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These clippings from the Louisville Courier-Journal are about the debates between John Watson Yerkes and William O’Connell Bradley over the Republican delegates going to the National Convention and the Republican Party of Kentucky’s stance on supporting President Roosevelt.
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1904-05-04
Pages one through four from the May 4, 1904, edition of the Louisville Herald.
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1904-05-04
Two pages from the April 29, 1904 edition of the Sioux City Journal.
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1904-04-29
The Montana Homeseeker provides a narrative history of Pierre Wiebaux–a contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores–and the W Ranch–located on the border between Montana and North Dakota. While Wibaux made a fortune on cattle, the ranch is now a prime investment location for sheep herders and those in the wool trade, and a company is being organized for investors who would like to get into the business. Maps, photographs, and figures accompany the advertising material, illustrating the area and aspects of the sheep industry.
1906-09
This partial page of the Augusta Chronicle contains a number of articles, including a report on the extradition of Charles C. Browne, repercussions against a lynching which occurred in North Carolina, and a divorce case.
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1906-08-08
The editorial page from The Wisconsin State Journal, published September 19, 1911. Article titles and a short description are the following:
Down in Maine – a recent vote in Maine against prohibition
“ED.” Madison – a memorial for Ed. Madison
Stand Up Mr. Works – an indictment of John D. Works, a Progressive junior senator from California
Article focuses on whether the Presbyterian Church should support the arbitration treaties, and whether or not it should mettle with matters of state in general. It entertains the argument that the church should balance its universal message of peace with the spirit of “righteous wars” that are fought in the world.
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1911-08-31
Article on the transport workers’ strikes that have been going on in London since the middle of June.
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1911-09-01
This editorial page from The Chicago Evening Post contains a highlighted article nominating Theodore Roosevelt to represent the United States as a distinguished lecturer in Japan to speak on the topic of peace. The lecturer from Japan is to be Doctor Inazō Nitobe.
Other editorials and news items on the page report on criminal cases, politics, notable articles, and society issues.
A newspaper spread from The Pioneer including stories such as: “The Imperial Conference,” “The Visiting Premiers,” and “A Plea for the Non-Criminal.”
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1911-06-19
This page from the Springfield Daily Republican presents Charles J. Bonaparte’s letter to the newspaper about Panama, as well as the newspaper’s editorial in reply.
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1904-09-26
An article titled “The President’s Original Southern Platform” asserts that southerners should pay attention to a letter that Herman Henry Kohlsaat wrote in response to Reverend W. W. Landrum. Landrum asserted that “the negro question” is a purely religious problem in the South, and Kohlsaat relays conversations he had with President Roosevelt where Roosevelt said that he intended to appoint Democrats in the South when he could not find appropriate Republicans in positions. The writer of the article notes that the South asks Roosevelt to keep African Americans out of public office in the South. The newspaper page includes the letters from both Kohlsaat and Landrum.
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1903-06-07
This article, identified as a “specimen of the utterances of the ultra element,” was sent to President Roosevelt with a letter on educational and cultural trends in China. The main article presents a translation of a pamphlet that had circulated in China lamenting the current international situation China finds itself in. The author highlights China’s former glory and present weakness, and lays out the steps it will be necessary to take for the preservation of the country and the resumption of strength. The reverse side of the page contains an interview with Japanese Prime Minister Saionji Kinmochi, a discussion of Australian trade with China, a report of a robbery in Hongkou, China, and a portion of an article on two new steamships.
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1906-04-12
Several newspaper articles highlight the large margins by which President Roosevelt won the recent presidential election, including in his home state of New York, and calls Roosevelt’s victory “one of the most significant victories for enlightened popular government that the world has ever known.” Roosevelt has dealt with many questions while in office, including the Panama Canal and the anthracite coal strike, and the people approve of him and the men in his administration. Given the magnitude of Roosevelt’s victory, another article muses on the future of the Democratic party and William Jennings Bryan, who may be ascendant in the party with the defeat of presidential candidate Alton B. Parker.
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1904-11-09
The first page of an issue of the Pocatello Tribune includes a cartoon titled “Accidentally stepped on something. (The Wooley appointment and the Statesman.), which depicts the Republican elephant stepping on the tail of a cat labeled “Statesman.” On the second page, an article argues in favor of Hyrum S. Woolley’s appointment as assayer in Boise, and suggests that the Idaho Statesman only opposes Woolley’s nomination because he is a Mormon, and because a man that the Statesman supported did not get the position. The article argues that the rest of the Idaho Republicans support Woolley.
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1903-08-31
The Bulletin, 3 o’clock edition, reports on current events in Washington, D.C. A circled article, titled “Catholics Repudiate Roosevelt and Root,” reports that, according to a cablegram from Reverend Martin Kennelly to Anthony Matré, Catholics in China have pushed back against being classified as “a vicious people” by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root in the matter of the exoneration of Judge Lebbus R. Wilfley. Other articles on the page report that Stuyvesant Fish recently had lunch with President Roosevelt, and that Representatives Charles Napoleon Brumm and J. Hampton Moore visited the White House to put the name of William M. Garrett forward as a candidate for Public Printer. There is also a discussion of a bill dealing with the aftermath of the Brownsville Incident, looking to reinstate some of the soldiers who had been dishonorably discharged.
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1908-03-12
The Bismarck Tribune reports on the death of Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, New York, early on the morning of January 6, 1919. His secretary Josephine M. Stricker, who reported it to the press, received the news from Roosevelt’s wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. It is believed that Roosevelt passed away painlessly, and that his death was due to inflammatory rheumatism. News of Roosevelt’s death quickly drew a large number of telegrams expressing condolence and sympathy, and both houses of Congress adjourned out of respect for Roosevelt. Following this article, The Bismarck Tribune also presents a brief biography of Roosevelt’s life and political achievements. Apart from news of Roosevelt’s death, the paper also has several articles related to North Dakota politics, a brief mention of troop movements occurring in Europe, and a comment on the success of a recent Liberty Loan drive for the Ninth federal reserve district.
1919-01-06
The article discusses President Roosevelt’s address at the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition. America has risen as a nation through business and industry, rather than through military might, and thus is likely to last longer than other nations which have risen by the latter. Roosevelt traces the origins of the nation beyond the arrival of the Mayflower, all the way back to the dreams of Sir Walter Raleigh. The writer wonders what Raleigh might think of the second half of Roosevelt’s address, in which he expressed the problem of the danger of wealth – a common theme in the President’s speeches.
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1907-04-27
At the Jamestown Exposition, President Roosevelt spoke highly of England. Other Americans usually disregard England, but Roosevelt reminds his fellow Americans that the United States developed its intellectual origins out of English philosophy. However, the United States should watch out for the rich magnates and monopolies in the United States.
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1907-04-27