Pauls Journey to Rome and Early Gospel Message
The lesson outlines Paul’s sea journey from Malta to Syracuse, Rhegium, and Puteoli toward Rome in A.D. 60. It highlights fellow Christians meeting him at Appius Forum and the Three Taverns, his reception in Rome, and his preaching first to Jews then to Gentiles, stressing the Messiah's resurrection as central.
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Paul
Melita
Malta
Syracuse
Syrause
Italy
Rhegium
Puteoll
Pozzuoll
Bay of Naples
Ofaples
Puteeli
Rome
Appli Forum
Appius
Luke
Apple Forum
Imperial
Julius
Forum
Caesar
Jesus
Judea
Ling
Agrippa
Jesus of Nazareth
Germans Drive Deep On Eastern Front Seize 3000 Prisoners
German forces pierced the center of the Russian line along a two and a half mile front near Skrowbowa twelve miles northeast of Baranovichi capturing more than 3000 prisoners and twenty seven machine guns while Russians retreated to a second line. Petrograd reports heavy fighting elsewhere on the eastern front with little change in Dobrudja and new offensives in Transylvania and Rumanians.
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London
Skrowbowa
Baranovichi
Pinsk
Berlin
Petrograd
Carpathians
Dobrudja
von Mackensen
Tchernavoda
Constanza
Bucharest
Hirsova
Archduke Charles
Somme
Les Boeufs
Saillises
Guedudecourt
Sailly
Paris
Macedonia
Gridiron Elevens Are Quickly Made
A study shows top college football teams develop with minimal practice hours due to scientific management by coaches and trainers. The Army and Navy get less time, limiting team play, while 1913 Military Academy teams impressed with forward passing and teamwork after summer sessions.
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Army
Navy
Prichard
Merrilatt
United States Military Academy
United States
Detroit Leaders Align on Slogan for Season
Mugh Jennings manager of the Detroit baseball club and Fielding H. Yost Michigan football coach agree on a shared calendar approach and slogan. Jennings praises Cobb Crawford and Veach as the league’s top pitching staff.
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Mugh Jennings
Detroit
Fielding H. Yost
Michigan
Jennings
Cobb, Crawford and
Veach
Fumble Rule Proposal From Poe Sparks Debate
Arthur Poe, famed Princeton player of 1898 and 1899, proposes that a football fumble should trigger a distance penalty rather than loss of possession. He cites his Yale breakout as justification and suggests penalties of 15 yards or half the distance to goal when within the own 15 yard line, with possession retained by the fumbling team.
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Arthur Poe
Princeton
Poe
Yale
California shippers win rebates over short haul rates
In San Francisco the US circuit court of appeals upheld the 1914 state constitution amendments banning higher freight rates for short hauls. The California Adjustment company, representing 120 shippers, was awarded 3928 dollars in rebates after the ruling confirmed prior court decisions and the constitutionality of the rate limits against Southern Pacific and other railroads.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
van Fleet
California Adjustment Company
Sports Snippets Roundup From Early Baseball and Boxing Notes
A collage of sports snippets covers baseball, boxing, golf and tennis. Highlights include Hal Chase continuing to lead NL batting while Jack Britton defeats Jim Coffey in Schenectady, Freddie Welsh forecast to hold lightweight title, and Harvard winning the intercollegiate golf championship via James W. Hubbell.
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Billy Roche
Freddie Welsh
Harvard
James W. Hubbell
Pittsburgh
D. ©. Corkran
Princeton
Frank Gotch Retires From Wrestling at Age Thirty-Eight
World champion Frank Gotch announces retirement from mat life saying he is no longer as good as six years ago and will enjoy life on his farm with his wife and family. He notes retirement sacrifices a promised $85,000 for two matches and stresses brains over brawn in training and wrestling.
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Frank Gotch
Moving Picture Company
Gotch
General Groener to be dictator of economics in Germany
Berlin Post reports Groener, recently named to head the munitions department, will become dictator of economics with absolute power over exports and imports and the appointment of officials handling food questions.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Berlin Post
Groener
Bryan Plans Prohibition Drive After 1916 Campaign
William J. Bryan declared in Lincoln that after the 1916 campaign he would devote his energies to national prohibition, signaling a shift from electoral politics to the anti alcohol crusade.
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Bryan
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Origins and spread of early modern games tennis golf and football
The article traces the ancient roots and diffusion of sports including tennis, golf, football, and cricket. It notes tennis Origins in Greek and Trojan ball games, racket adoption in fifteenth century France, cricket possibly from fourteenth century club games, and early bowling, archery, and royal examples of golf and football in Elizabethan and Henry VI eras.
