Century Dispatch
December 10
14 years of headlines
1927
A Hammer, a Kiss, and the Bootlegger's Trial: Why America Was Obsessed With These Murder Cases
The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1926
When Arkansas Freed Two Murderers & Local Hillbillies Hit the Airwaves
The Calico Rock progress ([Calico Rock, Izard County], Ark.)
1906
When the Pope Defied France & a Brass Button Saved a Cop's Life
New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.])
1896
When a Stonecutter Sued His Union: The Labor War That Started in 1896
The Sioux County journal (Harrison, Nebraska)
1886
When Maine Newspapers Sold Arsenic as Medicine (Plus Senate Tariff Wars)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1876
When New Orleans Raced Horses and Ministers Debated Democracy (Dec. 10, 1876)
New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, La)
1866
The Last Patriot Still Living: Inside Reconstruction's Most Brutal Week (December 1866)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
Sherman's Unstoppable March: How the South's Own States Started Jumping Ship (Dec. 10, 1864)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
A December 1863 Iowa Newspaper Reveals What Americans Actually Worried About During the Civil War
Charles City Republican intelligencer (Charles City, Iowa)
1862
Inside the Naval Revolution: How the Union Built Three Ironclads in a Single Day (and Changed Warfare Forever)
Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])
1861
Last Call for Order: New Orleans Drills for War (December 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
Coal Oil, Moral Panic & Bloody Politics: What Evansville Read on December 10, 1856
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
Did a Woman Forge Marriage Documents to Steal a General's Fortune? The Van Ness Trial Gets Messier
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)
1836
For Sale: 50-100 Enslaved People, Child Laborers Wanted—Inside a Richmond Newspaper's Stunning Hypocrisy (Dec. 1836)
Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va.)

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