CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Note the observation about tobacco. Even then it was recognized as addicting despite the testimonies of tobacco executives who lied in Congressional Testimony more than 100 years later

Johnson was the first Black man who won the heavyweight championship at a time when racism in America was rampant. Many whites referred to Jeffries as “The Great White Hope” who would take the champion back for the whites. He didn’t and was beaten badly.

The Southern propaganda regarding slavery of the Day was that the Negro prefers his state of slavery to which he is naturally inclined—that the responsibility and uncertainty of freedom are not suited to the Negro temperament. As we look back upon that time, it is hard for us to believe that any sane person would for a moment believe such nonsense, but the reality is that not only did Southerners convince themselves of this, but there were many in the North who accepted the argument.

Editorializing on Daniel D. Rostenkowski, U. S. Congressman (Democrat, IL) and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee:

In 1950 the Democrats had nominated Daniel A. Gilbert, a captain of the Chicago police force, for Cook County sheriff. Gilbert had been the target of corruption investigations of the Kefauver committee of the U.S. Senate. In an editorial Gilbert was referred to as:

One of the interesting arguments made against slavery prior to the Civil War was that as the proportion of slaves increased in America in general and the South in particular, the security risk from a slave rebellion increases markedly to the point that it was just too risky. John Brown’s small attempted slave revolt at Harpers Ferry put the entire state of Virginia in a panic and Virginia had relatively few slaves compared with deep South states.

The Southern propaganda regarding slavery of the Day was that the Negro prefers his state of slavery to which he is naturally inclined—that the responsibility and uncertainty of freedom are not suited to the Negro temperament. As we look back upon that time, it is hard for us to believe that any sane person would for a moment believe such nonsense, but the reality is that not only did Southerners convince themselves of this, but there were many in the North who accepted the argument.

At the beginning of the Civil War Northern recruiting was easy

Note the observation about tobacco. Even then it was recognized as addicting despite the testimonies of tobacco executives who lied in Congressional Testimony more than 100 years later

Johnson was the first Black man who won the heavyweight championship at a time when racism in America was rampant. Many whites referred to Jeffries as “The Great White Hope” who would take the champion back for the whites. He didn’t and was beaten badly.

Based on incomplete returns from the previous night, the newspaper staff concluded that Truman lost, and printed the "news." A famous picture shows Truman gleefully holding up the newspaper with its headline for all to see. Truman said on that occasion: "That ain't the way I heard it."

Calling for President George W. Bush to replace Dan Quayle as Vice President:

Editorializing on Daniel D. Rostenkowski, U. S. Congressman (Democrat, IL) and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee:

In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt challenged incumbent President William Howard Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. Roosevelt had the popular support of most Republicans but the Taft regulars had control of the party machinery and the convention being held in Chicago:. The headline appeared on the front page and every other page of the issue.

In 1950 the Democrats had nominated Daniel A. Gilbert, a captain of the Chicago police force, for Cook County sheriff. Gilbert had been the target of corruption investigations of the Kefauver committee of the U.S. Senate. In an editorial Gilbert was referred to as:

There was a major leak of the administration’s contingency plans for war in Europe. FDR had run on a platform not to send American troops to Europe, and this leak, presented as a fete a compli, caused a political upheaval.

One of the interesting arguments made against slavery prior to the Civil War was that as the proportion of slaves increased in America in general and the South in particular, the security risk from a slave rebellion increases markedly to the point that it was just too risky. John Brown’s small attempted slave revolt at Harpers Ferry put the entire state of Virginia in a panic and Virginia had relatively few slaves compared with deep South states.