Missionary Outlook Relies on India Awakening and Global Events
The 107th annual report of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society notes global turmoil shaping missions. China famine and political strife, Japan’s crisis, and India’s democratic experiment affect support and costs. Rockefeller gifts seed a permanent fund while India’s literacy and teacher shortages threaten mission reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lave
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Northern Baptist Convention
China
Japan
India
Africa
Mr. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
George B. Huntington
Europe
Empire
Lord Reading
International Baptist mission work expands across continents
An international commission with American representatives studies solutions to Baptist missions. The report highlights new mission fields in Burma India and Africa, leadership transfer to locals, and efforts in Japan China and Europe. It notes aid figures and calls for closer cooperation among global Baptist bodies.
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Judson College
Baptist College of Burma
William Pettigrew
South China
Japan
Tokono
Mable Memorial School
Yokohama
Africa
Catherine L. Mabie
Belgian Congo
P. H. J. Serrigo
M. D
Ernest ‘Aciae
Joseph C. Robbins
India
Burma
James Franklin
China
Northern Baptists
Chas, A. Brooks
Baptist World Alliance
Europe
Conference of the
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Norway
Latvia
Lithuania
Rethonia
Russia
Denmark
America
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Southern Baptist Convention
Scandinavian
Chicle is Plentiful New York Gum Chewers Are
A brief item notes ample chicle supplies in New York with gum makers and vendors expressing optimism about stock levels and demand. No specific dates or figures are provided.
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New York
A. T. Hendricks
Lebanon
J. Bishop Hill
York Rite Masons
Charleston
Willie Taliferro
Salem
William Hayden
Gilbert Anderson
Dublin
Steamship Zacapa Brings In Chicle Bales From British Manduras
The steamship Zacapa arrived with 350 bales of chicle totaling 89 250 pounds, supplementing gum supply from British Manduras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zacapa
Manduras
Dressmaker Finds Relief with Vegetable Compound
Vernon Texas dressmaker Mrs W M Sherens suffered monthly agony for three years. After trying the Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham's Sanative Wash she can work and manage her housework again. She urges others to try the medicine and writes from Vernon to E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential help.
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Vernon
Tex
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. M.sherens
Commerce St
Vernon, Texas
Ste
E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
The Kluklux Klan and Peonage in Georgia Whiskey War
A Georgia planter writes anonymously about peonage and whiskey making during Prohibition. He notes white farmers turning to distilling as cotton prices fell, with blacks doing the work, and reports a revived Kluklux Klan aiming to protect white distillers and stop black whiskey production without courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
New York
Literary Digest
A. BE
Kn Klux Klan
Atlanta
Kluklux Klan
Col. Simmons
United States
Kluklux
Klan
Confederate Era Rhetoric on Labor and Race Ties
A speaker defends Black troops and argues for protection of Black and white Georgians amid postwar labor tensions. He warns of peonage as a tool to control Black workers, cites cotton prices and wartime service, and pleads for humane measures to uplift both races.
Flat Top Garment Company parades workwear line
Flat Top Garment Company, Inc. manufacturers introduce Surgeons Gowns Dentists Office Coats Nurses Suits Waiters and Cooks outfits Barber's Coats Butchers' Jackets Butlers' Coats and Overalls tailored for workmen's needs including specialized uniforms and protective apparel.
The Mountaineer and His Still
A discussion on prohibition and mountain life critiques illicit distilling among mountaineers. It argues moral and legal conflict, urges missionary work to curb practices, and notes hospitality and home life while warning of mountainers’ liberty shaping opinions.
Rights and duties in missionary education urging state vigilance
The text asserts that beyond rights, remedy lies in missionary and educational efforts, with states vigilant for detection and punishment to enforce those rights. The passage emphasizes non-interference and societal responsibility in upholding rights through education and alert governance.
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Ion
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