Accidents in U S Coal Mines Fall in 1921 Fatalities Drop
A federal bureau of mines report shows 4 271 coal mine deaths in 1921 down from 4 271 the prior year Peacetime idleness reduced demand and production led to fewer fatalities though danger from roof falls gas and haulage remained Noticias note shows tonnage and fatality rate per million tons of coal produced with 1.7 percent of deaths from five or more casualties.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Federal Bureau of Mines
Dustry
U. S. Geological Survey
iWork
Broadwell Community Notes and Local Visits
Broadwell residents host visitors including Mrs W C White and Mrs Archie Rathburn of Throp. Protracted meeting begins at Broadwell U B church led by Rev Williamson. Local pupils at Broadwell school remain in attendance in first semester across primary and grammar rooms. Goldie Shuttlesworth and daughter Helen return from Sharpsburg area. Bern township meeting at Utley draws several residents.
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W. C. White
Archie Rathburn
Throp
Dean Davis
Belpre
Carl Ogg
Stewart
Leonard Ogg
Smroadwell U. B
Sundday
Williamson
Clarice
Florence Sedgwick
Utley
Broadwell School
Zuella Knowleton
Hugh White
James Kite
Joe Young
Matison Verm
Wanda Vernon
Thelma Bruce
Albert Oge
John Smith
Wenid Ogg
Louise Linscott
Ouise White
Vivian Haybron
eme@scar James
Blanch Smith
Lesmater White
Theodore White
Esther Mady Conant
Goldie Shuttlesworth
Kelen
Ohio University Alumni Unearth Family of Dr John Miller Christian
The Ohio university alumni office uncovers the life of Dr John Miller Christian 1824 1882 native Virginian educator Marion Ohio physician and superintendent lineage tracing to President Harding’s secretary grandson George Busby Christian Jr. from Marion. The discovery ties Dr Christian to Letitia Tyler and notes six children all but one residing in Marion with the family prized in local history.
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Ohio University
John M. Christian
Richmond
Virginia
Ohio
Hardee Gross
Isle of Man
Hugenots
Ramfdrd Academy
Columbus
Athens
Samuel
Sunset) Cox
Letitia
John Tyler
Marion
Marion Academy
Paulina
George H. Busbs
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Josephine Elizabeth
Daniel Norris
Marion County
George Busby
Mary
Carrie
Norris
Harriet
Bernice
Sturgeon, Mo
George Busby Christian Jr
Harding
Christian
Revival at Chauncey Church Brings 41 Converts
One of Chauncey Christian churchs strongest revivals ends with forty one members uniting. Attendance at Sunday worship reached two hundred at the Bible school led by Charles Bradfield. The ministry of L W Spayd spurred revival activity and an evangelistic campus begins at Millfield Church of Christ next Sunday.
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Chauncey, O
L. W. Spayd
Chauncey Christian Church
Charles Bradfield
Young Peoples
Carl Gardner
Floyd Nye
Floyd Pendergrass
Christian Women’s Board of Missions Society
Guy Gardner
Nye
Butts
Millfield Church of Christ
Roof collapse at Knickerbocker theater linked to altered plans
Washington officials report the Knickerbocker theater roof collapse on January 28, which killed 97, was not built per the architect’s plans. Robert Henry Davis, an engineer with the DC building inspectors office, testified that the plans had been changed.
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Washington
Knickerbocker Theater
Robert Henry Davis
District of Columbia
Ford Muscle Shoals lease drive aims for swift action
The agriculture bloc opened hearings on Henry Ford's muscle Shoals water power lease proposal. They seek congressional approval within sixty days and a report by April 1, with work to start this summer.
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Washington
International News Service
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
House Military Affairs Committee
Ford
Congress
Secretary of War
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Offered At Civic Pharmacy
An advertisement promotes Baalmann's Gas Tablets as a cure and preventive for gas and nervous aspepsia. It claims three tablets before meals and another three before eating relieve symptoms and prevent recurrence. Sold in a yellow package for $1 by Civic's Pharmacy and other druggists, J Baalmann, Chemist, San Francisco.
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Baalmann
Baalmaann
Civic
J. Baalmann
San Francisco
Canaanville Churchnote and School News
Rev C Wills filled his appointment at the M B church in Canaanville. Sunday school led the Guysville EK circuit with 159 attendees. Mrs James Grant of Columbus visits relatives. Claude Steppe, ex navy, enrolled in Canaan Township High School. The manual training class will sell handmade furniture at the parent teacher meeting on Thursday evening February 9. A H Rufus known as Rufus the Hiker passed through en route to Danville Illinois.
