
1886
President Confined to Bed With Rheumatism; Navy Readies 10 Warships; Congress Settles In (Dec. 1, 1886)
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
Disputed Votes in Arizona, Disputed Votes in America: How One Territory's Election Crisis Mirrored a Nation in Crisis...
Arizona weekly miner (Prescott, Ariz.)
1864
Sherman 70 Miles from the Sea, Hood Beaten at Nashville—The Confederacy's Final Days
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Grant's Hammer Falls: Chattanooga Victory Breaks the Confederacy—Plus Morgan's Audacious Prison Escape
New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])
1862
Stonewall in Full Retreat—But Burnside's About to Walk Into a Trap
The New York herald (New York [N.Y.])
1861
Soldiers' Letters from the Potomac: What Bullets Sound Like When They Sing Past Your Head
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
1856
Buchanan Wins, Whisky Flows, and Tar Cures Everything: A Snapshot of Evansville on Election's Heels (1856)
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
A Country Girl Discovers Urban Deception (and City Milk Might Be Chalk)
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
Racing South in 26 Hours: How Washington Became America's Crossroads in 1836
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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