Lusitania Sinking Kills Many as 1100 Die Off Ireland
The Lusitania was torpedoed twelve miles off Ireland and sank at 2 33. About 1251 passengers and 816 crew were aboard. The ship valued at 10 million dollars with 7.5 million in insurance. Identified Americans include Charles A. Plamondon of Chicago and Charles Frohman of New York. No trace of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. White House says president weighs action calmly. Survivors describe horror and rescue scenes as morgues fill in Queenstown.
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C. H. Plamondon
Chicago
Charles Frohman
New York
London
Hner
Ireland
Cunard
Lusitania
Plamondon and
Frohman
Queenstown
George Arthur
Cc. T. Broderick
Harvard University
May Brown
W. H. Brown
Buffalo
N. Y
Hugh Crompton
Booth
Marie Depage
Belgian Red Cross
Edward Hills
J. Fellman
Charlies Frohman
Arthur Foley
Bessie Hare
Orr Jacobus
P. L. Jones
T. B. King
Miss McBright
Amelia McDonald
McDone
J. V. Merriman
Mainman
Miss McBeath
Charles A. Plamondon
F. S. Pearson
Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Elbert Hubbard
The
Philistine
East Aurora
Hubbard
Charles Klein
Justus M. Forman
Capt. W. T. Turner
White House
Washington
Tumulty
Berlin
J.S. Burnside
J. C. Eaton
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Cunard Company
Indiana area crime and court roundup in Union City region
Reported incidents include W H Harmon killed by a Panhandle freight train near Union City, indictments and trials involving Mayors and county officials, robberies, prison terms and escapes across Indiana towns such as Logansport Newcastle Bloomfield Noblesville Richmond Evansville Princeton Huntington Bluffton and others with details on defendants victims and authorities involved.
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Union City
Here
H. Harmon
Panhandle
Logansport
Newcastle
J. L.B. Watkins
Watkins
State Fund
Howard C. Elliott
Elliott
Middletown
Brazil
Indianapolis
Ralston
State Board of Contracts
Bloomfield
Frank Torricelli
Fred Cromwell
Linto
Cromwell
Lewis Friedman
Torricelli
Los Angeles
Cal
Noblesville
Charles R. Hunter
John Bain
Vestal
Hunter
Richmond
Boston
Evansville
I. L. Beidelman
Urichsville
Riordo
Princeton
District
Indiana
New Harmony
Poseyville
Tell City
Boonville
Newburg
Cannelton
Oakland City
Shoals
Mount Vernon
Henry N. Sanborn
State Public Library Commission
Huntington
Fred Dearmond
Huntington County
Mike Mitchens
Thomas H. Cole
Dearmond
W. BH. Scott
Cole
Wabash
Mitchens
Erie
Jeffersonville
Bluffton
Congress of
Ida
Broughman
Marion
H. Berth
South ‘Bend
Henrietta Hay
Elkhart
M. Hunt
Bend
French Soldier Recalls Ghost Warning In Trenches
A French sergeant reported an early morning vision in which a sentry warned of German activity. He linked the apparition to a farmer’s daughter seen in 1870 and said the warning prompted him to inspect enemy movements.
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Aled
Shopping High Cost of Living in Fancy Parisian Gowns
A husband endures a perilous shopping trip with his wife through luxury boutiques led by a French dealer, D artagnan's grandfather. The piece satirizes expense as the root of modern living cost, with extravagant gowns quotes and comic misadventures.
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Nix
No. 8
Samoan Islands
John
Peaches
Broadway
Fifty-third Street
Maison de Splash
Ginkstein
Bookheimer’s
Gorgonzola Brothers
Camembert’s
D’artagnan
Madame
M’sieu Voulezvous
Clara Panatella
Venus
Capes
Bangor
Mona
Voulezvous
Carissima Maduro
How One Man Got His Start in Life
A wealthy retired hardware dealer recounts how his early dream of being a writer shaped his life. He sold nails and stoves while saving stamp money for five years, then bought into a hardware firm after the senior partner died, finding success in business that he says grew from his original authorship ambition.
Woman Faces Divorce Decision In Bizarre Egg Trial In LA
A Los Angeles woman allegedly faced a peculiar divorce choice about proceeding or not by boiling an egg. The tale describes hard and soft eggs determining if she would sue, with the hard egg outcome implying divorce. The eccentric anecdote reflects sensational local court lore.
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Los Angeles
Rai
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and
Ger
Mans
Pearson
Robert Rankin
Schuyler Place
Ithaca
Thomas Bloomfield
Isaac Lehman
Fred J. Gauntless
George Vellobart
Maison de
le Minaret
Louis the XI
Voulezvyous
Brunet
North Star
Santa Claus
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