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Lot C. Wills
M. B
Canaanville
Guysville
A. H. Rufus
Rufus the Hiker
Danville, Il
Revolt in India on the Increase
London reports the government's promise of sterner measures to curb unrest in India as word comes from multiple regions about rising gravity of the situation. Lloyd's announces higher insurance rates across India.
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India
London
International News Service
Lloyd’s
Tom Costigan Sparks Bar Association in Akron Row
Akron Ohio February 8. Tom Costigan court assignment clerk has angered the bar association by listing a long docket of divorce cases for hearing on February 14 Valentine day.
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Tom
Akron. O
Tom Costigan
Bar Association
New York Nighttime Fire Sinks Army Transport North Pacific
The former U S Army transport Northern Pacific sailing from Hoboken with seventy aboard caught fire and listed heavily. By Sandy Hook it burned, the crew abandoned ship, four missing, and latest dispatches report the vessel lost with many rescued by naval authorities.
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New York
United States Army
Northern Pacific
Hoboken
Sandy Hook
Old Certificate Found in Athens Home
Mrs. Clarence Wyckoff found an 1869 school certificate among old papers. It was issued to her mother Miss Hattie Hays, then ten, with subjects A B C taught, dated August 31, 1869. Teacher George A. Dewees of Meigs County’s twelfth district oversaw the ceremony.
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Clarence Wyckoff
Treasury savings certificates total over 40000 in January sales
About 40000 will be returned to January buyers of treasury savings certificates if held to maturity in January 1927. Postmasters of Athens and Nelsonville report strong January sales. Athens sold 16000 and Nelsonville 15000. Investors earn 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. certificates come in 25 100 and 1000 denominations with a 5000 cap, tax exempt in local and state taxes.
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Treasury Savings
Athens
Nelsonville
Cardinal Achille Ratti Named 261st Pope in 1922
Washington dispatch outlines the rise of Achille Ratti from Desio to Milan priest and Vatican librarian, noting his intellect, athleticism, and rapid ascent under Pope Pius X. The article highlights his early piety, literary works, and famed Alpine climbs shaping his reputation before papal election.
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Webster K. Nolan
Washington
St. Peter
Achille Ratti
Milan
Pope Henedict XV
Cardinal Rattis
Vatican
Cardinal Ratti
Achille Cardinal Ratti
Desio
Lombardy
Katti
Perioct
Pius X
Europe
Rabbit fur farming gains traction as cottage industry
Breeding rabbits for their fur is growing into a profitable cottage industry with increasing interest from small producers and local markets seeking farmed pelts. The movement highlights rural diversification and potential income, though it faces market and welfare considerations.
Local visitors and church notes share Millfield week
Millfield residents hosted guests from Athens Beaumont Chauncey and Albany including Irma Atkinson Sylvia Robinett Eleanor Atkinson Christine Courtney and Catherine Thomas. Sunday church schools reported 129 and 82 attendees with a $3 20 collection and a new son born February 4 to Phil Powell.
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Thelma Rankin
Irma Atkinson
Beaumort
Moses Gardner
Chauncey
Ray Gardner
Athens
Ruth James
Sylvia Robinett
Charles Robinett
Frank Roberts
Clifford Thompson
Giouster
M. E. Christman
Joe
Lester Edwards
Clarence Brown
B. J. Brown
Masonic Lodge
Trimble
Charles Ogg
L. J. Wood
Herbert Mingus
John Daugherty
Frank Daugherty
Ford
Estella
Jennie Ruth
Mary Evans
Corning
B. H. Pettit and Son
Huat
William Hartley
Howard Brookins
Olive Brookins
Mary Howard
Oregon Ridge
Ernest Daft
Geo. Daft and
Calvin and
Clayton
Circlehill
Ernest Thomas
Parker Boudinot
M. E
Christian Sunday School
Phil Powell
Brisk Walking Said To Match Health Benefits Of Exercise
A note asserts brisk walking can restore health as effectively as any form of exercise. It emphasizes steady, regular activity for physical well being and longevity.
Importer Has No Great Love for the Tariff
A National Manufacturers Association exhibit in Washington contrasts German and Austrian goods with U S prices. Photostats show German scissors at 14 cents cost, sold at 3.00. a German knife at 12 cents, sold at 8.50. The report cites figures from 1921 imports and argues tariffs raise consumer prices and curb foreign competition.
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Washington
D. C
National Manufacturers’ Association
Germany
Austria
United States
New York
America
New York City
American Thermos Bottle Company
Connecticut
West Virginia
Budapest
London
United States Department of Commerce
Plot to Dynamite Newport Mill Raises Strike Tension
State troops guard the Newport rolling mill near Cincinnati as iron and steel workers strike for months. Investigators chase reports of a conspiracy with a gunman offering to dynamite the mill for 850 dollars. Peace returns after a single clash and an assault on a former deputy.
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Cincinnati
Newport
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