Paris Flood Reaches Deep in City as Seine Rises
In a dramatic Paris flood the Seine overran quays and much of the left and right banks. Water filled the Ile Saint Louis and Île de la Cité with widespread inundation reported from the Place de la Concorde to the Champ de Mars. Rescue efforts and aid centers were set up as residents and visitors sheltered indoors. Additionally in Georgia an American party notes concern for Miss Marjorie Brown, daughter of the mayor, traveling with a group awaiting word on her safety amid the Paris crisis.
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Aca
Paris
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Quat Des Celestina
Ile St Lows
Ue de la Cite
Notrit Dame
Fron
Leusre
Museum
Place de la Concorde
Avenue Champs Elysees
Grand and Petit Palgees
Trocadero
Antemi
Thirteenth Arrondissement
Gobalin
Ste Genevieve Im
Pantheon i
St Germain Boulevard
Palais Bourbon
Foreign Office
Esplanade Des Invalides
Champa Des Mars
Eiffel Tower
Bonaparte
Mini Brewo
Columbus Ga
Marjorie Brown
Rhodes Brown
Haly
Misa Browns
Vigorous Fight on Blind Tigers in Macon
Chief Walter B Chapman leads a city raid in Macon on January 28 targeting bootleggers and licensed soft drink sellers. In ten days a systematic plan curbs those fleeing authorities. two drums of whisky were recovered, one case lost, and raids continue as officers claim Macon remains nearly wide open with frequent drunkenness charges and mass operations against violators.
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Brown House
Macon
Walter B Chapman
No crime to aid death by own action in New Jersey case
New York January 28. abogados for three Wardlaw sisters in East Orange jail argue aiding death by own action is not a crime under New Jersey law. A demurrer to the indictment is on file as prosecutors prepare to contest it before the state supreme court. The defense cites morpine in the victim and contends the death may be by own act or drowning, demanding direct murder charges or release of the women held for weeks without bail.
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New York
State of
New Jerse
Ocay
Mary Snead
Virginia Ward
New Jersey
Ball
Man slain near Hartwell on Judge Hodeen farm
Hartwell Ga January 23 special Chas Banks was shot and killed this afternoon by Robert Scott. The killing occurred on the farm of Judge W L Hodeen.
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Hartwell Ga
Chas Banks
Robert Scott
W. L Hodeen
Tariff Debate Highlights Senate Reflection by Lodge
Senator Lodge defends tariff arguing world price rises and gold demand, not tariff, lift food costs. Bacon cites beef prices in England and Detroit Windsor comparisons. Gallinger notes free-listed hides tied to boot and leather price rises. Bailey blames population growth. Carter cites rural-to-urban shift.
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Washington
Lewist
Senate
Badge
Bacon
Beef Trust
England
United States
Detroit
Windsor
Canada
Detroit River
Gallinger
Bailey
Carter
Reduction in New York Pack Shipments Rumor
Report from New York on January 2 notes ratal butchers claim western packers plan to halve cattle shipments to sustain beer prices. Packers deny and Swift & Company orders to discontinue have been received. Small dealers expect price concessions if boycott endures as family meat trade declines and beef falls while fish rises. Declines and appreciations recorded in local markets.
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New York
Krow
Swift & Conn
Price Declines Across Meat and Fish Quoted Values
A dated market snippet shows shifts in livestock and seafood prices with pork chops down to 16, pork loin to 18, mutton to 18, and various fish like bluefish to 22 and halibut to 18, while poultry remains unchanged. Prices for salmon and other fish also adjust, reflecting a broad market softening and notable reductions in several meat cuts.
Cyclone Sweeps Over Cordele Georgia
Cordele Georgia January 28 special a cyclone four hundred wide crossed western Cordele early today destroying several houses on Dr Warren Willams plantation and wrecking I M Powell s plantation three miles northeast damaging tenant houses and injuring several negro tenants at Williams farm. A freak gust uprooted a overseer s house at T M A Powell affecting thirteen occupants none seriously injured. Damage reported across Sumter and surrounding counties with destroyed tenant housing near Americus and Canan, major losses at multiple farms and the Armory building partly uprooted.
