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Rare Same-Day Memorial Program for Pres. McKinley.

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Rare Same-Day Memorial Program for Pres. McKinley.
Dramatic group relating to McKinley's assassination: Same-day "Memorial Meeting - A Tribute to Hon. William McKinley...," Aryan Society, West Chester, Pa., Sat. evening, Sept. 14, 1901, 6 x 6, 4 pp., deckled edge. A program of surprising elegance in both format and content, considering the brief time between arrival of the sad news, and its printing. * Folder, "Memorial Services - A Tribute to Hon. William McKinley...by the Citizens of West Chester (Pa.)," Sept. 16, 1901, two days after his assassination. 5 1/2 x 9, 4 pp., photo on front. * Oversize sheet music, signed by composer, "McKinley the Immortal - 'It is God's Way' - Song with Refrain, by Emma Magruder, Dedicated to the Devoted Wife of our Martyred President." 10 1/2 x 14, 6 pp. (3 printed), unusual funereal typography and large photograph. With lyrics. Pub. by Marclay Music Co., Boston. Bold inscription inside, to "Eliza Russell, Compliments of the writer, 521 N. Charles St." Right edge with tears from considerable use, break but no separation at horizontal fold, else satisfactory, and dramatic for display. WorldCat locates no examples; Google finds no reference. * Headlines of West Chester Morning Republican, Sept. 14, 1901, trimmed and neatly mounted on old page, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2. "The Nation's Chief is Dead! Spirit of Pres. McKinley Has Taken Its Final Flight...One of the Greatest Statesmen That Lived in the Dawn of the Twentieth Century." On verso, "President Dead...," with photo. * Mounted clippings from a different newspaper, "President McKinley Expires at Buffalo...," with 43 col. inches of black-bordered article mounted both sides. "...The creature Czolgosz, extending his hand in a peaceful guise, uncoiled the serpent in his heart...." * Apparently from a third paper, "Col. Roosevelt Is Now President...," datelined Buffalo, Sept. 14. Woodcut portrait. Dramatic account of Roosevelt's swearing-in in a "quaint old mansion" in Buffalo. All clippings fine. (6 pcs.)