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France
England
London
Henry VI
Whitehall
Elizabeth
Prince Henry
James I
Ottawa Man Convicted Contractor Denied New Trial
Ottawa based multimillionaire contractor Thomas Kelly has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud Manitoba in the erection of Parliament buildings at Winnipeg. The Supreme Court denied his bid for a new trial.
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Ottawa
Ont
Thomas Kelly
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Supreme Court
Minister Arrested After Harlem Shooting of 10 Year Old
The Rev Hugo Holmgren pastor of a Swedish chapel in Harlem is arrested and charged with felonious assault after shooting James Long a 10 year old who was playing in the street in front of the parsonage.
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New York
Hugo Holmgren
James Long
Harlem
Britain Denies German Charge In Submarine Rescue Row
London reports the admiralty rejects again a published claim that it ordered German submarine crews not to be rescued, stating no such instruction was issued. The denial comes amid ongoing wartime debates over rescue and conduct at sea.
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Britain
London
Admiralty
Carranza Forces Shift to Defense as Villa advances
Reports to the Atlantic City conference indicate Carranza has moved to a defensive stance against Villa with a battle at Escon Lon imminent. Mexican forces under Diaz reportedly hold Rincon Antonio on the Tehauntepec railway, with commanders Canuto Reyes and Ysaba Robles said to lead the Diaz troops.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Escalon
Felix Diaz
Rincon Antonio
Salina Cruz
Pacific
Puerto Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Diaz
Chiapas
Canuto Reyes
Ysaba Robles
Jury Blames Boat Passengers for Everett Riot Losses
The coroner's jury at Everett faulted 250 I W W members and a 150 strong citizen posse for the dock battle that left two Everett citizens dead and fifty wounded. The inquiry followed the riot at the city dock.
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Everett
Wash
Industrial Workers of the World
City Dock
War era decree bars evening dress at Paris opera houses
An official decree issued Friday bars all persons from attending the Opera Comique the Comedie Francaise or the Odeon while the war continues unless dressed in ordinary day costume. Previously evening dress was worn except in cheaper seating areas.
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Paris
Opera Comique
Comedie Francaise
Odeon
Suit Filed Against Adamson Law by Railroads
Chicago reports that all railroads are weighing injunction suits to challenge the Adamson law. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific filed such a suit locally last Friday, with other carriers including Union Pacific and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe pursuing similar actions in other states. Vice President Sewall of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul outlined the plan.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Louisville & Nashville
Sewall
Greece Threatened by Germany Over Weapons Handover
London reports Count von Mirbach, Germany’s minister to Greece, has fled the Greek government. Dispatches from Athens indicate Germany will view the surrender of Greek guns and rifles to the Entente as unfriendly, signaling rising tension.
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London
Count von Mirbach
Greece
Athens
Germany
German Casualties Reported by British Compilation
German casualties since the war began total 6,755,698 officers and men, according to an official British compilation released Friday. Of this total 910,230 were killed.
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London
Hiats
Austrian envoy Tarnovski named ambassador to United States
Secretary Lansing announced that Count Tarnovski has been named ambassador to the United States to succeed Count von Dumba and that he has been accepted by the Austrian government.
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Washington
Lansing
Count de Tarnow Tarnovski
United States
Canstyttin Dumba
Hila
New York Election Bets Delayed by Contested Returns
In New York the payment of more than 7 million dollars in election bets was held up in the Bouncal district on Friday as Republicans prepared to contest returns in several doubtful states.
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New York
Missoula Welcomes Jeanne Hankin for Congress
Messages of congratulations from suffrage leaders pour into Missoula for Jeanne Hankin Republican the first woman to be elected to Congress from Montana Missoula.
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Missoula, Mont
Missoula
Mies
Jeanne Hankin
Engineer Steamer Reported Sunk En Route Calcutta to New Orleans
A cablegram to a Boston marine insurance company says the Harrison line freight steamer Engineer has been reported sunk while sailing from Calcutta to New Orleans.
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Boston
Mass
Harrison Line
Calcutta
New Orleans
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O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Cc. C. Mahan
Philadelphia
Athletics
A's
Byron
Ohio
Ted Lewis
Hal Chase
Reds
Jack Britton
Jim Coffey
Schenectady, N. Y
Worcester
National League
Mahan
Sidney Thayer, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association
Sox
Kopp
Buffalo
Red Sox
Oscar Stanage
Osk
George Stallings
Eddie Edmondson
Carranza 3
Dumba
Montana
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