Tri Cities Brace for Ford Nitrate Plant and Dam Project
Florence, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia in Alabama await Henry Ford proposed government nitrate plant and Wilson dam project. Officials expect rapid housing and construction needs with 60,000 new residents after acceptance, based on wartime facility use in 1918 and 1919.
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Florence
Ala
Sheffield
Tuscumbia
Henry Ford
Government
Wilson
Ford
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Tri-cities
Briand Invited to Meet Lloyd George on German Reparations
Premier Briand was invited to discuss German reparations options with Prime Minister Lloyd George. The invitation, announced by the treasury department, calls a meeting of the two premiers highly desirable.
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London
Briand
Lloyd George
Treasury Department
Wheat Up a Little on Chicago Board of Trade
Liberal export demand pushed wheat prices to slightly higher levels on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday. The market opened up with fair demand while other grains held steadier in early trading. Siberia as a name is noted to signify thirty.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Trains Collide in Narrow Cut Killing Fifteen Near Philadelphia
A collision on the Newtown branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, sixteen miles north of Philadelphia, killed fifteen people and injured twenty five as two trains derailed on a single track cut thirty five feet deep. Wreckage splashed against walls, with two women trapped by debris. Investigators from railroad and civil authorities probe the cause.
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Newton
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Philadelphia
National Education Week Observed at Rural Training School
A large crowd attended the Rural Training School in Mechanicsburg for a joint meeting of the parent teacher association and the school. Dr. Mardis of Ohio University spoke on PTA value and National Education Week, citing illiteracy and military literacy statistics and urging better home school cooperation and financing to prevent December school closures.
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Mechanicsburg
Parent Teacher Association
Parent-Teacher Association
Albert Milligan
D. H. Edwards
Lyman Beecher
Mardis
Ohio University
Athens County
New Land Has Begun to Produce Lots of Radium
American Commissioner Breed reports new radium discoveries in Czech ore fields will extend the supply beyond two decades. Jachymov district radium output stands at about two grams per year with net profits around 3,500,000 crowns this year. The price is near $100,000 per gram.
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Washington
Breed
Prague
Commerce Department
Jachymov
Republic
Community News From Sand Rock Area
Sand Rock residents hosted guests Mrs. Margaret Ogg and children and Mrs. Sarah Stahl with Henry Ogg and Chas Stahl. A church meeting drew nine members. The Boudinot couple visited Carl Grandstaff. Edith McDaniel from Shade visited Fred and Edith McDaniel. Robert Roberts travels to Ashland for brother William Roberts illness. Tom McCune headed to Iowa for a few weeks with his parents. Edith McDaniel and Jennie Grandstaff visited George and Mrs France in Broadwell. The Van Dyke family conducted business in Guysville Tuesday.
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Wella van Dyke
Margaret Ogg
Sarah Stahl
Henry Ogg
Chas. Stahl
Gilbert Boudinot
Virgene
Carl Grandstaff
Edith McDaniel
Shade
Fred McDaniel
Robert Roberts
Ashland
William Roberts
Tom McCune
Iowa
Jennie Grandstaff
George France
Broadwell
Wells van Dyke
Guysville
Protest Against Limiting Dealing in Dye Industry
Berlin reports at a meeting of the economic council of industries Herr Duisburg says American and English chemical interests urged Paris to compel Germany to produce chemicals and dyes only for domestic use. He warns this would ruin Germany's largest export industry. he notes only fifteen per cent of output serves home needs while eighty-five per cent is shipped abroad, including to South America. Also, German domestic servants would be limited to thirteen work hours daily with two hours for meals.
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Berlin
Economic Council of Industries
Herr Duisburg
Supreme Council
Paris
Germany
South America
A Popular Simple Style Pattern 3787 Blouses
The illustration shows two blouse models in seven sizes from 34 to 46 inches bust. The pattern uses 2% yards of 36 inch Mohair or crepe fabrics and offers materials like velveteen satin jersey linen chambray challis and flannel. Patterns mailed for 2 cents in stamps. orders take one week to ten days to fill.
