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Source: Daily Progress
Source type: newspaper
Document type: editorial
Document title: none
Author(s): anonymous
City of publication: Pomona, California
Date of publication: 14 September 1901
Volume number: 4
Issue number: 143
Pagination: [2]

 
Citation
[untitled]. Daily Progress 14 Sept. 1901 v4n143: p. [2].
 
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Keywords
William McKinley (death: false reports); William McKinley (death: news coverage).
 
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     The mistaken bulletins of yesterday came from no less than three sources that very rarely announce such important events inaccurately. An explanation of the occurrence was published this morning by the Associated Press, which says that the premature “news” was given out at the White House by the chief operator at that place. Afterwards it was stated that the operator at the Buffalo end of the White House wire had been handed a bunch of messages announcing the President’s death and immediately began rushing them off. He had sent three of the messages before they were recalled.

 

 


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