Empress of Ireland Disaster Told by Survivors
Survivors recount the Empress of Ireland sinking in the St Lawrence River with hundreds of passengers, mainly from Rochester, describing cold water, chaos, and brave escapes. Miss Tirra Townshend and Miss Emily Cort, among others, share how they survived by swimming or clinging to wreckage while crew and others aided or perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
St Lawrence
Herman Kruz
Freda Aund
Reinhold Bach
Bdith
Rochester
Mann
Kruz Freeda
Edith Lach
Surstvark
Bach
Ess
Minnesota
Mir Kruz
Mias Bach
Mr Stach
Mer Bach
Tirra Townshend
Glenbet
Marlborough
New Zealand
Mra H Wynne Price
Auckland
Miss Townshend
Emily Cort
Townshend
Bankers Elect Tower Hillman At Litchfield Meeting
About 250 bankers attended the Illinois Bankers association group meeting at the Litchfield Hillsboro grounds. A Springfield man was elected to the executive committee. Dr Conway Jr of the Wharton School spoke. Dinner was served. banks closed for the day. Officers elected include E Foster Tower Hillman as president and A O Merriam as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Litchfield
Hillsboro
Hhautauqua
Doctor Conway, Jr
Wharton School of Finance
Philadelphia
Foster Tower Hitt
Hoo
Herrick Litchfield
Scenes at Liverpool during Elks meeting disturb locals
Pathetic scenes unfolded at the Canadian Pacific office in Liverpool as crowds of mourners sought word on officers and crew of the ship Empress of Ireland. News triggered fainting spells and widespread distress as officials announced results. The Elks adjourned in Peoria after electing officers and choosing East St. Louis as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fmpreas
Ireland
East St. Louis
Tlnpis Elks’ Association
Peoria
Patrick J Lucey
Streator
H W Rich
Jerseyville
James A Powers Toliet
Bam Regers
Rock Island
Real Chicago
F J. Sharp
Jacksonville
Chinch Bug Warning Signals Early Crop Damage
Assistant State Entomologist W P Flint and H A McKeene warn that dry spring conditions have allowed chinch bug eggs to survive in western and central Illinois. They urge farmers to inspect wheat fields for pink or red egg clusters hidden near roots, as bugs will migrate to corn after harvest and threaten yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W P. Flint
H. A. McKeene
State Farmers’ Institute
State Entomologist
Illinois
Becta
Jesu
Illinois News Briefly Told
The heat wave prompts health guidance urging cooling, light clothing, baths, and outdoor relief. Fire destroys Vermillion Opera House in Danville. firefighters overcome by smoke and saved. Other notes cover legal papers burned in Chicago, Egyptian Hustlers meeting plans, Zion City moral policing, Elks convention parade in Peoria, army worm outbreaks near Pana, and local deaths and accidents across Illinois towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Presbyterian General Assembly
Judiciary Committee
Adolph Haberly
D. Shields
South Oregon
General Assembly Duquoin
Benton
Centra- Nia
Harrisburg
Vandalia
Olney
Cairo
Marion
E M Baldwin
St Louis
Hustlers
E Dietrich
P Meyer
Ed Homan
Zion City
Voliva
Shiloh Tab
Duquoin Township High Graduates 28 in Class
One of the largest graduation classes in Duquoin township high school history with 28 graduates. Valedictorian Miss Clarabel Yehling and salutatorian Miss Esther Allats led honors. Governor Lupne appointed Harry C Davidson of Newton as Jasper County judge to fill the late Judge H M Kasselman's unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquoin Township
Ecklegol
Clarabel Yehling
Esther Allats
Lupne
Harry C Davidson
Newton
Jasper County
H. M Kasselman
Chicago Crimes and Trials Highlight Early News Bits
A string of incidents from Chicago and suburbs, including inquest findings on Miss Florence Bentley and Reginald Barr, a Proviso high school arrest over an alleged stunt with an emergency brake, a pedestrian killed on Michigan Avenue, the Rebekahs convention in Mount Sterling, military burial customs at sea, a grand jury probe into Rev Louis Patmont’s disappearance, a Belt embezzlement appeal, a pardon for Mrs Max Smith, Illinois School for the Deaf graduates, and various local incidents across towns like Jacksonville Bloomington Decatur Carmi Carterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Florence Bentley
Downers Grove
Reginald A. Barr
Barr
Miss Bentley
Barr Chicago
Proviso
R. R. Brinkerhoss
Bloom
Desplaines
Madison Streets
Forest Park
Aldrich
Carl Hart
Joseph Wright
Hamilton Ak
Mre H. Newman
East Fiftieth Street
South Michigan Avenue
Stits
South
Michigan Avenue
R. Raymond Levis
Third Street
Levis
Rebekahs
Twenty-third District
Mount Sterling
Adams, Brown and
Pike
Rachel Rabb
Metta Collins
Barry
Grace B Douglas
Milton
Catherine Thomas
Quincy
Harry
Kees Spaid
Rock Island Arsenal
Mississippi River
Spaid
West Virginia
Danville
Grand Jury
Louis R Patmont
Westville
Bickel
Patment
Mra
Max Smith
Smith
Dunne
Executive Mansion
Jacksonville
Illinois School For the Deaf
Lloyd Thomas Bowman
Virginia
Robey Stanford
Mt. Vernon
Ruth Cecil Crabbe
Macom
Loren Dale
Chester
Dale
John Galford
Carterville
Christian Church
W. W. Edwards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Empress of Ireland
Nfl Wa
Charing
K Clark
London
June Wallett
Hoth
Becaud
Mr Clark
Kerda'l
Bankers Elect
Tower Hillman
E. G. Foster
Litchfieild
Hlmela
Pacho
Aveorp
Paket
Crete
Ganized Au
Cosi
Fering
Irving
New York Mass
Laurence
Fm Press
Marlborough College
Rollin
Paria
Russia
England
America
Equal Suffrage League
New York
Hee Tran
Kak
Publ
Ptate Board of Health
Clair Drake
Illinois News
Vermillion Opera House
Mark Miller
Gomar Jenkins
Illnois Elks Association
Bruas
Rock Ieland
JuHet
Henry
Eugene Robertson
Pana
Centra Lllinois
Lincoln High School of
Dugquoin
Lincoln School
C Young
Elsie Kincannon
Rosas Taylor
Raymond Thompson
Anna Young
PD Person
Mathilda Mitchell
Della Harkins
Arcola
Sarah Pate
Matt Barricklow
Dizon — Rockriver
James Quadlin
Reynolds Wire Screen Company
Freeport
Alice Kasch
Esther
Mabel
Hazel Hultquest
W W Edwards
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Home
Wisconsin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!