McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: New York Press
Source type: newspaper
Document type: letter to the editor
Document title: “National Spelling Class”
Author(s): anonymous
City of publication: New York, New York
Date of publication: 24 September 1901
Volume number: 14
Issue number: 5046
Pagination: 6

Citation

“National Spelling Class.” New York Press 24 Sept. 1901 v14n5046: p. 6.

Transcription

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Keywords

Leon Czolgosz (name); William Randolph Hearst; Hearst newspapers (role in the assassination).

Named persons

none.

Document

National Spelling Class

To the Editor of The Press:
     Sir—“How do you spell the name of that Anarchist scoundrel, who killed the President?”
     “C-o-l-g-o-z.”
     “Next?”
     “C-z-o-l-g-o-s.”
     “Next?”
     “C-z-o-l-g-o-s-z.”
     “Next?”
     “H-e-a-r-s-t.”
     “Step up to the head of the class.”

New York, Sept. 23.

AMERICAN.

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