Destruction of a Great Ship Republic disaster and rescue details
A lengthy account notes the sinking of the Republic after a collision with the Florida off Ambrose Lightship. It describes ship size, passengers, wireless distress calls, and rapid救 aid from Baltic, Cunard’s Lucania, and revenue cutters, with 400 passengers transferred, captains’ decisions, and the final sinking with Captain Sealby and chief officer rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic
White Star
Montauk Point
Long Island
Liverpool
Republic
Lorraine
Ambrose Channel
Lucania
Cunard Line
Revenue Cutter Service
Woods Hole
Acushnet
Mohawk
Cushing
Newport
Gresham
Provincetown Harbor
Florida
New York
Furnessia
Revenue
Greshara
Sealby
Seneca
Floating Palace
Bryan in Auto Wreck Near Tarpon Springs
William J. Bryan narrowly escaped serious harm after a car crash on a bridge near Tarpon Springs, Florida. The vehicle’s tire blew, the car plunged into trestle work, passengers were thrown out, and Bryan suffered a badly bruised leg though no fracture was found on examination in Tampa. He plans to speak in St. Louis and Springfield on February 12, Lincoln's birthday, but may cancel those appearances due to injuries. He remains at the Tampa Bay Hotel in pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Sutherland College
Prince of Peace
William J. Bryan
Tarpon Springs
Bryan
Wtet
St. Louis
Springfield
Lincoln
Tampa Bay Hotel
Heathe Te Odd Fellows Meeting Notice 1909
A meeting of the Ley Diet is announced for the Heathe Te Odd Fellows lodge in Winston-Salem. The N. C. Odd Fellows will convene on the 17th of the month in 1909 at 7 30 o'clock P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Ley Diet
N. C. Odd Fellows
Winston -Salem
Comnenes Rye
Roosevelt Enters Protest over California School Bill
Sacramento reports President Roosevelt criticized a California measure barring Japanese children from public schools. Governor Gillett copied telegrams seeking to test the bill's constitutionality. the law classifies Japanese with Mongolians for segregated schooling, echoing an earlier San Francisco board of education plan debated with the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Grove L. Johnson
Assembly
Johnson
Drew
Washington
J. N. Gillett
California
Board of Education of
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Roosevelt
Glorious victory talked of in Pedora Tennessee
Fragmented notes describe a town in Pedora Tennessee praising a new treatment by Dr King’s New Discovery that supposedly saves a life from a lingering illness. The lines mention C V Pepper and a man’s statement about limited mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedora
Tenn
Dr. King
C. V. Pepper
Prominent Asheville Man Dies by Self Inflicted Cut Throat
James M. Hyatt, a leading local business figure, told his wife he would shave downstairs, locked the doors, and slashed his throat with a razor at about 8 am. He died before help arrived. The article cites illness as the only explained cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyatt & Felmet
Asheville
James M. Hyatt
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Christian Advocate
United States
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Alexdria
Egypt
Ambrose
Nantucket
Nantucket Shoals
Pas
Gia Cnsert
Fiorlda
Dore
Tremps
Atlanta Journal
R. Jones
Department of the Gulf
Vancouver Barracks
Washington State
Colonel Jones
Omar Khayyam
Bernard Shaw
New Orleans
Here
Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Bryan In
Bee's Lakative Cough Syrup
Wales Covehs
Gillett
Theodore Roosevelt
Pittsboro
John Moore
Chapin
Yates Agaie
Keiffer Prare Abu
Will
John A. Young
Greensboro, N.C
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