Baptist 75 Million Campaign Aids Missions Across Regions
Dr. L R Scarborough reports Nashville driven campaign funds totaling 16 851 100 68 pledges by Dec 1 1920 benefit Foreign Mission Board Home Missions state missions and churches. Foreign missions gained new fields in Spain Hungary and more. hospitals and orphanages expanded. $ to evangelism church building and education funded. 17 Baptist orphanages and 10 new hospitals launched with substantial improvements and endowments.
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L. R. Scarborough
Conservation Commission
Nashville
Foreign Mission Board
China
Spain
Hungary
Romania
Jugo- Slavia
Ukraine
Russia
Syria
Palestine
Siberia
Love
Home Missions
Home Mission Board
Cuba
Panama
Convention
The
Baptist Institutions of Learning
Southern Baptists
Relief and
A Dignified Shopper Scores On A Shinbone
In a meat market a refined woman buys meat and asks for shinbone for soup stock. The clerk offers a 40 cent shinbone after trimming, but she selects the 10 cent cut as the price for the knuckle, then laughs and wraps it up.
Post No Bills Directions Baffle Lost Soldier
During the war a returned soldier on leave in Paris copied sidewalk text to find his hotel. Repeatedly locals laughed at his note until a passerby asked what he wanted. The soldier revealed his aim and received the street name, only to be told the writing read post no bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Front wheel pivot drives curb skid proof car
A Sydney report describes a front drive invention for cars that prevents skidding. A test on 16 000 miles of rough roads claimed no wear. The device pivots the front wheels at the center easing steering compared with rear wheel drive. An old British car weighing 82 cwt. at 38 mph and 15 miles per gallon was modified to 35 cwt. at 45 mph and 17.5 miles per gallon after installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
France Expands Tuberculosis War Efforts At Paris
France shows progress in tuberculosis control with 868 dispensaries nationwide and ten percent in Paris, hailed as a hopeful sign at an international conference. Rockefeller Foundation support helps grow 10,000 sanitarium beds, hospital isolation wards, rural boarding out of anaemic children, and national cooperation among agencies.
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France
Paris
Rockefeller Foundation
Buried With Their Husband
The Barua tribe in the Congo district performs a brutal burial rite after a man dies. The chief wife is placed in the grave, followed by the corpse, then the second wife, whose arms and legs are broken so she cannot escape. Wives are arranged around the tomb as drums blare and the earth is shoveled over them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Africa
Cameron merchants urge trade with Mr. Farmer
Cameron merchants invite Mr. Farmer to trade in Cameron offering best prices and merchandising. They promote local shopping and emphasize favorable terms for Cameron buyers.
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Mr. Farmer
Cameron
Jones Prairie Honor Roll List for March Recaps Students
The March honor roll at Jones Prairie features students across grades from First to Tenth. Named include Elvan Goodwin Clar a B Love Wynona Osborn Mildred Burnett Otho Key Janie Mae Crook Maudie Canady Eva Crook Ruby Laurence Edith Stewart Willie Mae Johnson Robert Foster Grady Goodwin Graham Osborn Stella Pond Jucinta Osborn Aetna Love Catherine Bailey Chas Fontaine Vernon Fontaine Florine Smith Elliott Crook Julia Roden Helen Key Judson Henderson and others.
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Elvan Goodwin
Elsmer Crook
Gladys Lawrence
Burnett Atkinson
Maurine Hammonds
Dan Roden
Obbie Flinn
Clara B. Love
Wynona Osborn
Mildred Burnett
Otho Key
Helen Harrell
Janie Mae Crook
Maudie Canady
Eva Crook
Ruby Laurence
Edith Stewart
Willie Mae Johnson
Robert Foster
Grady Goodwin
Graham Osborn
Stella Pond
Jucinta Osborn
Aetna Love
Lucile Johnson
Connie Mae Hickman
Cordin Goodwin
Catherine Bailey
Chas. Fontaine
Vernon Fontaine
Florine Smith
Elliott Crook
Julia Roden
Helen Key
Civies
Judson Henderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptists
Home and Foreign Missions
Baptist
Cameron Lodge
Charlie Swiit
Nobre
Jim F. Chadwick
Sec
T’y
Waller
Silher & Go
Bedell Building
San Antonio, Texas
Glinard and
Mickle
Sap
G. B. Saylor
Cameron, Texas
F. A. Green
Jones Prairie
A. Tellem
Central
New
Hefley
Constance Talmadge
Woman
Bert Lytell
Will Rogers
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