Eastland Disaster Inquiries and Bodies Recovered
Reports say about 50 bodies were found in the Eastland wreck with divers recovering three more. Authorities warn many remains remain entangled in wreckage. The grand jury resumes proceedings as Judge Landis orders federal control of the ship and probes fault lines in inspections and responsibility.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
Eastland
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Hastland
Redfield
K. M. Landis
Northern District Court
U. S
Reid
Eckliff
A.L. Thurman
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mr. Thurman
Barratt O'Hara
George P. Foulkes
Freat Lakes
Wilson
Pedersen
Agan
Albert VT Thurman
Commerce Department
Steamboat Inspection Service
Victor A Olander
The
Lake Seamen’s Union
Clyne
Landis
Tiday
Judge Landis
William C. Redfield
Robert Reid
St. Joseph
Mich
E. C. Eckliff
William H. Hall
W. K. Greenebaum
Indiana Transportation Company
Harry Pedersen
Joseph M. Erickson
Inspector Reid
Heid
Cook County
Kenesaw Landis
United States Court
Secretary of Commerce
Subsea Raids Sink Turkish Transports and German Destroyer
British undersea vessels report a campaign from the Dardanelles to the North Sea against Germany and Turkey. A German torpedo-boat destroyer, a 3,000-ton Turkish steamer, and two Turkish transports were sunk. Submarines shelled the Galata bridge near Constantinople and entered the Sea of Marmara, terrorizing the Turkish capital.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Dardanelles
North Sea
Constantinople
Asia
Sea of
Marmara
Galata
Golden Horn
Turkey
Times
Mitylene
Top-Kaneh
Karabogha Bay
Mudros
Admiralty
Kara Barnu
Sea of Marmora
Virginius critique labels Knowles play a dull bourgeois tragedy
The critic denounces James Sheridan Knowles Virginius as a return to nature that fails. He argues the characters are mediocre English types rather than true Shakespearean or Roman heroes, noting Virginius as a typical middle class father and Virginia as a virtuous fool. The piece mocks the era’s theater trends.
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James Sheridan Knowles
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Macready
Virginius
Virginia
Crazed Man Murders Three in Chicago Tragedy
George H. Jones, owner of a Maywood garage, killed his wife Mrs Mary C Jones his sister in law Miss Catherine Cosgrove and her brother John Cosgrove at 1855 West Taylor street then shot himself and likely will die. Police search for Miss Margaret Bittner Jones affinity who fled the scene.
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Chicago
George H. Jones
Maywood
Jones
Mary C. Jones
Catherine Cosgrove
John Cosgrove
West Taylor Street
Cosgroves
A W Pettibone Dies Wealthy La Crosse Benefactor
Albert W. Pettibone, 84, retired lumberman and longtime benefactor of La Crosse Wisconsin, died Monday. He built Bor den's island in the Mississippi opposite La Crosse, spent 50000 to improve it, and created a 500000 trust before gifting the island to the city. His only son died in 1900 and Elis wife recently passed. The community believes his will will benefit La Crosse public works.
Wilson to Curb Mexico Action Seeks S American Aid
President Wilson plans a new step to end the Mexican revolution by seeking support from Central and South American nations. Ambassadors from Argentina Brazil and Chile and ministers from Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala were invited to confer with Secretary Lansing at the State Department on Thursday.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Hie
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Lansing
State Department
If You Make a Cat's Paw of a Friend
A saying warns that using a friend as a cat's paw can backfire and lead to personal harm or rejection. The phrase cautions against leveraging others for one’s own ends.
Denison Coffee Advice and Gum Prices Mentioned
An odd clipping urges drinking Denison's Coffee for health and mentions advice to economize. It notes most chewing gum in the U.S. is Mexican in origin and warns price increases if conditions in Mexico remain unsettled.
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Mamie
Mexico
Julie
Flower
Rampant Civic Pride
A humorous exchange about tourists debating their home towns while a guide’s instruction is drowned out by chatter. The joke hinges on their loud civic pride and the absurdity of overexplaining local merits.
How Experts Are Made
In each generation some claim special knowledge and title experts. They boast infallibility, disdain ordinary people, and wield harsh jargon to bully others. Their interests vary from solar myth to eugenics, yet share a pattern of arrogance and fearsome rhetoric.
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Denmark
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Department of Commerce
Bastland
George Roberts
Arlington Hoeichts
Federal
Golden Horn Bridge
Sheridan Knowles
Oak Park
A. W. Pettibone
la Crosse
Wis
Brunswick-Bzlke-Collender Co
Dept
Denison
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