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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
24
Reports from Bolivar and nearby areas indicate at least 200 deaths with 6000 refugees in Cleveland as food supplies near exhaustion. Dikes breached near Beulah Beulah Benoit floodwaters inundate towns from Greenville to Madison Parish, prompting appeals for motor boats and continued relief efforts.
Daniel Warner Marvin and his New York bride left for Europe on March 13 to begin a honeymoon aboard the Titanic. As lifeboats were lowered he forced her into a boat despite her pleas to stay. She cried that she would soon see him again as the lifeboat pulled away, while news of their wedding filmed in a moving picture record drew comment.
Rosedale Mississippi reports intensified rescue work with boats reaching inland to evacuate residents marooned by the Mississippi levee breach at Benlall. The breach grows over 2000 feet wide with ends still caving, while refugees from the interior are moved to levee towns and then by boat to safer points as the flood nears Rosedale.
The Wells W C T U announces its annual county institute at Liberty Center on April 23 and 24. The Tuesday evening session will be in the Baptist church and Wednesday sessions in the Methodist church with Mrs. Cullad Wayhinger, state president, as institute leader.
Vincent Astor son of Col John Jacob Astor who perished on the Titanic disaster sent $10,600 to Mayor Gaynor for the destitute survivors. The gift accompanies a note pledging support to the fund for the needy. Total relief contributions reach $67,400 under the Red Cross emergency committee, with the Women’s Relief committee reporting $20,000 raised and no further funds needed. Rockefeller contributed $2,500.
William Dawkins ninety, long Allen county resident, celebrated pioneer life in Fort Wayne area. Born 1822 in Kent England, he came to America in 1840 and settled in Allen county, later Jefferson township, farming and serving in the Civil War. Now living in New Haven with family, he recalls hunting days and bears, pelicans, and early local history.
The outline traces Titanic history from 1908 to 1912 and the April 1912 disaster. It lists keel laying at Belfast, launch, final outfitting, maiden voyage from Southampton, iceberg warning, collision, distress calls, sinking, Carpathia rescue, and the arrival in New York with 745 aboard amid heavy loss of life.
The Grandmothers Circle, formed at Wayne Street M E Church thirteen years ago, is an elderly ladies organization that meets monthly and works on church and charitable projects. Mrs James Wilding has led as president since its inception, with sixteen members sustaining a steady roster despite deaths and relocations.
An Omaha man named Brandies is listed among Titanic victims in a crowded roster of wealthy passengers. The fragment hints at a broader financial elite tragedy with scattered wording indicating names and a list rather than a full obituary.
Local Moose offer bids 180 acres of land plus 12000 dollars in cash and options on 682 nearby acres for a National Moose Industrial College. They promise a side track for buildings and power and lighting contracts at 2 to 3 cents per kilowatt, with Fort Wayne favored after a banquet and visits by the supreme committee.
Hon S E Nicholson of Washington DC, linked to the Nicholson law, visited Fort Wayne discussing Indiana liquor legislation. He urged the return of county option, criticizing the Proctor measure as liquor industry favored and full of loopholes. Nicholson arrived Friday, met local friends, and teamed with Charles R Lane, once classmates at Karlham college.
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle of New York recalls the Titanic disaster. She describes the moment the ship struck the iceberg and how Futrelle refused lifeboat safety to stay with his wife. She details his heroism, her pleas, and his final parting from a drowning ship.
Sand and gravel loam farm on two miles from Ashtabula offers 72 acres in cultivation and woods, a 9 room house, two barns, granary, hog pen, 10 acres in wheat, water at the house and pasture, with good road access. Asking price 0.4, down payment half, balance over 10 years. CO OPERATIVE REALTY CO 149 Main St Ashtabula Ohio. 3-20-tf
New York April 20 1912 Benjamin Guggenheim of the banking family dictated a personal message to his wife claiming he had done his best in fulfilling his duty. The steward James Etches delivered the note after the Titanic disaster. Guggenheim helped women and children onto boats and refused to abandon dignity dressing in evening wear.
William F. Borgman died Saturday evening from injuries after a motor vehicle accident. His estate is about 75,000 dollars, including his real property and his stake in Brown Trucking Company, where he served as president. An insurance payout of 15,000 dollars was held by Borgman.
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