Death of the President, as reported out West...
THE DESERET NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Sept. 21, 1881
- President James A. Garfield assassination death
This was the very first newspaper to publish in Utah, having begun in 1850.
Page 8 has all columns black-bordered and a report: "Death Of President Garfield" and also: "Full Particulars".
Complete in 16 pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, nice condition.
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