Italy's Monument to Victor Emmanuel II Inaugurated in Rome
Nearly one million people witnessed the inauguration on Capitoline Hill of the monument to King Victor Emmanuel II. The $20,000,000 edifice, 500 feet long and 250 feet high, houses the Risorgimento museum and honors Italy's unification with contributions from leaders such as Giolitti, Sacconi, and Gallori.
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Victor Emmanuel II
Charles Albert
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Margherita
Humbert
Maria Pia
Portugal
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Genoa
Aosta
Letitia
Turin
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Canon Paolucci
Goriano Abruzzi
Giolitti
Capitoline
Capitoline Hill
Venice
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Corso
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Fatherlands
Giuseppe Sacconi
Sacconi
Koch
Manfredi
Piacentini
Signor Chiaradia
Emilio Gallori
Garibaldi
Janiculum
Chiaradia
A Tack Delays Sherman on Westchester Drive
Vice President James Sherman and Gen. Howard Carroll faced a flat tire when a tack damaged the left rear tire on their car near the Ardsley Club grounds. Sherman helped change the tire as Carroll stood by. The incident occurred during a luncheon visit to Sleepy Hollow Country Club before a dinner at Carroll Cliff.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
N. Y
James 8. Sherman
United States
Howard Carroll
Broadway
Ardsley Club
Sherman
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Gen. Carroll
Mr. Sherman
Carroll Cliff
E. H. Gary
John D. Archbold
Seth Low
R. C. Clowry
Chauncey M. Depew
Charles C. Paulding
Anne Paulding
William E. Benjamin
Charles Francis of
Troy
Daniel Bacon
Lewis. Nixon
F. Q. Brown
Ralston H. Brown
Edwin Gould
S. Parker
Allen Townsend
John Black
Westchester
New York
Maine cofferdam pumping under way after wreck
Major Ferguson works on raising the Maine cofferdam in Havana content with an initial five feet of water pumped out. The operation will be gradual with pauses to check for weakness, aiming to reveal the wreck's nature of explosion in six weeks or more.
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NEW York Times
Havana
Ferguson
Maine
Roosevelt in Vermont at White River Junction visit
Vermont leaders will welcome Theodore Roosevelt in White River Junction for a talk on cooperation among community institutions. The June 4 event includes a Gates Opera House dinner with guests from Washington Dartmouth College and governors Bass of New Hampshire Mead of Vermont. Wallace Bachelder chairs arrangements. Roosevelt’s visit follows a promise to Lieut. Bachelder.
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Vermont
Theodore Roosevelt
National Commission On
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Lieut
Bachelder
Young girl survives fall from sixth floor fire escape
Three year old Rose Gasser fell seventy five feet from a sixth floor fire escape at 63 East 112th Street. She landed on clothes lines and bounded to the yard then was taken to Laura Franklin Hospital for Children with a broken leg as the only injury.
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Rose Gasser
East 112Th Street
Laura Franklin Hospital
Attack and Robbery Target Nezer Sarkis Near Police Station
Nezer Sarkis of 237 East Twenty-ninth Street was attacked and robbed of 50 dollars last night at First Avenue and Twenty third Street a block from the East Twenty-second Street police station. He suffered a scalp laceration and was taken to Bellevue Hospital by six assailants.
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Nezer Sarkis
East Twenty-ninth Street
First Avenue
Twentythird Street
East Twenty-second Street
Bellevue Hospital
Crowded Coney Island Sees Free Baby Carriages and Daring Drownings
A summer throng of more than 200,000 visited Luna Park Steeplechase and the New Midway at Coney Island. A laborer, John T. Green, fell from the pier and drowned while workers extended the Steeplechase pier. Policeman Brennan, attempting a $10 swim challenge, nearly drowned but survived, receiving the payout after rescue. Detective Reich aided Brennan, who claimed a cramp. A San Francisco mother sought news of Celestine McCarthy, last heard from during the Dreamland fire recovery efforts.
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Luna Park
Inspector Dooley
Frederic Thompson
John F. Fairman
Green
Fairman
Brennan
Reich
Reick
Robinson
McCarthy
San Francisco
Celestine
Dreamland
Turkish railway plan backed for urgent action
The Chamber of Deputies in Constantinople adopted a proposal to grant urgent consideration at the next session to the American syndicate led project for building a railroad system in Asiatic Turkey under Dr. Chester.
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Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
Asiatic
Turkey
Chester
Health status in Italy refutes cholera epidemic report
Italian authorities issue official statement from Rome asserting health conditions nationwide are excellent despite a Munish report alleging a cholera outbreak in a certain section. No epidemic is confirmed and officials dismiss fears.
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Italy
Rome
Girls' Champion Arrested After Complaint at Boarding House
Walter J. Scully was arrested for disorderly conduct after alleging two young women were detained against their will at 157 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn. Detectives found no detention. boarding house keeper Erling Natrig corroborated his denial. Magistrate Reynolds suspended Scully's sentence in Adams Street Court.
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Lieut. McIvor
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Schermerhorn Street
Walter J. Scully
Third Street
Brooklyn
James Reynolds
Scully
Jennie Massan
Elizatherine Kramer
Erling Natrig
Natrig
Million Gift Prompts Name Change for Thames College
Morton P. Plant of New London announces a $1,000,000 unrestricted gift to the woman's college to be located in New London. The income will cover running expenses and the name will be changed to Connecticut College for Women to emphasize state ties. Gov. Baldwin contributes $1,000 among other subscriptions.
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New London
Conn
Morton P. Plant
Woman's College
Plant
Thames College
Connecticut College For Women
Baldwin
New York Diet Kitchen Aids Mothers This Summer
The New York Diet Kitchen Association plans a Summer program in poorer districts to prevent deaths from summer diseases. Trained nurses and doctors will explain milk modification at Wickham Kitchen 169 Mott Street and at 1 West Thirty-fourth Street. Last summer 1,535 babies were cared for and only 18 died, with four deaths from summer complaints.
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New York Diet Kitchen Association
Wickham Kitchen
Mott Street
Association
West Thirty-fourth Street
Narwhal Submarine Hits Targets At 2000 Yards
Newport Rhode Island June 4 The Narwhal under Lieut Chester W Nimitz and crew scored two hits in four shots at 2000 yards while running 30 to 40 feet under water In surface and underwater tests the Narwhal performed well as part of two officers of the submarine division observe the Navys improving marksmanship
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Newport
R. I
Chester W. Nimitz
Narragansett Bay
Americans Open Warships to Public in Stockholm Visit
Thousands of visitors boarded American warships in Stockholm as Rear Admiral Badger and American Minister Charles H. Graves met with the Minister of Marine and toured the navy yard.
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Stockholm
Badger
Charles H. Graves
Marine
Navy Yard
Chided Boy Hangs Self in Newark Cellar
Fourteen year old Charles McKinley Christian, living with Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson at 253 Fairmount Avenue Newark, was found dead yesterday in the cellar by Mrs Lena Mendel. Police and a county physician ruled the death a suicide after the boy vanished for nearly a day following disciplinary scolding for poor school showing.
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Charles McKinley Christian
Charles Wilson
Fairmount Avenue
Newark
Chicago Northwestern opens second largest railway terminal
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad inaugurated a new passenger station, the second largest in the world, replacing Wells Street. The 20 acre site includes a 343,040 square foot yard, 265,800 square foot train shed, and 69,760 square foot waiting and office area. Sixteen tracks handle 200 cars, with a 250,000 passenger daily capacity. Total cost reached 23.75 million dollars, with 11.56 million spent on real estate. Construction began in February 1909.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Wells Street
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