National Missionary Campaign to Launch Across U S
The Laymen's Missionary Movement announces a national drive in seventy five cities with over one hundred thousand expected attendees. Taft, Pinchot, Bryce and other leaders will speak as the campaign opens in Buffalo October 16 and runs through major eastern, western, and southern cities, culminating in a Chicago congress May 3-6 with five thousand delegates.
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Taft
Lst
Army
Mission Board
United States
Lijmen
Buffalo
Cleveland
Providence
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Detroit
Far East
Forester Pinchot
Bryce
New York City
New York
Chicago
Centenary gathering of Disciples of Christ in Pittsburg
About 40,000 representatives from across the United States and abroad attend a week long centennial celebration of the Disciples of Christ in Pittsburg. The event includes delegates, foreign missionaries, and notable speakers with Forbes Field hosting the open air exercises. The denomination now has 11,000 churches and 1.2 million members, centered in Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Missouri, with 25 colleges and universities and a strong emphasis on preparing ministers.
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Pittsburg
Disciples of Christ
United States
Theodore P. Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
R. A. Long
Kansas City
National Lumbermen's Association
Indiana
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Taft Reaches Los Angeles for Two Day Visit
President Taft arrived in Los Angeles after an overnight train from Fresno to greet by a large crowd. A citizens committee welcomed him, and an automobile tour through decorated streets began his two day stay with planned entertainments. The note ends with a joking allusion to Cook and Peary money from lectures.
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Los Angeles
Taft
Fresno
Building a Rural Telephone System in Simple Lines
Rural telephone progress spreads across the South as farmers build and maintain lines at low cost. The article outlines two main methods ground and metallic, pole construction, line spacing, weatherproofing, branch wiring, insulators, protectors, and indoor wiring. It details pole selection, costs per mile for different line types, material lists, and station equipment with total cost estimation.
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Alephons
Poinot
Bell
Blue Bell
Ater
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