Capital Prepares Ts Last Tribute
Washington plans a state funeral for President Harding with 10,000 schoolchildren to lay flowers, a children's chorus to sing, and a guarded cortege from the White House to the capitol. Coolidge orders mourning, closing departments, and flight of flags at half mast as a global wave of condolences arrives.
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Harding
Knights Templars
Grand Lodge
White House
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Senator Warren to Board Harding Funeral Train
Senator Francis Warren plans to board the Harding funeral train when it reaches Cheyenne Sunday afternoon and travel with the late president’s body to Washington. Senator John B. Kenny will also depart home and attend final ceremonies. Both were notified by the Senate Sergeant at Arms that attendance is requested by President Pro Tem A. B. Cummins. Governor B. Ross may attend though not certain. Delegation from Disabled War Veterans and Wyoming figures are expected to join as the train passes Avon.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Francis
Warren
Harding
Washington
John B. Kenk
Senate
A. B. Cummins
Charles x. Hughes
State Department
Than Nations
Ek Sullivan
Jes E. Winter
City Investments Boost Public Play Programs
Cities are increasing spending to fund more public play programs for residents. Officials say expanded facilities, equipment, and youth activities will enhance community well being and engagement.
Cabinet member duties fill Coolidge first days as president
Washington August 4 President Coolidge on second day as president held many official conferences with cabinet members undersecretaries and others as he takes charge from Harding. He signed the proclamation mourning Harding and plans for the funeral while leaving policies and cabinet resignations unchanged.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
President Harding
Calvin Coolidge
United States of America
Mr. Harding
Willard Hotel
Hughes
New
Denby
Navy
Davis
Department of Labor
Lord
Budget Bureau
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Marion Services Will Be Simple
The Marion services for Warren G. Harding will be simple with no military or fraternal participation. Mrs. Harding requests Washington funeral order mirrored and for the transcontinental train to carry the same party to Marion, with the cabinet and officials joining, while others travel separately.
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Here
Cheyenne
Washington
Marion
Farewell to President Harding on Depressed Train Route
Mourning crowds along the railroad route took part in a solemn procession as the funeral train carried Mrs. Harding and the late president’s bier. Nurses and physicians remained at her side while Secret Service and railway staff kept vigil and maintained a slow pace to honor the nation’s dead leader.
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Mr. Harding
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Capitol
Arlington
San Francisco
Harding
Ruth Powderly
Charles E. Sawyer
Sawyer
Secret Service
Mrs. Harding
President Harding
Miss Rickman and Allen Creek Married in Butte
Miss Imogene Rickman daughter of Mrs. F A Rickman and Allen B Creek of San Jose California were married at 630 yesterday at the Rickman home by Rev E J Groeneveld pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Miss Margaret Hickey of Butte was brides maid and Joe Y Rickman, grooms man. A wedding dinner followed at the Thornton hotel then the couple left for San Jose to start home life. Creek spent nine months in Butte making friends. Rickman recently worked in the Standard advertising department and has many Butte friends who wish her happiness.
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Imogene Rickman
F. A. Rickman
West
Granite Street
Allen B. Creek
San Jose
Cal
Rickman
E. J. Groeneveld
First Presbyterian Church
Margaret Hickey
Butte
Joe Y. Rickman
Thornton Hotel
Mr. Creek
Miss Rickman
The
Standard
Ancient coins near Etna unearthed in Rome shipment
Relics in two large brass vases filled with gold pieces, dating back 300 to 400 years B C, were removed from Ognina near Mount Etna to Rome by order of the government. A deaf and dumb peasant found them in a ground fissure under an old wall after a small earthquake and offered the vases for sale to collectors.
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Etna
Rome
Ognina
Mount Etna
Hymen the God of Marriage in Classical Mythology
Hymen is described as the deity of marriage in ancient myth, with the term originally meaning bridal song. The figure embodies wedding rites and the joining of spouses in Greek and Roman lore.
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Hymen
Coolidge's Choice: Lead or Follow in Troubled Times
The piece argues Coolidge may reflect the era's demands for reforms beyond party lines. It notes Harding's Tory tendencies, Minnesota results, and the need for leaders who offer honest governance and concrete solutions over demagogic promises amid national distress.
