Prepare for College Day Campaign Calls for College Savings
Public schools in this state and nearby districts declare May 14 as Prepare for College Day. Leaders urge high school and elementary students, with parents, to plan college courses and save regularly using government securities and War Savings stamps. Distinguished educators, business leaders, and clubs back the effort, backed by the War Loan Organization.
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Federal Reserve District
Mary G. Shotwell
War Loan Organization
Virginia Association of Women’s Colleges and Schools
Treasury Department
Treasury
Break in Bond Prices Is No Cause for Worry
Investors who bought Liberty Bonds and Victory Notes at recent market prices earned more than bond rates. War Loan Organization figures show these tax exempt securities yield net income comparable to taxable stocks, potentially higher after state and local taxes are added, with bonds varying by issue and maturity.
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Liberty Bounds
Victor
Liberty Bonds
Victory Notes
Victory
Weble
Tvestment Securities
God Calls the Boy Bamv
A lesson on Eli and his sons from First Samuel 2 and 4 emphasizes sowing and reaping, warning against greed and lax discipline. It contrasts Samuel's piety with Eli's weakness and describes the downfall of the priestly line after the Philistine defeat and the ark being taken.
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God
Jesus Christ
Bamv
Eli
Samuel
Joel
Israel
Shiloh
Bible Refutes Religion as Mere Embroidery of Life
The Bible argues religion is not merely decorative to life but essential to its meaning. It emphasizes faith, moral guidance, and devotion as central, not optional adornment.
Compassion as an emotion we should never be ashamed
The fragment discusses compassion as a virtue not to be hidden, framing it as a universally humane feeling. It references Doe and Bisir in a reflective stance, presenting compassion as essential to moral conduct.
Salvation Army praised by Helen Keller in Pittsburgh visit
Helen Keller told Brigadier Josephine Albright that despite her handicaps she is familiar with Salvation Army work and views the organization as a tower of strength. She praised the Army's courage and efficiency and noted its example of lifting the fallen during a theatrical tour.
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Salvation Army
Helen Keller
Pittsburgh
France
Josephine Albright
Miss. Keller
Salvationists
Methodist Church Sunday Services and Outreach
The article notes Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 and 8. It stresses feeding the spiritual life as essential as physical nourishment and contrasts neglecting body and soul with cultivating spirit. A poetic reflection on faith and divine humanity closes the piece.
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Columbia
Christ
Methodist Sunday School Convention Stresses Child’s Role in Faith
The Kingstree District Sunday School Convention will be held at Olanta on May 11 and 12. The delegates emphasize that children are the key to church growth and evangelism, and that the Sunday school is the churchs primary teaching and life program driving ministry into all ages.
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Earth
Kingstree
Olanta
Early Catholic Priests and Marriage Rule Emergence
The article discusses how priestly celibacy became a rule over time. It notes that initially entering priesthood did not require marriage renunciation and that by the late fourth century Pope Siricius forbade clergy from marrying and ordered separation for priests already married. It cites St Peter as historically married.
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Siricus
St. Peter
Titon Claims Three Great Painters in Studio Tea
In Brooklyn Titon, a conceited painter, proclaimed to admirers that there are three great painters Tian, Tintoretto and Tilton. Mrs. Storey, mother of Julian Storey, retorted that the only thing equal to Titian is Tilton’s Assumption.
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Brooklyn
Titon
Titian
Tintoretto
Tilton
W. W. Storey
Julian Storey
Broom Handles Used in the United States
Estimates say 90,000,000 broom handles are used annually in the United States, highlighting the scale of household and commercial cleaning tools across the country.
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United States
Not His Class Harper's Magazine Cartoon
A Chicago clerk, described as eccentric, slaps three two cent stamps on his cheek after a wire basket scratches him. He later carries papers to his employer, who, noticing the stamps, scolds him for carrying too much postage for second class matter.
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Harper’s Magazine
Chicago
Ted
City Could Use More Cats Says London Mail
The piece estimates 240000 cats in parts and notes official cats cost $3 per head yearly, totaling about $750000 if private cats cost the same. It argues Paris streets show many rats, implying large losses from rodent damage and proposing more cats as a worthy investment.
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London Mail
Paris
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United States Treasury Department
District War Loan Organization
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
EL and His Sons
P. Roe
Mens Sock
Oxfords
New York
M. Godfrey
Mrs. Macy
Salvationist
Methodist Sunday School Convention
Georgetown
Williamsburg
Berkeley
Bentschner & Wisanska
Cor
King
Hasell
Charleston, $. C
P. D. Odell
Andrews
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