Vintage Chicago Tribune: How a stack of speech notes saved Theodore Roosevelt’s life 114 years ago
- Posted on May 14, 2026
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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.