Rescue on the Helios Aboard the Majestic
In a mid ocean gale on April 3 to 4 the White Star liner Helios battled for life after tank bursts. Captain Kjorboe and crew were rescued by Captain Hayes and the Majestic with volunteers led by Jack Walker, saving twenty five men from a watery grave.
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New York
Beas
B. R
Majestic
Philadelphia
Pordeaux
Wirt
Trebes
Kjorboe
Azores
Capt
Hayes
Helios
Jack” Walker
Walker
Wior
Joseph Leiter to Marry Miss Juliette Williams
Joseph Leiter of Chicago and Washington son of the late L Z Leiter plans marriage to Juliette Williams daughter of an army officer in this city. Date not set but expected within two to three months. Leiter famed for a 1897 Chicago Board of Trade wheat purchase. his sister married Lord Curzon and another is Countess of Suffolk.
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Washington
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
L. Z. Leiter
Juliette Williams
Mr. Leiter
Chicago Board of Trade
Lord Curzon
India
Countess of Suffolk
Vigilante mob hanges gambler in Skidoo Nevada
A group of Skidoo residents 55 miles south of Rhyolite overpowered the sheriff's guard guarding Joseph Simpson the gambler and hanged him from a telegraph pole after he shot James Arnold last Sunday.
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Skidoo
California
Here
Joseph Simpson
James Arnold
Simpson
Growth of Christianity in Corea at Chattanooga Meeting
Special Rev. J. J. Anderson reports at the Methodist conference that in twenty five years Christianity has expanded in Corea with new churches established and 120000 natives embraced the faith, 2000 professing Christ.
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Corea Chattanooga
Tenn
J. J. Anderson
Corea
Eee
Parents urge Rockefeller to build Collinwood memorial
In Cleveland Ohio parents of Collinwood school fire victims petition John D Rockefeller to fund a memorial honoring those who died in the tragedy. The appeal seeks a public remembrance to accompany the city’s healing process.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
Ohio
Collinwood School
Death by own action poem blamed for third New York death
In New York a poem titled death by own action by Nora May French is linked to a third death as Ros sale Peck shot himself on a Prospect Park bench. A copy of the poem found in his coat pocket ties him to Miss French who died by her own hand near Monterey.
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New York
Nora May French
Rossale Peck
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Miss French
Peck
George Stirling
Stirling
Monterey
Cal
Thrilling Air Ride Sinks The President's Son In Balloon Flight
Theodore Roosevelt Jr along with Captain Fitzhugh Lee and Captain Chandler took part in a wartime balloon ascent. The craft teetered at launch and during flight through telegraph lines and over Baltimore with Roosevelt shown clinging to guy ropes. The landing was rough and injuries occurred. talk from those involved was limited and no second ascent is planned.
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Washington, D. C
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Fitzhugh Lee
Chandler
War Department
Roosevelt
Baltimore
Captain Lee
Theodore, Jr
Lee
Young Roosevelt
Youn Roosevelt
Duc de Chaulnes Dead in Paris Hotel
The Duc de Chaulnes aged about 22 was found dead in his Hotel Langham Paris apartment after a February wedding in New York to Miss Theodora Shonts daughter of Theodore Shonts president of Interborough Metropolitan Railway. Death due to embolism. inquest found natural causes and burial permit issued.
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Paris
Duc de Chaulnes
New York
Theodora Shonts
Theodore Shonts
Interborough Metropolitan Railway Company
Hotel Langham
Boceador
Theodore Shents
United States
Duke
Hotel
Langham
Elder couple ties knot in Peoria county record
In Peoria county Indiana this week bride Amelia Behrends aged 75 and groom John H Faul hausen aged 81 obtained a marriage license and became the oldest couple to wed in the county.
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Peoria
John H. Faulhausen
Amelia Behrends
Peoria County
Sir Campbell Bannerman Dead in London
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman former British premier and Liberal leader died in London after a lingering illness of more than two months. The death ends his long service to the party following Gladstone’s era.
