On This Day: December 18 — Century Dispatch

A Young Woman's 14-Year Sentence Shocks Her Tubercular Husband—And Alabama Fights Over School Money

The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)

Dec 18, 1926: Escaped convict caught with stolen car & the angriest memorial fight you've ever seen

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

1906: Ship Captain's Suicide, Hughes Goes Undercover, and the $80M Tunnel That Took 88 Years

New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.])

CUBANS IN ARMS: How Maceo's Death Ignited American Fury—and Brought War One Step Closer (Dec. 18, 1896)

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

When Ole Bull Came to Portland: A Musical Moment from 1876 (and Why It Mattered)

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Congress Fractures Over Reconstruction While the Pope Considers a Historic American Visit — December 18, 1866

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

1865: When 'Blockade Runner' umbrellas and $500 musical boxes ruled the ads

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

Sherman Closing In, Hood's Army Shattered: The Confederacy Enters Its Final Four Months

New York dispatch (New York [N.Y.])

A Southern Editor Defies Lincoln—Then Gets Appointed to Carry Out His Plan

Semi-weekly standard (Raleigh, N.C.)

Inside a Kansas Newspaper from Fredericksburg Week: Patriotic Poems, Political Satire, and a General's Umbrella

White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)

DECEMBER 1861: New Orleans Converts to War—Banks, Streetcars, and Militia Drills Tell the Real Story

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

1856: How a Tiny Iowa Town Built a Booming Economy (Before Everything Fell Apart)

Daily Iowa State Democrat (Davenport, Iowa)

From Wilderness to Wonder: How Ohio Became America's Fastest-Growing State—And Why a War Hero Was Selling Whisky to...

New-York daily tribune (New-York [N.Y.])