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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
3
Four thousand librarians in the American Library Association back a Books for Everybody program to aid foreign born residents. The plan seeks two million dollars from volunteer efforts to expand county and industrial libraries and improve access to translated literature for six million non English speakers.
The United States faces 75000 to 80900 blind residents with fewer than 100 Braille titles. The American Library Association through its Enlarged Program plans to print and distribute more volumes. It has drawn donations from authors and will raise 2 million dollars via librarians and library supporters to fund Books for Everybody.
The American Library Association backs a nationwide Books for Everybody program to extend county libraries. California leads with 42 of 58 counties adopting the system, aiming to ship books from a central county station to outposts via trucks or parcel post to schools towns and homes. The expanded plan asks for 2 million dollars raised by librarians trustees and friends to improve citizen education and combat social unrest.
The American Library Association plans a nationwide push to develop library systems and promote reading. With 4000 librarians in the United States and 7,900,000 volumes previously supplied to service members, the campaign seeks $2,000,000 through voluntary pledges rather than an intensive drive.
The Northern Baptist Convention reports rural churches face decline, especially in the East, with growth needed in newly settled Western towns. A plan by state conventions aims to boost efficiency and church presence through community centers while stressing churches as family firesides and schools of faith.
The article warns that serious diseases follow colds and that you are more likely to contract influenza pneumonia tuberculosis diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough and measles after a cold. It urges rapid relief and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a widely known cure for bad colds.
A Covington Indiana notice offers unmarked veteran graves a free head marker. Submit full name rank enlistment date and death date to E. M. Boord with address for processing. Ends with a subscription pitch for the Republican.
Advertising copy promotes selling your business or real estate with a "successful system" and quick results. Encourages writing or calling Bell 39.
State conventions outline urgent measures to strengthen rural churches and address shortages. Proposals include higher minister salaries, new centers, and expanded missionary staff across New Hampshire Connecticut New Jersey Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Utah Eastern Washington Oregon and other districts.
Great Britain uses American Baptist missionaries to promote education in Burma. They oversee 856 schools run under government guidance and support local curriculum and training efforts.
Women in Burma are educated at an extent unmatched in the Orient with women’s schools run by American Baptists in Moulmein Rangoon and Mandalay, demonstrating notable educational outreach across the country.
The 1910 census shows one doctor per 600 people in the continental United States. In Burma, four American Baptist mission physicians provide medical care to more than 10,000 people.
Prairieville Mississippi valley town of 200 with two churches seeks to unite into a community fellowship. Fifteen residents from local and nearby churches pressure an Interchurch World Movement supervisor during a four hour siege to sever denominational ties and create an independent ecclesial body.
Supervisors discuss nondenominational churches and a survey backed plan seen in Vermont and Montana. Interchurch World Movement steadies federated church push, prompting Prairieville to favor one denominational church amid widespread rural dissatisfaction with current ministry. Leaders claim democratic self management power amid a growing movement.
A World War II era quotation emphasizes teamwork with a commanding officer urging unity. The speaker invokes soldiers and God in a rallying cry, “Keep together! No man alone can take a trench,” attributed to G Sherwood Eddy.
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