Word: jails
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...pull himself out. The torrent surged over him, stilling his screams. Power lines were destroyed, houses canted. The flood poured into store basements, soaking tons of merchandise. The Market Street produce centre was buried in three feet of water. The City Auditorium, fire and police headquarters, the city jail were flooded. The floor of Union Station was covered six inches deep, a log came bumping into the waiting room...
...England's Winston Green Gaol for 14 days lately went one Thomas Parker an unemployed ex-Guardsman. It was his first jail sentence, received for sleeping on the highway. On the second night of his imprisonment Parker began to shout that he must get out of jail, even if it meant getting into a coffin. Next morning at exercise he fell into a frenzy. Brought before the prison's acting governor, he was sentenced to three days in solitary confinement. As two guards led him toward the silence cell, he struggled frantically fell injured himself. Fifteen minutes later...
...Commercial National Bank had them in its portfolio. When San Antonio's citizens learned this they rushed for their deposits; the bank closed. Few days later the bank's former president, Z. D. Bonner, and Lawyer John J. Cunningham were clapped in jail for receiving and concealing stolen goods...
...except Father Divine, who explained that it came from Divine Providence. But many a Manhattan cook had sent him small contributions, and from Negroes for whom he found work a tithe was forthcoming. He was run out of Sayville last year, fined $500 and sentenced to a year in jail for maintaining a nuisance (TIME, June...
Puzzled over the difficulty of maintaining even a pork chop Heaven on earth, Bishop Selkridge and his four followers rocked quietly back and forth in the Newark jail last week, still muttering their chant, "Peace . . . Peace . . . Isn't it wonderful! Peace...