Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02
MIX and Eggs Seven Weeks

She was constantly al her husbands
bedside
Milk and Eggs Seven Weeks
There we're times during Mr. Cleve-
lands recent illness that the attend
Ing physicians spent ~ hours at his
bedside. For seven weeks hts diet
Consisted Of nothing but milk and
eggs, While Mr. Cleveland was at
Lakewood the rumor was circulated
that he was suffering from cancer.
but this was denied.
The interest manifested in the fight
OF Mr.. Cleveland was universal. Not
only In every hamlet In this country
but In Europe as well. King Edward
asked very frequently after his health
In May when Mr. Cleveland was low
To a slight extent MIR. Clevelands
illness weighed upon his usually
cheerful personality. THIS is clearly
vetoed in IN article prepared by him
during his Illness for periodical. In
1t is this passage;
Like child's outsrown toy buried
In the family garrett. the American ex-
president Is a melancholy product Of
our government system"
So astounding was the information
OF Mr. Clsveiand's death "Wednesday
morning In view OF the favorable bull
leiins that II was looked upon with
doubt in some quarters.
Dr. Bryant VINO has been the Cleve-
land family physician for many years.
Issued an Official statement Wednes-
day. In which he said
For many yvars Mr.. Cleveland had
been sufferer from gasuointensti-
nal troubles. complicated wffh liver
and kinney complaint Tho cause Of
his death Wednesday was heart dis
ease. complicated with liver trouble"
Grover CIe~eland's Life.
Stephen Grower Cleveland was born
In Caldwell. Essen county. y. J.. on
March -. 1897. He was the ron Of
4 Presbyterian minister. Richard Fal-
lev Cleveland. He was named after
stephen Grover. hts fathers prsdecss'
sor in me Caldwell pulpit.
Soon after his birth his father
moved the tx1n1ly On canal ooat TO
Nyette vile. y. Y. where he support
I'd chem ON q aatary o 5000 a YEAR.
AZ the ase N IL Grover Cleveland
x-nt to vnrS In . grocery store for
go peT snnum. He later attended
the academy nj Clinton. \ Y. and
aftnr his fathers death became an In
sfrucrrr IN school for the blind In
New York Chy
In 1854 ho went 60 Buffalo, where
he stStsi hg m the offices Ot Bow
en- g. Rogers. enru1ng his board the
while by working for hts uncle in his
spare time. Hs was admitted 10 the
bar In 1869.
In LSS3 he VAS appointed assistant
iis;rtc, attorney ~ Erie county This
was his first entrance into politics
and aftsr serving a time as assistant
be- vas prntratsd FOR district attor
ney and was defeated by narrow
maturity
In 1870. aIter having formed . Law
partnership under the firm name o.
LAninc. Cleveland 4 Poison. he Wa
eiectrd sheriff Of Erie cpunty
In 1881 Mr Cleveland was elected
mayor Of Buffalo. then governor o
New York. and finally, in 1854, prssi
drnt In iSSS be was renominsteC
for tho presidency. hut was heater
for reeiection by Benjamin Harrison
whom he dsfrated In turn In 1892
he retired from public life az the II
pirsiiJn Of his ssond term. in 1896.
In hts first term as president, Mr.
| Cleveland married Miss Frances Fol
som of Buffalo The wedding wa
celebrated In the White House. bu
was excSr-dinEly simple. and was a,
tended by comparatively fVw persons
All Of whom were intimate friends.
Five children have been born Il
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. Il whom fou'
stil live The eldest daughter. Ruth
who was born In 1891. died in 1904
The other children are Esther II
years old and and only child born II
White House Marion. Is years old
Richard Poison. II years Old. anC
| Frances Grover. years old.
Roosevelt Issues proc lamation.
The White House June "a, 1905.
ITO the People of the United States
Grover Cleveland, president Of the
Unitfsl states from iss5 20 1859. an(
again from 1898 to 1897. died az s:4t
/ O'Clock Wednesday morning at hi
home m Princeton. ~ J
Tn his death the nation has beer
deprived Of one Of its greatest citi
Gems by profession a lawyer, hi
chief services 10 his country Were
rendered during his long. varied AM
! raa. In f,,tbliT 1ita