Empress of Ireland Sinks After Collision in Thick Fog
Nine hundred sixty four people died when the Empress of Ireland collided with the Norwegian collier Storstad off Father Point in the St Lawrence. Rescue efforts saved 403, with many survivors found aboard the Lady Evelyn Eureka and other government vessels. Captain Kendall survived, others perished in the freezing dawn as wreckage and lifeboats drifted.
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Rimouski
Que
Montreal
H. G. Kendall
Royal Naval Reserve
Father Point
Coller
Storstad
Lady Evelyn
Euereka
Eureka
Mfsboard
Kendall
J. W. Langley
Canford
H.C
Canadian Pacific
Marconi
J.B. Pelanger
Poullot
Remought
Webber
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Remousk Wharf
Hodins
Iaden
Sydney
Stree
Quebec
Pureka
Salvation Army
United States
Canada
London
St. Lawrence
Carranza Begins Work on Cabinet in Mexico City
Gen Venus and Carranza move toward provisional government as Huerta regime falls. Army of 65,000 under Gonzales guards the new capital Saltillo and Mexico City. Key appointments include Pesqueira as federal district governor, Capmany as cabinet minister, Cabrera to foreign relations, Fernandez Angeles likely war minister, Calderon Liberal liaison, with Carranza to locate in Bastillo.
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Gonzales
Mexico City
Torreon
Mexico
Niamara Falls
Venus
Carranza
Durango
Saltillo
Gon Pablo Gonzales
Monterey
Baltilla
Huerta
Roberto V. Pesqueira
Washington
Federal District
Rafael Hubaran Capmany
United States
Luis Cabrera
Salifilo
Felipe Angeles
Pew
Fernando Idesias Calderon
Liberal Party
Liberals
Bastillo
Coreromest
Kansas Wheat Crop Estimates Reach 175 Million Bushels
Kansas wheat crop prospects look strong with estimates reaching 175 million bushels, based on reports compiled by Allen Logan of the board of trade. Logan cites assessors’ returns from most districts showing over 10,000 acres planted to wheat last year and 8,759,000 acres still standing for harvest.
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Salvation Army
Salvationista
Kansas
Kansas City
Allen Logan
Board of Trade
Logan
Murder charge follows Decoration Day visit to grave
Wichita residents report Mrs Patton, from Wellington, was arrested on a murder charge after returning to place flowers on her husband’s grave on Decoration Day. She arrived December 10, 1912, and was taken into custody soon after.
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Wichita
Grace
Patton
Wellington
Five Trainmen Killed in Florida Derailment
Five Baltimore and Ohio trainmen died and two others were fatally hurt when a passenger locomotive on the Connoellshire division derailed near Cook's Mills in Coanneliaville Florida. Harvey W Mc Knight, 71, former president of Gettys burg College and ex president of the general synod of the Lutheran church, dies after a year of illness from cancer in Gettisbore Massachusetts.
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Coanneliaville
Fla
Connoellshire Division
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cook's Mills
Here
Gettisbore
I. Harvey W) Mc Knight
Gettysburg College
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
Minota Woman Dies At 107 In Arcola Illinois
Sarah Pate aged 102, the eldest inhabitant of this section of Minots, died suddenly in Arcola. She had lived with her foster son, Mate Barricklow, for more than 50 years.
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Arcola, II
Sarah Pate
Miniots
Mate Barricklow
Arcola
Women Loses Hats in Train Draft
Chicago suctions by elevated trains near Clinton Street deprive women passengers of millinery worth about 200 dollars over five days as trains pass between two scrap yards.
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Chicago
Clinton Street
Judge George Gray Resigns From Third Circuit
Wilmington Delaware Judge George Gray of the United States court for the Third judicial circuit announced his resignation to take effect June 15. In New York a baby named Lucile Speffer, valued at a million, aged three months, requires $2,000 a month for support, her father stated to Surrogate Fowler.
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New York
Laurence& PA
Teving
Empress of Ireland
Marlborough College College
Rollin
Paris
Auerla
Foreign Office
England
America
Irving
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
United States Court For the
Third Judicial Circuit
Washington
Lucile Speffer
Fowler
Miners Die as Cage Overturns at Mary Colliery
Six miners were killed and two injured at Tamaqua Pennsylvania Mary Colliery when a cage overturned after dropping about 40 feet beyond the landing. The dead were foreigners.
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Tamaqua. Pa
Mary
Brothers Electrocuted After Leaving Florists Shop
Becker brothers Hugh Avrist and Wi killed when they stepped from a Chicago florist shop where they had bought mowers for their younger brother Andrew who had died in an accident.
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Grethers
Chicago
Hugh
Avrist
Becker
Andrew
Vacuum brake misunderstanding on a train
Two commercial travelers argued over how the vacuum brake stops a train. A station engineer explains simply that stopping is done by turning a valve and fitting the pipe with vacuum, revealing both men were wrong.
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Genta
Cure of scalp itch with Toticarn Soap and Ointment
Mrs Alice Kirttu of Circleville Ohio reports a severe scalp rash affecting her child. After months of itching and sores, she used Toticarn Soap and Ointment with rapid relief and says the child was cured. The ad claims the products are sold worldwide from Culleana Dept 1 Mowton.
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South Scioto
Circleville
Ohio
Alice
Kiritu
Mowton
Ir Biot Calls for Practical Public Education Reform
Ir Biot argues that England and America lag behind the heat thinkers in education and warns against forcing Americans into a stagnant system. He outlines a rational plan for a public education system that nurtures individuals according to talent, aiming to better prepare both boys and girls for world needs.
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Biot
England
America
Hard Luck Story at the Country Club Tee
A Washington clubman believes bad luck follows him at the tee, claiming nine drives misfire. He recalls the crowd watching as he awkwardly realigns, then finally hits a creak and turns with pride, only to see no one celebrate his success.
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Washington
Creck
Wise mother in law helps woman quit coffee with Postum
A route woman explains digestive relief after switching from coffee to Postum urged by her mother in law. She notes prior stomach trouble and headaches from coffee and reports improved digestion, clearer complexion, and energy. Her grandmother also benefited after stopping coffee and using Postum. Sold by grocers with similar per cup cost.
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Empresas
Gald
Actor
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific Railway
Husbands’ Grave
Dr. Eliot
Onno
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