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Died. Alexander Dumas, painter, direct descendant of Alexandre Dumas, famed Frenchman, author of Camille and many another romantic novel; in Mitchell, S. Dak...
...After inspecting Battle Mountain Sanitarium, national soldiers' home near Hot Springs, S. Dak., the President said: "I want to see that old man alone." He left his wife and son in their motor, re-entered the sanitarium and sat down beside a stooped figure with cascading white hair and beard. The two talked for 20 minutes. Once the older man said: "Let's see. I saw him last in 1864." The old man was Hezron G. Day, 85, Civil War veteran, father of Admiral George Calvin Day, U. S. N., who commands the present Atlantic cruiser squadron...
...Calvin Coolidge reverted to Calvin Wamblee-Tokaha (Leading Eagle) for a day. At Pine Ridge Indian Agency, 150 miles from Rapid City, S. Dak., he paid the first visit of a U. S. President to an Indian reservation (see next page...
...President did not reply directly to this demand but launched upon a short history of the Indian Problem, which began when white and red men first saw each other some four and one quarter centuries ago; which ceased to be violent with the battle of Wounded Knee, S. Dak., (near Pine Ridge) in 1890; which entered a new phase in 1924 when President Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, declaring all native-born Indians citizens...
...While her husband was thus engaged, Mrs. Coolidge went to Custer, S. Dak. to dedicate a $15,000 log community building, made her first public speech of the summer. Said she in toto...