Wisconsin newspaper man's scrapbook 1895-1901, much from the inaugural issues of the Milwaukee 'Free Press'

Half leather folio, 16 x 11 inches. Manuscript pagination to 390. Leather rubbed and a little tattered at the edges, but consolidated to treat red rot and free of residue. The first 48 pages are clippings from assorted publications, starting with a lengthy 1895 critique of what went wrong for the Confederates, published in the New York Sun. It picks up on page 56 with clippings from the Milwaukee Free Press, founded by Harry P. Myrick, spanning its very first issue printed June 18, 1901, through December 9. The Free Press clippings occupy up to page 158, with the remainder up to 390 left unused. Articles about executive power, tariffs, tax evasion, pension fraud, post office deficits, and chronic complaints about other news outlets' "unfair and mean" reporting are among the timely conceits. The book is believed to have been compiled by one of the Free Press' contributing writers, and primarily his own work. A few items have pencil notes complaining about edits made by H.P. Myrick, foun