Open House Celebrates Athens Scout Headquarters Progress
Mothers and fathers attended an open house at the Sloane building to view Troop Two drills and Troop One first aid and fire starting demonstrations. Scouts showcased progress under Scoutmasters H. J. Paul and Roy Dupler. Parents praised the new quarters and pledged support and future outfitting.
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Athens
Boy Scouts
Sloane
H. J. Paul
Roy Dupler
Elks
Mike Gulling Popular Head of Irish Folk
In Dublin the balance of power shifts as Eamonn De Valera loses ground over the Anglo-Irish treaty. Michael Collins gains prominence, hailed as a father of Irish freedom. A survey shows only about ten percent support De Valera while Collins earns widespread public acclaim. Crowds cheer him and gather at his home.
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Mike Gulling
Chas. M. McCann
United Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
Ireland
Britain
Sinn Fein
Michael Collins
de Valera
Collins
DeValera
Fragmentary Wonders Cited In Odd Petting Zoo Tale
A bizarre fragment describes a skeleton of a herring and a gorilla four feet six inches tall, hinting at an eccentric exhibit or adornment in a local collection. The wording suggests a quirky, incomplete archival note with no clear event or location.
Ath ens High elects Jack Sweeny captain at mother’s feast
A large 1922 Ath ens High football gathering at the Presbyterian Church honored Jack Sweeny as captain-elect with 120 players, mothers, and leaders present. Deputy McKinley spoke for fathers, Mrs Wilcox for mothers, and Coach Torrance closed the program after Principal Rupp chaired. The assembled group awarded A grades to top players including Sharp and Sweeny.
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Jack Sweeny
Athens
Pikskin
Presbyterian Church
Stailey
A. Y. Wilcox
P. H. McKinley
Sharp
Sweeny
Torrance
Principle Rupp
Battin
Hughes
Shafer
Fetch
Wilcox
Grandee
Brooks
Maple
Barnes
Mckinley
Nelson
Baker
Local Social Roundup From Athens and Vicinity
The Plains report notes Mr. and Mrs. Fred Slater Sr. motoring to Athens on Tuesday. Mrs. Alfred Wetlow plus children and Mrs. Fin Cook dined with Mrs. Orla Shreves on Wednesday. Mrs. Mollie Mannering and Wellston visitors stayed with Mrs. Fanny Ball and family. Wednesday shoppers in Athens included Miss Dot Dicken, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keeton, Mrs. Fanny Ball and son, John Hamer, and Bob Howard.
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Fred Slater Sr
Athens
Alfred Wetlow
Fin Cook
Orla Shreves
Mollie Mannering
Wellston
Fanny Ball
Dot Dicken
Charles Keeton
John Hamer
Bob Howard
Will Nash
Robert Hawk
Fletch Hawk
Roy Thompson
McArthur
Ed Anderson
Zine Courtney
Henry Verity
Nelsonville
Alvah Verity
Seals Save Many Child Lives This Christmas
Christmas seals fund health campaigns in Ohio aimed at preventing tuberculosis. The effort uses seal sales to teach children health habits and to protect communities, associating the symbol with child victims and collective disease resistance.
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Ohio
Peach Ridge Community Sing A Success at Spauldings
A pleasant Thursday evening saw a community sing at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Spaulding. Local residents joined in singing and enjoyed a friendly neighborhood gathering organized at Peach Ridge.
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Harry B. Spaulding
Peach Ridge Hosts Weekly Community Sing at Spaulding Home
About fifty neighbors gathered at the Spaulding residence for a social hour and old time hymns with splendid vocal selections. Mrs. Spaulding offered homemade candy and apples. Special guests included Mr and Mrs John Spaulding of Athens. The Peach Ridge community maintains weekly sings to sustain social life. next event will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Pearl Miller at the Roy Noland home on Friday evening December 16.
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Peach Ridge
Spaulding
Pearl Miller
Roy Noland
Frida
Forty-Two Babies in Forty-Four Years Record Survives
A historic note recalls a Rugby area woman who died in 1726 and is said to have given birth to forty-two children over forty-four years, a record considered unbeaten.
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Rugby
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