Publication information

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.
 
Transcription
excerpt
 
Keywords
William McKinley (death: international response); McKinley memorialization (postage stamps, postal cards, etc.); William McKinley (death: government response).
 
Named persons
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]).
 
Document


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.