Thursday, August 2, 1923

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The Headlines

FACES A SLOW RECOVERY; President's Temperature Back to Normal for a Time -- Pulse Lower. CALM AFTER RESTLESS DAY Exhaustion Is His Worst Trouble -- Pneumonia Symptoms Show Improvement. BREATHING LESS LABORED Mrs. Harding Remains at the Bedside, Refusing to Relax Her Exertions.

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Yes! We Have No Bananas

Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

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Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• U.S. Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Shimon Peres (1923)
• Mahmud I (1696)
• Constantine I of Greece (1868)
• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
• John Tyndall (1820)

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Tech Check

Bulldozer, 16mm Film & Hearing Aid (Vacuum Tube).

Cost of Living (1920)