President Harding cancelled visits to Oregon and Yosemite National Park as he was ill with what was believed to be ptomaine poisoning. He remained in bed in a special locomotive car.
Secretary of the Interior Herbert Work did address a crowed at Grants Pass, Oregon, stating:
It comes about that during our last day at sea many of us were attacked by a temporary indisposition, not due to seasickness but to food put up in a can. I will not say what the item of food was, for thereby I might depress the value of the canned product.
The Tribune noted that Harding was on board the train, but as this was likely a morning edition, it didn't report his illness. This was not the case everywhere.
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