There was tons of physical fighting in that era [1], that some newspapers wanted to make a big deal of a specific fight isn't evidence of that much. That said,

There was tons of physical fighting in that era [1], that some newspapers wanted to make a big deal of a specific fight isn't evidence of that much. That said, that was probably a very divisive era. [1] https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374154776 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374154776