Empress of Ireland Sinks After Collision in Fog
A collision in thick fog near Father Point sinks the Empress of Ireland, eight thousand ton liner, after a Storstad bow crushes her amidships. Four hundred survivors are saved as rescue work continues at dawn with steamers Lady Evelyn and Eureka aiding. Captain Kendall clings to a spar while chaos and wreckage fill the flooded midship section.
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Rimousk
Father Point
St. Lawrence
Storatad
Storstad
Empress of
Ireland
Tha
Tig
Storsted
Hner
Treland
Igi
Hun
Ee Henzets
Ward
Riat
Lady
Evelyn
Eureka
Met
Woerhen
Linar
Kendall
Quebec
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific Railway
St John
Disaster Reports From Empress of Ireland Sinking
Survivors recount the Empress of Ireland disaster near Quebec on June 1 as hundreds fight cold and wreckage. Miss Tirra Townshend, Miss Emily Cort, and Rev James Wallett describe hours in icy water, lifeboat chaos, and спасing efforts aboard Storstad and relief at Ritmovski pier.
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Tirra Townshend
Blenheim-Marlborough
New Zealand
H. Wynne Price
Auckland
Townshend
Ireland
Emily Cort
Ie Bett
Charles R Clark
London
James
Storstad
James Wallett
West Clff-on-Sea
England
C. Bowes’ Lyon
Mr. Abercrombie
Child saved at sea by Ontario man during perilous voyage
Florence Barber an eight year old from Cumberland England formerly London Ont lost her mother and sister. Her father was killed in London. On a voyage to England she drifted at sea until Robert Crellin of Toronto rescued her. He swam with the child using a blanket as life buoy and placed her on a piece of wood before reaching safety.
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Star Board
Storstad
Quebec
Chatemi Frontenac
Florence Barber
Cumberland
England
London
Ont
Robert
Crellin
Toronto
Creflin
Irving Drowned on Empress of Ireland Voyage
Irving, noted actor author and manager born in New York, educated at Marlborough and Rollin Paris, studied for foreign service in Russia. He spoke May 3 1910 to the Equal Suffrage League in New York. Reports from Liverpool describe Empress of Ireland disaster aftermath with crowds seeking news and repeated Titanic tragedy scenes.
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Irving
New York
Laurence S. B. Irving
Ireland
Marlborough College
Rollin
Paris
Russia
Foreign Office
England
America
Suffrage League
New ‘York
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific Railway
Get After Summer Pests
The article urges spring cleanup to combat flies and mosquitoes. It warns the insects are laying eggs and could become a larger nuisance later. It stresses the importance of swatters and kerosene can as essential tools alongside broom and scrub brush.
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Biey
Benefit of the Best Light We Share in Equitable View
Emerson quote on giving generous light to people and pictures alike. The saying urges fairness in how we judge others and present them, comparing treatment of a person to how we frame a photograph for fair representation.
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Ralph W. Emerson
Mother-in-law’s coffee tip saves stomach and skin
A Ta woman recounts relief from indigestion and blotchy skin after switching from coffee to Postum at her mother-in-law’s suggestion. Her grandmother also used Postum for years, noting improved health and increased ability to travel. Postum is sold by grocers in Regular and Instant forms with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grocx
Very Likely. Fence and shoes amusements in old paper talk
Fragmented overheard dialogue mixes fence whitening by a man with time on his hands and jokes about ladies wearing shoes. References to Alion's Foot-Base and Antisapils powder appear as product mentions. A stray exchange about patience and fishing ends with an amused old man and sonny dialogue about never catching anything.
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Bacon
Egbert
Alion
Tefust Rudettutea
Allen S
Olmsted, LaRay
M.T. Ady
Castorla and Fletchers Castor Oil Mentioned in Dialog
The fragment references CASTORLA and Fletcher's Castoroil as remedies for infants and children. A line of dialogue about a candlestick on a clock hints at a period tone and a character named William Henry. The passage notes a history of use over 30 years and includes readerlike commentary on timely remarks.
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Fletcher
É Literary
William Henry
Dove on Gun of Death Ship Aboard Montana
A New York correspondent reports a dove alighting on a ten inch gun as the Montana steamed northward through fog. The omen of peace impressed more than 100 sailors who had just returned home after their terms expired, while a yellow swallow blown from near Cuba rode the deck toward Vera Cruz and remained aboard.
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Montana
Virginia
Cuba
Vera Cruz
New York
Philadelphia ‘Times
Bridges Banists the Comma in Poem Naresasue
English poet Robert Bridges proposes removing the comma to allow adjectives to stand as separate qualities or modify each other. He favors exclamation marks and uses dashes and colon, while avoiding the question mark in his latest verse.
Washington clubman battles hoodoo in golf tales
A Washington clubman laments a golf hoodoo as he confesses to a friend that nine drives miss the ball at the country club while bystanders gaze, and on the tenth attempt he finally connects, yet only he feels triumph as the veranda remains empty and silent.
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Washington
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Empress of Ireland
St. Lawrence River
Slane
Balgation Army
Bata
Bai 165
Salvationista
Montreal
H. G. Kendall
al ‘Naval ‘Reserve
Urse
Twain
Jnne
Empress
Captain Kendall
the National
Bevera
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Adu
Sonny
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