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The session in the House today was very brief Nothing but routine business was transacted. Immediate ly after adjournment several com mittee meetings were started in cluding the Judiciary, Printing and others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
COOLIDGE TAKES
UP HIS DUTIES
AS PRESIDENT
His Venerable Father Admins
tiers the Oath of Office in
Country Home.
ASKS CABINET TO REMAIN
Announces His Intention to Follow Out
the Policies lnaugurated by Hard
ing-Goes to Washington to
Assume Duties.

Washington.-Calvin Coolidge, thir-
tieth President of the United States,
Is here. in Washington at the head of
the executive branch of the govern
ment. Like the 100 per cent efficient
United States marines, he has the sit
uation well in hand The presidency is
functioning without friction.
Calvin Coolidge took the oath as
President of the United States at
Plymouth, VT, at 2 Al a. N. Friday,
August 3. The ceremony took place
in the living room of the residence of
the new Presidents father, John c.
Coolidge. The oath of office was ad-
ministered by the father, who is no.
tary public. The text of the presiden-
tial oath had been telephOned to Mr.
Coolidge at Plymouth from the White
House.
Statement by New Chief.
President Coolidge received the news
Of the death of President Harding and
Of his own elevation to the presidency
at ten minutes before midnight, stand.
ard time, Thursday.
Mr.. Coolidge received the first news
through kilograms from George c..
Christian, Jr., secretary to President
Harding.
Mr.. Coolidge issued the following
statement:
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Bridgewater to Plymouth. About FIVE
minutes later newspaper men arrived
in Ludlow.
A drive Of thirty miles through the
mountains brought them to the Cool
idge summer home.
Mr.. Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge had
retired about an hour before the death
messages were received. Ten minutes
after the arrival of the newspaper men
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge came downstairs
into the sitting room of the Coolidge
home. Mr.. Coolidge was dressed In
black sack suit and wore black neck
tie. Mrs. Coolidge wore a black and
white gown, white shoes and stockings.
Mr.. Coolidge was very pale and showed
deep regret for President Harding's
death. He seated himself at table.
while Mrs. Coolidge brought lamp
and read the kilograms he had re-
ceived.
He then called his assistant secre-
tary, Irwin Geisser, and dictated to
him his statement and the telegram to
Mrs. Harding.
Mrs. Coolidge Weeps.
In the meantime people were arriv-
ing from all directions. Mr.. Coolidge,
seeing the house becoming crowded,
gave orders that an adjoining house
be opened for use as press headQuar-
tiers.
Meanwhile, the new first lady Of the
land sat weeping softly and exclaim-
ing in sympathy for the bereaved first
lady in San Francisco.
What a blow-what a terrible blow
to poor Mrs. Harding" she said. "She
had had such a heavy burden, In her
own illness, to bear up under-and
now thisr'
Finally Secretary Geisser returned
with the press copies of the state
ments, and pushing back the old
photograph album and the family Bible
on the center table, Mrs. Coolidge
busted herself with the work of help
ing distribute them.
The newspaper men had scarcely
gotten out of sight when another tele-
graph messenger arrived with a copy
Of the presidential oath from Wash
ington. In the same sitting room
with its hand-braided rugs, its clutter
of venerable colonial furniture, its old
wood stove and its family Bible-Cal-
vim Coolidge received the oath of Office
from his father, and became Americas
thirtieth president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large a
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney.
liver and bladder ailments, corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle Of
Swamp-Root by parcel post. Address DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale at
all drug Observation-Disclosures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
NATION MOURNS
AT LAST SAD RITES
Official Ceremonies End With
Washington Rites Held on
Wednesday.

