Historic Plagues Through World History
The record lists major plague outbreaks with dates and death tolls. From 767 B C to 1921, events include Constantinople 200,000 deaths, London 100,000, India up to 730,000, Serbia 400,000, Austria Hungary 300,000, and Russia 6,000,000 deaths across multiple eras.
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B. C
Civilized World
A. D
Constantinople
London
Egypt
India
Serbia
Austria Hungary
Russia
Typhus Fear Rising Over Immigrant Inflow
New York argues typhus could break out across the United States due to vermin infested European immigrants. Health Commissioner Dr. Royal S Copeland warns that some carriers may have entered before stricter re examination measures, with incubation 12 to 29 days and danger from contaminated clothing or baggage spreading in trains, stations and public places.
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New York
United States
Royal S. Copeland
United Press Today
Copland
Courtland
Syracuse
Copeland
U S Health Service Expands Fight Against Typhus
Surgeon General Hugh Cumming announced an intensified federal sanitation effort against typhus and sleeping sickness amid sporadic cases in New York and Poland. A $200,000 New York appropriation funds prevention, with delousing plants possible if interior spread occurs.
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U. S
Washington
Hugh Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Poland
Europe
Cumming
New York Harbor
New York
Congress
The
Health Service
United States
You Should Have Less Money Now Says Uncle Sam
The Treasury division of loans and currency reports February 1 population at 107,389,000 with a 150,000 month rise and total money in circulation of $6,141,265,012. Per capita circulation is $57.19, down $1.93 from last month but up $2.25 from a year ago and $22.76 versus February 1, 1911.
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United States Treasury Department
United States
Remarkable skull graft at General Hospital aids injured trainee
Helmer W. Anderson, 26, injured in a training accident at a naval base, has ten ribs and ten inches of shin bone embedded in his head after a graft operation. Doctors proclaimed the procedure at General Hospital successful and among the most remarkable ever performed there.
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Cincinnati
Helmer W. Anderson
Naval Base
General Hospital
River traffic opens on the Ohio as coffee voyage arrives
Cincinnati reports the first green Brazilian coffee shipment up the Ohio in about 25 years. The steamer Queen City unloaded the cargo after making the first river trip to the Gulf of Mexico in years, sailing from New Orleans on this round trip.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Queen City
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Robbery on North Coast Limited ends in capture near Little Falls
Two men identified as Buck Allen and Bob Ford were captured after a running gun battle with deputies near Little Falls Minnesota following a mail car robbery on the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited at Bailey. Mail clerk C E Strong was wounded while resisting. Loot not recovered. A mask and weapons were found in the getaway car.
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Minneapolis
Minn
North Coast Limited
Little Falls
C. E. Strong
Buck Allen
Bob Ford
Bailey
St. Cloud
Strong
Old Time PLP Gomes Back in Full Strength
Alliance Ohio Feb 19 The Se bring Tire and Rubber Company resumes operation after weeks idle with double shifts and full time work. New Philadelphia Ohio Feb 19 Dover Brick Company mills restart after several weeks idle period.
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Gomes
New
Philadelphia
Dover Brick Company
Dover
Good Intentions of Sister spark $50,000 suit
Mrs. Susan Lawrence sues her sister Mrs. Henry Hill in Cleveland for alienation of husband’s affections. The two women separated in 1920. Hill says she aimed to reconcile the couple and even attended a movie with the husband to that end.
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Cleveland, O
Susan Lawrence
Henry Hill
Archbishop Moeller warns Catholics on modern dance in diocese letter
Archbishop Henry Moeller issues a formal warning to Cincinnati archdiocese pastors condemning modern dance as a social diversion dangerous to the soul and body. He notes the 1915 decree banning dances tied to Catholic charities or educational efforts remains in effect and clarifies the stance is not linked to Sunday blue laws.
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Cincinnati
Henry Moeller
Ohio
Moeller
West Coast Immigration Share Proposal Heads
P H W Ross of the National Marine League urged diverting European immigration to Pacific ports. He argued such a shift would ease eastern congestion, improve labor quality, and provide better opportunities for skilled immigrants, with private lines or U S government vessels via the Panama Canal to move people to the West.
