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Newspaper
The Appeal
Location
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
2
President Roosevelt urges in Little Rock that every man be valued for his worth and warns against elevating any class above others. He cautions that republics fail when the unscrupulous substitute class loyalty for loyalty to the people as a whole.
The Appeal marks the end of 1908 and the start of its 24th year. It recalls political shifts since 1885 with Democrats and Republicans alternating power, notes major wars and natural disasters shaping the nation, and reflects on the country’s ongoing historical arc.
Hon W. President-elect William H Taft addresses the North Carolina Society of New York City urging constitutional, equal election law standards to protect the franchise for black and white voters. He opposes repealing the fifteenth amendment and calls for practical progress and equal educational opportunities for Afro Americans, urging persistent local action and funding for schools. Booker T. Washington adds a plea for funding and organizing to improve Black education in the South.
The speaker addresses the Colored People of the South about the crucial issue of public schools, calling for immediate action due to grave consequences for current and future generations. He emphasizes this as a top priority second only to religion and notes this is his third address on the matter.
A person seeks information about their father George R West. The father’s father was George West and mother Jane Coffey. Siblings include Daniel, Willie, Bettie, Georgia, Priscilla and Julian West. Last heard from Vandale Arkansas. Contact Hollie West in Mantee Oklahoma.
A traveler’s tossed lighted match set ten thousand acres of valuable timber ablaze in the Far West. The piece argues that future law will treat even small fire causes as criminal acts, condemning the costly carelessness in disposing of matches and cigarette butts.
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