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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1930
Page
6
Washington reports the 89 year old jurist Oliver Wendell Thimes marked his eighty-month birthday. A Civil War veteran on the Union side he has not missed a session this term and has served on the court for 27 years and 8 months.
Paris reports a rising death toll from the Tarn and Garonne floods with as many as 700 dead and $40 million in property losses. Moissac and Montauban suffered heavy destruction, circuses in Moissac blamed for crowding into danger, and rescue efforts amid disease and looting concerns continue.
Detroit officials enforce a city ordinance banning aliens from employment and ordering dismissal of noncitizens on the payroll. About 1,689 workers across municipal departments face job losses as the measure takes effect, with Councilman Robert G. Mwald proposing an additional rule dismissing nonresidents who have not lived in Detroit for a year.
The Village of Dalton Illinois enacts rules to unload store and handle coal only in sealed structures within 500 feet of residences. Permits cost 25 dollars annually with inspections by the Village President. Violations carry fines and possible license revocation under a 1930 ordinance aimed at preventing coal dust, fire risk and property damage.
A narrative contrasts a patient honest fisherman with a great blue heron blamed for taking trout. The tale implies the heron fishes for food not sport, provoking debate about stream ethics and angler frustration.
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