Washington-The White House re.
ceived its dead.
The fag-draped casket of Warren
Gamaliel Harding, twenty-ninth Pre-
sident of the United States, stricken
while leading his country back from
shell-torn fields to paths of peace, was
drawn gently into the Capital by a
funeral train that had crossed the
continent.
Nine hours late was the train, which
east Of Chicago crawled through great
crowds reluctant to end their tribute.
Tenderly it was placed on a artil-
from the train through the terminal,
past the new President and his cabi-
net, standing in silent tribute.
Tenderliy it was placed on a artil-
lery caisson. Tenderly it was drawn
through the lane of silent thousands
to the great mansion that had been
Mr.. Harding's home.
The guard of honor-marines, sea-
caisson under the portico of the White
House.. and carried it for a night of
rest into the East room in which had
lain Lincoln and Mckinley.
Then the new President, his cabinet,
high officials of the government, mill
tary escort withdrew, leaving to Mrs.
Harding her dead.
President Coolidge, after a con-
ference with Senator H c. Lodge, is
sued statement declaring that in
compliance with the wishes of Mrs.
Harding, the official groups will go to
Marion for the interment ceremonies
only as guests of the town.
The presidents statement follows:
"The official ceremonies attending
upon the burial of the late president
will terminate when the remains of
the president reach the train on Wed
nesday afternoon.
"The participation by the president
and the representative groups in
Marion will be entirely on the basis of
guests of the town of Marion and they
will not participate in any way as Of
ficials in the ceremonies"
1t was explained by Colonel Sher-
rill, military aid of the president, that
Mrs. Harding had made it plain that
she does not desire any military. fra
ternal, civic or official participation
in the Marion ceremonies, it being her
wishes that her husband be buried as
''the most distinguished representative
of Marion"
The guard of honor, composed of
high generals, and admirals, which
will escort the body here, will jour-
ney to Marion as the guests of Mari
on, surrendering their function as
guards of honor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE

Calvin Coolidge is a quiet, taciturn
man, known to his friends as "Silent
Cal"
For more than twenty years prior to
his election as vice president he had
been in political life, starting almost
Immediately after finishing college.
His first political office was in the city
council Of Northampton, Mass, where
he had settled For years he held va
rious offices in that city, including
those Of city solicitor and mayor;
then he was elected to the Massachu.
sets house of representatives. Later
he won seat in the state senate and
was its president.
Coolidge was lieutenant governor of
Massachusetts and in 1919 was elect.
ed to the governorship in the first CAM
paign won by the Republican party in
several years. He was governor for
two years. 1t was during this term he
during his term as governor that he
first attained nationwide prominence
This was in connection with the POI
lA(ChChS SlIlhc III DOSIOu. NE LUX
firm control of the situation, ordered
the state guard to patrol the streets,
and kept down rioting, taking the
stand that law and order must be pre-
served. The strike was a completes
failure. Following his action in this
situation he was nicknamed Law and
Order" Coolidge.
He was mentioned as a possibility
for the presidential nomination prior
to the 1920 campaign, but he made a
public announcement that he would
not consider the nomination. His
nomination and election to the vice
presidency followed.
In Washington Mr.. Coolidge has
been ranked as clear thinker, care
full in speech, fair mixer-as aggres-
sive as any vice president can be.
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Reports have reached me, which
1 fear are correct, that President Hard
ing is gone. The world has lost
great and good man. I mourn his
loss. He was my chief and my friend.
1t will be my purpose to carry out the
policies which he has begun for the
service of the American people and for
meeting their responsibilities wherever
they may arise. -
For this purpose, shall seek the
cooperation of all those who have been
associated with the President during
his term of office. Those who have
given their efforts to assist him wish
to remain in office, that they may
assist me.
Il have faith that God will direct
the destinies of our nation"
The following telegram was sent to
Mrs. Harding:
plymouth, Vt, Aug. 8, 1923.
Mrs. Warren G. Harding, San
Francisco CAL: We offer you our
deepest sympathy May God bless you
and keep you.
CALVIN COOLIDGE,
GRACE COOLIDGE"
Message Tells of Death
The telegram announcing the death
Of the President was as follows:
palace hotel, San Francisco, CAL,
Aug. 3, 1923.-Mr Calvin Coolidge,
Plymouth, VT: The President died, in
simultaneously and without warning,
while conversing with members of his
family, at 7:30 p. m. His physicians
report that death was apparently due
to some brain embolism, probably an
apopleXy.
GEORGE B. CHRISTIAN, JR.,
Secretary"
This telegram was brought to the
Coolidge home at Plymouth Notch by
W. A. Perkins of Bridgewater, who
owns the telephone line running from
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

