Titanic Relief Funds Grow Toward One Million in Week
The Titanic disaster fund is near one million dollars as relief for sufferers expands rapidly. England to investigate the disaster with focus on J Bruce Ismay. Lifeboat rescues are recounted, including heroic deeds by Miss Marie Young and Miss Lujuan Bentham, as survivors face icy waters and destitution.
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London
Sidney Buxton
Board of Trade
J. Bruce Ismay
International Mercantile Marine Company
Crosby
Liverpool
Southampton
Allan Line
Virginian
Los Angeles
Joel F. Swift
Carpathia
Marie Young
Miss Young
Sackile
Lujan Bentham
Rochester
N. Y
Emily Richards
Akron
Ohio
High Tribute to Brave Women on the Titanic
New York reports praise for women passengers aboard the sinking Titanic. Edith Evans and Mrs. Frederick R. Kenyon are cited for self sacrifice as other women took oars and steered lifeboats when men could not. Mrs. Isidor Straus and Mrs. John Jacob Astor are named among notable heroism.
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New York
New Foundland Canat
Edith Evans
John Jacob Astor
Walter M. Clark
Carnegie Condemns Northern Route In Titanic Letter
New York April 18 1912 city officials reveal correspondence between Andrew Carnegie and Mayor Gaynor over theTitanic disaster gift of 5000 dollars to relief funds. Mayor Gaynor says the ship should have avoided ice and icebergs and notes lifeboats are secondary to the main issue.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Gaynor
Atlantic Ocean
Carnegie
W.J. Gaynor
Roosevelt Wins in Nebraska Landslide Victory
Theodore Roosevelt captured Nebraska in the statewide presidential primary by a landslide, with Taft heavily defeated across most sections. Champ Clark won the Democratic nomination over Woodrow Wilson and Judson Harmon in a close race for second honors.
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Omaha
NEBW
Theodore Roosevelt
Nebraska
Taft
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Judson Harmon
Titanic Survivor from Buffalo Recalls Sinking
W J Hiss of Buffalo N Y recounts his Titanic experience. He describes a starry night smash, the crew's assurances, and the moment women and children were placed into lifeboats before he jumped into the sea and was picked up.
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W. J. Hiss
Buffalo
Ocean
New York
N. Y
Roosevelt Visits North Carolina on Stumping Tour
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt continued his stumping tour in North Carolina after a rest. He planned to speak in Salisbury Greensboro and intermediate points before leaving for New York. Crowds gathered at stations during his Sunday run through Illinois and Indiana.
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Old North State
Asheville
N. C
Theodore
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Lite Rock
Ark
Illinois
Indiana
Salisbury
Greensboro
New York
Cats Return to Leavenworth After Exile
Leavenworth in Kansas resumes admitting cats to the Soldiers Home reservation after more than a year ban. Cats of all colors are welcomed again, while Fort Leavenworth remains off limits. Officials' prior exile followed anti rat measures during 1910.
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Leavenworth
Soldiers’ Home
Fort Leavenworth
Frederick Funston
Funston
Sidney G. Cooke
Cooke
Women and Children First to Be Saved
Mrs. Paul Schubert of Derby Connecticut recalls the Titanic sinking. She describes orderly evacuations after the cry Ladies first and the requirement for women to leave their male relatives to board lifeboats. She refused to go without her brother Philip as boats departed.
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New York
Paul Schubert
Derby
Conn
Dresm
Philip
Daily Service Sells Through Tickets to Baltimore
Daily including Sunday trains leave Norfolk at 6 15 P M and Old Point Comfort at 7 15 P M arriving Baltimore at 7 00 A M the next day Through tickets from Gloucester and Mathews Counties to Baltimore via Old Point and Chesapeake Line priced at 3 35 York River Line
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Old Dominion S. 3. Co
Gloucester
Mathews Counties
Old Point
Chesapeake
York River
West Point
Granby St
Chamberlin
BE. J. Chism
N. Chapman
P. A
Titanic disaster survivors recall rescue by Carpathia
Witness recounts being aboard the Carpathia after the Titanic sank around 1:50 am on Monday. The ship reached a lifeboat rescue scene by 5:00 am, with survivors including Philip awaiting transport. The speaker notes they were about a mile from Titanic’s grave when rescued near the Carpathia.
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Philip
Carpathia
Acker Faction Elects Krexel County Chairman
In Harrisonburg Virginia the Acker faction met and elected ex Postmaster Krexel county chairman. They plan to contest the delegation to Chicago and Republicans now have two county committees.
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Harrisonburg
Hoosevelt
Acker
Krexel
Chicago
Man knocked down by chair. farmer Rhodes survives
Jonathan Barton struck Walter Rhodes with a chair after a supper quarrel, believing Rhodes dead. Barton walked eleven miles to town and surrendered. Rhodes, a prominent farmer, will recover. Harton is in jail.
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Harrisonburg
Jonathan Barton
Walter Rhodes
Rhodes
Harton
Return to the Mills Operatives in Lowell
Lowell Mass Fifteen thousand operatives return to work after a four week strike that cost workers 400000 in wages and 200000 to mill owners. The agreement provides a ten percent raise and several minor improvements.
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Lowell
Mass
Departure of Helen Tested By Fast Car Ride
A famed motor racer agrees to take three young women as passengers during a new car test. He bans talking or moving to avoid distraction. A timid voice later reveals Helen is not among the trio, highlighting a tense moment amid the high speed run. The anecdote, sourced from Harper's Magazine, underscores risk and haste in early motor sport culture.
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Helen
Harper's Magazine
United States
Kane
Mons
Women Storm City Market in Cleveland Ten Thousand March
Ten thousand Cleveland women led by Lew Shank the Potato Mayor of Indianapolis and women officers march through Cleveland market area in a bold display of protest and solidarity. The event highlights local civic activism and cross city involvement in women’s rights efforts.
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City Market
Cleveland
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Women's
Municipal market sale urged by Cleveland officials
Mayor Shank spoke twice to women urging municipal sale of fish as a step Cleveland ought to take. Ed. Bieder, author of the municipal market relief, also spoke for his measure. A mounted police squad and thirty patrolmen were needed to control the basket laden throng.
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Shank
Cleveland
Ed. Bieder
Houston Democrats Elect 39 Delegates
The Halifax County Democratic committee met at Halifax Courthouse at noon and elected R. Holt Easley as chairman. Thirty-nine delegates were chosen to attend the State convention, with a motion to vote for the county as a unit.
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Democratic
Halifax
R. Holt Easley
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