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	San Francisco Examiner	HERMAN KLABER ON BOARD THE TITANIC Native of San Francisco, in Business in Portland, Titanic Passenger Herman Klaber of Portland, one of the biggest hop merchants on the Pacific Coast, was a passenger on the Titanic. Klaber was born in San Francisco, went throu...	16th April 1912
	The San Francisco Call	WALTER M. CLARK A PASSENGER Walter M. Clark of Los Angeles, son of J. Ross Clark, the railroad official of that city and a well known figure in San Francisco as well as in the southern metropolis, was a passenger on the Titanic and supposedly is among those lost. ...	16th April 1912
	wired.com	AUG. 23, 1899: FIRST SHIP-TO-SHORE SIGNAL TO A U.S. STATION 1899: The first ship-to-shore wireless message in U.S. history is sent by Lightship No. 70 to a coastal receiving station at the Cliff House in San Francisco. “Sherman is sighted,” the message said, referring to the troopship Sherman, which was returning a San Francisco regiment from the battlefields of the Spanish-American War. It marked the first use outside England of this technology, still in its infancy....	23rd August 2011
	Bay Area News	15 TONS OF TITANIC ON DISPLAY IN CALIFORNIA LATER this week a huge piece of history is expected to be suspended over downtown San Francisco.A 15-ton section of the Titanic's hull - the largest piece of the sunken luxury liner ever recovered - will be lifted four stories by crane and installed at the Metreon as part of the show "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" opening June 10.The hull, most recently on view in Las Vegas, is sitting in a Southern California warehouse, waiting to be delivered to San Francisco by flatbed truck. It's part of an exhibit of hundreds of items recovered from the ship, which sank April 15, 1912, killing 1,522 of its 2,227 passengers. ...	16th May 2006
	New York Times	S. MARSHALL KEMPNER DEAD; LONGTIME INVESTMENT BANKER S. Marshall Kempner, an investment banker, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 88 years old. Mr. Kempner was a native of New York, where he began his career after graduating Phi Beta Kappa fro...	4th August 1987
	Chicago Examiner	TITANIC WIDOW KILLED BY A FORMER SUITOR San Francisco, Feb. 24---Mrs. S. L. Johnson of Tacoma, Wash., a Titanic widow and a bride of two weeks, was shot and instantly killed at the Sutter Hotel to-day by Abraham Pepper, a former suitor. Mrs. Johnson formerly was Mrs. Herman Kla...	25th February 1914
	San Francisco Chronicle	DR. DODGE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SAFE Page 1 Assessor Sends Two Messages From Carpathia to His Son Here-- Mayor Wires Reply Relieving the deep anxiety of his relatives and thousands of friends in this city, Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, ...	18th April 1912
		WILLIAM MCCARTHY, LIFEBOAT 4 CREWMAN MR WILLIAM McCARTHYGrattan Hill, Cork, who is fortunately amongst the survivors. Elite, San Francisco...
	New York Times	DEATH NOTICE OF GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---At sea, on April 15, 1912, steamer Titanic, George Rosenshine, beloved brother of Albert A. and Max Rosenshine and Mrs. Bertha Frank, in the 46th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Hotel Ansonia on Sunday morning, Ma...	4th May 1912
	San Francisco Call & Post	DR. DODGE DIES AS RESULT OF WOUNDS Page 2, column 2 [Photo] Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker, supervisor, library trustee and assessor of San Francisco, died at 9:25 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis Hospital from a bullet wound self-inflicted a ...	30th June 1919
	San Francisco Chronicle	DR. DODGE AND FAMILY MAY HAVE MISSED TITANIC Page 2 [Photo] Assessor Washington Dodge, Mrs. Washington Dodge Relatives of Assessor Received Word That He Would Stop Over in Paris Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the "Chronicle" was notified by...	16th April 1912
	New York Times	PRAYER SERVICE NOTICE FOR GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---AT SEA, Steamer Titanic, on April 15, 1912, George Rosenshine, in the 46th year of his age. Prayers will be held at the residence of his brother, Albert Rosenshine, Hotel Ansonia, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, April 21,...	21st April 1912
