On This Day: December 11 — Century Dispatch

1927: When a Texas Newspaper Dropped News From the Sky (and Lost Three Prisoners to Boot)

Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)

30 Dead in Indiana Mine, Valentino's Castle Sold, and a Marriage License Mix-Up

The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])

The Woman Who Shut Down Every Casino in NYC (And a Wedding With Horse Witnesses)

The evening world (New York, N.Y.)

Cleveland Holds the Line: The Last Moment Before America's Wars (1896)

The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.)

President Cleveland Recovers While D.C. Debates the Future: Electric Streetcars or Cable Cars?

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

December 1876: When Ole Bull Came to Portland—and Other Gilded Age Wonders

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

CAPTURED: The Lincoln Conspiracy's Missing Piece Found in Egypt—And His Cryptic Warning About President Johnson

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Chicago's Near-Apocalypse: How a Prison Commander Saved the City—and What It Cost

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

Prize Grapes & Unionist Hopes: How Portland Lived While the Civil War Raged

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Hawaii's Take on Lincoln's Shocking Firing of General McClellan (December 1862)

The Pacific commercial advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands)

Traitor or Patriot? The 70,000 Weapons That Almost Lost California to the Confederacy

Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])

December 1856: Inside a Frontier Boom Town's Bustling Marketplace—Land Deals, Medicine Men & 1,000 Parasols for Sale

Daily Iowa State Democrat (Davenport, Iowa)

War Department Claims Stunning Victories in Mexico—Taylor's Army Takes Monterey, Kearny Seizes Santa Fe and Eyes...

The daily union (Washington [D.C.])