Titanic Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off Newfoundland
Survivors recount the Titanic strike as lifeboats launch with discipline and order. The ship sank in two hours and twenty minutes after hitting an iceberg, with Captain Smith among the passengers and crew who went down with the vessel.
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New York
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Murdock
Smith
Omcer Murdock
Crow’s Nest
Fieet
Swan
Cl&rly
Goa
Dodge
Dickinson Bishop
Detroit
Carpathia
Hakan Bjornstion Steffanson
Sweden
Chicago Mayor Pleads for Aid for Destitute Survivors
After a great disaster Mayor Harrison appeals for relief for destitute survivors. The article notes theatrical manager’s wife announcing the wreck and pays tribute to families whose fathers and husbands sacrificed their lives to save women and children, urging aid to those left homeless.
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Chicago
Harrison
Titanic disaster tallies and identified bodies reported
A week after the Titanic sank, survivors are set at 705 per Captain Rostron with about 1635 presumed dead. In St Johns sixty four bodies were recovered by Mackay Bennet. many lacked identification, and some were sunk again, making positive names hard to obtain.
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New York
Rostron
Carpathia
White Star Line
St. Johns
N. F
Mackay-Bennett
Cape Race
Church of the Incarnation
Howard
Robbina
Madison Avenue Reformed Church
William Carter
Money Pouring In New York Relief Fund
Funds flood into New York relief efforts with $71,877.75 acknowledged by Mayor Gaynor’s relief fund. The women's relief committee reported about $25,000 raised that evening. Kuhn Loeb & Co sent $6,800 to the Red Cross, part of the day’s subscriptions.
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New York
Gaynor
Women's Relief Committee
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Red Cross
Requiem for Titanic Heroes Held Across New York
Chimes at Trinity St Patrick and St John the Divine marked a citywide requiem for Titanic victims. Survivors heard Nearer My God to Thee as prayers and funerals paid tribute to brave women and men, with ministers condemning the tragedy and praising steadfast devotion amid the disaster.
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New York
St. Patrick's
St. John the Divine
Tnt
Trinity Church
William.t. Manning
Memorial Services for Emil Brandeis in Omaha
Emil Brandeis prominent Omaha merchant remembered at a memorial service Sunday afternoon. The service at Brandeis theater featured sacred songs and speakers including United States Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, honoring Brandeis who perished in the Titanic disaster.
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Omaha
Neb
Emil Brandeis
Atlantic Ocean
Brandeis
Brandeis Theater
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Widow Harris blasts Titanic rescue as murder in Senate bid
Mrs Henry B Harris widow of a wealthy producer insisted the Titanic disaster was murder not accident. She vowed to testify before a senate inquiry, praising Major Butt for orderly rescue and condemning crew failures that led to loss of life.
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New York
Henry B. Harris
Harris
Central Park
John Jacob Astor
Atlantic
Senate Investigation Committee
Major Butt
Major
Qod
Sinking of the Titanic Recalled by Widow and Witness
A widow recalls lowering into a lifeboat after bidding her husband farewell while the major and Mr Harris stood by. She says the major fired a shot and acted bravely as waves overwhelmed them. Mrs Harris claims to know the truth about the sinking.
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Mr. Woolner
Woolner
Fleet
Woolmer
Oara
Rabbi Hirsch Honors Jewish Heroes at Free Synagogue Event
At Carnegie Hall the Chicago rabbi Phil G Hirsch paid tribute to Jewish heroes who died saying it will be long before the world forgets Isidore Strauss and his wife who refused to be saved without him. The ceremony lauded quiet heroism and devotion.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Phil G. Hirsch
Chicago
Isidore Strauss
Mra Strauss
Olympic passengers donate to Titanic survivors relief fund
Captain Haddock of the White Star steamer Olympic arrived in Plymouth from New York denying a wireless report that the Virginian towed the Titanic and that all its passengers were safe. Olympic passengers contributed 7000 dollars to the survivors relief fund.
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London
Haddock
White Star Line
Olympic
Plymouth
New York
Dancing condemned by preachers claim it harms souls
Fragmentary dialogue shows preachers labeling dance as harmful while a speaker questions the view. The exchange hints at moral concerns and personal doubt about dancing’s effects on behavior and virtue.
Cure for Eczema Promises Sleep After Cuticura Remedy
A woman named Mrs. Julia Finnegan from St. Louis, Missouri, recounts decades of unsuccessful eczema treatment. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment for rapid relief after three days and full healing after three months, ending with a note about free samples and a brief personal endorsement.
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Julia Finnegan
Hebert
St. Louisa
Missing Button Sparks Small Notion of Fuse About It
A lighthearted column notes a woman’s habit of pinning items and questions why a man would fuss over a missing button while Garfield Tea promises no harm and herbal health. The piece ends with a brief quip that money often speaks truths.
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Whder
Drees
Davita
Butt
Beton Bie
Mackay-Bennet Picks
Emil Brandeie
Rabbi Hireah
Eczema
Man
Dean
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