Vintage Chicago Tribune: How a stack of speech notes saved Theodore Roosevelt’s life 114 years ago
A stack of folded-up speech notes — and intervention from a medical team in Chicago — helped save President Theodore Roosevelt’s life, but not his effort to win a third term, 114 years ago.
The 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his life ...
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot point-blank before a campaign speech. With blood soaking through his shirt, he refused medical help and spoke for over an hour. This is the story of the speech ...
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