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Edwin S. Church asks Theodore Roosevelt for a letter endorsing Jacob A. Riis. Church is part of the Social Settlement Committee of Akron, Ohio and they are brining in Riis to speak on behalf of the social settlement movement to raise awareness and secure the support of the community.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
President Roosevelt informs Senator Dick that he will be unable to stop in Akron due to other engagements he has scheduled in Indianapolis and Lansing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks F. O. Weary for his letter to the Akron Beacon Journal and says he will send the clippings on to headquarters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-10
Theodore Roosevelt thanks and congratulates Charles Landon Knight for his help in bringing about a victory in his district.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-07
President Roosevelt sends Wallace Wuchter three photographs. One is for Wuchter and the others are for the two Thomas families whose farms he visited while in Akron, Ohio.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-01
Representative Longworth thoroughly details recent Ohio politics for Theodore Roosevelt. He is concerned about a split in the Republican Party and does not want to be forced into open antagonism with friends in the progressive wing. Longworth asks Roosevelt for advice on local and state conditions. Alice Roosevelt Longworth is sick, but they are glad to hear about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s improvement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-13
Joseph E. Fischnaller greatly prizes Theodore Roosevelt’s letter. He declares the Austro-Hungarian Veterans will continue supporting Roosevelt’s policies. During a recent visit to Akron, Ohio, Fischnaller visited poet Thomas Emmet Moore, who is sending Roosevelt a copy of his latest work. Moore’s father, John T. Moore, translated Fischnaller’s poems, one of which he sends to Roosevelt. Two of Fischnaller’s poems are included in the private library of Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-14
Advertisement for Australian horse trainer O. B. Milburn’s appearance during the upcoming Great Bull Fight in Akron, Ohio. Milburn is known for taming “the most wicked, savage, man-eating stallions or mad bulls.” Additionally, S. J. Sidney will jump a horse into a lake. There is also a gentlemen’s bicycle race.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-07
Senator Dick of Ohio explains why he has not responded to two previous messages from President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-20
Margaret Sanger writes about her nationwide speaking engagement tour about birth control and family planning. Sanger discusses events and responses in various cities. She indicates that in St. Louis more people came to hear her speak than had come when Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft spoke in the city. Sanger accounts various arrests related to obscenity laws and the distribution of birth control pamphlets.
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project
1916-08-09