Y M C A Annual Review Highlights Massive Building Boom
The annual review shows North American YMCA expansion with 84 new buildings costing over 10 million dollars and plans for 9 million more, while 446,000 members across 1,929 branches gain training in physical, business, and moral development. It notes extensive nationwide and international work, including ports, fort facilities, and overseas programs, with significant gifts and planned openings across multiple cities.
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North America
West Point
Railroad Association
Association For
Association For Management
War Department
Navy
Panama Canal Zone
India
Korea
Philadelphia
Baltimore Central
Los Angeles
Dayton
St. Paul
Norfolk
Syracuse
Duluth
Wilmington
Houston
Tex
Charlotte
N. C
Roosevelt
Studebaker Memorial
South Bend
Gu Xess Russell
Saheecalee
Willemz
Nationwide hearings set in coal roads trust case
News briefs report a government suit against the anthracite coal railroads in New York with hearings expected. Other items note NL schedule adjournment, North Dakota undertakers' convention, Iowa drainage meeting, Mississippi Masons, tuberculosis conference in London, Illinois UMWA convention, a Philadelphia wedding, Charleston medical convention, Indianapolis ad club gathering, Santa Fe anniversary events, Philadelphia dog show for 16.
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New York
Coal Trust
Charleston
S. C
Tri State Medical Association
Carolinas
Virginia
Philadelphia
Richmond
Mr. W. E. Elder Dies at 68 In Oconee County
Mr. W. E. Elder of Oconee county died at his home Monday at age sixty eight. A Confederate veteran from the 44th Georgia, he followed Lee to Appomattox and walked home barefoot from Virginia. He never married and left a widow nearing eighty seven, plus nephews A. G. and G. P. Elder of the city and many relatives. He built a successful farming life and was a well to do farmer at his death.
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W. E. Elder
Oconee County
Elder
44Th
Georgia
Lee
Seven Pines
Appomattox
Virginia
A. G
G. P. Elder
Rev D H Ogden May Accept Call
Rev Dunbar H Ogden pastor of First Presbyterian Knoxville stated he would likely accept a call to Central Presbyterian Atlanta. He planned to formally announce his decision to his Knoxville congregation next Sunday morning. Members expect his acceptance and discuss a probable successor here, with no names yet revealed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Dunbar H. Ogden
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
Central Presbyterian Church
Ogden
Brown affirms pledge on prohibition law veto
Governor elect Joseph M. Brown, en route to Monroe, says he would veto any legislative change to the prohibition law during his term. He notes he misunderstood remarks on blackberry wine but stresses he will protect his pledge. He adds martial law could be justified if counties plea for help in enforcing the law.
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Atlanta
Joseph M. Brown
Monroe
Walton County
Jackson
Water-Pierce Oil Company pays fine in Missouri case
Henry S. Priest of St Louis and H Clay Pierce, head of Water-Pierce Oil Co, filed in the Missouri supreme court an acceptance of terms from the ouster order. The $50,000 fine is paid and a severance from Standard Oil may still be required. Judge Priest said the action covers the Missouri corporation for now.
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Jefferson City
Henry S. Priest
St. Louis
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Priest
Missouri Corporation
Delegates Meet at Albany Convention of New York Guards
Delegates from regiments of the National Guard Association of New York gather in Albany for their annual convention. Topics include defense adequacy, constitutional and bylaw changes to conform to new statutes, with Governor HUGHES slated to host a dinner for delegates tomorrow night.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
National Guard
Association of New
Govughes
Government experiments prove bleeding does not weaken timber
United States forest service tests compare bled and unbled pine from the same area. Results show bled timber matches in strength for equal weight, heartwood weight and shrinkage, and heartwood durability remains unchanged because resin comes from sapwood. Data tables illustrate close similarity across three tree groups.
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South
United States
Forest Service
National tariff convention draws thousands of delegates
More than a thousand delegates representing vast capital gathered in Indianapolis at Tomlinson Hall to discuss a permanent non partisan tariff commission. The convention, organized by the National Association of Manufacturers, features leaders from industry and commerce and will hear from prominent officials and lawmakers.