	San Francisco Bulletin	LOCAL MINING MAN IS ON TITANIC'S DEATH LIST Colonel John Weir, a well known mining man of the Pacific Coast, was one of the victims of the Titanic horror. It has been learned by his friends that he took passage on the ill fated steamer on an unexpected trip to California, probably on urgent bu...	20th April 1912
	New York Times	WASHINGTON DODGE, ADVISER ON INVESTMENTS, DIES AT 67 Page 50, column 4 Washington Dodge, an investment adviser who survived the Titanic sinking in 1912, died here Tuesday of a heart attack. His age was 67. He was 5 years old and returning from Europe with his parents...	5th December 1974
	New York Times	READS BULLETIN, COLLAPSES C. J. E. Clayton Feared All His Family Had Perished --- As the details of the Titanic disaster were being thrown out by The Times bulletins shortly before midnight, a well dressed man on the arm of a friend wedged his way through the cr...	16th April 1912
	Unidentified Newspaper	MRS. PETERSEN JAMES CORRIGAN WED IN TORRANCE In a quiet ceremony attended by only the immediate members of the two families, Mrs. Edwina C. Petersen, 1021 Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, and James Corrigan, 323 Ave. C, Redondo Beach, were united in marriage Saturday, July 23. Rev. P...	July 1955
	Cedar Rapids Gazette	MRS. WALTER DOUGLAS DIED IN CALIFORNIA Page 1A Mrs. Walter D. Douglas died Saturday afternoon at her home in Pasadena, Calif., according to word received by Mrs. George B. Dutton, 2224 Country Club Parkway SE. Funeral services will be announced later. Mrs. Doug...	22nd April 1945
	San Francisco Examiner	DEATH HOVERING OVER DR. DODGE; END IS EXPECTED Page5, column 2 Former City Assessor Rapidly Sinking After Week's Fight for Life. Dr. Washington Dodge, banker and former Assessor of San Francisco, is dying in St. Francis Hospital, and cannot possibly live more than ...	29th June 1919
	The Mercury (Hobart)	THE TITANIC'S COMMANDER BRISBANE, April 24 For some time past there has been in Brisbane Captain Anning, who at one time was commander of the White Star liner Persic, trading to Australia. He said, in...	25th April 1912
	San Francisco Chronicle	GIVES LIFE FOR LOVE OF HUSBAND Relatives Here Believe Wife of Isidor Straus Refused to Leave His Side. That her devotion to her husband, refusing to leave the ship unless he accompanied her from the ill-fated Titanic, cost the life of Mrs. Isidor...	17th April 1912
	The San Francisco Call	RELATIVES HERE AWAIT TIDINGS John Bartholomew, son of John Bartholomew, head of the commissary of the Titanic, is staying at the St. Francis. Young Bartholomew is a traveling agent of a large linen house of England and is here on one of his regular ...	16th April 1912
		CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM CHRISTENING CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) Livro de Baptismos da Paróquia do Espírito Santo da Calheta, Calheta ...	1890
	San Francisco Bulletin	SAN FRANCISCO'S ASSESSOR TELLS STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC From Which He Escapes After Thrilling Experience NEW YORK, April 19.-Dr. Washington Dodge of San Francisco, at the Hotel Wolcott here, gave the following account of the wreck: "We had retired to our stateroom, and the ...	19th April 1912
	Cleveland Plain Dealer	SAYS MUSICIANS KNELT AS THEY PLAYED HYMN Mrs Ada M Clarke, one of the survivors, went to the White Star offices today to arrange for her passage back home to Southampton, England. Her husband, Charles S. Clarke, with whom she was on her way to California to make her...	20th April 1912
	New York Times	THOSE WHO SAW THE RESCUE Carpathia's Passengers, Who Were Bound for Mediterranean, Back. The passengers on the Carpathia, whose trip to the Mediterranean was interrupted to aid those saved from the Titanic, are: Rev. R. B. Anderson, Baltimore,...	19th April 1912
		MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) Livro de Casamentos da Paróquia de São Brás, Arco da Calheta, Calheta ...	1899
	San Francisco Examiner	DR. WASHINGTON DODGE TRIES SUICIDE; MAY DIE Page 1, column 1, continued page 6, column 4 [Photo] Mind of S.F. Leader Fails; Shoots Self Former Assessor Uses Revolver in Garage at Home; Found by Wife; Taken to Hospital Suit Brought i...	22nd June 1919
	San Francisco Bulletin	SUICIDAL BULLET IS FATAL TO DR. DODGE Page 1, Column 4 PHYSICIAN EXPIRES FROM SHOT Dr. Washington Dodge died early today in St. Francis Hospital as the result of a bullet wound which he inflicted June 21 while in a fit of despondency brought on by illness....	30th June 1919
