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Theodore Roosevelt

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Dec 27, 1893The Football Defense: A 19th-Century Debate on BrutalityReaders spar in the pages of the Post-Intelligencer over whether American college football is a ‘scientific’ athletic endeavor or a barbaric ‘prized-fight’ masquerading as sport.Seattle, WA
Nov 10, 1902Five Years of Waiting: The Silver Rush That Never WasSpokane’s mining elite face a bureaucratic delay that threatens to stall fortunes built on the promise of the Spokane Indian Reservation's mineral wealth.Spokane, WA
May 26, 1903The President’s Day: 10,000 Strong Cheer Teddy in Walla WallaThousands flooded the Inland Empire capital to witness Theodore Roosevelt’s arrival, turning Kirn Street into a sea of flags and applause for the man who rules the United States.Walla Walla, WA
May 26, 1903The President's Visit: Roosevelt, the 'Mysterious Syndicate,' and the Fight for Pasco’s SoilIn May 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt toured Walla Walla, drawing massive crowds and sparking local fears of land speculators. While his speech at Whitman College praised pioneer virtues, a parallel editorial warned that a 'Seattle Syndicate' was hoarding arid land near Pasco, betting on federal irrigation projects to inflate prices for settlers.Walla Walla, WA
May 26, 1903The Butcher Who Walked to Kill the PresidentJohn Bushey, a displaced laborer from Pendleton, was arrested in Walla Walla after claiming he carried a rifle and cartridges for both Theodore Roosevelt and the German Emperor.Walla Walla, WA
May 27, 1903The President’s Dust Storm: Roosevelt’s Outburst at Whitman CollegeOn a sweltering Monday in May 1903, Teddy Roosevelt nearly derailed his own parade in Walla Walla, demanding the military stop marching through clouds of dust that coated him and his party.Walla Walla, WA
May 27, 1903The Man Who Shook Hands with HistoryPresident Roosevelt’s visit to Walla Walla sparked a political firestorm and a rare moment of cross-cultural connection.Walla Walla, WA
May 28, 1903Roosevelt’s Secret Indorsement: The President vs. The Railroad BaronsAt a private Tacoma banquet, Theodore Roosevelt publicly backed Governor McBride against the wishes of powerful Washington Senators Foster and Ankeny, igniting a fierce political war over railroad regulation.Tacoma, WA
May 29, 1903The Great Walla Walla Dental Scandal: Did the President Have False Teeth?A local political feud erupts when the Ankeny organ accuses President Roosevelt of sporting dentures during a private dinner at Senator Ankeny's home.Walla Walla, WA
May 30, 1903The Governor’s Gamble: McBride Pledges War on Corporate CorruptionIn the wake of Teddy Roosevelt’s fiery Spokane address, Washington Governor Albert E. McBride declares his intent to uphold the law against wealthy corporations, signaling a shift in state politics.Walla Walla, WA
Jun 2, 1903The President’s Directive at the Hotel TacomaA leaked account of a 1903 banquet reveals how Theodore Roosevelt settled a local political dispute over railroad regulation with a single, sharp rebuke.Hotel Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
Jun 9, 1903The Railroad King’s Surprise EndorsementNorthern Pacific president Charles S. Mellen shocks local business leaders by backing Teddy Roosevelt—despite the President's aggressive trust-busting.Seattle, WA
Jun 26, 1903The Governor’s War on the Railroad LobbyGovernor Henry McBride calls out corporate influence in the Washington state legislature during a fiery speech to Whitman County farmers.Elberton, WA
Jul 6, 1903The Domestic Toll of 'Race Suicide'A skeptical response to President Roosevelt's rhetoric on birth rates, highlighting the physical, financial, and emotional costs of motherhood at the turn of the century.Walla Walla, WA
Jul 13, 1903A Presidential Coincidence in Walla WallaA local G.A.R. commander surprises Theodore Roosevelt by presenting a letter the President had written to him twenty years prior.Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA
Aug 12, 1903Governor McBride's Vision of Labor and CapitalIn a 1903 address, Governor Henry McBride argues that the interests of labor and capital are inextricably linked, while condemning corporate bribery as the ultimate threat to the state.Seattle, WA
