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WARREN GAMALIEL, an American statesman, elected President of the United States, on Nov. 2, 1920. He was born in the village of Blooming Grove, O., on Nov. 2, 1865, on a farm belonging to his grandfather, Charles Harding, who was one of the pioneers in the settlement of Ohio. The boy was the oldest of eight children.

His father, George Tyron Harding, was a village physician and cultivated a small farm to aid in the support of the large family. His mother was Phebe Dickerson, who was descended from an old-time Holland-Dutch family, the Van Kirks. His first education was obtained in the country school of the neighborhood, and at the age of 14 he entered Underwood & Underwood PRESIDENT WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING Enc. Vol. 4-p. 468 Press Illustrating Co.

THE ROYAL PALACE AT THE HAGUE, CAPITAL OF THE NETHERLANDS Publishers' Photo Service A STREET IN PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI, SHOWING NATIVE STORES Underwood & Underwood STACKING BALED HAY ON A RANCH NEAR MERCED, CAL.

Underwood & Underwood Publishers' Photo Service SURF RIDING AT WAIKIKI BEACH, HONOLULU. AT THE LEFT IS DIAMOND HEAD Ewing Galloway

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