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Harold D. Jacobs
New York
Pacific Coast
P. H. W. Ross
National Marine League
United Press
Ross
United States Shipping Board
Europe
Panama Canal
Decision on Rail Wage and Open Shop Expected in April
The federal railroad labor board will issue a April decision on railroad wage cuts and abrogation of national agreements. It will also decide if boards of adjustment should be national or local to settle the open shop issue. The board moves to rush work as B M Jewell of the AFL prepares March 10 arguments with union leaders advising. Railroad executives reject national collective bargaining for employees.
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Chicago
Federal Railroad Labor Board
Boards of Adjustment
American Federation of Labor
B. M. Jewell
Federation
Jewell
Federal Labor Board
Westinghouse cuts wages 15 percent at Pittsburgh plant
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company announced a 15 percent wage reduction effective March 1 in Pittsburgh. Officials cited decreasing prices and competitive business as the cause for the cut.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Reds in India Breaking Out Near Allahabad
London reports Indian rebels attacked the special train carrying Viceory Chelmsford near Allahabad. The party abandoned its Calcutta-bound trek after extremists swarmed the locomotive as it slowed at the Allahabad junction. No casualties confirmed. fears for Christians in Allahabad.
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London
Lord Chelmsford
Allahabad
Calcutta
Delhi
Weather turns cold with surprise snow in region
The cold wave predicted by the weather bureau arrived Friday night. Instead of about 45 degrees above zero, temperatures read 25 above at 8:30 Saturday. A light, wet snow fell at daybreak, signaling a colder spell with more snow and lower temperatures forecast for tonight and Sunday.
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Weather Bureau
Battle Over Real Liquor Ends With Police Arrest
In Cincinnati on February 19 Robert Duffy warned suitor Raymond Richards to avoid his daughter. Richards arrived with police, was searched, and a bottle of hootch was found. He was jailed on a charge under the Crabbe prohibition act.
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Cincinnati
Robert Duffy
Raymond Richards
Raymond
Duffy
Old Bandit 5 Nearing Death With Boots On
Harrison Arkansas February 19 In a bank robbery attempt Harry Starr known as The Praying Bandit was shot in the spine during a hold up of the Bank of Harrison Starr 63 stated he had repented after a prior 25 year term and told doctors he had never killed anyone while urging his accomplices to escape despite being wounded He disclosed he owed 2000 dollars and hoped his mother would be heartbroken by the news
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Harrison, Ark
Harry Starr
Bank of Harrison
Oklahoma
Starr
Meyers
United States
J. H. Fowler
Harrison Bank Robber Harry Starr Near Death in Arkansas
Harry Starr, a famed Southwest bandit, lies near death in Harrison after a bank robbery attempt at the People's State Bank. W. S. Myers, a bank employee, shot him from a vault, as Starr’s two companions fled and a posse pursued. Starr’s violent career spanned nearly thirty years with a 1893 fatal shooting and a 1919 parole. The Oklahoma parole could be revoked if he dies.
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Harrison
Arkansas
Harry Starr
Starr
People’s State Bank
W. S. Myers
Myers
Southwest
Floyd Wilson
Robinson
Oklahoma
Archbishop Dougherty Begins Journey Toward Cardinalate
Cardinal Dennis J. Dougherty left Philadelphia aboard a special train for Rome to be elevated at the consistory next month. More than a hundred Catholic clergy accompanied His Grace to New York City.
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Philadelphia
Dennis J. Dougherty
Rome
New York City
Northwestern Coed Delivers Ring to Proclaim Engagement
Miss Edna Aikin rang the Morse Hall fire bell at 4 AM to announce her engagement, waking co-eds who learned there was no blaze. The Northwestern University incident showed a playful personal announcement rather than a fire alert.
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Chicago
Morse Hall
Northwestern University
Fdna Aikin
Tax Problems Stir Fight in Ohio Commission Session
Columbus February 19. The governor's nine member special tax commission recessed until Monday after a week of clashes over the Silver resolution to end the uniform taxation rule. Supporters say the one percent saw is flawed and leaders warn of turmoil within the ranks. The panel seeks a taxation plan acceptable to the majority amid discord.
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Columbus
Governor's Special Tax Commission
Slayings of Miss Wolf and Miss Foote Prompt New Arrests
Cleveland police expect arrests within hours in the murders of Miss Louise Wolf and Miss Mabel Foote. An earlier suspect from months ago is being reinterviewed amid new discrepancies. A $10,000 reward was approved by county commissioners for the killer or killers.
