From publisher of the Marion Star newspaper to U.S. Senator from Ohio, Warren G. Harding's meteoric rise culminated in 1920 when he became the compromise candidate of a deadlocked Republican convention and trounced his Democratic opponent with a campaign promising a "Return to Normalcy." He inherited a terrible economy, high taxes, exploding debt, and a nation still wracked with tension from the First World War and subsequent Red Scare. When Harding's health gave out and he died after just two-and-a-half years in office, he left behind a humming economy and had turned a new page from the war years. But in the wake of his death, a parade of emerging corruption scandals involving some of his closest friends forever tarnished his legacy--not to mention the tell-all book published by a young woman who claimed he was the father of her child!
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| Marvel Whirling Spray Syringe – Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, TN) – November 12, 1922 |
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| Southland Sport brassieres for stout women – Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT) – March 8, 1921 |
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| Burbank Electric Shop vacuum cleaner – Burbank Review (Burbank, CA) – March 24, 1922 |
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| Georgiana Chapman has left her husband – Burbank Review (Burbank, CA) – November 11, 1921 |
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| Frederick Chapman shoots his wife – Burbank Review (Burbank, CA) – November 25, 1921 |
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| Frederick Chapman escapes – Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA) – November 22, 1921 |
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| Frederick Chapman charged – Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA) – May 2, 1922 |
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| Frederick Chapman seeks reconciliation – Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA) – November 25, 1921 |
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| Georgiana Chapman seeks divorce – Los Angeles Record (Los Angeles, CA) – June 26, 1924 |
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| Russell & Co. manure – Fresno Morning Republican (Fresno, CA) – March 12, 1921 |
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| California Syrup of Figs children’s laxative – Norfolk Daily News (Norfolk, NE) – March 11, 1921 |
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| Mrs. Holmes reaching out to her niece – Boston Globe (Boston, MA) – March 9, 1921 |