and recommended it to me. In the time !
have been taking it and it has done won
ders for me. keep house and am able to
do lots of work besides. Mrs. HELEN
SEvCIK, 27I1 Thomas ST., Chicago, Ill.
Women suffering from female trou-
bles causing backache, Irregularities,
pains, bearing down feelings and weak
ness should take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Not only is the
worth of this splendid medicine shown
by such cases as this, but for nearly fifty
years this same sort of experience has
been reported by thousands of women.
Mrs. Sevcik is willing to write to any
girl or woman suffering from such
troubles, and answer any questions they
may like to ask.
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Real Meaning of Cheer.

According to one authority, when we
shout hip, hip, hurrah!' we really
say "Hierosolyma est perdita (twice),
Hosannah % This was the trium-
plant cry when Jerusalem fell, the
initials of the words becoming hep"
and then hip; Hosannah became huz-
zah and then hurrah. 1t sounds in
genious-but far fetched.
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MiIestones in Harding's Life.

~ ''~' ~'''S
Here were the milestoneS in
Warren G. Harding's life:
Born in Blooming Grove, Nor
row county, Ohio, November 2,
1865.
Began career as newspaper
publisher, November 26, 1884.
Elected to Ohio state senate,
his first political office, Novem
Der 6, 1898.
Elected lieutenant governor Of
Ohio, November 3, 1903.
Defeated as Republican can
didate for governor, November
8, 1910.
Elected to United States SEN
ate, November 3, 1914.
Nominated for the presidency,
June II, 1920.
Elected President, November
2, 1920.
Inaugurated March 4, 1921.
Died August 2, 1923.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
CHILDREN CRY
FOR "CASTORIA"
Especially Prepared for Infants
and Children of All Ages

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over so years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Collie and Diarrhea;
allaying Feverishness arising there
from, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels, aids the assimilation of
Food; giving natural sleep without
opiates. The genuine bears signature
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
Coal Tar Derivatives.

Chemists say that the time Is an
preaching when natural dyestuffs, such
as madden and indigo, will no longer
be needed. For almost every one of
them substitutes have been obtained
from coal tar, and most of these are
actually superior to the dyes used by
the last generation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
First "Movie" Machine.

The zoetrope, or first apparatus to
show pictures in motion, originally ap-
peared in several forms, one of which
was stereoscopic arrangement where
by the wheel had two Sits and was
operated in a horizontal plane.
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WANTS TO HELP
Other women
Grateful for Health Restored
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Chicago, I'LL am willing to write
to any girl or woman who is suffering

from the troubles /
had before / took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge table Com
pound. My back al
ways ached, SO /
not go about
my homework, and /
had other troubles
from weakness. /
was this way for
years, thenmy sister
in-law took the Veg
atohla Comnnupd
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
Shave With cuticura Soap

