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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
2
The nation mourns as President William McKinley dies at his post. His leadership brought victory, expansion, and prosperity, and his death leaves the country to carry forward his unfinished plans with honor. His wife endures the loss, and the nation honors a brave, honorable life.
The nation mourns as President William McKinley dies at 2 16 am in Buffalo after being shot by an assassin. Theodore Roosevelt becomes president as the new administration forms under the Constitution and law. The report recalls the late president as soldier statesman and devoted husband, with vivid details of his final hours and farewells.
The narrative traces McKinley's final hours at the Milburn House, with Kinley at his side and his whispered prayers. Cabinet members gather, doctors work, and finally Dr. Rixey proclaims the President dead as Cortelyou informs reporters and the nation.
The fourth annual Tri County Fair Association exhibition will run October 8 to 11 on the association grounds. A premium list is pressed and will be issued in August. premiums will be published in The Comet as received. An unrelated obituary note describes a funeral with a uniform guard and mourning symbols. meanwhile a court case involving the President’s assassin is noted with plea of not guilty.
At the fair contestants mix soap in a five minute lather test using Fairbanks’ Glycerine Tar Soap. Winners receive 100 cakes of the soap and various premiums are awarded, including chocolate candy, baby shoes, and hardware tools from local merchants. The event features numerous prize categories and mentions specific sponsors.
Citizens gathered at the opera house in Johnson City on Monday to honor President McKinley with resolutions. Mayor Summers chaired, a five member committee drafted the memorial, and speakers urged unity, prayer, and a citywide closure of businesses and schools from 11 AM to noon on the burial day.
A jumble of premiums, premiums, and prizes from Bartlett Bakers and local merchants. Aimed at farmers and shoppers, the notice lists various goods including paints, extracts, baking powder, shawls, cigars, starch, pears, shoes, and farm tools with sponsoring firms such as Summers Barton Parrott and The C. P. Sauer Company, plus agents in Johnson City and Jefferson City.
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