Paris Flood Wreaks Havoc on City Landmarks
Paris endures a severe flood as the Seine rises past records. Louvre basement inundated. Orsay station flooded. many bridges closed or destroyed. 100000 displaced nationwide. relief funds surge while typhoid fears loom.
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Wreckers Now Free Men After Prison Term
The article reports four men from a failed Milwaukee Avenue state bank scheme, including former president Paul Stonealand and former cashier Henry W. Hor fag, leaving Joliet penitentiary for Chicago. They will relocate to Wheaton and Ninols to take farm and factory jobs after serving time.
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Bank wreckers' vendetta fuels tense tale of ruin
A fragmentary report hints at men blamed for wrecking a bank seeking retribution. The scene centers on a threatened confrontation as the wrecking episode leaves rivals furious and intent on harming him. The brief text conveys looming danger and social fallout.
Woman at Bottom of Navy Trouble
Boston dispatch reports a naval yard fracas linked to Miss Hessler of Chicago, daughter of a former navy surgeon, triggering a court martial for Paymaster Auld and Assistant Burgeo. Dr. Cowell alleges insult and assault at a naval hop. Hessler’s visit and missing photo are cited as causes of the disturbance.
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Navy Yard
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Burgeo Anaing HH
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Edward Spencer Coweln
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Suggestions for forthcoming food price reform proposals
United Press notes ideas from legislators and economists in Columbus about causes of high food prices and remedies. Proposals include changing evidence rules, outlawing market withdrawals, freezing cold storage, and criminalizing unlawful trade combinations with escalating penalties. Other ideas seek executive profit limits on foodstuffs akin to usury laws.
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Columbus
Jan
Williams
James 8. Grey
John Scott Plain City
Ays
First Guns in Mooney Campaign Open with Public Utilities Bill
Columbus Ohio January 24 The first part of Granville W of Anchinchula speaker for governor of Ohio fires with Representative Frank Woods of Medina presenting the public utilities bill made public Friday. A second bill to tax commission will follow next week with Langdon of Warren predicting the governorship if both pass this winter.
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Mother Jones At The Union Convention
At Tomlinson Hall the United Mine Workers convention opened with John Mitchell present and Mother Jones, beloved by miners for her aid to their cause, also in attendance. The joint committees plan closer union between the Western Federation of Miners and the United Mine Workers, though amalgamation is not yet assured.
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Tomlinson Hall
John Amiitchall
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United Mine Workers
Moyer
Weaterg, Peduration
Three Things Essential Woods Explains His Public Utilities Bill
Columbus Ohio reports Representative Woods outlines three core aims for public utilities reform. He emphasizes vision, accounting, publicity, plus stock and bond issuance and rate control by the commission. A proposed free service prohibition for city officials sparks debate on governance and hearings before orders become final.
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Public Service Corporation
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Common Pleas
Power mission notes and property timing
Fragmentary text discusses evaluating operational expenses and timing for a power mission. Mentions Willitlow, Paton, Tone, and determining costs until a final net result is reached.
Two Bandits Arrested After Train Robbery
Two men were arrested in Missouri after a train robbery on a Missouri Pacific train. Investigators say one robber entered the passenger cars while the other remained on the baggage car. A female witness at a nearby city helped in the search and police captured both suspects at a railroad restaurant.
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Fierce Street Battle Leaves Men Wounded in Buffalo
In Buffalo a brutal street fight injured several men and left one fatally or seriously hurt. Police cordon the area as investigators seek motives and suspects. Galante, forty, is among the wounded being treated at a hospital.
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Three Big Bills Ahead In State Legislature
Aimed at public utilities taxation and cigarette controls, three major bills shape the day’s legislative agenda. Proposals echo Taft era reforms via the tax commission and utility regulation, with a push for a broader personal property tax and canal projects in Nelsonville.
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Ayelion
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Battefeld
Gilson
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Cleveland
Legislation Drafts Revisions Cited Amid County Policy Debate
Report notes proposals to remove derelict county officers and to subject changes to public vote. Bills discuss militia service, bounty terms, new normal colleges, tax collection, mercy discretion for burglary cases, suspending sentences on appeal, hospital funding, state revenue methods, and penal terms for abuse in state institutions.
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Robs Hamon Opera Stage Burglary Sparks Nitro Fear
Safe crackers hid under the stage at the Robs Hamon Opera Sunday night and stole about 1500 dollars after blowing the safe with nitroglycerin. Night Watchman Elfors patrolled the theater and later found the office area and boxes room undisturbed as he slept.
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Meat price debate aims to curb packers power
United Press report from Chicago summarizes packers blamed for high meat costs. Armour official argues prices rise from natural laws and farm costs rather than packing houses, calling for production increases and farm productivity. Professor Howard predicts food prices peak in two years then fall. Movement against meat is spreading, with boycotts and fund appeals noted amid wind and weather protection efforts for St Piran's oratory ruins.
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Earl DP. Howard
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Northwestern University
Howard
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Waterways Plan Aims To Avoid Monopolies And Expand Canals
A Washington report by the inland waterways commission urges federal and state action to guide future waterway improvements and regulate water power to prevent monopoly. It notes tonnage declines on the Erie Canal and Hudson River while the Mississippi, Kanawha, and Monongahela show varied results, and favors canal and waterway improvements over land-based projects.
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Dreyfus to Tour France as Labor Leader Ally
Paris dispatch reports Major Dreyfus plans a four city tour in France to champion labor causes linking capital and labor. He urges union reform as stabilizing, praising government action to reorganize the labor movement and seeking harmony between workers and employers. On the Pacific coast, a large labor boycott spreads with thousands urged to join a 30 day action and workers complying with requests.
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