Roosevelt at the 1916 Progressive Republican train roast
The piece describes a vivid Gridiron Club event in Washington on February 26 with Theodore Roosevelt depicted visiting a political roast. It features caricatures, a Progressive ticket gag, and appearances by figures such as George W. Perkins, McAdoo, Champ Clark, Bryan, Koo, Goethals, and numerous senators and representatives in a humorous political tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tashington
Alu
New York
George W. Perkins
T. R. Ell
Ted Roosevelt
George Perkins
George
Perkins
Roosevelt
William Barnes
McAdoo
Champ Clark
Baltic Fairbanks
J. Hamilton Lewis
An- Joe Cannon
Boise Penrose
Penrose
Roose
Cannon
Bryan
Chinatown
Koo
Orient
Occident
Secreta Oy
Navy
Via
Goethals
Admial Glover
A. M. Dockery
Elxt H. Gary
Thomas F. Ryan
Henry Marvin Hughitt
Howard Eliott
Medill McCormick
John H. Pat
Harding
Borah
Pe! Sherman
James
Oliver
Representative Cannon
Rth
Doremus
Madden
Difference made by years cartoon from Punch
A Punch cartoon from March 25 1865 shows Britannia pleading for more aid against a warlord looming in the background. Uncle Sam, fresh from victory over the Confederacy, stares with a world conquest appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Brittannia
Ted
Uncle Sam
Confederacy
McCall Moves as Dark-Horse Hopeful for GOP Nomination
Washington February 26 Samuel W McCall Massachusetts governor and longtime Republican leader is backed by Standpat chiefs Murray Crane and Boies Penrose as the party’s Chicago presidential hopeful. His record shows repeated votes against railroad regulation pure food and drug laws federal conservation and direct senate election, drawing Progressive opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel W. McCall
Murray Crane
Boies Penrose
Chicago
Burton-Fairbanks-Hughes
McCall
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Bird
Crane
Dolliver-Hepburn
Jin
Panama Canal Zone
Beveridge Meat Inspection
House
Arizona
United States
Pfe
Robert W. Archbold
Senate
Vreeland, Southwick and
Perkins
New York
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Littlefield
Weeks
Joint Investigating Committee
Nelson
Madison
Kansas
Ballinger
Pitching the horse-shoe is latest mobile sport
An elderly visitor in Mobile spots locals playing horse shoes as in 1850. Snow Digger club members and North Mobile residents enjoy the game at the colonists wintering there. Shoeing scores vary by placement, up to thirty typically wins. Visitors are welcome to join in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Illinois Club
Earth
Relief promised for flood refugees in Mississippi and Louisiana
A Natchez dispatch reports the federal government will aid flood sufferers along the Tensas and Black River basins centered near Jonesville Louisiana. Relay of relief via government workers aims to cover over 1,500 people facing starvation and hardship as waters from four to fifteen feet surround homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensas
Jonesville
Red River
Harrisburg
Serb boy driven mad by retreat to Salonika
A 15 year old Serb schoolboy in the Fourth Students regiment is driven to dementia by the October to November march from Prizrend toward Albania. He cried for his country as he endured hunger cold and fear amid war prisoners and Albanian passage. The UPI report describes the brutal trek and its toll on youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Athens
Greece
Salonica
D. Maritch
Pristina
Stimlje
Prizrend
Albania
Monastir
Patege
Lake Orchida
St. Naum
Peter
Christ
America
Orchida
Saloniki
John
Belgrade
John Girgitch
Vranje
War may be only beginning says Lovat Fraser
United Press summarizes Lovat Fraser calling World War I a new migratory epoch, a continuing barbarism shaped by Prussia and militarism. He argues the war may endure, with civilization facing higher costs and nations potentially accepting long-term hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
By Mail
Lovat Fraser
London Daily Mail
Europe
Germany
Prussia
Asquith
Newspapers Aid Toward Hot Meal for Soldiers in Italy
In wartime Italy readers turn news into fuel to heat rations. Scalda rancio uses soaked newspaper scraps and grease to create compact heaters for coffee and meals at the front, with royal Villa Aldo Brandini hosting blind veterans who cut papers for fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Rome
Italy
Aldobrandini
Via Nazionale
Prince Aldrobrandini
Old newspaper man and soldiers enjoy a lively night
An old newspaper man makes his living while soldiers thrive on a lively evening. the paper notes how even small scraps of hamfat garnish the pages and provide entertainment for the troops.
Will of Surgeon Major John O Leary Leaves Legacies in Cork
In Cork on February 26 the will of Surgeon Major John O Leary, who died in Egypt last September, was probated. He leaves ten pounds to an unnamed godson, five hundred to his mother, four hundred to each of his sisters Mary Katherine and Nell, and the residue to his sister Margaret for the poor. The article notes the desk as a privacy measure for the office table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
John O'Leary
Egypt
James Fitzpatrick
Mary
Katherine
Nell
Lloyd George
Margaret
Bauer's Baby Dough Syrup Ad Promises Safe Cough Cure
A Mobile made cough syrup ad touts Bauer's Baby Dough Syrup as a safe non narcotic remedy for children. It claims decades of local use, universal drugstore availability, two sizes priced at 25 and 50 cents, and a full guarantee by manufacturer Dave S. Bauer at the Dauphin corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Watson
Bauer
Mobile
Dave S. Bauer
Dauphin
Ene -Adv
Also Mentioned on This Page
M'Call
Gilson Gardner
St. Francis Street
St. Francis Stret
Natchez
Vidalia
Snow Diggers
Joachim
Captain Cappertine
Congress
Phillips
Dauphin Street
Empire and
QUEEN
WM. G. Shepherd
Charles P. Stewart
Jooks
Piatt
Alice Rohe
St. Emanuel St
AMES
BELL
Winchester
Tenn
Victor Michael
E. M. Chattin
City OF
Winchester, Tenn
Mobile, Alabama
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!