03 May 1912
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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
1
New York April 26 identified and embalmed aboard the cable ship Mackay Bennet are John Jacob Astor and Isidor Straus. Wireless dispatch lists the names of thirty five more victims, with details of lifeboat conditions and Marconi wireless operations aboard Titanic and Carpathia.
Senate hearing details from F O Byrang of the Titanic crew describe women and children leaping a three foot chasm to lifeboats as boats swung out from a deck seventy feet above the sea. Evens cites heavy loss of life among the women and children and notes terrified passengers refused the jump.
New York reports identify and embalm the bodies of John Jacob Astor and Isador Straus aboard the cableship Mackay Bennett. Wireless dispatch relayed via Caledonia to Cape Race confirms the identification. Wind Flips Train. Dozens Injured Near North Loup
A brief humor item shows a wife teasing John about listening to him speak in his sleep. John thanks her for restraint, playful exchange highlights domestic brevity and wit.
After a long deadlock at the First Regiment Armory, Missouri Republicans named eight at large delegates with half a vote each to the Chicago convention and urged support for Theodore Roosevelt. Taft adherents held a rival plan and denounced Governor Hadley for backing Roosevelt.
In a Springfield speech Taft declares Roosevelt should not be nominated again, arguing a third term would break constitutional principles and threaten independent judiciary. He questions Roosevelt’s fitness for continued leadership should he win another campaign and warns the GOP against violating party traditions.
The writer argues against Roosevelt as a presidential candidate, citing distrust from business leaders and concerns over proposed social justice reforms. A Seventh Day Adventist, Allan Moon, interprets floods and the Titanic disaster as signs of God’s wrath, suggesting imminent divine judgment.
Authorities probe a neat wiretapping scheme in New York that fleeced poolroom proprietors and handbookmen out of $30,000. The case centers on a ring involving falsified charges and fraudulent collection methods.
Wreckage washing ashore at the Dardanelles entrance suggested the Italian cruiser Varese, engaged in last week’s bombardment of the forts, had gone down in the battle.
Five people die and several are injured after four tornadoes strike Oklahoma and the southern portion of Kansas late Thursday, with damage reported across multiple communities.
Estimates of flood losses in northeast Louisiana reach 15,000,090 dollars. Twenty thousand people are homeless as heavy rains continue to swell the floodwaters in New Orleans and surrounding areas.
Henry M. Dearing, 72, former Albion National Bank cashier, and his son Palmer M. Dearing were reserved at Leavenworth federal prison to serve five years each. In Sterlin Michigan the high school announced a new course in figures. rules ban certain dress and makeup for girls.
Local want ads promise fast results for almost any request. Readers are urged to describe needs clearly and expect prompt responses from advertisers. The notice emphasizes practical, reliable service and broad availability across categories.
William Morris argues that cleanliness and decency are essential for attractive villages and private premises alike. He notes the lack of orderly living as a serious social failing and urges widespread remedy beyond centuries of neglect, as cited in Green's Fruit Grower.
Brainerd H Warner, a prominent Washington real estate operator, hosted a reception and asked Rudolph Kauffmann who a distinguished man at the door was. Kauffmann reassures him that the man is the caterer’s head waiter, noting he has seen him often. The anecdote runs in The Sunday Magazine.
Arbor Day planting in city parks should be stopped as useless and frowned upon by park superintendents. The letter urges schools as its target, proposing planting be confined to juveniles where trees are needed and proper Arbor Day work is unlikely.
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