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McKinley Assassination Reflections On Lincoln Garfield
The article recalls Lincoln’s 1865 assassination at Ford’s Theatre and Garfield’s 1881 shooting at the Baltimore and Potomac station. It notes President McKinley’s 1901 attack and public sorrow, contrasting past shocks with the present tragedy, and mentions Blaine McCormick of Altoona visiting the McCormick family.
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McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Ford's Theatre
John Wilkes Booth
James A. Garfield
Garfield
Executive Mansion
James G. Blaine
Baltimore and Potomac
New York
New England
Charles J. Guiteau
Arthur
Republican Party
Republic
Elberon
Long Branch
N. J
Washington
Guiteaux
Blaine
Conkling
Maine
Guiteau
United States
Blaine McCormick
Altoona
Mra
J. McCormick
Third Ward
McCormick
Brushvalley Township
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tessrs
Clyde Guthrie
Frank Cunningham
Town
Easton
Lafayette College
Elmer Williame
Cookport
Pittaburg
Mary Helriegel
Anna Randerkus
McKees Rocks
Paul Vogel
North Fifth Street
J. 8. Brown
Willet
Madison
Westmoreland County
Mise Sarah Baughman
Mason Sanitarium
Roaring Springs
Mise Charlotte Wheeler
East Philadelphia
J. H. Black
Witchita
Kern
Alk Cunningham
Columbia
R. ©. Blaine
New Kensington
Harry J. Davis
Munhall
George Rowe
Maude Wray
Miss