Century Dispatch
December 30
14 years of headlines
1927
Lindbergh Flies Into Legend, Teen Killer Hunted Across America, and a Bootlegger Loses His Mind: Dec. 30, 1927
The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis [Ind.])
1926
When Nebraska Men Put on Dresses for Charity (Plus a Million-Dollar Mail Scam)
The Gordon journal (Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb.)
1906
1906: When Henry Frick Could Make or Break America's Biggest Railroad
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1896
A Princess, a Gypsy, and a City in Darkness: How America Ended 1896
Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury, Conn.)
1886
How Washington Buried a General: Logan Lies in State as Gilded Age America Says Goodbye to the Civil War
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
December 30, 1876: How America Just Beat Switzerland at Its Own Game (Watchmaking)
The daily gazette (Wilmington, Del.)
1866
A Yacht Beats the Atlantic While America Grapples with Reconstruction (Dec. 30, 1866)
The daily Gate City (Keokuk, Iowa)
1865
Dec 30, 1865: When a Plantation Shooting Split a Hawaiian Jury
The Pacific commercial advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands)
1864
Hood's Army Destroyed: How Tennessee Became Free in One Week | Worcester Daily Spy, Dec. 30, 1864
Worcester daily spy (Worcester [Mass.])
1863
December 30, 1863: Chief Justice Taney Dies as War Drags On—Contraband Crisis Exposed
Cleveland morning leader (Cleveland [Ohio])
1862
Counterfeit Bonds, Oysters, & War: What Washington Was Actually Buying on December 30, 1862
Evening star (Washington, D.C.)
1856
1856: A Port on the Brink—When New Orleans Owned America's Future
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1846
How Polk Talked America Into War: The Mexican Grievances That Built an Empire (Dec. 1846)
Washington telegraph (Washington, Ark.)
1836
Last Day of 1836: When a Washington Newspaper Advertised Literary Annuals and Slave Auctions Side-by-Side
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])

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