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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...
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Presidential Politics
On October 14, 1912, Progressive Party presidential candidate Theodore ... with the Taft administration, Roosevelt leapt into the ring to oppose the president of his own party. A political brawl ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January ... hosting for incoming President William Howard Taft, the cartoon told the teddy bear to “beat it!” and declared Billy ...