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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
4
Chaplain Mackay Bennett provides a written report detailing the somber duty of burying Titanic victims at sea. He records the grim tasks performed by rescuers and the solemn exchanges with families awaiting word.
A Halifax dispatch recounts the burial at sea of 116 Titanic victims aboard the Mackay Bennett. The account covers daily recovery, numbering of bodies, burial rites, prayers, and the sealing of the graves as the ship hunted for remains through May. The loss totals 306 recovered bodies, with 116 buried at sea.
The readable fragments suggest a brief notice or item involving a functionally titled task or project. The text references prompt action and a tree, with unclear scope or participants. Further readable context is needed to identify specific people or organizations.
Elmer Hind and Elmer Hinds faced fines after a Tuesday night incident in Decatur police court. Deputy Sheriff McDonald and Officers White and Hill were involved, with Hind fined 47.20 for resisting an officer and carrying brags knacks and Hinds fined 10 for interference with an officer. McDonald avoided trial, with a Saturday hearing scheduled before Mayor Skeggs.
Bertani announces two big days of wild animal exhibition in a large tent. The program includes Senora Garcia in a death whirling loop and lectures by Dr. Kirby from the London Zoological Garden. Tickets are 10 cents with doors at 1 30 and 7 p m, two days only.
A historical price listing covers commodities such as sweet potatoes apples beans peas and canned goods with per unit prices and corrected by Swift & Co and F. H. Poluter. It includes dry salt meats lard butter oleomargarine poultry eggs and various staples with noted corrections and vendors.
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