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A man rushes into the Turbine Steamship Company's office offering $1 million if they could take him across the Atlantic Ocean in four days. The second panel shows him asking the captain about the boat's arrival time. The third panel shows the man…

A person wearing a mask and women's clothing sits next to a man representing the voter. The voter states "She loves me! She loves me for myself alone!" while holding a vote which the woman reaches for. A man labeled "Prince $$$ski" hides behind a…

Unseen people push Senator Boies Penrose onto a theater stage to explain $25,000 in donations from the Standard Oil Company. Penrose tries to divert attention onto Theodore Roosevelt, but then sees William Randolph Hearst sitting in a box set holding…

Hawaii, in the form of an ethnic charicature, walks with Uncle Sam while holding his hand. A newspaper boy runs up to the pair with a newspaper reading "Extra- All about the epidemic of lynchings! RaceWar! Blacks driven out of town!", shocking…

Senator Joseph L. ALdrich yells "Robber!" at Senator Nelson W. Aldrich who sits contentedly in his seat. The man thinks of another way to attack Aldrich, finally yelling "Rubber!" which shocks Aldrich.Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow locks his sights…

A club labeled "Progressive Sentiment" chases three men representing boss rule into the sea of defeat at the New York Republican Convention.

Professor Windjammer speaks before an audience on maintaining a small army. In the lower panel, men representing China and Korea stand up and leave the speech pointing out the problems they encountered as a result of maintaining a small army when…

Crowds of people lean out of every window in a building straining to see an oncoming parade of American flags and a marching band.

The top panel shows men watching Lady Justice attempt to walk while her legs are bound by wrapping labeled "Governor's veto of funds." The second panel shows a train approaching a man tied to the railroad tracks. The final panel features a couple…

A farmer complains to Uncle Sam about political corruption in Washington, D.C. declaring farmers are beginning to support a third party candidate. In the lower panel Uncle Sam shows the farmer two voting booths labeled "For Governor- A Candidate with…

A group of men stand before a large billboard filled with President Woodrow Wilson's proposals for big business and government regulation. The billboard reads: "The Great Insurance Companies Should be Curbed. The Inter-State Commerce Commission…

Two men walk through a cemetery adding names from the headstones to the Philadelphia voting list while an angry mob protests outside the cemetery wall.Republican machine politics drove the city of Philadelphia during the early twentieth century under…

Insurgents in states surrounding Kansas write letters to Representative Joseph Cannon asking him to denounce them while Cannon-approved men lie on the ground throughout the state. Two insurgents in Kansas claim "Alas! Poor Cannon! I knew him well" in…

The top panel shows soldiers on the battlefield firing cannons in rapid succession. The bottom panel shows business men celebrating a business boom in front of an operational factory and mill. A sign on the left side of the lower panel shows a…

This seven-panel cartoon shows a cheaper gas pump followed by a drawing of a city filled with automobiles. The third panel shows a man asleep under a sign labeled "Electrify the Terminals. Smoke Costs Chicago Millions Annually." The following panel…

The Lincoln League positions a recruiting station in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln next to the Illinois State House while members of the public hurry away. President William Taft attempts to stop one man from leaving by grabbing his…