Warren g harding brief biography of prophet
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A century ago in Utah: the trip that killed a president
It was a fateful trip.
On June 20, 1923, a popular Republican president said goodbye to his dog, Laddie Boy, escaped the 90-degree weather in Washington, D.C., and embarked on what he called the “Voyage of Understanding.” It was a hundred years ago this week that President Warren G. Harding made a two-day stop in Utah as part of this tour.
The people of Utah did not know Harding was just beginning to learn about the corruption of his friends who had high positions in his administration. Utahns didn’t know his doctors were worried about the strain the vigorous trip might have on his weak heart (which was being treated occasionally with a commonly prescribed medicine called arsenic).
They didn’t know he would be dead 37 days after his visit.
Former Utah Gov. William Spry, whom Harding had appointed U. S. Commissioner of Lands (like the Bureau of Land Management director today) acted like a modern-day White House advanc
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Two Years of President Harding
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"In American politics, it is usually dangerous to make predictions. It is doubly dangerous when world conditions are in so kaleidoscopic a situation as they are just now." A critique of a president who would be assassinated before the end of his term
By William Bennett Munro
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On the fourth of March Mr. Harding’s administration passes its second year anniversary—an occasion which invites some comments in mid-term. Is the administration measuring up to what might reasonably have been expected? Is the country getting what it bargained for?
Now it may seem unfair, on the face of things to attempt any appraisal of an administration’s faults or merits until it has exhausted its four years of opportunity. And, in a sense, it is unfair: no ruler of men can be dispassionately judged until after he has ceased to be a ruler, or, indeed, for many years thereafter. Yet the fact remains that in remarkably few instances has any presi
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King's Business - 1924-03
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page in his history, the black sin from which he suffered such terrible consequences. And yet even this has been overruled bygd our gracious God to the blessing of countless thousands; for what comfort have sinful, but truly penitent souls (like David) drawn from the words which grew out of this experience, Psalms 32 and 51! M A Shepherd Boy Becomes King. 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Memory Verse.—“The Lord is my shepherd, inom shall not want.” Psa. 23:1. Approach.—Now this morning I am going to mention a name, and see how many can tell me something about him. Mr. Warren G. Harding. My! Just see all hands are up,, so, you are real patriotic Americans. Earl you tell us what you know about Mr. Harding. Yes, he ELEMENTARY was president of the United States, and Mabel L. Merrill while on a trip over the country, and speaking many times in the different cities, became ill and died.- We all loved president Har ding for he was a Chris