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War Boasts and Political Debate Roanoke Rapids Editorial
A 1919 Roanoke Rapids column surveys postwar politics. It critiques leadership prospects of Borah, Lodge, and Hearst while praising the idea of strong figures, references Wilson, Cleveland, and Roosevelt, and notes wartime rail and telephone service concerns amid Republican and Democratic party dynamics. The piece mocks Bolshevik and Burlesonian fantasies and pokes at government ownership debates in Europe and the United States.
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Borah
Cummins
Lodge
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
McAdoo
Marshall
Daniels
Roosevelt
Wilson
Sun
Blaine
Tilden
Cleveland
Jackson
Ure
Treasury Department
Coors Democratic Party
Grover
Europe
New York
McKinley
Republican
Democratic Party
Woodrow ‘Wilson