Children of America Urged to Fund Belgian Relief
Baltimore 1916 December 6 A gift of ten thousand lire from the Apostolic See funds a campaign urged to American children to aid Belgian relief. Pope Benedict XV appeals through Cardinal Gibbons, citing famine among Belgian children and urging nationwide collections via American dioceses to support the Commission for Relief in Belgium. The Vatican letter endorses the effort and promises blessing.
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Baltimore
Apostolic See
Rome
Belgium
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons
Herbert C. Hoover
Commission For Reef
America
N- Charlies St
Meyer- C. Hoover
Com- Hon
Perhfort
Bel-gium
J. Card. Gibbons
Thas
Commission
Thes
USA
Chairgaam
Mathew
Jesus
Cardinal
Sacred College
United States
Benedictus P.P. XV
Vatican
Ministers Urge Outreach for Sermon Inspiration
Speakers at the Fairfield County Association of Congregational Ministers meeting at The Strat field urged ministers to go out among the people to gather material for sermons. They argued firsthand pastoral experience and daily local problems provide richer topics than books, with several named pastors and committee appointments noted.
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Fairfield County Association of Congregational Ministers
Stratfield
W. C. H. Moe
Westport
Humanity
H & Brown
Darien
H. A. Ryder
The
American Missionary Society
Herbert A. Gallaudet
North Congregational Church
J. M. Richardson
First Presbyterian Church
William H. Holman
Southport
E. N. Packard
Stratford
John Stapleton
South Norwalk
F. S. Childs
Fairfield
J. H Twichell
Danbury
H. C. Woodruff
Bridgeport
Gerald H. Beard
Brown
Mr. Moe
Firemen Hurt Fighting Brooklyn Blaze
Fire today wrecked the five story brick building housing the Freeborn G. Smith factory in Brooklyn. Fire spread to adjacent structures and burned for hours after discovery. Several firemen were injured and six men were reported missing, though authorities expect all accounted for. Property loss unofficially estimated at about 250000 dollars.
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New York
Freeborn G. Smith
Brooklyn
Valued Home Remedies Clip Out And Save
Home remedies promise quick relief for coughs with a mixture of glycerine whiskey or sugar syrup pine compound and a sugar syrup option. Additional formulas claim rapid relief for rheumatism frost bites and foot troubles using syrups compounds and calocide with steps for preparation and storage.
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United States
Santa Maria Sails Historic Replica Across North America
The Santa Maria, a replica of Columbus's flagship, has toured ports from Havana to Chicago, visiting Halifax and Charlottetown on a three year voyage. Built with Spanish and U S funding, the ship retraced historic routes and now sails toward the Great Lakes, offering an object lesson in history and geography.
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Santa Maria
Bridgeport
Hartford Times
Atlantic
America
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Connecticut
New London
Hartford
William E. Curtis
Chicago
United States
Madrid
Spain
Columbus
Maria Christina
Great Mariner
Nina
Huelva
Cadiz
Conchas
Havana
Cuba
Kep
San Francisco
Lake Erie
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Panama Canal
Westerly
R. L
Newport
R. I
Buzzard's Bay
Cape Cod Canal
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canso
Windy City
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Montreal
Great Lakes
U S Treasury Chief Praises Strength and Fed Reserve
Secretary McAdoo reports the fiscal year 1917 balance in the general fund and predicts a 1918 deficit, cites the Federal Reserve System’s role in finance, notes broader prosperity, and calls for reform of omnibus public-building authorizations to curb costs. The document also covers war risk insurance, customs revenues, narcotics law tweaks, and funding needs for health and aviation programs.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
United States
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal
Federal Reserve
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Supreme Court
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Manager of Devere Says Young Giant Is After Jess Willard
The manager of Bob Devere promotes the Kansas City heavyweight as a rising force after a South American tour. At 23, 6 ft 2 in, 214 pounds, Devere boasts 28 knockouts in 29 starts and has defeated Rojas in Santiago. He has sparred with Jack Dillon, Gunboat Smith, and Battling Levinsky and aims to challenge Jess Willard through elimination.
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Bob Devere
South America
Kansas City
Buenos Ayres
Devere
America
Bob
Rojas
Santago
Kansas
Jack Dillon
Gunboat Smith
Rattling Levinsky
Trig Devere
Jess Willard
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Children OF America
Children OF Belgium
Apostolic
Brooklyn Blaze
Medical Formula Laboratories
Dayton
Ohio
New Found
Pacific Coast
Columbia
Grafonola S
Howland Dry Goods Co., Main and Cannon
Sta.ge
END Grafonola CO
State St. Piquette Piano CO
Cannon St
the Bazaar
Main St
GEO. B. Clark CO. Inc
Broad St
U. S
Secretary OF Treasury
Young Giant
James Coyle
Fall River, Mass
Martine
New Jersey
Senate
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