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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1912
Page
7
Report describes Mackay Bennett crew unloading bodies at Halifax with burlap bundles marked by numbers. Undertakers and sailors transported the unidentified remains to morgue while White Star representatives warned on deck. Captain Lord noted their distant position from the sinking and delayed action until daylight after wireless outage.
The Mackay Bennett crew drained the North Atlantic of bodies from a disaster, including a two year old child. Sailors held burial at sea with three services, placing valuables in bags for later identification and reporting bodies found north of the Gulf Stream in calm or rough seas.
A fragment describes a shipboard scene with a crew member named Bennett returning to deck, noting seaworn clothing and darkened boxes after a long cruise aboard the vessel.
A t'ner named Mraneis LeFebre, living without English, learns of the Titanic disaster from friends in town who show him a letter from his wife. They collected a purse for his wife and for TeFebre to go aboard the grand liner, but he remained in town.
A New York law firm reports on a legal action surrounding John Jacob Astor's estate after his second marriage. It notes a $125,000,000 valuation and a $5,000,000 dower relinquishment tied to Colonel Astor's will and the resultant estate distribution in late 1912.
Mrs. William H. Taft contributed the first dollar to a proposed Washington memorial for Titanic victims. A committee of 100 women from states across the country will oversee fundraising and no male donations will be accepted. Mrs. John Hay and Mrs. John Hays Hammond are among those supporting the effort.
Ernest Gill a donkey engineman aboard the steamship California testified before the senate committee that the Titanic raced toward destruction, with Captain Stanley Lord of the California allegedly refusing aid though rockets were visible. Lord denied the charge, and both he and the wireless operator acknowledged seeing rockets.
Wahoo Nebraska reports Mr Manstedt brother of Eric Manstedt survivor of the ill fated Titanic arrived in Swede burg after a terrible experience. He leaped from the ship just before the explosion of boiler rooms and swam among wreckage in icy water. He seized a floating door and was later saved by a lifeboat. He was en route to join his Nebraska based brother.
StrathconaAlta passenger E W Zurich recounts the Mount Temple changing course to assist after Titanic distress calls. The ship faced an ice field and returned to the north course, with the captain reportedly saying he would not endanger 2000 passengers. Zurich believes Titanic masts were seen and Mount Temple may have reached the site before the sinking.
Axtell resident A J Danborn learns his cousin Ernest Danborn died aboard the Titanic. Ernest had just completed a year long honeymoon in Sweden and Europe with his wife. they left Stanton Iowa and perished with their infant.
Officers on the steamer Princess Irene report an intercepted wireless message from an unidentified ship claiming a dozen bodies were afloat on an iceberg near the Titanic disaster area. The dead were said to be huddled in groups at the berg base.
Senate testimony by William Marconi details how wireless operators profited from Titanic victims stories. He notes Survivor Bride reportedly earned 500 dollars and Cottam also sold his tale, while denying coercion to suppress news. A separate message from Minia says few bodies remain to be recovered from the Mackay Bennet search. Emil Brandeis of Omaha is among the recovered.
Major Peuchen testified that in the life boat the quartermaster piloted while a woman rowed and he held the tiller. He said the captain steered toward a light the Major could not see and the quartermaster refused to turn back to pick up survivors.
Second Officer Frederick Mecklenburg aboard the Hellig Olav of the Scandinavian–American line testified that the vessel reached Hoboken last Thursday and was about four hundred miles from the Titanic when the accident occurred.
Operator H T Cottam recalled on the Titanic distress messages. He described relaying the first SOS Come at once have struck a berg This is a C Q D and aiding Titanic communications with six or seven ships including the Olympic Californian Baltic and Hellig Ola.
Fremont reports include J B Thayer of Boston once president of Standard Cattle Co and owner of Dodge County land who sailed on the Titanic with his wife and son saved names listed London press criticizes both inquiries and calls for examination of Ismay's treatment while noting American and German papers branding him cowardly.
A widow and widower on adjacent farms feud over beekeeping crops and land after a string of petty damages and legal threats. A parish minister threads peace as both claim independence, until bees trap the widower and prompt a final, humorous plea to end the quarrel by marriage.
A dialogue shows a reporter pressing a judge on candidacy who insists he is not a candidate. The exchange ends with the judge declaring plainly that he will not be a candidate. The tone captures a politicians stance amid public curiosity.
The piece portrays Mrs Duff at home on the second floor while Mr Duff, a large youthful man likely under thirty, roams the halls. Dialogue reveals her sweet telephone greeting, name hints, and plans to return to chores as she orders milk and cream cheese from a creamery. The hall again smells of perfume.
In a cryptic exchange the dialogue hints at a concealed baldness cure. The remark about secrecy underscores a hair raising mystery surrounding the potential treatment and its elusive details.
The old home of the doll is Sonneberg in Thuringia near Coburg where many families depend on doll production. Workers specialize by part, eyes are cut with precision, and dolls are painted and dressed with Parisian style. The industry shifts to character dolls, priced higher, with intricate jointed bodies and elastic internal cords.
A Century writer describes a Chinese home as a wall within a wall maze. A guest is guided through gateways courtyards and rooms to a reception hall with carved wood and fine wares. The family lives in separate one story courtyards while a central dining hall and incense hall remain revered and foot traffic below them is forbidden.
Ottawa reports Parliament will assemble sooner than planned to ratify a Canada British West Indies trade agreement. Debates focus on U S milling interests and possible retaliation actions that could affect ratification. The pact provides Canada flour a preference rate in the West Indies.
New York City officials take possession of the Barnum Bailey circus animals after Sheriff Harburger serves an attachment in a $25,000 damages suit filed by a bareback rider who says a broken arm in Cleveland resulted from circus carelessness.
Women with any form of female illness are urged to contact the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are opened read and answered by women and kept confidential. The firm notes broad experience offers advice with no charge beyond goodwill and also promotes a free 80 page Text Book obtainable by mail.
The lines mix proverb like critique of promises with a claim that Garfield Tea keeps the liver normal when drunk before retiring. A playful remark compares a young actor to a glove, noting it fits like kid gloves.
A reflective line notes that women often feel sympathy or envy based on what their husbands tell them about other couples. The fragment suggests marital gossip shapes loyalties and tensions among women communities.
A quoted exchange questions whether my daughter intends to study for acting. The other person replies she has no such plans and that her aim is to become an actress. The dialogue contrasts perceived vs actual career intent.
A humorous exchange about a graduate still searching for a job. The father notes the son’s ongoing hunt, while the mother asks where he looks and the father jokes he mostly searches at night. The scene underscores post graduation job uncertainty.
A passerby stopped to read a blind accordionist’s placard and offered advice rather than money. He noted the sign dated six years old claiming six dependent children and urged updating the date to 1912, implying the children would be grown by now.
A reader recounts chronic coffee toxicity from caffeine and how switching to Postum cured severe stomach issues, headaches, vomiting, and weight loss. The letter promotes Postum by the Postum Co. and references The Road to Wellville.
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