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twodogsbarking

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8. I'm hoping anyhow.
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:40 AM
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President William Henry Harrison died in office from enteric fever, which was then incorrectly diagnosed as pneumonia. His illness was likely caused by the unsanitary water supply in Washington, D.C., at the time, rather than from the cold he caught while delivering his long inauguration speech without a coat, as is commonly believed.

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