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Cleveland
Louise Wolf
Mabel Foote
Sterling
Bean Road
Slayings Near Cleveland Prompt Two Suspects Held
Two suspects were held in Cleveland in the Bean road slayings of two Parma Center school teachers. Miss Louise Wolf, 38, principal, and Miss Mabel Foote, 24, were found murdered. Police noted a scratch under each eye on one suspect and that both visited a Bean road house the day of the killings. Coroner Hammond reported skin fragments under Wolf’s nails, aiding efforts to link suspects to the crime.
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Cleveland, O
Bean Road
Louise Wolf
Mabel Foote
Parma Center
Hammond
Ford Highland Park plant to add 4000 workers
Detroit reports Ford Motor Company will increase Highland Park plant staff to 14,000, boosting average output to 2509 cars daily. Separately American Motor Body Company recalls 1599 to 2000 workers starting Monday, after a shutdown since last December, to resume sedan body production for Ford.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
American Motor Body Company
Athens High tops Antioch Academy in Cincinnati tourney
The Messenger reports at 2 PM that Athens High School defeated Antioch Academy 17 to 9 in the first game of the third round. Athens has three straight preliminary wins and moves toward final honors later today in Cincinnati.
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Athens Hi School
Antioch Academy
Cincinnati
Athens
Fire destroys Grove City flour mill near Columbus
Defective wiring is blamed for a fire that swept through a Grove City flour mill last night. The blaze caused about 75,000 dollars in damage to the mill and its contents.
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Columbus
Grove City
Truck Plows Bridge. Two Dead at Monroe Falls
Akron report says a truck struck a bridge at Monroe Falls at midnight killing two people and injuring two others. Authorities investigate the crash and identify the victims.
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Akron
Monroe Falls
Edward Sickles Died at Ath ens State Hospital
Edward Sickles died this morning at Ath ens State Hospital at 2 30 o clock from paralysis. He had been a patient there for two years. The remains were shipped to Portsmouth this afternoon for burial by Undertaker Dowler.
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Edward Sickles
Athens State Hospital
Portsmouth
Dowler
Weather forecast for February 21 to 26 in Ohio Valley
The forecast calls for cold and snow with expected wintry conditions in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Snow is anticipated Sunday and again midweek, with colder temperatures prevailing throughout the period.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
House Rules Committee Advances Ford Emergency Tariff Bill
Washington February 19 The house rules committee moved to speed final action on the Ford emergency tariff bill. It reported a special rule to allow sending the bill to conference between the senate and the house to resolve differences and proceed.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
House
Woman Made Deputy Fire Marshal in State
Columbus Feb 19 Mrs Alla Fk Gambetta Cleveland was named deputy fire marshal by State Fire Marshal H Dyke. She will inspect hotels and restaurants for hazards and enforce cleanliness and sanitary regulations. She is the first woman appointed as a state fire marshal.
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Columbus
Alla Fk
Gambetta
Cleveland
H. .\. Dykeman
Food prices drop 21.5 percent from six months ago
Government price expert Ethelbert Stewart reports a 21.5 percent fall in consumer food prices since six months earlier. Data from the Labor Department across 51 big cities shows monthly declines in about fifty food items, with potatoes and sugar down over 30 percent.
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Ralph F. Couch
United Press
Washington
Ethelbert Stewart
Stewart
Labor Department
British Writers Bitter Over Lloyd George Reparation Policy
London reports Premier Lloyd George faces sharp criticism from Northcliffe papers accusing him of abandoning election pledges and failing to enforce Paris conference decisions on German reparations. The press argues the policy lacked firmness and spirit in upholding the agreed measures.
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London
Lloyd George
Northcliffe
Supreme Council
Second Night Is Big Success Too at The New Minister
The New Minister at First Christian church drew a large second audience on Friday. Many were turned away Thursday due to limited space and Friday the children’s warders were guests, with strong appreciation for the staging and talent of the church group.
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First Christian Church
Chidren
Man Fined For Speeding In Police Court
W. E. Coons of Cincinnati faced police court yesterday and paid a $10 fine plus costs for speeding.
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W. E. Coons
Cincinnati
Athens Ohio National Guard unit to be inspected by federal officer
The Athens unit of Ohio National Guard Company L Fourth Regiment will be inspected by Lieut. Col. Turner from Columbus Fifth Area Corps next Wednesday evening February 23 at 7 o clock. Major Volk and Major Dillinger accompany Turner. Captain Walsh orders all Company L members to report at the Armory Tuesday evening February 22 in full uniform to prepare. In a rifle contest Sergeant Bert Barnes won first place Floyd Brown second place Carl Meighen third.
