Talk:Ruth Cleveland

Avoiding Original Research

We may SUSPECT that the Baby Ruth candy bar was named after George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the baseball player, but Wikipedia is NOT the place for soapboxes. Please cite original, outside sources that make these assertions.Ryoung122 00:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

A sensation?

According to the article "her birth between Cleveland's two terms of office caused a national sensation." Why? What was so special about her? Chuntuk (talk) 15:53, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

"Ruth Cleveland". The Missoulian. January 4, 1904. Retrieved August 15, 2023 – via Newspapers. com. {{cite news}}: Wikipedia Library link in |url= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

"Babe Ruth". The Saint Paul Globe. November 20, 1891. Retrieved August 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: Wikipedia Library link in |url= (help) Djflem (talk) 11:30, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27989/battle-babies-white-house-brawl

"America's Biggest Celebrity Baby Name? Baby Ruth". July 10, 2023.

Djflem (talk) 06:43, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

NY Times

• 1892:https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/10/03/106086591.html?pageNumber=1
• 1897:https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/04/03/101102770.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0
• 1899:https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/12/03/100459721.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

Djflem (talk) 10:28, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

• "THE PRESIDENT AT GRAY GABLES; Little Ruth Cleveland Celebrates Her Fourth Birthday". The New York Times. April 4, 1895. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
• "Friends Give Them Welcome" (PDF). The New York Times. June 23, 1893. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

• In 1897, Cleveland received a pony and cart as a gift. Her obituary in the New York Times described one of her favorite pastimes as riding with her younger siblings in a pony cart.

Djflem (talk) 10:05, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

References

Cleveland diary entries

https://doctorzebra.com/prez/z_x22ruth_g.htm Djflem (talk) 19:33, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Obits

• "Ruth Cleveland Passes Beyond". Los Angeles Herald. January 8, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
• "Ruth Cleveland Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. January 8, 1904. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
• "Ruth Cleveland Buried" (PDF). The New York Times. September 9, 1904. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
• "Ruth Cleveland". The Missoulian. January 4, 1904. Retrieved August 15, 2023 – via Newspapers. com. {{cite news}}: Wikipedia Library link in |url= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)

Djflem (talk) 11:34, 18 August 2023 (UTC) Djflem (talk) 06:44, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Another source

Here is coverage of the coverage of her birth from the Pittsburgh Dispatch. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 07:21, 18 August 2023 (UTC)