Roosevelt Promotes New Understanding At Gettysburg Address
President Roosevelt spoke at Gettysburg Cemetery about a growing national understanding and shared stake in government. He said progress rests on unity among farmers and city workers, identified three hindrances to progress, and noted officials and crowds marking Civil War memory.
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Roosevelt Gettysburg Address Summary
The speech reflects on national unity and sectional healing, praising Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Theodor Roosevelt. It argues that expansion of commerce and transportation knit the nation together and that three hindrances—political demagoguery, unfair advantage, and selfish sectionalism—obstruct progress. It calls for unity and peaceful means within the Constitution.
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Anniversary of Johnstown Flood Remembrance Nears
The community marks forty five years since the 1889 Johnstown flood that killed about 2205 people and destroyed property worth over 100 million dollars. The disaster followed the Conemaugh Lake dam breach, with devastation across Johnstown and nearby towns.
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Postpone Strike Looms in Toledo As Talks Continue
A Toledo committee of electric union officials plans a 24 hour postponement of a walkout after a daylong series of conferences. In Washington a general strike in the steel industry was considered after President Roosevelt backed a revised steel code and government supervised elections for workers to choose representatives. Separately a health officer reported a completed first grade school entrance health examination program to screen and refer defects for correction before school supervision begins.
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