Six Miners Die, Six Bodies Recovered in Arista Mine Disaster
In Mercer County West Virginia at Weyanoke Coal and Coke Co a blast left 88 miners entombed. Six bodies were recovered late at night while hope faded for the five others still trapped. Overcharge of dynamite and flames hurling debris blamed as rescuers battled dangerous conditions.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company
Arista
Mercer County
W. A. Craven
West Virginia
Craven
French impose fines on Bochum and Kettwig for sabotage
German towns Bochum and Kettwig are fined by French command in the Ruhr Valley. Bochum must pay 35 million marks after two news dealers were beaten for selling French papers, while Kettwig faces a 1 million mark fine for cut military telephone wires. General Degoutte orders hold towns liable and permits arrest and court martial in serious cases. French troops collected the Bochum fine at the Rathaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essen
Bochum
Kettwig
Degoutte
Ruhr Valley
Rathaus
North Carolina Senate Endorses Armfield Bill for Klan Support
The North Carolina Senate defeated the Milliken bill requiring secret group member names and a mask appearance misdemeanor substitute. It then passed the Armfield bill 36 to 11, backed by Klan supporters as crowds applauded.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Senate
Flood Item Put Over Washington
Bipartisan legislation authorizes Mississippi River Commission to spend up to 10 million dollars annually for six years to control floods along the Mississippi River, passed both houses and now awaits the President's signature.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River Commission
Congress
Coal Measure Adopted by House
The Administration bill enlarging powers of the Federal Coal Commission passed the House 200 to 76. An attached amendment would authorize an extra appropriation of 400000 dollars.
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Washington
Administration
Federal Coal Commission
House
Jewelers Robbed on Delancey Street Heist in NYC
Three armed bandits robbed a Delancey Street jewelry store on the lower East Side, binding two jewelers and escaping with 66000 dollars in gems. They rifled the safe of 50000 dollars in jewels at Max Some’s shop, then took 16000 dollars in unset gems from Nassau Street jeweler Charles Landau as they fled. The victims were left on the floor.
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New York
Delancey Street
Lower East Side
Max Some
Charles Landau
Nassau Street
Smithsonian Plans Fireproof National Gallery Building
Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian since 1907, is credited with broad ties and authorship. The Senate recently authorized the Regents to prepare preliminary plans for a granite faced fireproof building housing the National Gallery of Art, National Portrait Gallery, and US National Museum history collection.
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Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Senate
Commission of Fine Arts
National Gallery of Art
National Portrait Gallery
Degoutte criticizes German resistance in Ruhr occupation
General Degoutte, head of the French army in the Ruhr, says France will win with rights and might. He notes bloodless occupation and aims to compel Germany to honor payments, warning that further clashes would lead to a knockout battle.
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Degoutte
Ruhr
Germany
Cuno
Kamerad
Government railroads losses total near 1.8 billion dollars
A report by James Davis, former director general of railroads, sent to Congress by President Harding, estimates losses from wartime railroad operations and postwar settlements at about 1.8 billion dollars with a potential 400 million dollar cash and security return to the treasury. Davis bases figures on liquidation of accounts with owners of 80 percent of seized mileage, noting three phases of accounting involving the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Railroad Administration. Direct operation losses and settled capital claims run to 1.25 billion dollars, plus 525 to 600 million dollars paid or to be paid to short line and Class One carriers under earnings guarantees.
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James ©. Davis
Congress
Harding
Mr. Davis
Woman Leader Reveals $250,000 Bribe Offer to Federal Club
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, disclosed she received a written offer of 250000 to influence a bill in Washington and to fund a federation headquarters. She declined to name the giver, saying it would be foolish to reveal identities. The offer was made last summer before the Chautauqua meeting. the board rejected the bill and gifts were refused.
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Thomas G. ‘Winter
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Minnesota
Washington
General Federation
Winter
Chautauqua
N. Y
Congress
Chauffeurs Lift Horses On Snowbound Streets
Chauffeurs of trucks rally to aid stalled horse-drawn loads on Chambers Street and cross-town routes during a heavy snowstorm. After horses escape falls and falter in pulling, drivers push the stalled wagons from behind until the animals regain footing and traffic resumes.
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Chambers Street
New York Sun
Important to All Women Readers of This Paper
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Poor kidney health can cause back pain fatigue nerve irritability and despondency. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy with sample bottles offered by mail and sold in drug stores.
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Kilmer
Wireless Links Australia England Planed at Low Cost
Plans mature for a wireless system between England and Australia to enable messages at about two cents a word, promising economical transcontinental communication. The article notes the scale and potential of the project for rapid, inexpensive telegraphy.
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England
Australia
Quote on love talk and gender norms in English writing
A wry remark suggests that women may discuss love less than in the past yet notes a playful twist: if the two words were swapped the writer would be off target. The line engages gender and language with light humor.
Agent Warns on 160 Acres of Water in Land Deal
A Kansas City Star snippet shows an agent describing a fine 160 acre farm but correcting a customer who quibbles over “acres.” The agent recalls past trouble selling a stranger 160 acres of water, stating he will avoid similar risks.
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Kansas City Star
Diamond Dyes promise easy home color for fabrics
An old advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as safe for wool silk linen cotton and blends. It claims the product dyes draperies skirts sweaters and more without streaks spots fading or running and advises telling the druggist the fabric type before dyeing.
When Bananas Were 10 Cents Each
In 1921 the United States imported 43 365 763 banana bunches. The piece notes bananas once sold for 10 cents each, wrapped in tin foil, and seen as a tropical curiosity, crediting cold storage for the change.
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United States
Rifle is Girls' Chaperon
Two Atlanta girls drove a Maxwell touring car over 12 000 miles last summer from Atlanta to the Pacific via the northwest and California and back by the western route. They were unchaperoned except for a Winchester rifle.
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Atlanta
Pacific
California
A Dead One and A Chill Exchange
A fragment shows a terse exchange about ambition and effort, with lines: He has no ambition at all and No, he never tries to pass another ear on a chill. The context remains unclear.
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Gude
Nujol
Joye Thompson Bons
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Troy
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Luce Cane
Broadway
Bristol
Bristol Hatchery
Mrs. S
Esther
Main Street
Marine
Rhineland
Klan
Smithsonian
Paes
Uncle Sam
Lumbago
Bayer
Rifle
Allum
Flv
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