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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1901
Page
3
President William McKinley dies at 2:11 a.m. after hours of agony following a Thursday night relapse. The nation awaits Roosevelt's oath and a planned Washington state funeral as doctors discuss autopsy to determine the exact cause. Mrs. McKinley remains at his bedside, displaying remarkable courage throughout the ordeal.
The article recounts President McKinley’s final hours at the Milburn house in Buffalo on Sept 14 16 detailing the deathbed vigil the last words he spoke and the responses of Secretary Cortelyou and others It also describes the city’s somber mood the funeral arrangements including Roosevelts arrival and the casket’s transfer to Washington City Hall and the public viewing before the train to Canton.
The funeral procession for the late president traversed from Buffalo through the Alleghenies to the Potomac, drawing vast crowds and halting work nationwide. Mourning symbols, crepe, and flags marked the journey as communities paused, creating what observers called the era’s strongest universal outpouring of sorrow since Lincoln.
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