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London
England
Caxton Hall
Westminister
Indianapolis
Ind
Tomlinson Hall
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
J. W. van Clave
Man Charged With Pouring Oil on Wife and Setting Her Afire
Port Chester New York February 16 1923 Mike Hennessy aged 60 a tool maker was arraigned and jailed without bail after allegedly pouring kerosene on his wife and setting her clothes ablaze during a quarrel with a young visitor present. The injuries were severe and may prove fatal.
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Port Chesterr
N. Y
Mike Hennessy
Hennessy
First woman claims farm mother pension in Avon report
Mrs Joel Myers of Copley becomes the country’s first to file for the proposed mother pension. On her 57th birthday she notes forty years on a Bath township farm and cites President Roosevelt's farm life message urging aid for mothers with seven living sons born on American soil.
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Avon
Joel Myers
Copley
Missouri
Roosevelt
Myers
Sunday School Workers Meet in Orangeburg Convention
The South Carolina Sunday School convention opens in Orangeburg with hundreds of delegates and visitors. Edwin M. Potent of Furman University Rev George F Davis John Wood and B Ezeli speak at the opening session. The three day event reviews officer and committee reports and notes gains in Sabbath school membership. Clyde Fitchs latest comedy The Happy Marriage to be produced in London starring Mary Moore and Sir Charles Wyndham.
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Orangeburg
8. C
South ‘Carolina
Edwin M. ‘Potent
Af Furman University
George’ F. Davis
Orangebure
John Wood
Greenville
B ‘Ezeli
Spartanburg
Finn Deace Jott
Clyde: Fitch
London
Mary. Moore
Sir Charles ‘Wyndham
Professor Haeckels 75th Birthday Tribute in Berlin
Berlin marks 75th birthday of Professor Ernest Haeckel the renowned zoologist philosopher and proponent of monistic science his long career at the University of Jena ends as he plans a museum pursuit. He is hailed as a leading defender of spontaneous generation and a proponent of science education across Germany.
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Berlin
Ernest Haeckel
Professor Haeckel
University of Jena
Huxley
England
Haeckel
Germany
Eva Tanguay Announces March Publication of A Thousand Loves
Eva Tanguay has written a book that will be published in March. The work titled A Thousand Loves is described as a memoir driven project from the entertainder.
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Eva Tanguay
Washingtons Sword Bought by Morgan
Baltimore Sun reports J P Morgan bought General Washingtons sword from Miss Virginia Tayloe Lewis of Baltimore. Morgan will donate the relic to the Mt Vernon estate for permanent display near Washingtons home, with price and terms kept private. The sword, a rapier with silver filigree, has historic ties to Washingtons resignation in 1783 and inauguration in 1789.
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Baltimore Sun
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Virginia Tayloe Lewis
George Washington
Continental Army
Annapolis
Morgan
Mt. Vernon Association
General Washington
Potomac
Alexandria
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Morgan
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Miss Lewis
Samuel Washington
Couteaux
Maj
George Lewis
Col
Fielding Lewis
Betty Washington
Samuel
George W. Lewis
Henry Howell Lewis
Virginia Tayloe
Lewis
Question the Ease of Rheumatism with Chamberlains Lini
Ask Yourself the Question Why not use Chamberlains Liniment when you have rheumatism It relieves pain allows sleep and rest It has cured others and may help you Prices 25 cents or 50 cents Sold by H R Palmer Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J Smith Bro E C McEvoy L P Canning
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Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
New Zealand Wonderland in Lake Taupo and Waika River
A Pittsburg Gazette-Times feature describes Lake Taupo and the Waika River in New Zealand as perpetual puzzles for scientists. It notes Maori town Te Heu Heu at Tokoana near hot springs, a geyser pool, and 500 boiling spots nearby.
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New Zealand
Pittsburg
Kakaramea
Te Heu Heu
Te ‘Rapa
Lake Taupo
Waikato
Washington Hero Recovers After Blood Poison Scare
A Texan man received five weeks in bed after a spider bite caused blood poisoning and deep leg sores. Doctors failed until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him, with experience cited by John Washington of Bosqueville. The ad notes relief for eczema boils burns and piles at 25c.
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Washington
John Washington
Bosqueville
Tex
Je Smith
Bro
R. Palmer’& Sons
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