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Oscar Chester 1905 - 1984

Oscar Chester of Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama was born on December 7, 1905, and died at age 78 years old in February 1984.

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In 1905, in the year that Oscar Chester was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1922, Oscar was 17 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Chester, Verina (May 14, 1920 - Apr 7, 1998) Chester, Bertha (Sep 27, 1923 - Mar 12, 2004) Chester, Clayton (Jun 14, 1888 - Mar 1963) Chester, Lois (Nov 4, 1919 - Jan 13, 1996) Chester, Florence (Oct 2, 1886 - Jun 1963) Chester, Thelma (Feb 20, 1920 - Jul 1984) Chester, Lola (Apr 18, 1880 - Aug 1972) Chester, Samuel (May 25, 1901 - Feb 1976) Chester, Rosamonde (Aug 5, 1920 - Jul 14, 1995) Chester, Dorothy (Apr 7, 1909 - Jul 7, 2000)
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