Lusitania Sinks After German Submarine Torpedo
In May 1915 the Lusitania sailed from New York to Liverpool despite a German warning. A torpedo from U-20 struck the liner off Old Head of Kinsale, sinking her in 22 minutes and killing 1,198 aboard, including 124 Americans. The disaster helped push the United States toward entry into World War I.
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New York
Germany
Great Britain
British Isles
Pier 54
West 13Th Street
Liverpool
Atlantic
Cunard Line
Lusitania
Emden
Walter Schwieger
Ireland
Queenstown
Fastnet
U20
Kapitanleutnant
Schwieger
Old Head of Kinsale
Kapitanleutant Schwieger
Woodrow Wilson
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
America
Olive Rebekahs Observe Guest Officers Night
Olive Rebekah Lodge held a guest officers night at the I O O F hall with Noble Grand Lorraine Charland welcoming officers from Rehoboth Old Orchard Saco Waterboro Narragansett and Forest. Supper was served and the next meeting is set for May 17 with a mystery ride planned.
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Kennebunk
Olive Rebekah Lodge
I.O.O.F. Hall
Lorraine Charland
Norma Foye
West Buxton
Margaret Chamberlin
Old Orchard
Mildred Tyng
Olive Lodge
Nancy Rumery
Saco
Ethel Ballard
Nellie Abbott
Waterboro
Herberta Harriman
Eleanor Violette
Walterboro
Dorothy Hubbard
Barbara Gilbert
Priscilla Ladd
Lorraine Pettengill
Avonel Pettingill
Old Orchard Tableaux
Doris Smith
Ernestine Roberts
Eunice Pettingill
Rehoboth
Narragansett
Forest
Evelyn Court
Local real estate purchases in Biddeford and Goose Rocks Beach
Harold Syokes, a Fortunes Rocks realtor, handled multiple transactions including Harold J. Corcoran Jr and family buying an ocean front lot at Granite Point Biddeford from Kirkland S. Gourley, Roland O. LeFebvre buying land on Summer Street, Biddeford from Chester A. Davis, Henry H. Gove purchasing another Granite Point ocean front lot from Gourley to build a summer home, and John M. Prell buying a Bartlett Street cottage on Goose Rocks Beach from T Edward Anaszewski. plus Mary Woodson of Indiana tops the Big Ten kickoff returns with 27 yards per return on 12.
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Harold J. Corcoran Jr
Haverhill
Mass
Granite Point
Biddeford
Kirkland S. Gourley
Corcorans
Roland O. Lefebvre
Summer Street
Chester A Davis
Henry H. Gove
John M. Prell
Stony Point
N. Y
Bartlett Street
Goose Rocks Beach
T. Edward Anaszewski
Harold Syokes
Fortunes Rocks
Mary Woodson
Indiana
Big Ten
Hitler's Death in Berlin Bunker Recalled in 20th Century Echo
Special report recalls Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun dying in the Reich Chancellery bunker as Red Army attacked Berlin. Soviet intelligence later confirmed the deaths and described the burial in a bomb crater with the dog Blondi.
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Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
Red Wall
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Nazi Germany
Red Army
Reich Chancelery
Hitler
Eva Braun
Blondi
Moscow
Adolf and
Eva
Reich
South America
Alps
West Berlin
Yelena Kshevskaya
Miss Rshevskaya
Precious glass valued like gemstones in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians regarded art glass as highly as gems and metals due to the craft’s difficulty and cost. The material’s rarity and color impressed artisans, merchants, and collectors, signaling luxury status in funerary goods and daily wares alike.
Two Invitations Received By OES Chapter
Madonna Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star met at Masonic Hall with Worthy Matron Doris West and Worthy Patron William West presiding. Invitations were extended to conductress and associate conductress night guests Mrs. Patricia Hubbard and Mrs. Barbara Wheeler for Esther Chapter events in Hallowell on June 1 and Esther Night in Sanford on May 19 with Past Matron Mrs. Vivian Tranci as guest. The Grand Marshal announced Past Matron Mrs. Alice Crocker would serve as her page at the Grand Chapter Session May 15 to 18 in Portland. The Arundel Rainbow Assembly of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport attended. The next meeting will be June 1 to honor Masonic Brothers. refreshment committee listed.
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Kennebunk
Madonna
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Doris West
William West
Patricia Hubbard
Barbara Wheeler
Esther Chapter
Hallowell
Esther
Clover Chapter
Sanford
Vivian Tranci
Grand Chapter
Maine
Margaret Johnson
Alice Crocker
City Hall
Portland
Arundel Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Kennebunkport
West
Masonic Brothers
Lorraine Russell
Theresa Spencer
Ora McConnell
Luella Ingalls
Richard Russell
Richard Hubbard
Henry Wormwood
Raymond Ingalls
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Elbert Hubbard
Garcia
William Thomas Turner
Turner
Bargain
Main Street
Ovina
Delisle
York County
Olive Rebekahs
Work County Savings Bank
City Building
Make
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
OES
Colossal Savi
China
Pro
Woolworth's Pack
Woolworth
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