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity. skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, no irri-
tation even when shaved twice daily.
One soap for all uses-shaving, bath.
ing and shampooing. -Advertisement.
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Marion. O.-Close friends of Presi-
dent Harding estimated that his es-
tate probably was worth between
700 900 and 100000.
Before he assumed the Presidency,
Mr.. Harding was regarded as wealthy,
having amassed a fortune from the
Marion Star, the newspaper which he
owned since 1884 until it was sold
recently. The controlling interest
held by Mr.. Harding, was said to have
brought more than 100000.
At one time or other Mr.. Harding
has been a stakeholder in virtually
every industrial enterprise in Marion.
Marion, Ohio-President Harding's
widow will make her future home at
the farm of DR.. C. E. Sawyer, personal
physician to the late chief executive,
lust outside the city, according to an
announcement in the Marion Tribune,
a morning newspaper controlled by
the same men who recently bought
Mr.. Harding's interests in the Marion
Star.
Known as white Oaks" the farm
is one of the beauty spots of Marion.
Willard Hunt, who occupies the
Harding home under lease, offered to
Immediately vacate. but Mrs. Harding
refused to let him do so.
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Narrowing the Vision.

Keeping the nose to the grindstone
shuts off some of the finest views pos
sible on this earth. Who can see the
better part of life when he Is forced
to watch increasingly it's more exact.
ing demands ?-Charleston News.
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Town Would Revive Industry

Over 5000 mulberry trees have been
planted in Valencia. Spain, In sys-
tematic campaign to revive the silk
industry for which that province was
famous seven hundred years ago.
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HIGH SPOTS IN
COOLIDGE'S CAREER

Born July 4, 1872, at Plym-
outh, Vt.
Graduated from Amherst col
lege, 1895. Studied law North
ampton, Mass.
Married Grace A. Goodhue,
Burlington, VT, 1905.
Councilman of Northampton;
city solicitor; clerk of courts;
chairman Republican city COM
mittee, 1899 to 1904.
Member general court of Mas
chusetts, 1907-'OS.
Mayor of Northampton, 1910
1911.
Member state senate, 1925.
President of senate, 1914,15.
Lieutenant governor Massa-
chusetts, 1916-17-'1S.
Governor Of Massachusetts,
1920.
Elected vice president Of Unit
ed States, 1920.
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DISADVANTAGES Of Crown.

A crown, golden in show, Is but
wreath of thorns; brings danger,
troubles, cares and sleepless nights.
to him who wears regal dladem.-
Milton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
From Cupid's Factory.

1.-THE young bride and groom have
started on their wedding tip in YER
liable ecstasy"
Never heard of the car Who makes
it2o
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
Ardent Youth.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and soldiers
appeal most strongly to women" 90
Would that l were an army chap
lain!'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10

Therefore Cultivate Good Ones.
Habit, If not resisted, soon becomes
necessity.-St. Augustine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10

The wrinkles caused by worry are
the result of worrying over something
that worry could not help.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
Admirable Trait.

"He wears those darling dark blue
ties with white dots in them"
"Yesl / like that in a man"-Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10
Thought for the Day,

Unless some people get the better
of you In deal they think you are
a crook.
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(7:10 p. NO. until he died q :30). The
circumstance is told briefly in the fol-
lowing formal announcement.
1.-THE President died at 1880 p. N.
Mrs. Harding and the two nurses, Miss
Ruth POwderly and Miss Sue Drusser,
were in the room at the time. Mrs.
Harding was reading to the President
when utterly without warning slight
shudder passed through his frame, he
collapsed, and all recognized that the
end had come. A stroke of apoplexy
was the cause of his death.
within a few moments all Of the
Presidents official party had been
summoned"
DR.. Boone said later that Miss Pow
derly looked at the President while
Mrs. Harding was reading to him and
was struck by great Improvement In
the patients appearance.
Doesn't he look fine" she said,
turning to Mrs. Harding.
Then the nurse turned back to look
at the President to verify her COM
hoh'' NILS haiuih ioohCu, Ioo. Icy
saw shudder pass over the sick
mans frame. That marked the stroke
that produced death.
The following telegram from the
members of the cabinet who are here
was Immediately sent to Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, and
those members of the cabinet who
were not in San Francisco:
"The President died at 1880 p. m.
from a stroke of cerebral apoplexy.
The end came peacefully and without
warning.
"DAUGHERTY,
WORK,
WALLACE,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10