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Sir Campbell-Bannerman
London
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Gladstone
Landslide Disaster Destroys Notre Dame de la Salette Village
A sudden landslide on the Lievre River near Notre Dame de la Salette in Ontario buries six houses and several other buildings. Reports say at least 11 bodies recovered with many more missing. entire families were wiped out while asleep as spring rains loosened clay in the canyon like bed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Notre Dame de la Salette
Lievre River
Ottawa River
Iners
Camille la Pointe
Tornado Toll Rises Across Deep South States
A Friday outbreak of six tornadoes swept Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama killing about 25 people including many African Americans and whites. Towns such as Amite City Arcadia Independence Belle Grove Melton Lerman Pine Ridge Quitman Landing Pairchilds Creek Purvis and Lumberton were damaged with Dora Alabama hit hardest.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Amite City
Arcadia
Independence
Belle Grove
Melton
Lerman
Pine Ridge
Quitman Landing
Pairchilds Creek
Purvis
Lumberton
Miss
Dora
Bergen
Moore
No More Canteen Says Landis Fights Restoring Solders Home Bar
Washington Special Representative Landis declares he will oppose any move to restore the canteen in national soldiers homes and the army. He says he takes no stock in pleas to allow handling intoxicating drinks and believes Congress will not grant the privilege.
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Washington
Landis
Congress
Navy Abolishes Physical Punishment at Sea
Washington reports abolition of Special Trons and double irons from the United States navy. From now on no captain or rear admiral may inflict punishments traditionally used in merchant marine and line ships since Columbus era.
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Washington
United States Navy
Not a Million Dollar Baby in Kansas City
Six years ago ex Senator W A Clark of Montana was said to offer a million dollars to his first grandchild. John M Foster, grandfather of Mrs Charles Clark, reports instead a gift of a thousand dollars after birth and yearly checks of a thousand dollars on each birthday, totaling four thousand to date.
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Kansas City
W. A. Clark
Montana
John M. Foster
Charles Clark
Clark
Rameses Set 1908 Fashion at London Dress Show
London notes Ramesses II inspired tea gown dominates the Dudley Gallery Dress Designers exhibition. Critics hail the war dress inspired design as artistic and likely to become this season’s fashion, featuring a loose cut and crossover bodice resembling a surplice bolero.
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London
Rameses II
Dudley Gallery
Farmers Go Farther North Ottawa Special
Since 1909 two hundred thousand Americans crossed into Canada, largely moving to the northern provinces. The emigrants are described as industrious, well capitalized, law abiding and likely to become good Canadian citizens. They migrate seeking better opportunities, not due to hardship in the United States.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Northwest
America
Canada
Bronx Zoo Lance Snake Venom Extracted For Cure Assay
In a dramatic operation at the Bronx Zoo, curator Raymond Ditmars collected venom from a Brazilian lance head snake to create a serum for insanity and related illnesses. The extraction yielded enough venom for about 17 million doses when diluted, with surgeons noting the procedure risked Ditmars’s life. The venom’s medical promise remains under study as scientists work on safe dilution and delivery.
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New York
Bronx
Raymond II
Ditmars
Brazil
United Staves
Praziians
Buffalo herd drive to Lamont tests cowpunching record
The largest buffalo herd in the world, corralled near Lamont Alberta, wintered well. Since last year less than 15 percent losses occurred in Montana rounds. Plans lay to move 400 head over eighty miles from Montana to Canada with 200 more head gathered by Michael Pablo. A seventy mile wire fence project is estimated at about $80,000.
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Lamont
Alberta
Montana
Michael Pablo
Canada
Major Magrew Dead In Indianapolis
Major Harold C. Magrew a Spanish-American War veteran and longtime public official died at home after an illness. He served on the City Council twice and led the Spanish War Veterans as Commander-in-Chief in 1895 and 1904, helping unite the Spanish war societies.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harold C. Magrew
Board of Public Works
Magrew
Salute Provokes Fatal Shooting at New Scotland Butchers
In Parrsboro Nova Scotia James Rector entered Lewis Smith's butcher shop and, after a remark about his appearance, Smith allegedly shot Rector and wounded himself in a suicide attempt. Authorities label Smith’s act as sudden insanity.
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Parrsboro
N. S
Smith
James Rector
Lewis K. Smith
Rector
Perfect Greek scholar found working as a barber bootblack
Shurtleff College faculty in Alton Illinois claim to have located a true Greek scholar who also serves as a barber shop bootblack. The candidate has been made a faculty member amid astonishment and debate about qualifications.
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Alton
Ill
Shurtleff College
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Colden Rule Rheumatic Remedy CO
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Angola
Erie Co
N. Y
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Celia
Concord
Dor
Yiar
Naboith
Naboth Concord
Naboth Vineyards
Des Moines
Iowa
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U. S
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T. St. L&w. Ry
Clover Leaf
National Correspondence School of Railroading
Michigan Ave
30Th St
Harries & Willis
Ennerbor, Michigan
Heinzelman
BCARS
Heinzelman Sros. Carriage CO
Dept. H. Belleville
St. Louis
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