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Nice broadside on President Garfield's condition...
Nice broadside on President Garfield's condition...
Item # 695782
August 28, 1881
THE CHRONICLE--EXTRA, Sunday, August 28, 1881
* President James A. Garfield
A great, narrow slip of paper which is a broadside (printed on one side only) extra edition of this newspaper (no city or state are noted), created to announce good news concerning the recently assassinated President James Garfield".
Printed in one-column format the headlines at the top of the broadside include: "HOPE REVIVED ! " "Improvement Noted in President Garfield's Condition" "The Physicians Again Sanguine" "Mr. Garfield Takes and Retains Nourishment in the Shape of Beef Tea and Porridge" "This Afternoon's Bulletins".
The full text of the broadside is shown in the photos.
Garfield was shot on July 2 and would die from his wounds on September 19, just 3 weeks after this broadside.
Single sheet, measuring 5 1/2 by 20 1/4 inches, very nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
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