Newspaper: New York World. Date: August 29, 1898. Prominent news stories include: President McKinley is determined to investigate mismanagement and lack of care resulting in deaths of soldiers; Universal peace proposed by Czar; Administration to act on ugly scandals; Deaths by neglect and starvation. Condition: 6 pages, complete. Significant tearing along horizontal fold. Comes folded or rolled, depending upon existing fold lines. Comments: The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers. It was a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was a pioneer in yellow journalism, capturing readers' attention with sensation, sports, sex and scandal and pushing its daily circulation to the one-million mark.