Sketch of President Warren G. Harding Life
A condensed life sketch recounts Warren G. Harding born November 2 1865 near Blooming Grove Ohio son of Dr George T Harding and Phoebe Dickerson. It covers his rise from a printer at Marion Star to governor senator and president and notes his Alaska trip and push for naval arms limits and World Court involvement.
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Warren Gamalie. Harding
United States
Blooming Grove
Morrow County
Ohio
Hardy
Harding
Ohio Central College
Iberia
Warren
Marion
Star
Gothenburg 300 Years Old Celebrations Begin
Gothenburg Sweden marks three centuries since its foundation by Gustavus Adolphus. Dutch merchants settled early on under privileges, with city records kept in Swedish and Dutch. Scottish and English traders followed, giving the port a distinct foreign heritage.
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Sweden
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Detroit News
Europe
Amsterdam
Student speech on hugging sparks public speaking craze
A public speaking student wowed the class by discussing hugging and then kissing in successive talks. The student skipped class this week after failing to find a new topic to discuss.
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Arizona
President Harding Dies From Apoplexy in San Francisco
President Harding died of an apoplexy after a seven day illness that included broncho pneumonia and other complications. Mrs. Harding aided by doctors called for help as the president collapsed in the San Francisco Palace hotel. Remaining plans included a funeral train to Washington and a service in Marion Ohio.
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Misa Florence Kling
Marion
Ohio
Washington
National Capital
Alaska
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Work
Wallace
Agricultural Department
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Pacific Northwest
St. Louis
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Helena
Spokane
Zion
Utah
Yellowstone
Wyoming
Yosemite
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Republic
Palace Hotel
Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Commerce Department
Coolidge Takes Oath of Office in Plymouth Birth Village
Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president at 2 47 a m Friday August 3 EST when he took the oath in his father's farmhouse living room in Plymouth Vermont born in this mountain village. He learned of President Harding’s death three hours earlier and expressed grief and resolve to carry on the policies begun for the nation. He prepared to depart for Washington.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Mountain
Harding
Washington
Buckingham Palace Declares Mourning for Harding
Buckingham Palace announces the king orders a week of mourning for the late Warren G. Harding, president of the United States. Mourning begins from the specified date.
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Buckingham Palace
London
Warren G. Harding
United States of America
President Harding address to Seattle Press Club
Harding spoke largely extemporaneously to members of the Seattle Press Club. He focused on the newspaper’s role in serving the community and stressed the need for responsible journalism.
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Press Club
San Francisco
Harding
Seattle Press Club
Flag at White House Returned to Half Mast
The American flag atop the White House was lowered to half mast on Friday after president left Washington. The flag, normally raised when the president is in Washington, is stored away when he is absent.
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White House
Washington
Business Places Close for Day in San Francisco
Both the San Francisco stock exchange and the San Francisco stock and bond exchange were closed all day Friday August 3 because of the death of President Harding.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Stock Exchange
San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange
Harding
Pope Pius Sends Condolences to America for Loss
The pope expressed deep grief for America calling the deceased one of its best sons and ordered the papal secretary of state to convey heartfelt sympathy and condolences.
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Rome
Pius
America
Papal Secretary of State
New Diseases Ravage Natives Warn of Civilization’s Toll
Washington base National Geographic bulletin warns measles and smallpox devastated Alaska natives after contact with civilization. Overcrowded wooden houses with poor sanitation and limited oxygen fostered epidemics. TB also claimed lives while public health efforts raised native health levels.
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Washington
Alaska
National Geographic Society
Two Motorists Hurt by Exploding Pavement
Two motorists, Mr and Mrs Earl Rachel of Paris NL, were injured when a section of brick pavement in a Chicago road exploded under their car due to intense heat. Farmers nearby reported a heavy cloud of smoke as the concrete foundation was torn out.
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Chicago
Tragic Decline Among Marquesas Islanders Foretold
The passage notes a devastating population decline among Marquesan people with about eight native deaths for every birth. Observers warn that within a decade not a single full blooded Marquesan may remain, a fate echoed for the Hawaiian Islands and other island groups.
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Hawaiian Islands
Marquesas
Turtle Tale of a Three Mile River Tow
Caughdeney N. Cup Gorkey of this village went fishing on the river tired by heat he napped in a shady nook. He awoke to find his boat drifting the turtle he hooked had towed him three miles downstream before he could reel it in.
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Caughdeney
Gorkey
Cap
Cup
Scandia Freshman Wins Long-Distance Scholar Title
Dorothy Foreman, a Scandia freshman, earns the champion long-distance scholarship. Her mother resides in Jewell County and during the school year just ended Dorothy traveled 65,760 miles and spent 12 percent of days on trains to attend school in Scandia.
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Scandia
Kan
Dorothy Foreman
Jewell County
Dorothy
Knife Boosts Man's Life at Hotel Dieu in Quick Rescue
In New Orleans, a taxi driver rushed elderly patient R Rougelot to Hotel Dieu. Dr Joseph Danna performed a rapid tracheotomy with a pocket knife, inserted a tube, and stabilized him within a minute, reviving color and pulse. The patient survived, marking the first time for this doctor using a pocket knife in such an operation.
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New Orleans
Hotel Dieu
Joseph Danna
Danna
R. Rougelot
Rougelot
More Motor Touring in Central States
Travel by touring automobiles through the Central states rose about 14 percent in the first five months of this year. Chicago Automobile Club statistics show 17,443 motorists registered in 1921 versus 15,153 in 1922. January through April figures indicate a strong uptick, with monthly registrations higher than the previous year.
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Chicago
Central States
Chicago Automobile Club
Parisian antiques trial accuses museums of buying fakes
Parisian antiquarian George DeMotte accuses the Louvre and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art of purchasing bogus antiques over years. Prosecutors allege Vigouroux diverted 7,000 dollars and that Persian manuscripts valued at 1,000,000 francs vanished. Vigouroux defends himself and attacks DeMotte in court.
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Paris
America
Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Jean Vigouroux
George Joseph DeMotte
Vigouroux
DeMotte
Twelfth
Louvre Museum
Metropolitan Museum
Woman Sets New Altitude Record For Women
Mrs. Bertha Horschem, a professional aviatrix from Ruansom, Kansas, set a new women’s altitude record by rising 16 300 feet in St Louis Missouri. Her flight establishes a new mark surpassing prior records for female pilots.
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Air St. Louis
Bertha Horschem
Ay Latrix
Ruansom
Kans
Woman sets new altitude record in Missouri flight
Mrs Horchem flies in St Louis with Maj Robertson aboard, reaching a new altitude record surpassing 15,700 feet set by Andre Peyre in California last May. The National Aeronautical Association sanctioned flight lasted two hours eight minutes, ending with frostbitten hands and feet as she was helped from the cockpit.
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St. Louis
Missouri National Guard Air Service
Horchem
Bananas Sell for 5000 Marks Each in Berlin Display
In Berlin a fruit shop drew crowds by displaying two complete banana bunches on Potsdamer street. Shoppers priced the bananas at 5,000 marks each, about 6 cents at the current exchange rate, reflecting a rare German shortage over two years.
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Berlin
Germany
Potsdamer Street
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