Calhoun, SS/USS (Confederate Privateer / USN Steamship)
   First Prize for a New Orleans Privateer (1861)

California
   San Francisco
     San Francisco Items (1883)
     San Francisco’s Rapid Crowds (1897)
     News From the Ocean and Water Front (1901)

Cameron, James (Union army officer, 1800-1861)
   The Late Col. Cameron (1861)

Cape Cod, MA
   Flames Endanger Cape Cod Forests (1924)
   Springtime Down the Cape (1941)

Capitalism
   On Corporate “Generosity” (1907)

Carter, Howard (British Archaeologist & Egyptologist, 1874-1939)
   Carter Undaunted by Pharaoh Ghost (1923)
   Egypt’s Tombs and Temples (1931)

Casserly, Eugene (US Politician, 1820-1883)
   Casserly Caught Napping (1870)

Cassin, USS (DD-43) (US. Destroyer)
   Cassin, in Fight, Fought Off Boat (1917)

Castine, USS (PG-6) (US Gunboat)
   Sailors Needed (1900)

Channing, William Ellery (American Unitarian preacher and abolitionist, 1780-1842)
   Letter to Daniel Webster regarding abolition of slavery (Original date ?, article date 1861)

Chaplin, Charlie (English entertainer, 1889-1977)
   How Chaplin Learns (1924)   

Charity, Disaster Assistance, "Good Works"
   On Corporate “Generosity” (1907)

China
   Boxer Rebellion (See main entry under B Index)

Chinese Immigration to US in the 19th Century
   Casserly Caught Napping (1870)

Circus
   Big Circus Shows Today (1911)

Civil War (United States)
   See the US Civil War topic index

Classified Advertisements (of various sorts)
   Niece Elopes (1803)

Clay, Cassius Marcellus (American Politician, 1810-1903)
   Another Distinguished Abolition Patriot Rewarded (1861)

Clemens, Sherrard (US Politician, 1820-1881)
   The Mother of Statesmen (1861)

Climate Change
   Small Farmers Deserting Bleak Hebrides, See Climate Changing (1924)

Cocke, Philip St. George (Confederate officer, 1809-1861)
   Local Matters at Richmond (1861)

Communications
   Telegraph
     The Atlantic Telegraph Cable (1865)
     Speed over Cables (1900)

Conestoga, USS (1861, Union Gunboat)
   Steamboat Captured (1861)

Constitution, USS (US naval frigate)
   Constitution in Port (1813)

Crime
   Bootlegging / Smuggling / Avoiding Customs
     Making Moonshine on a Large Scale (1921)
     The Great Whisky Case (1870)

   Court / Judiciary
     Many Juvenile Cases (1907)
     Mayor's Court (1867)
     Parrot, Once Pure, Killed for Swearing (1923)

   Dueling
     Pistol Duellists Kill Each Other; Both Empty Guns (1920)

   Graverobbing
     Ghouls Steal Body (1911)

   Maritime
     Villany in the Bahamas (1844)

   of a Peculiar Nature
     Police Intelligence – Voyeur Arrested (1854)

   Theft, Confidence tricks, etc.
     A Sharp Pair of Thieves (1867)
     Arrest for Receiving Stolen Goods (1860)
     Arrested for Rifling Mails (1888)
     Kirkland Ferry Robbed (1925)
     Reformatory Life Has Not Dulled Love for Thrills in Miss Opal Isley (1923)
     Seeing the Monkey (1846)

   Violent Crime
     Rifle Sequel to Dog Fight (1900)
     Smith the Cuttist (1879)
     Dramatic Scene Marks First Day Of Murder Trial (1921)

Crumpler, Thomas N. (Confederate Cavalry Officer, 1831-1862)
   Capt. Crumpler’s Cavalry Company (1861)

Cryptids
   An Amphibious Monster (Lake Champlain) (1906)

Customs, Cultural & Social
   Drinking at Funerals (1846)

Cyclops, USS (AC-4) (US Naval Collier)
   The Cyclops Mystery (1918)
   Germany's Spies Believed to Know Fate of the Cyclops (1918)
   The Mystery of the Cyclops (1919)
   Mystery of Lost Cyclops Probably Cleared at Last (1921)