Ross-on-Wye From the River Prior to 1927. And President Calvin Coolidge.

            The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Ross-on-Wye using a 1d. stamp on Tuesday the 2nd. August 1927. The card was sent to:

Mrs. E. Reed,
'Lynwood',
Spring Road,
Sholing,
Nr. Southampton,
Hants.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Monday.
Dear Edie,
Arrived here this
afternoon.
Lovely weather, having 
a splendid time.
Perhaps a charabanc
ride tomorrow - we are
out to see all we can.
The boys sent their
love to you last time
they wrote.
Frank arrives home
next Monday the 8th.
Love to you all,
F. Reed."

A Brief Statement From the President

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 2nd. August 1927, while on an extended vacation in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge closed his weekly 9:30 am press conference with a directive to return at noon for a special announcement. 

When the newspapermen returned to Coolidge's office, located at Central High School, the President told them:

"Will you please file past me? 
I have a little statement for you." 

Each reporter was then handed a folded slip of paper with one typewritten statement: 

"I do not choose to run for 
President in nineteen twenty-
eight." 

A reporter asked: 

"Does the president care 
to comment further?" 

The laconic Coolidge replied, "No", and left the room. 

The surprise had been timed so that it could not make the news until after the close of trade on the stock markets. 

Speculation about the Republican candidate for president in 1928 included Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and former Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden.
   

Taken on: December 5, 2024

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