The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 179, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME IX. ORANGE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 1923
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Number 170
The Serious Hardin
Famous Harding Smile
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RY THE UNITED PRESS
PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.
President Harding died
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coast time, (9 30 Orange time). The following statement was issued:j
I he president died instantly without warning and without conversing with members oL
his i amity. Death wag- apparently due to some brain development, such as apoplexy.
w&tvtG' the day he was free from discomfort and there was every justification for!
anticipating a prompt recovery.
The statement was signed by C. E. Sawyers, Ray Lyman Wilbur, C. M. Cooper, M D. !
J. L. Boone. M. D„ Hubert Work, M. D. 4 |
Mrs Harding ard the two nurses, Miss Ruth C. Powderly, and Miss Sue Dau^ser,1
were in the room at the time. Mrs. Hardin' was reading to the president when, utterly j
g, a slight shudder passed through his frame. He collapsed and all rec
ie end had come.
moments all ofi —— ,
had M |g ABaFII
n Dr. Jlonnc for
U il ll i ri ;( f)'V
the III I'Siilrlll
h'*'n summoned.
lawyer i n Hod
ii ciiiisiiIi ntion.
Ifiiily to l>o Sent to >lail<
Tlio president's dimly Hill he
on din otly to Washington,
Diners! tram loavinir Sun Fral
p»te lYiilav. Burin 1 will h<
Mil r ion, (ill io. This decision
ro:n ho<i tonight.
Mrs. Hunting was prosti
j having hot no up und- r the :
nf I" r ’ushc nd 's illness, sho
i d. u :■ npor »*d f rom f In*
11 I- : Ikt. when it lM*cain<‘
| nun Mauling was Bond.
1 T'<■ illness c.tturkod J’rot
| Hnrdirii; while he w.is aboard
, Ini ! lii-iuh tson '»i mute to
; v. i. Brit sh Unlumhin on
Washington, Aug. 2. —Calvin
Cnoliilgo will fortnnllv take tin
oath as provident of the United
Staton at his home in Vermont
probably I’ridny lnorninu. Kml«»lph
roister, executive secrotaiy of the
while house, who \\,\s railed on the
t' h phone hy tin- presidentia 1 parly
at San Kni tie isco within l km 1 f an
hour of President Hardings death
and Riven instruction*.
( oolidgo at riymoutli
i’UX Mf d TU, (’'mu., Aiic. 2.
Vue I'lesiuotn Calvin Coolidgo re-
(,,d\e<l ex« fly at midnight the
W"as of i'resideiit iiid lug’* death
wlieh will elevate Cooiidgc to tile
presidency The DeV.s elline a* n
fcl'rat shock to tile vice president
and ins first thought nod that of
Mrs.. ( oolidge was to send a mes-
sa.ue of condolence to Mrs. Hard-
ing.
'Alien Mr. Cooiidgc ranie dim t)-
to w el e on to newspaper men
u lit) -hold a tologviiiu from Secretory
Christian notifying him of the
president’s death. He was calm!
hut Mrs . Cooiidgc appeared t.. he j
on the verge of tears.
The Harding Church
If was diagnosed hy Hr. Sawyer
ns ptomaine poisoning. resulting
t lout eating crah meat which nns
lin» aboard the Henderson at Cor-
dova. Alaska.
Nearly every member of the
Party suffered from the same mal-
ady, apparent lv.
Cooiidgc Notified of Heath
The following tehtrram announc-
ing the president’* deatli was Te-
Ulelha | e|y sent to \' I'lesideat
(’oolidge’, i 'Lief .lust ice Tart ami
those members of the culthic1 w hr
were tint in San Francisco: “Th
president died nt 7:20 p. m. ir>t-
i stroke of cerehrpl onotilcxv. The
*nd came peaceahi y and wit hunt
I’aIn% Signed, I in n y. Work.
VVn !!:• e. F inovor.”
Hie four members of the eahi-
I o*’* met as as fhov we re lo-
I eated nftor th<* proHident’R deaf*
j nTi<J djp'W up the message to CYo*
hlge rietifying hii, that I Yes Idem
Ilardiag hod died.
Mc'y then coniitiued their se*?doi>i
j to nin*ke plans for removiipj ihe
j president’s hody. Death surprise'1'
I *1,0 l>hyxlcini>x in ntli'iiilniirf*.
j Dr. Sawyer had seen n nt'«'r|r»-
] T>er man a short time before tin
| President died, nnd then confirmed
j ’Ur earlier statement that Mr.
Harding had had tip' best dnv since
I Ms illness began.
I The hush of dentil brooded fiver
IIhe place.
•Tudson C. Wellivor the pros!-
His Master’s Voice
Stilled
(Continued ott I'a-ge 4,)
Mrs. Harding
SAN FRANCISCO. Anij. 2.--
Here is how President. Harding
died:
Mrs. Hardin" was Heated on
the bedside reading from a waK-
a.riae. At the end >>£ the para-
graph sho paused and let the
■nng&ztno drop in her lap.
“That sounds good, ro ahead,”
said the preniitent. They were
liis last words, a moment later
he threw his rintil hand over
friend of tin' president, offered hist
services. •
Mrs. HnetiioK Uave Aliinn
Mrs. llurdiiij*, It wits disclosed.
Inter jjave (he first alarm. Kite!
mine .out of Ihe president’s idiani-|
her ringing her hitada and crying!
Caiwelt 1
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The Calvary Baptist church In Washlnaton.
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The Orange Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 179, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 2, 1923, newspaper, August 2, 1923; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth564874/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.