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Source: Sydney Mail Source type: newspaper Document type: column Document title: “Notes of the Week” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Sydney, Australia Date of publication: 28 September 1901 Volume number: 72 Issue number: 2151 Pagination: 784-85 (excerpt below includes only page 784) |
| Citation |
| “Notes of the Week.” Sydney Mail 28 Sept. 1901 v72n2151: pp. 784-85. |
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| Keywords |
| McKinley funeral services; James A. Garfield; presidential assassinations (comparison). |
| Named persons |
| James A. Garfield; Abraham Lincoln; William McKinley. |
| Notes |
| Alternate newspaper title: Sydney Mail [and] New South Wales Advertiser. |
| Document |
Notes of the Week [excerpt]
A singular coincidence has been observable in the funeral of President M’Kinley and the case of that other martyred President, Garfield. Both hailed from Ohio, both fell at the hands of an assassin. President M’Kinley was buried on the 20th anniversary of President Garfield’s death; the catafalque and bier in which President M’Kinley’s body was borne in Washington was the same as used for both his murdered predecessors, Lincoln and Garfield, and similar simplicity in service was observed at the obsequies in each case.