France faces worst flood in a century as Seine swells
Paris News reports the Seine floods exceed any time in 100 years with 100000 homeless and vast damage across France. Chalons reports a 60 yard wall breach and ten villages at risk as soldiers rush to help. Paris landmarks like the Louvre flood and water mains fail while steps are taken to avert a typhoid outbreak.
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United Press
Paris
Seine
France
Chamber of Deputies
Chalons
Deputies
Orleans
Place St. Michael
Gare d’ Orsay
Orsay
Austerlitz
Ivy
Louvre
Sheriff to Appoint Deputies to Curb Striker Disturbances
Sheriff Whaley announced will appoint deputies to prevent further disturbances in the strike district. He warned that wives of strikers stirring trouble at tin mills will be arrested if they continue. Chief Gilmore mobilized night officers to protect workers, while workers sought sheriff protection citing threats from women in the southern city area.
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Whaley
Fifth Ward
Gilmore
Advisory Board
Mr. Whaley
Interesting Divorce Troubles Between General Miller and His Wife
Mrs Emma Miller wife of General Charles Miller a Standard Oil man flees across the country pursued by her husband detectives and Attorney Maurice B Dean She travels with her daughter and two own detectives while a Miller home guard waits to serve papers in a counter suit Previously Mrs Bulen of Meadville Pa General Miller divorced his wife then married her The fugitive party passed through Sharon Youngstown and Alliance Ohio where trackers lost her trail.
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Emma Miller
Charles Miller
Standard
Misadventures Strike Union Township Resident Fred Walters
Fred Walters of Union township endures a string of misfortunes. His milk wagon driving wife was injured at a railroad crossing and hospitalized for weeks. Walters himself fell ill and stayed in the hospital. He bought a horse that damaged his buggy and then caused a rival horse to be shot after it broke its leg.
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Fred Walters
Union Township
Banker's Purse Heist Leads to Bond for Two Women
Edward Van Norden testified in police court that two Chicago women, Bessie Roberts and Annie Williams, picked his pockets of 26 000 dollars after he assisted a dropped purse at the Waldorf Astoria. The defendants pleaded not guilty and were held on 30 000 bond, remanded to the Tombs. Russell Kennedy and his children visited Pittsburg relatives over the weekend.
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United Press
New York
Edward van Norden
Warner van Norden
The
van Norden Trust Company
Bessie Roberts
Kitty Dodell
Chicago
Annie Williams
Margie
van Norden
Waldorf Astoria
Thirtythird Street
Thirty-third Street
van Ner
Death of Dr. Ira A Thayer Shocks City
Dr. Ira A. Thayer city food inspector and long time First Christian church minister died suddenly from uremic poisoning at his home 81 Wallace avenue. The Ohio native and Hiram College graduate had served in medicine, then in ministry, with decades of public service and a respected lectureship. He died Monday at 6 30 AM after a brief illness following weekend snow shoveling.
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Ira A .Thayer
First Christian Church
Thayer
Wallace Avenue
Christian Church
Ohio
Trumbull County
Hiram Thayer
Hiram College
Eclectic Medical College
Cincinnati
Nashville
Tenn
Hood
Felectic Medical College
Warren
New Castle
Cowden
Park
Wik Toamnoke
Advent
Secretary Wilson Blames Retailer Trusts for High Food Prices
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson told the district House committee that trusts and local combinations profit highly at each step from farmer to consumer. He said New York Philadelphia and D C merchants take 20 to 42 percent, while the farmer’s price for cattle and meat lingers. He noted foreign sales price comparisons and cited reduced winter feeding of grain by farmers as a contributing factor.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
House
New York
Philadelphia
National Capital
Petersburg Man Found Dead With Revolver in Bed
The body of Joseph Robinson of Petersburg Ohio was found in his bed Sunday morning by his sister with a revolver by his side and a bullet wound in his head. He was about 50, had recent mental changes, and was widowed with several siblings. The weapon is believed to be an old pistol.
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Joseph Robinson
Petersburg
Mr. Robinson
James T. Robinson
Robinson
Death Record Notables Include Several Local Residents
Obituaries list deceased include Dr. I. A. Thayer aged 69 of 81 Wallace Avenue Thomas H. Glasser 55 of 445 Pittsburg Street David Hoover 45 of St Marion Pennsylvania Robert Mortland 72 of Pittsburg Archibald Blythe 63 of Clinton Pennsylvania.
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I. A. Thayer
Wallace Avenue
Thomas H. Glasser
Pittsburg
David Hoover
St. Marion
Robert Mortland
Archibald Blythe
Clinton
George Greer Funds Church Upgrades and Organ Gift
George Greer offers to donate property north of the First Methodist Episcopal church free of charge plus $2000 for extensive repairs. The plan includes a larger auditorium and Sunday school rooms, a new organ worth twice the current instrument, and a $15,000 fundraising goal funded by a donor who will match two dollars per one raised. Action awaits the church board's review within 60 days.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
George Greer
E. E. Higley
Greer
First M. FE
Tragic Death of David Hoover Near St Marion Pa
David Hoover native of New Castle died from injuries and exposure after a winter mishap near St Marion near Kane Pennsylvania. His body was found Sunday under a railroad bridge during a blizzard with family noting his glassworker occupation and four brothers and a daughter. Funeral is planned for Wednesday at 2:30 PM with interment in Greenwood cemetery.
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New Castle
Marion
David Hoover
St. Marion
Eoremer
Glassworkers’ Union
Kane
Mollie
Tete
Nevada Hoover
Harry
John R
Albert
James Hoover
Interue Mae
Greenwood
Cem
Socialist Primary Returns: Citywide Vote Near Zero
Early counts show fewer than 100 votes citywide in the Socialist primary with several wards reporting no ballots. County costs estimated at 450 to 500 dollars as return judges plan to meet Wednesday to tally results.
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Elgcth
Trench on Washington Street Causes Ambulance Collision
An open unguarded trench on West Washington Street left by the water company caused an ambulance to crash Sunday morning. One horse fell into the four foot deep hole, later freeing itself. The wagon's springs and pole were damaged while officials agreed to handle the incident.
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Washington Street
Water Company
Cfatt
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George Kennedy
Pearson Street
Secretary of Agriculture
Higley
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Ira D. Sankey
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