Word: pneumonia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rest. Dusk came. As lamps were lighted the Emperor received an ounce of liquid food administered through a tube. He was approaching the last stages of pneumonia, and his lungs have always been weak. At his bedside a physician administered oxygen whenever he seemed sinking. The pulse, constant for some time at 126,* became too fast to count. The respiration mounted to 84;? the Emperor's feet swelled markedly...
Died. Margaret R. Hildeburn Garrison, wife of onetime (1913-16) U. S. Secretary of War Lindley Miller Garrison; in Manhattan, of pneumonia...
Died. His Imperial Majesty, Yoshihito Haru-no-miya, 47, 123rd Emperor of Japan; in Hayama, Japan; of pneumonia...
Died. James Wolcott Wadsworth Sr., 80, onetime (1881-85, 1891-1907) U. S. Congressman, father of U. S. Senator James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (New York); in Washington, of pneumonia...
Died. John Aikman Stewart, 104, Chairman of Board, United States Trust Co., Manhattan (which he organized, 1853); in Manhattan, of pneumonia. Acquainted with most U. S. Presidents since Jackson, he worked for Lincoln as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. In 1894, during Cleveland's second term, he was influential in securing resumption of specie payments. Columbia graduate, he was President pro tempore of Princeton (Sept. 1910-Jan. 1912), following Woodrow Wilson's resignation...