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Source: Irish-American Source type: newspaper Document type: news column Document title: “Siftings” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: New York, New York Date of publication: 28 September 1901 Volume number: 53 Issue number: 39 Pagination: 5 |
| Citation |
| “Siftings.” Irish-American 28 Sept. 1901 v53n39: p. 5. |
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| Keywords |
| William McKinley (death: international response); McKinley memorialization (postage stamps, postal cards, etc.); William McKinley (death: government response). |
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| William McKinley. |
| Notes |
| The excerpt below comprises two nonconsecutive portions of the column. Omission of text within the excerpt is denoted with a bracketed indicator (e.g., [omit]). |
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Siftings [excerpt]
All these royal condolences mean one thing; that the temporary President of the United States stands on a par with the hereditary sovereigns of the world.
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The life of the late President McKinley is to be commemorated in a special series of postage stamps. The matter is under consideration at the Post Office Department at Washington.