What fierce, undying love men and
women have for each other-on the
screen.
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Thousands upon thousands of men,
women and children of Pittsburgh,
forming a line along the Baltimore G.
Ohio right-of-way FROM the top of the
most distant suburb to the Glenwood
station, paid a voiceless but impress
sive tribute to President Harding as
the funeral train passed on to Wash
ington.
The mourners, standing bareheaded
under scorching sun, were number
less as the train made it's way slowly
through the city. Crowds, unprece.
denied in the history of Pittsburgh,
thronged hillsides, bridges and every
point of vantage. At The Glenwood
station city and county officials, dele.
cations representing different organi-
cations and others met the train of
sorrow. AS floral tributes were pre-
sented the great throng stood in silent
reverence, ever conscious of the fact
that the body of their late president
lay still in death in the funeral car.
Hours behind schedule because of
the great crowds which sought to pay
Iueu last lIIDuIe DIS Tic COII SSS SiIGuI-
ly slipped onward and because of the
insistence of Mrs. Harding that travel
be slow enough to permit all who had
gathered to view the flower decked
coffin in it's dimly lighted car, the
train was greeted by throngs at every
station and way place.
From Hicksville, the first village
encountered, to Youngstown, where
the train slipped on into Pennsylvania
thousands of Ohioans gathered to
stand bareheaded in their grief until
the last coach was out of sight.
Many, basing their preparations on
the original schedule, kept the vigil
for hours, refusing to leave until the
cortege arrived. Railroad stations
were damned from early evening in
some cases until long after midnight
while in larger cities surging crowds
burst through police lines and forced
through trains to slow down. Almost
every cross roads had its quota of au-
tomobile, the occupants of which
snatched what sleep they could IN
their cars while they anxiously await
ed the passing of their dead president.
At no place was there any demonstra-
ton, the crowds contenting themselves
with a brief glance at the death-bear-
ing coach and then turning home
ward as if for the first time coming
to the full realization of their loss.
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When a woman helps her husband
do anything she invariably wants to
do the bossing.
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"DAUGHERTY,
WORK,
"WALLACE,
HOOVER"
A Shocking Surprise.

Nothing could have been a more
shocking surprise. But an hour ear
lier General Sawyer had been telling
newspaper men that Mr.. Harding had
had the best day since he became Sc
riously Ill the preceding Saturday. He
said that the President had definitely
entered upon the stage of GONZALES
cence and that everything went to
show that Mr. Harding was on the
road to ultimate recovery.
The members of the official party
those who had accompanied the Pres
ident ana Mrs. Harding-had no warn
ing that the President was in danger.
They, like the newspaper men, had
been assured that a fatal termination
of the Presidents illness was thing
not to be expected, in view of his APP
parent improvement-the evident less
ening of serious symptoms-in the
last As hours.
George B. Christian, Jr., secretary
to the President and his devoted
friend was in Los Angeles with Mrs.
Christian. He had gone there at the
Presidents solicitation to read at
Masonic gathering an address which
the President had prepared in the ex-
pectation that he would deliver it in
person.
The newspaper men had an engage
ment with General Sawyer for 8
o'clock. He was to tell them then
how the President was progressing
toward recovery.
Regarding the manner in which Mrs.
Harding sustained the shock, an off,
cial statement given to the press by
Judson D. Welliver of the White
House staff, a member of the Presi-
dents official party, said:
Mrs Harding, who from the begin
ming of the Presidents illness had ex-
pressed complete confidence IL his re-
covery, did not break down. On the
other hand, she continued, as from
the beginning, the bravest member of
the group. When 1t was realized that
the President had actually passed
away, she turned to those in the room,
whose concern had turned TO her, and
said: 4 am not going to break down."
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Many a frivolous woman twines her
self about a mans heart for the pur-
pose of stringing him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-08-10

A man never hires brass band TO
herald his coming out at the little end
of the horn.