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Title: JM-134: Adkins commanding the Waters to stop. 134
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Charles Adkins, the speaker for the Illinois House of Representatives, commanding the demand for waterway legislation to stop.

Title: JM-318: Our east front and our west front
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting government strategists looking out windows to Stalingrad and Guadalcanal.

Title: JM-061: Six scenes of people shooting at each other for little reason
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting six panels showing men, women, and children shooting people for little reason, such as entertaining ladies in a bathrobe or throwing ashes on the floor.

Title: JM-300: In time we may get used to these crises
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam reading about crises occurring in Ethiopia, Spain, etc. He vows non-involvement.

Title: JM-292: Putting a premium on aggression and treaty breaking
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Italy, France, and Britain pledging to help Ethiopia, then carve it up.

Title: JM-234: When the League Has to Justify Itself. 234
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the Greek-Bulgiaran crisis of 1925.

Title: JM-113: Our daily hint from Paris indicates that there will be great suffering among the poor of that city this winter. 113
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting "Count B. de C." sitting unhappily on Easy Street because he has lost his meal ticket.

Title: JM-117: Missouri and Mr. Rockefeller [4]. 117
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Missouri with a subpoena in hand following in the footsteps of a set of footprints and jumping off the top of the Washington Monument, accompanied by a dog.

Title: JM-130: Hello, Is that the coroner?
Summary: This cartoon is an editorial depiction of the fear of war with Japan in later 1910. At the time, the army of Japan was growing, and they were seeking new technology and funding. This was combined with Japan seizing territory around it, such as parts of Korea. These military actions made relations between the United States and Japan more tense, even to the point where California was proposing legislation to limit the rights of Japanese citizens. The Chicago Tribune took a relatively relaxed approach to the situation, asserting relations between the United States and Japan were nowhere near a declaration of war. Journalists came to this conclusion, because the costs of war were too great for both sides. Ultimately, President Taft sought to avoid public fear by seeking to dismantle rumors of war by publicly announcing the United States intention of peace with Japan. This cartoon shows Taft crushing the personified Japanese war scare while on the phone saying "Hello, is that the coroner? Well, say, come up in about 10 minutes. I'll have a nice job for you." (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-254: Cornerstones of the full dinnerpail
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting four cornerstones holding up a full dinnerpail. The stones are labeled: "Protective Tariff", "Restrictive immigration", "Economic farm relief", and "National defense". An elephant holds a sign explaining that the ensemble is meant for President Hoover.

Title: JM-221: Resolution of the Board of Governors National Democratic Club meeting. 221
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the Board of Governors' National Democratic Club writing up a resolution to recommend New York as the location of the 1924 National Democratic Convention that passed unanimously. Henry Ford is seen driving in a car with ladies representing ladies from the Solid South, the Western Democrats, and the Middle Western Democrats.

Title: JM-097: Colorado at the St. Louis World's Fair
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Colorado groups and exhibits at the St. Louis World's Fair. Groups and exhibits include: Pike's Peak, grizzly bears, miners, etc.

Title: JM-229: The South Dakota primary endorsement. 229
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Coolidge throwing his hat in the ring at the South Dakota primary.

Title: JM-193: If things only worked out according to the prospectus!
Summary: The top left panel is captioned, “The Peace Conference, as the world was led to expect”. The caption references Woodrow Wilson presenting his “14 Points” at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. The Paris Peace Conference was held after the end of fighting in WWI, and resulted in the creation the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was the document which formally ended WWI, and laid out the terms of surrender for the Axis powers. Wilson’s “14 Points” speech outlined his ideas for peace to thrive after such a brutal and catastrophic war. The first point in Wilson’s speech is “Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view”. The purpose of this point was to avoid the secret alliances that led to many countries becoming involved in WWI. The top right panel shows Wilson’s “14 Points” in the trash and is captioned, “The Peace Conference as it actually worked out”. The shows three men signing a secret treaty. Based on their appearances and the context of the cartoon these men are mostly likely President Woodrow Wilson (the left), Prime Minister of France, Georges Clemenceau (the middle), and Prime Minister of England,David Lloyd George (the right). The bottom shows a meeting of the League of Nations, and is captioned “The League of Nations, as the world is led to expect”. The League of Nations was Woodrow Wilson’s idea to create a body of the world’s nations, which would foster international cooperation and support. The League of Nations is the fourteenth point in Wilson’s “14 Points” being described as “A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike”.The League of Nations operated from 1920 to 1946, and faced significant problems from nations having varying international interests. The bottom right panel shows five men sitting at a table with the caption, “The League of Nations if it follows the precedent set by the Paris Conference”. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-276: Cartoons of the day
Summary: Editorial cartoon consisting of three panels, with each panel depicting a different cartoon. In the first panel, Mexico cheers Col. Fierro; in the second panel, King Carol of Romania arms; in the third panel, Stimson shows Uncle Sam the Navy treaty

Title: JM-293: Light and dark colored mottoes for the businessman's office
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting two walls with old-fashioned and modern styles business mottoes.

Title: JM-225: Campaign shenanigans. 225
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the 1924 presidential election. Charles G. Dawes attacks Roger M. La Follette Sr., the Progressive party nominee, with constitutionalism. John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan, who both ran on the Democratic ticket, play the piano and confuse both sides of the country.

Title: JM-W018: Uncle Sam does the math of war
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Uncle Sam sitting at a table with many sheets of paper, as well as Calculus and Algebra books in front of him. Boxes above his head show the "problems" of troops and demands that he is trying to figure out.

Title: JM-049: Sentiment during office hours
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the chief accountant of an office sitting at his desk and doing nothing while the head clerk constantly works. Two of their bosses stand by and are shown growing angry, until the chief accountant is demoted to head clerk and the head clerk is the new chief accountant.

Title: JM-125: When Uncle Adlai goes a-wooing. 125
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting Adlai Stevenson I calling on Miss Illinois accompanied by a personification of his war record, Roger Charles Sullivan, and a personification of the Golden Circle record. Stevenson ran for Governor of Illinois in 1908, at the age of 73, and lost by a narrow margin.

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