31 Jan 1910
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1910
Page
1
Paris faces worsening flood conditions with the Seine rising beyond earlier levels. Soldiers shoot thieves, rescue teams operate from rooftops, and hundreds lack food or shelter as waters flood streets. Rescue by boat continues while pumping engines vent steam and firelight flickers over flooded avenues.
Reports describe military patrols to curb looting as floods submerge Paris and nearby towns. Pillagers are shot on sight near Charenton, with in-city clampdowns and desperate rescue by Sisters of Charity and government aid totaling over 250,000 dollars. Gennevilliers hosts 6000 rag pickers, many children, driven from ruined villas as authorities rush shelter and relief. United States sympathy is noted amid widespread hardship.
About 2300 naval apprentices move into fever quarantine at the naval training station for five days. Only one case reported so far, but officials recall last year’s epidemic when three deaths occurred. Prompt, repressive measures instituted to prevent spread.
Dr Theo dore Foote appoints 1 8 Khaon Alfred Chuhaers Crerel C W Hwan and Walt E Turper to the good roads committee in the region. Want a cook advertised in The Newa.
Detectives probe a jewelry theft reported in Newark on January 11. Mrs Charles Feick, wife of a wealthy lawyer, hosted a bridge party at 805 High Street. Gems vanished from her dressing table after guests departed, with no footprints found outside. Police seek the guest list.
In Woodstown New Jersey on January 31 three Black attackers battered Frank Kleisch and his wife nearly to death. They tore the dress of Mrs Kleisch, bound her, ransacked drawers and found only $2.50. The couple, barely conscious, were left as the assailants fled. Four Black suspects are in custody. In Cambridge Massachusetts Dr Dudley A Sargent argues women will soon match men in mental and physical strength through physical culture.
Chicago reports say a grand jury probes a $500 million packers trust using an English charter to dodge U.S. laws. Evidence suggests a coordinated network of private lines directs daily hog buying to squeeze prices, with profits from by products and manipulated supply and demand.
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