On This Day: December 28 — Century Dispatch

The Kidnapper Pacing His Cell, Lindbergh in the Sky, and New Year's Eve Prohibition Crackdowns: December 28, 1927

The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])

1926: When Gas Companies Wanted to Make You Sneeze (Plus Rockefeller's Million-Dollar Tax Refund)

New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)

1906: When lumber cost $2.25 and funeral hearses came in white

Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)

Inside the Glittering Lie: How Kaiser Wilhelm's Court Hid an Aristocracy in Crisis (1896)

The record-union (Sacramento, Calif.)

General Logan Dead, President Bedridden, and a Train Disaster: December 28, 1886

The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)

How the 'Great American Desert' Stole Texas's Beef Crown (and Why It Matters)

The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.)

1866: Tariffs, Rebels, and Cholera—America's Fractured Reconstruction Moment

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

1865: When a Miser Died from Tax Grief & Reporters Got Mugged for 10 Cents

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

The Last Port Falls: Sherman Marches North & Hood's Army Shattered—The Confederacy's Final Days Begin

Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)

The USS Dictator's Secret Weapon: One Man, One Gun, Total Naval Dominance

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

Jefferson Davis Orders General Butler Hanged: The Moment Civil War Became Personal

Daily national Republican (Washington, D.C.)

A Locksmith's Moral Crisis: How One Worcester Newspaper Sold Redemption Over War News in 1861

Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])

1856: When New York's Historic Church Became a Post Office (Plus: Can You Fascinate People With Your Eyes?)

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

Women Making Munitions, Bishops Paying War Taxes, and Santa Anna's Desperate Last Stand (Dec. 28, 1846)

American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper (Baltimore, Md.)