QUESTION: President Teddy Roosevelt famously sued Ishpeming newspaper publisher George Newett for libel. What had Newett accused Roosevelt of?

a. Killing deer out of season

b. Accepting a bribe from Ishpeming resident, Peter Jacobson, to be appointed postmaster.

c. Failing to secure the border between the U.S. and Canada at Sault Ste. Marie

d. Drunkenness

Answer: D. Drunkenness. Roosevelt won the trial, held in the Marquette County Courthouse, and was awarded damages of six cents, “the cost of a good newspaper.”