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Minnesota
Harding
Congress
Coolidge
Coolinge
Desert Expresses Silent Sympathy for President’s Death
The article recalls the president's western tour and funeral mood as trains and cars carry flags at half mast. In California Nevada and the Sierra Nevada desert communities people greeted the president with bowed heads and somber prayers. A desert welcome segment shows service members bearing colors and a last ceremonial salute at the tracks.
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California
Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
Lake Tahoe
America
Tahoe
Sierras
Nevada
Little Lovelock
Day of Mourning Declared for National Flag
President Coolidge orders all executive departments closed on August 7 after 1 p.m. and August 8 to 10, with no official entertainments until December 1. White House calls and organization visits deferred until September 3. Flags to stay at half mast through the 30 day mourning period ending September 3.
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Coolidge
T Harding
San Francisco
White House
Army
Navy
Davis
Harding
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Charles E. Hughes
Washington
Hughes
Persident Coolidge
Memorial services for Warren G Harding in Marion Ohio
Marion Ohio August 4 memorial services for late President Warren G Harding planned at Trinity Baptist church at 10 a m conducted by Rev Walter A King. Pew of the president draped in black. other Marion churches to hold services. Relatives awaiting funeral details from Washington as military officers arrive to arrange burial plans.
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Marion
Ohio
Church Friends of
Warren G. Harding
Trinity Baptist Church
Walter A. King of Columbus
Harding
George T. Harding Jr
Washington
F. P. Lahm
Edward M. Taylor
Taylor
Abigail Harding
J. H. Wotan
George T. Harding
East Center Street
White Oaks Farm
Sawyer
General Sawyer
Carl W. Sawyer
Marion Hotel
Celty
Marion Civic Association
National Guard
Suicide Rate in Japan Exceeds Eight per Thousand
TOKIO reports the death by own action rate in Japan stands at 8.8 per thousand. Most victims are aged 20 to 30, with men outnumbering women. Causes include mental derangement sickness poverty and domestic discord. Poverty drives more men to suicide while domestic unhappiness nudges more women to take their own lives.
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Tokio
Japan
Markets Tumble On Death Kill Shock In Early Aug Trade
Heavy liquidation swept stocks in New York as traders reacted to the death of a president and a new British French stalemate over German reparations. Opening declines were met by large buy orders from powerful interests, while overall averages fell modestly. Cotton rose on continued dry Southwest conditions, while wheat and provisions were little moved.
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New York
Harding
Baldwin
Great Britain
France
Northwestern
Ringling takes over townsight
Ringling acquires property from Arthur F Conrad of Great Falls for a reported 50 000 dollars. Ringling, long a major Northwest landowner with about 350 000 acres of dairy and farming lands and large purebred cattle herds, plans White Sulphur Springs into a western resort hub and is expected to arrive soon to oversee details.
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Mr. Ringling
Arthur F. Conrad
Great Falls
Ringling
White Sulphur Springs
Northwest
West
Merle
Harding Nomination Emerges From Chicago Deadlock
The article details Warren G. Harding securing the Republican nomination at the 1920 Chicago convention after a prolonged deadlock with Major General Leonard Wood Governor Frank O. Lowden and Senator Hiram Johnson. It traces ballot by ballot gains, backroom conferences, and the decisive ninth and tenth ballots that propelled Harding to a landslide nomination.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Warren G. Harding
Leonard Wood
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Hiram Johnson
California
Chicago
Harding
Ohio
Senate
Wood
Senator Johnson
Johnson
Lowden
Bulgarian Markets Open to American Goods
In Sofia Bulgaria the American consul Gra ham H Kemper urges a long term campaign by U S merchants to enter Bulgarian markets. He notes foreigners showing interest and says campaigns must rely on personal representation rather than circulars. France’s current military strength is listed as 736261.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Graham H. Kemper
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Marion Church
Leatrice Joy
Richard Dix
John Bowers
Louise Lovely
Irene Rich
Frankie Lee
Goldwyn
Reginald Barker
Starland Review International News
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