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Warren Willams
I M Powell
Coleone
T Gower
Dr Williams
Negra
Santer Americus Gaaguary
Aterm
Sumter
Mening
Americus
Canan Dawson
Armory
Mrnsallie Janes Farm
Woserel
One Man Killed and Two Shot at Naval Prison
Portamouth NSHO January 28 A jailbreak ends in gunfire as guards shoot three escaping prisoners. One fugitive, HOT Spurling of Indianapolis, is killed while Mary McGarves and Albert J. Montgomery are wounded. All three were serving short sentences for minor offenses. The incident occurred at noon as prisoners returned to work in the yard. The wounded men will recover.
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Portamouth
Nsho
Indiianapolis
Marry McGarves
Albert J. Montgoners
Victory claims clash as election ends in disputed gains
Long article notes both factions the Liberals and Nationalists claiming victory as polls close. It examines free trade versus protection and previews Lloyd George budget passage with possible amendments deferred to the next budget.
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Tandon
Lalonists
Labarene
Lloyd Georges
tumult at United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis
Delegates clash over president Thomas L Lewis report as a roll call fight stalls action. Temporary chair Thomas Donoway rules adjournment amid cries of gag rule. Francis Feehan charges a private deal with Pillsbury Coal Co. and wage cuts. Lewis denies, while opponents accuse him of leveraging national organizers for personal gain.
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Ind
Thomas L Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas Donoway
Tennessee
W B Wilson
United Mine Workers
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Lewis
Francis Feehan
Pittsburg
Miners Union
Tat Lewis
Taylor
Pillsbury Coal Company
Feehan
Lewie
John H Walker
Illinois
Duncan McDonald
Ilineis
Lewis Aid
Lewin
Cal Striker
Boston Food Prices Decline in Meats Amid Cost agitation
Boston markets show a general drop in meat prices yesterday as agitation against high food costs yields results. Retail prices fell 2 to 4 cents per pound on the higher grades of meat observed in the markets.
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Emus
Boston
Meat Prices Decline Amid No-Meat Campaign
In New York on January 28, the anti-meat campaign's effects linger with fewer White accessions and sustained pressure on meat prices. Wholesale markets show continued drops while retail shops further reduce costs, and retailers expect Saturday marketers to replenish larders at 10 to 20 percent lower prices than a week ago.
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New York
Morgan County Georgia Compared For Rich Farms And Roads
Fred Foster Jr of Wadison praises Morgan County Georgia as a model of progress with 1000 miles of roads and new bridges. He notes farm land values up to eight to ten times higher than ten years ago, average prices around 40 to 50 dollars an acre, and a strong agricultural economy supported by modern farming, water works, electricity, and telephones. He highlights Madison as a growing city with high schools, five banks, and shipping points on the Georgia railroad, and cites wealthy farmers holding large cotton stores and estates including a 10000 acre tract yielding substantial profits.
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Fred Foster Jr
Wadison
Foster
Georgia
Fred
Morgan
Morgans
Madison
Morgan County
Tom
National Bank
Rutlebee
Bostick Godfrey
Buckhead
Progress in Planting And Agricultural Lessons
The writer discusses Mr Foster providing features of progress in farming and urges support for Morgan County. The piece frames farming advancement as a public lesson for South area farmers, urging practical steps and cultivated effort in planting progress.
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Foster
Morgan
See Winnecke's Comet Observed Near Venus in Manila
Manila on January 28 reports observations of a comet several degrees south of Venus. The sighting is attributed to Winnecke's comet, with notes on its apparent position and visibility during the night.
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Winnecke
Manila
Winneckes
Taft Planned Jersey Trip Late February Visit
President Taft has arranged a trip into New Jersey in the latter part of February. He will likely go to Trenton on February 22 Newark on February 24 and Newark on February 30 or 31 before possibly heading to New York.
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New Jersey
Washington
Presiden Taft
New Teres
Trenton
Newark
New York
Black Hand Leader Sentenced In Brooklyn Murder Plot
Raefaro Pisano, alleged head of the Black Hand, was sentenced in New York in January to twenty five years at Sing Sing for attempted murder. He was convicted of aiding and abetting in the plot to kill Giuseppe Cacaco.
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Raefaro Pisano
Black Hand
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Giuseppe Cacaco
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