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" Still the clamor rose. The yellow newspapers pursued Roosevelt with malignant lies. They shouted daily that the city was overrun with thieves and murderers, that crime was rampant and unavenged. Every thief, cut-throat, and blackmailer who had place and... "
Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen - Page 139
by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pages
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Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen

Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 540 pages
...murderers, that crime was rampant and unavenged, because the police were worn out in the Sunday -closing work. Every thief, cut-throat, and blackmailer who...had placed there for safe-keeping in the " wideopen " days— then we knew what his victory meant. These were the things that happened. They are the facts....
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Proceedings of the 1st ... Annual Meeting ..., Volume 6

Michigan Municipal League - 1904 - 250 pages
...shouted daily that the city was overrun with thieves and murderers, that crime was rampant and unavenged. Every thief, cut-throat, and blackmailer who had place...when the police courts gave their testimony, while savings banks recorded increased deposits, and pawn shops hard times ; when poor mothers flocked to...
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The Outlook, Volume 76

1904 - 1070 pages
...went deliberately on, the only one who was calm amid .ill the 112 Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen 113 hubbub. And when, after many weeks of it, the smoke...when the police courts gave their testimony, while savings banks recorded increased deposits and pawnshops hard times ; when poor mothers flocked to the...
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The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt: A Reader

Theodore Roosevelt - 2003 - 388 pages
...However, I did succeed. The warden of Bellevue Hospital reported, two or three weeks after we had begun, that for the first time in its existence there had...due to a drunken brawl in the hospital all Monday. The police courts gave the same testimony, while savings banks recorded increased deposits and pawnshops...
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The Rough Riders: An Autobiography

Theodore Roosevelt - 2004 - 946 pages
...However, I did succeed. The warden of Bellevue Hospital reported, two or three weeks after we had begun, that for the first time in its existence there had...due to a drunken brawl in the hospital all Monday. The police courts gave the same testimony, while savings banks recorded increased deposits and pawnshops...
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