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Dana Medal and the Stink-Pot of American Journalism
A scrapbookish look at press history notes Charles A. Dana's mixed legacy at The Sun and a commissioned anti yellow journalism token. It cites a copper pocket medal quoted with the slogan The Chinese Stink-Pot of American Journalism Harmless but oh so foul Phew! and mentions era practice of promotional coins.
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New York
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Charles A. Dana
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Ulysses S. Grant
Stanton
Lincoln
Grant
Andrew Johnson
Jekyll and Hyde