Failure of Belmont women’s farm school ends in New York
The experimental farm and agricultural school for young women funded by Mrs. O. H. Belmont at Hempstead is closed. Students, many from wealthy families, were forced to perform housework and dairy tasks after staff cuts. Miss Leonora Brokaw and others lament wasted summers as management collapsed and the head teacher departed.
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New York
Experimental Farm and Agricultural School
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Naples Faces Violent Hurricane and Flooding
A severe hurricane struck the Vesuvian region around Naples with torrential rain, causing heavy property damage and an estimated 50 deaths. Many boats in Naples bay are missing or sunk, and telegraph and telephone lines are down with blocked roads making full damage assessment impossible.
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Naples
Italy
Vesuvian
Bay of
Kokovsoff Named Premier Retains Finance Post
The appointment of V. N. Kokovsoff as premier has been gazetted and he retains the ministry of finance.
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St. Petersburg
V. N. Kokovsoff
Ministry of Finance
Destruction Of Maine Confirmed By Harbor Exploration
Havana reports confirm the Maine was sunk by an external explosion on February 15, 1898. Wreckage reveals a raised double bottom and keel, supporting Ensign Powell’s testimony and diver reports that an interior blast could not have caused the damage. Engineers suggest a large external mine or sizable explosive device.neutral non-graphic wording.
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Havana
Maine
United States
Powelson
Sigsbee
Liberte Battleship Explodes Near Marseilles Killing Hundreds
Fire in the ammunition hold of the French battleship Liberte caused a massive explosion and sinking 19 minutes later near Marseilles. About 500 sailors perished, with the ship a five year old sister of Verite which recently struck rocks during maneuvers and sustained heavy damage.
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Marseilles
France
Liberte
Taft Busy in St Louis On Busy Saturday
President Taft spends a packed day in St Louis with six speeches a 40 mile car ride an opening football toss at St Louis University a cornerstone for a YWCA building a nine inning baseball game a life membership at the Masonic Club and a Coliseum address before traveling overnight to Kansas. He also proposes a broader impeachment power as an alternative to judiciary recall before entering Republican territory.
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St. Louis
Taft
St. Louis University
Philadelphia
Masonic Club
Kansas
Limburger poisoning endangers Portland children
A small amount of cheese nearly killed Flor ence George, three, and caused hours of agony for her brothers Theodore seven Roy ten Willim eighteen and Adam sixteen. The doctor was called at eleven and the child was out of danger at daylight. The illness was due to limburger and resulted in ptomaine poisoning.
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Portland
Florence George
Theodore
Roy
Willim
Adam
Limburger
Mass Socialist Labor Rally Draws 15000 in Paris
A mass meeting of Socialists and Laborites to protest war with Germany drew about 15 000 people in Paris, signaling strong anti war sentiment and organized public dissent.
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Paris
Germany
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