	San Francisco Chronicle	DR. DODGE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Page 1, column 3, continued page 2, column 2 EX-ASSESSOR FIRES BULLET THROUGH HEAD Little Hope for His Recovery From Wound Inflicted in Garage Basement ILLNESS BELIEVED CAUSE Long Promine...	22nd June 1919
	Daily Telegraph	TITANIC FOR MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND - 1910 VISION Passengers to take railway connection to New York...	27th October 1910
	L'Eclaireur de Nice et du Sud-Ouest	MORT DE M. GOLDENBERG FONDATEUR DU FLAMBEAU FRANCO-AMERICAIN C’est avec un vif regret que nous apprenons le décès, survenu hier, de M. Sam Goldenberg, président-fondateur du Flambeau franco-américain. M. Goldenberg, citoyen américain, était âgé de 73 ans. C...	12th October 1936
	San Francisco Examiner	DR. DODGE DIES FROM WOUNDS HE INFLICTED Page 8, column 1 Former Banker, Assessor and Supervisor Succumbs Nine Days After Attempt at Suicide Funeral Service Will Be Held on Thursday Morning: Bishop Nichols Will Be in Charge Dr. Washington Dodg...	1st July 1919
	San Francisco Examiner	DOCTOR DODGE IS OPERATED ON; CONDITION SERIOUS Page 13, column 7 Former Broker and Assessor Very Low After Attempted Suicide With Pistol Following an operation at the St. Francis Hospital yesterday, the condition of Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker and Assessor ...	23rd June 1919
	News Tribune	KING OF HOPS: THE LEGACY OF HERMAN KLABER Bart Ripp CURTIS, Lewis County – Come spring in the Boistfort Valley, hops pop up, green and fragrant, in the hay fields. Boistfort Elementary School sits next to a big hay field where hops sprout, searching the sky for support. The only clue to...	12th April 2001
	San Francisco Chronicle	NEW TITANIC EXHIBIT IN SAN FRANCISCO In telling the oft-told tale of engineering hubris and an iceberg in the night, the show's organizers and designers feed the public's sturdy appetite for Titanic lore and kitsch. They do it by merging some 300 relics with reconstructed spaces from the ship, theatrically dramatic lighting, ambient sound and period music, photomurals, video and hands-on details. The viewer's sensory pleasure is foremost throughout, right down to a freezer-cooled iceberg you can walk up to and touch. Everything here is meant to seduce and entertain -- with a pinch of education as a bonus -- and much of the show succeeds in doing just that. ...	12th June 2006
	New York Times	A CUNARD COMMODORE HOME FROM THE SEA. By Arthur H. Rostron. Illustrated. 259 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $3.50. --- Sir Arthur was commodore of the Cunard fleet when recently he retired from active service. For four years and more he commanded t...	8th November 1931
	Washington Times	ARCHIBALD BUTT, MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT TAFT Major Archibald de Grafenreid Willingham Butt, who was on the Titanic, was returning to Washington on sick leave, and expected to resume his duties as military aide to President Taft at once. Suffering from that mild poisoning which follows an unendi...	16th April 1912
	Washington Times	CAPT. SMITH ENDED LIFE WHEN TITANIC BEGAN TO FOUNDER Stories of His Suicide Differ, One Woman Asserting He Shot Himself, and Another Describing His Drowning --- Unable to bear the terrible strain of the disaster that overtook his mighty ship, Capt. E. J. Smith killed himself and gave to t...	19th April 1912
	New York Times	MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT President's Aid Had Gone on a Special Mission to the Pope --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15.-Major Archibald Willingham Butt, President Taft’s Military Aid, [sic] was returning on the Titanic afte...	16th April 1912
	New York Times	CARLISLE, DESIGNER OF TITANIC, IS DEAD Member of Privy Council and Noted Engineer Stricken at 72 --- DISASTER BROKE HIS HEART --- Recently Visited Old Friend, Ex-Kaiser---Wanted “Merry Widow Waltz” Played at Funeral --- ...	6th March 1926
		FAMILY INFORMATION Mrs Stephen Hold (Annie Margaret, nee Hill) was born in the fishing village of Porthoustock in Cornwall and baptised at the parish church of St. Keverne on 23 May 1883. She was the daughter of Augusta Lavinia Hill. Annie’s mother was the daugh...
	The Times	ALEXANDER CARLISLE OBITUARY ALEXANDER CARLISLE The Right Hon Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, who died yesterday in London at the age of 71, was a ...	6th March 1926