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"A Wail of Genuine Sorrow from the South."

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 A Wail of Genuine Sorrow from the South.
Newspaper, The Cleveland Herald, Sept. 20, 1881, 19 x 25, 8 pp. Untrimmed at top, opening into a vast press sheet measuring 38 x 50! Dramatic black-bordered reporting of Garfield assassination, here the Fifth Edition of 4:45 P.M., with the sad news "In Mourning - The Nation Sheds Bitter Tears of Grief At the Death of Its Heroic President - A Wail of Genuine Sorrow from the South...Sectionalism Wiped Out by Garfield's Blood - The Remains to Lie in State at Cleveland - Lake View Cemetery to be the Final Resting Place...." Large portrait at top center of page one. Exhaustive coverage of the crime of the postbellum century, including Garfield's life and suffering, with accounts from cities and towns throughout Ohio, the nation, and overseas, including a message of sympathy from Queen Victoria. Fascinating printing error caused by foldover of edge of sheet while at high speed on press, comprising a 4 x 9 triangular wedge of text belonging on p. 2, appearing at an angle atop different copy on p. 1. Some fraying and creases at horizontal fold, and tears at right margin, uniform toning but believed actually slight rubbing of printing ink while "hot off the press," else good. Likely a unique example of this paper: printed at breakneck speeds, the urgency of getting this latest edition onto newsstands resulted in the errors - and prevented their detection. Probably the largest newspaper on Garfield's death. In all, a conversation piece for the Garfield or Ohio completist.