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An elderly couple embarks on a leisurely grand tour of Europe, stopping in Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, and Egypt, before returning home exhausted and in poor health from the activity and stress of travel.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his regret to John H. Dickason that he cannot accept all the invitations that come to him, even if they are from friends. Roosevelt also says from now on he wishes to avoid any public speeches that he possibly can
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-06
Theodore Roosevelt informs W. P. Thirkield that he simply cannot write letters for all the hundred of worthy causes that he is invited to act upon. Roosevelt continues by saying that he once honored some requests, which only led to an increase in letters to him on similar cases. Thus, while Roosevelt can speak from personal knowledge on select topics, a general letter for a good cause is simply impossible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-29
Uncle Sam is shown before and after taking a “Tariff Reform Tonic.” “Before taking” he is listless and fatigued. “After taking” he is vigorous and healthy, sitting in a chair next to the table with the “Tariff Reform Tonic Prescribed by Dr. Cleveland.” Under the bottle of tonic is a notice that states, “The necessaries of life should be Greatly Cheapened. Cleveland Message 1887.” Caption: Uncle Sam has only had one sip, but it has already done him good.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-10-24
At a boathouse is an exhausted James Gillespie Blaine, suffering from “Guano Gout,” being attended by Jay Gould, Whitelaw Reid, George M. Robeson, William Walter Phelps, and Stephen B. Elkins who is searching a box of patent medicines labeled “Remedy, Record Cleaner, Tariff Fever Cure, R.R. Record Purifier, Tattoo Eradicator, [and] Vermont Reviver (Homoepathic)” for a cure. John A. Logan readies the racing shell labeled “Aggressive Campaign” that may be stuck in “Monopoly Mud,” and Stephen Wallace Dorsey, at the entrance to the boathouse, carries oars labeled “Soap” and [Star] “Router.” Hanging on the wall are shells and oars labeled “Guano Statesmanship, Speaker Ship’s Record Boat, Senatorial Record, [and] Tariff Issue.” Grover Cleveland waits in his racing shell labeled “Reform” and Carl Schurz stands at the entrance to the “Independent Boat House” which is next to the “Democratic Boat House.” In the background is a crowded grandstand. Caption: Logan – “Come, Jim, show some nerve, or nobody won’t believe you’re in the race! Ain’t you never going to be aggressive?”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-09-10