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Athens
Ohio National Guard
Federal Army
Turner
Columbus
Fifth Area Corps
Volk
Adjutant General's Office
Dillinger
Walsh
Bert Barnes
Floyd Brown
Carl Meighen
Youth delinquent Loeffler sent to Lancaster school
Probate Judge Johnson ordered Harley Loeffler, 17, of Chauncey, to the boy's industrial school at Lancaster for helping to break into a K and M box car at Chauncey. Clarence Smith was arrested there. probation officer N K Alderman replaced C O Moore and will pursue county youths' thefts to deter mid youth crime.
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Johnson
Harley Loeffler
Chauncey
Lancaster
Loeffler
N. K. Alderman
Clarence Smith
Smith
Alderman
C. O. Moore
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Phillips
Americans To Withdraw From Rhine Reparations Forces
Paris February 19. Roland W. Boyden announces the withdrawal of American representation on the reparations commission. The move severs the United States from enforcement of the Versailles treaty though American troops remain in Coblenz area. Troop position is seen as untenable and likely to be ordered home with French forces expected to replace them.
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Paris
Reparations Commission
Roland W. Boyden
United States
Coblenz
Rhine
Bootleg raid nets corn whiskey at Okey Hall’s restaurant
Two gallons of corn whiskey were seized during a Saturday morning raid on Okey Hall’s Union street restaurant. Sherman Sylvia and Guy Tinkham were arrested with two sacks of allegedly illicit material. Ralph Guthrie aided Hall in his absence, and Tinkham claimed ownership of a still in a hollow near Luhrig. Hall and Guthrie face bootlegging charges. Hall remains at large.
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Okey Hall
Union Street
Okey
Edgar Mariner
Sherman Sylvia
White
Luhrig
Guy Tinkham
Athens
Hall
Okey’s
Parker
McKinley
Ralph Guthrie
W. B. Bartela
Helwig
Roush
Tinkham
Sylvia
Caruso Reports Restful Night After Relapse
New York February 19 Dr Francis Murray says the opera star Caruso had his best night since relapse and is sleeping comfortably as of 8 am today.
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New York
Caruso
Francis Murray
Banks Close For Washington's Birthday Holiday
The Bank of Athens The Athens National Bank and The Security Savings Bank will be closed Tuesday February 22 in observance of Washington's Birthday legal holiday.
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Bank of Athens
Athens National Bank
The
Security Savings Bank
Washington
Meeting of Local Union 389 at Circle Hill
Local Union 389 holds a meeting at Circle Hill on Monday February 21 1921 at 1 pm. C E McCafferty is secretary.
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Circle Hill
McCafferty
Sec
Negro Bandit Faces Death Sentence in Toledo Murder
Royce Richardson, a Black man, was sentenced to death for the murder of Louise Schroeder and theft from the Union Depot. Richardson and an accomplice shot Schroeder and detective A Long during an attempted robbery to move $9,000 to a bank. Police identified Richardson as the car driver.
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Toledo
Royce Richardson
Louise Schroeder
Richardson
Schroeder
A. Long
Witnesses dispute who started Matewan gunfight
Marjorie Washington testified she was brought back from Bristol to testify and denied payment for testimony. Dr W F Hill testified Albert Felts could not have fired the first shot, locating the initial bullet and recounting events at Testerman's store as crowd gathered. He described the May battle near Matewan and noted Hatfield’s statements the day after.
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J. F. Beaman
United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Marjorie Washington
Bristol
Tennessee
Tes
Thomas Chafin
Matewan
Chafin
Cha
Nathan Anne Will Bowman
Fred Burgraff
Doug Mounts
Baldwin-Ferg Menough
Som
Ed Cbers
Albert Feig
W. F. Hill
Matewe
Avis
Felts
Mays Testerman
Feit
Testeran
Hill
Hatfield
Hatfeld
Albert Felts
Fats
Testerman’s
Chambers
William Bowmas
Sid Hatfield
Cafeteria Supper Hosted by Women’s Missionary Society
The Women’s Home Missionary Society hosts a cafeteria supper at the M church on Tuesday night from 5 to 7. Date listed 2 19. Proceeds support church and mission work.
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Womans Home Missionary Ciety
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