Pernicious anemia laid its pale fingers upon the body of General Isaac R. Sherwood. For three months he struggled with it, as it sucked the life blood from his frame. Toward the end he became unconscious. And last week he died.
Thus a career as remarkable as that of any man who has ever served in Congress, a career covering 90 years, two months and two days, eventful from its inception to its end. The mere recital of its milestones is epic:
Born in Stanford, N.Y., in 1835, the...
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