Titanic Disaster Updates Reach Europe and America
Reports from London New York and Halifax describe continued search efforts after the Titanic disaster. The Carpathia ferries survivors toward New York while White Star officials and embalmers prepare for recovery, with lists of the saved and missing expanding amid public relief and anger over false telegrams.
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Schulke
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Beadge
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White Star Line
Southampton
Liverpool
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Charles ©. Yate
Leicestershire
Board of Trade
House of Commons
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Carpathia
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Ambrose Channel
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Franconia
Chester
Salem
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Mackay-Bennett
Minia
Jacques Futrelle
Fitrelle
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Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railway
S T. Johns
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Isador Straus
Archibald W. Butt
Taft
George D. Widener
Philadelphia
Earl H. Behr
Jacques Futtrelle
William T. Stead
Francis D. Millet
Atlantic
Henry Sleeper Harper
Henry Frauenthal
T. G. Frauenthal
J. Bruce Is
Three Robberies Cleared Today in City Case
Charles Smith, 22, colored, arrested at 1 pm by Captain H T Wagner and railroad agent Martin Quinn. Smith held on breaking and entering and larceny charges, confessing to involvement in three robberies including Irving hotel goods theft and a theft from an Illinois Central freight car. Police expect to recover some merchandise. Smith may face charges in Freeport. Bechtel ads note jewelry sale with ten packages including a diamond ring.
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H. T. Wagner
Martin Quinn
Illinois Central Railroad
Smith
Irving Hotel
Illinois Central
Freeport
Ilinois Central
Frost Weather Shifts Markets Across Wheat and Livestock
Chicago reports frost across Nebraska and Kansas lifting wheat prices while July contracts fluctuated. Corn rose on wet cold conditions with oats gaining on wheat, hogs and cattle markets opened steady to weak, with receipts noted in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Liverpool
Mississippi
Peoria
Springfield
ST. Louis
Toda
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Kansas City
Rooms and goods for sale and rent mix in Chicago ads
Classified snippets show a jumble of offers including rooms for rent at 20 West Fifth Street with prices up to 58, and furnished flats at The Elms 934 West Third. Household goods offered cheap, musical instruments and furniture, plus livestock quotes in Chicago market news from April 17. The notices also list chambermaids, a hired hand, and miscellaneous sales across multiple properties and stores.
Wreck Victims tied to local home linked to Titanic victims
Walter Douglas and Robert D. Douglas of Minneapolis, listed among Titanic passengers, formerly resided in this city at a house later known as the Douglas property near Park Row flats. Robert Douglas worked in railroad contracting and bridge construction with Douglas, Manson and Brown. The family later moved to Cedar Rapids and then Minneapolis. Rescue reports say the Douglas family were saved.
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Walter Douglas
Robert D. Douglas
Minneapolis
Robert Douglas
Douglas, Manson and Brown
Park Row
Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Allison Iowa School Contract Bid Sparks Rural Seed Contest
The town of Allison reports the lowest bid for a new school structure at just over $11,000 after a competitive bidding process. A rural seed corn contest across districts tested kernel germination with prizes awarded to top entries, highlighting 21 bidders and local participation.
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Turkey
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Achool Hosever
Mar
Julie Mead
Tipton
Sh Noweital
Adtitber
Alien
TS Personararie Mootianes
Charkeville
Pirelier
Kien Welrex
Cer Warlertoe Vitash Tharseley
AOW
Johnson
Teale Shafer
Ayorth
Sheriff Shafer
He Daadley
Waverly
J. Grotanles
Thie Cen
Trbridge
TV Soho
Eurhridice
Tis
AlMaen
Priser
Camilles Inceaeh
Jackson
Alin Scott
Bertha
Bangs
Pring
Kerman Edeker
Henry Schmidt
Dora Schroge
Iackings
Dayton
Lrat
Milanian
Plymouth
Wuhbern
Third
Ucket
McGrregy
Dumont
Nurses Annual Election Tuesday
Black Hawk County Registered Nurses association met at Presbyterian hospital and elected officers: President Mrs Editi Leash, First VP Miss Margaret McMahon, Second VP Mrs H E Colby, Secretary Mrs F K Breckinridge, Treasurer Miss Minnie Harrison. Retiring officers listed. Next meeting May 2 at hospital. Emma Siebert notes state meeting May 1 and June 1 at Davenport. Waterloo nurses to attend. Croat had restless night, about same as days before.
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Black Hawk County
Emma. Siebert
State Nurses’ Association
Davenport
Waterloo Nurses
Clinton's Squad Farmer Story Sparks Romance
Clinton, home for vacation, rushes to fetch squabs for dinner from a farm. He meets a pretty young farmer girl in pink gingham who reveals she is the squad farmer. Their exchange hints at romance as Clinton plans a return visit while a dinner guest arrival interrupts the mission.
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Girlskin
Clinton
Europe
Jane
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