Aug 19, 1903The Senator and the GovernorSenator Ankeny’s attempts to freeze Governor McBride out of the Republican ticket face stiff resistance from the ‘Boxers’ faction.Walla Walla, WA
Oct 14, 1903The Naturalization Law the Courts Were Supposed to FollowA federal inspector finds courts skipping the new anarchist oath and, in Pierce County, granting citizenship to four Japanese men barred by federal rule.Pierce County, Tacoma, WA
Oct 24, 1903Corporations Used Dummies in Vast Timber Land FraudCorporations are using the lieu land law to snatch up millions of dollars worth of public timberland in the Pacific Northwest, leaving the honest homesteader with nothing.Walla Walla, WA
Nov 18, 1903The Price of Carrying Water for the Political MachineAdam Schmidt is caught in a legal trap after paying for naturalization papers; local observers note his 'whilom friends' are paying his legal fees only to keep him silent.Walla Walla, WA
Dec 11, 1903Northwestern Senators Plot Against the PresidentLocal political scuttlebutt suggests a conspiracy by Washington and Oregon senators to undermine Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 presidential bid.Seattle, WA
Dec 17, 1903A Nighttime Siege Ends in SurrenderAlonzo Reeves, who shot a deputy sheriff, surrenders after an overnight standoff in his barricaded home.Walla Walla, WA
Dec 19, 1903The Eligibility Crisis in Kittitas CountyA local editor denounces a Superior Court judge for granting citizenship to dozens of foreigners who could not speak English.Ellensburg, WA
Jan 13, 1904The Disgraceful State of Our StreetsWalla Walla's main thoroughfares have devolved into 'pig sties' of mud, and the city must fix drainage and maintenance before wasting money on new pavement.Walla Walla, WA
Feb 12, 1904The Political Price of PanamaWhen Democratic senators tried to expose the secrets behind the Panama Canal, they inadvertently revealed a web of European intrigue that bolstered the case for American intervention.Leavenworth, WA
Apr 28, 1905The Palouse Irrigation FightFranklin County citizens organize to pressure the President for the construction of stalled irrigation works.Kennewick, WA
Nov 9, 1907The President vs. His PartyAn editorial analysis of Teddy Roosevelt's late-term defiance of Republican 'moneyed interests' and his flirtation with Democratic policy.Colville, WA
Nov 9, 1907An Editor's Grump at the Panic of 1907Amid a national financial collapse, a local newspaper editor offers a biting critique of 'high finance' and presidential rhetoric.Colville, WA
Jan 12, 1909Washington’s Timber Barons Organize to Halt Forest DestructionA new association of business leaders and timber experts pledges to fight forest 'land grabs' and waste in support of President Roosevelt’s conservation agenda.Spokane, WA
Jan 15, 1909The Unbreakable Christmas TraditionAn immigrant inventor finds success in America with intricate, indestructible bead trees once commissioned by European royalty.Oroville, WA
Jan 23, 1909The Fight for Public Water PowerAs corporations scramble to monopolize the nation's rivers, the Times argues that the government must intervene before water becomes a private commodity.Tacoma, WA
Apr 21, 1909The Kaiser’s Radical Solution for Mine SafetyA Tacoma newspaper looks to Germany to argue that recognizing labor unions makes mines safer and more efficient for everyone.Tacoma, WA
May 6, 1909The Warehouse Gang and the Land Office ThievesA biting satire linking local corruption in Tacoma to the national betrayal of public land trusts under the Taft administration.Tacoma, WA
Jun 24, 1909The Price of Industrial GrowthA scathing critique of Teddy Roosevelt's 'Homes Commission' report reveals the deadly reality behind the era's industrial boom.Everett, WA
Aug 27, 1909The Rule That Told Workingmen to Keep Out of PoliticsEverett's Labor Journal goes after Roosevelt's civil service order, arguing that machinists and mechanics in government shops are muzzled while partisan appointees run the machine — and quotes Grover Cleveland back at the administration to prove it.Everett, WA
Jan 5, 1912The Hysterical Society's High-Stakes WagerAn Everett group formalizes their political disagreements with a signed, notarized bet on the future of Theodore Roosevelt.Everett, WA