Purportedly, the dog howled constantly for three days prior to President Harding's death in August 1923 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, knowing of his master's imminent demise. In memory of President Harding and honoring his former employment as a paperboy, newsboys collected 19,134 pennies to be remelted and sculpted into a statue of Laddie Boy.
A dog reportedly howled incessantly for three days before President Harding's death in August 1923 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, sensing his master's impending demise. Newsboys collected 19,134 pennies to honor President Harding and his former paperboy job by melting them down and sculpting a statue of Laddie Boy.