sentences:  At the turn of the 20th century the newspaper began editorial campaigns to improve Philadelphia, including the paving of major streets and stopping a corrupt plan to buy the polluted Schuylkill Canal for drinking water.The newspaper continued similar politics under Elverson Jr., and by the 1920s "The Inquirer" became known as the "Republican Bible of Pennsylvania".Between 1929 and 1936, while under Patenotre and Curtis-Martin, "The Inquirer" continued to support the Republican party and President Herbert Hoover, noticeably by not reporting on the news of the Great Depression.