Titanic Disaster Retold With Heroic Acts and Tragic Loss
Eyewitness accounts describe the Titanic collision with an iceberg, the orderly evacuation, and sailors enforcing women and children get priority. The ship sank around 1:50 am after bands played Nearer My God to Thee, with notable deaths including Colonel Astor and Isidor Straus and scenes of shock at the Cunard Pier as survivors were cared for.
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Thas
Titanic
Thun
Cunard
Carpathia
John Jacob Astor
Vincent Astor
Craig Biddle
William H. Force
Major Butt
Taft
Schubert
Col. Astor
Colonel Astor
Astor
Gracie
Colonel Gracie
Joan
Walter J. Stanton
Pear St
Camden N. J
Doan
Degenerate Luxuries and Titanic Slowdown Proposal
Stanley Bowdle of Columbus Ohio, a marine engineer and Constitutional Convention member, calls the Titanic disaster a sacrifice to degenerate luxury. He advocates international laws forcing ships to run at half speed in ice belts fog and darkness to prevent future loss.
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Stanley Bowdle
Columbus
Ohio
Bowdle
Survivors Disembark as Titanic Rescue Ship Reaches Pier
The Carpathia glides into Pier 64 North River as the Titanic survivors are ferried ashore in the gloom of evening. Ambulatory crowds react with mixed relief and grief at the dockside while harbor vessels loom nearby.
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New York
Carpathia
Pier 64 North River
Washington Grieves Titan Disaster Sinks Taft Circle
In Washington the Titanic disaster halts social life as leaders mourn close friends drowned. The White House atmosphere shifts from planned pleasures for Miss Taft and Robert Taft to a subdued, quiet week of mourning.
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Washington
White House
Miss Taft
Robert Taft
Titanic Survivors Relate Heroism Amid Wreck Horrors
Survivors describe the Titanic disaster telling how the ship struck an iceberg and sank while officers lowered lifeboats and passengers boarded. Reports say boilers exploded as water flooded the vessel and many faced a perilous, freezing fate aboard the lifeboats and decks.
Titanic survivors tell of explosions and flashes at sea
Eyewitness accounts describe survivors killed by exploding compartments rather than drowning. Mrs Paul Schabert of Derby Connecticut recalls the Straus couple perishing together as Mrs Straus refused to leave her husband. She details pistol shots and officers firing to awaken passengers while guests slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isador Straus
Paul Schabert
Derby
Conn
Ismay Escape Sparks Debate Over Forcing Into Boat
London papers weigh Ismay escape from the Titanic disaster with the Daily Herald noting discussion in hotels and clubs. Readers question if he was compelled into a lifeboat with women and children by his employees amid widespread speculation.
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London
J. Bruce Ismay
Daily Herald
New Labor
Ismay
Lifeboat Shortfalls Blamed in Titanic Disaster
Alan H. Burgoyne MP editor of the Naval Annual argues the Titanic tragedy reveals a central failure the woeful inadequacy of lifeboat accommodations under antiquated British Board of Trade regulations.
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London
Alan H. Burgoyne
M. P
Naval Annual
British Board of Trade
Sermon on the Beatitudes and the Kingdom
The lesson explores Jesus Sermon on the Mount as the Gospel of the Kingdom. It explains the seven Beatitudes, their Old Testament roots, and their spiritual meanings. It notes the contrast between the kingdom of light and darkness and urges meekness mercy and righteousness as paths to blessedness.
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St. Augustine
Jesus
Christ
Paul
Peter
God
Tyndale
Satan
Sodom
Son of God
Health and hygiene ads tout Garfield Tea and Paxtine Antiseptic
The ad touts Garfield Tea as a health purifying laxative and Paxtine Antiseptic as a superior teeth cleanser. It promotes Paxtine at 25 cents a box from The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston Mass with mail order price.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Correction on Government Form Terminology
A debate over government form features a dialogue between an economist and a suffragette. The economist calls it paternal while the suffragette corrects to maternal, arguing accuracy in descriptors.
Stand Not Upon the Order of Your Going
A dialog about interpreting Shakespeare suggests a practical takeaway: avoid hesitation and seize opportunities before risks materialize. Myrtle and George contrast waiting with action and frame the saying as a warning to act rather than overthink.
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Myrtle
George
Thanksgiving Psalm A Rhythmical and Grateful Chant
A Terre Haute public school teacher describes exhaustion from teaching and relief after using Grape Nuts and cream. She reports improved appetite, reduced tiredness, 15 pounds gained in three months, and a full return to duty without tonics.
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Terre Haute
Papstum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Mrs. Straus
Robert W. Daniel
Philadelphia
E. O. Sellers
The
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Earther
Zelis
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