Vision and Deacon Duties Highlight Baptist Sermon
Rev Geo W Wilburn led a Baptist service stressing deacon duties to aid widows and orphans, administer the Lord's Supper, and support pastors while urging strict church financial discipline. Rev Berkstresser urged vision as power, citing Abraham Ezekiel Isaiah and Paul to stress worldwide missions and selfless service.
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Geo. W. Wilburn
South Site Baptist Church
Wilburn
Berkstresser
Abraham
God
Ezekiel
Zekial
Isiah
Allied fleet stuck by weather in Dardanelles
International news reports that operations by the allied fleet in the Dardenelles were halted by persistent bad weather on Sunday. The crew of the British battleship Ocean was rescued by other vessels before it sank.
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International News Service
Penedos
Dardenelles
Ocean
Memel Seized Back by Germans After Russian Occupation
Berlin reports Memel the Baltic seaport was retaken by German forces on Sunday after Russians seized it last Thursday. The official statement accuses the Russians of looting private property during their control.
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Memel
International News Service
Berlin
Baltic
Officers Raid Card Game in Oklahoma County Jail
Deputy sheriffs Beasely Williams and McCulloch raided a card game Saturday night in a Black suburb of Oklahoma. Five Black players were jailed on the spot for unknown offenses. Three Black individuals fled the raid into the county area.
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Beasely
Williams and
McCulloch
Oklahoma
Chess Champ Wins 48 of 51 Solo Games
Chicago March 22 Jose R Cabablanca the Cuban chess champion played 61 games in simultaneous exhibition yesterday winning 48 with three draws leaving ten losses unplayed two?
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International News Service
Chicago
Jose R. Cablanca
Germany Seizes Two Dutch Ships in North Sea Action
Reports from The Hague say German submarine U-28 seized Batavier V and Vaansenstroom after travels from Rotterdam and Ymuijden. An air attack hit the Dutch steamer Zevenbergen in the North Sea. Dutch protest to Berlin follows talks with the minister of marine and the premier and foreign minister.
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The
Hague
Disoa
Rotterdam
Ymuijden
Batavier V
Vaanstroom
Zevenbergen
North Sea
Berlin
American Vessel Maracas Placed in Prize Court
London reports that the American steamer Maracas has been placed in the custody of the British prize court despite a U S protest. The ship arrived at Hull from Kirkwall after ten days detention and carried cargo destined for Rotterdam and Copenhagen, with Britain believed to suspect eventual destination to Germany. Ambassador Page was surprised by the Hull dispatch and had expected release.
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Mohammed
Joe Smith
God
Missionary Baptist Church
Paul
Christ
Paul Well
Gethsemane
New Jerusalem
International News Service
London
United States
Hull
Kirkwall
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
Germany
Ambassador Page
Vernal Equinox Snow Storm Shuts Streets
Oldest inhabitants recall the unusual snowfall that hit as the vernal equinox marked the start of spring. A westward storm drove clouds and near darkness for about thirty minutes then the sun returned with a sunset. Snow lingered to half an inch before warming.
Street Fair’s Bucket Brigade Extinguishes Car Fire
A Barkoot amusement company car near the L. and N. depot caught fire early today. The bucket brigade of the street fair quickly extinguished the flames, causing only slight damage.
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Street Fair
Barkoot Amusement Company
Amusement Company
Bracken Buys Holbrook Farm Near Flint for Hog Raising
B C Bracken purchased the Holbrook farm near Flint Alabama and will move there soon to start hog raising as a main business. The sale was made through C A Layman Flint real estate dealer.
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B. C. Bracken
Holbrook
Flint
Ala
J W Cunningham Appointed Receiver for Bank Street Pool Room
J W Cunningham was named by the Law and Equity court as receiver for the Bank street pool room. An injunction against sale or disposal has been issued on the complaint of St E Abernathy.
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J. W. Cunningham
Law and Equity Court
Bank Street
St. E Abernathy
Phone 46 and Subscribe for the Decatur Daily
City readers are urged to call the 46 line to subscribe to the Decatur Daily. The notice promotes new subscriptions and highlights daily local and regional news coverage.
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Billy Clifford
Masonic Theatre
Jesus Christ
Damascus Road
Page
Glinding
Snow Drive
Holbrook Place
Decaturs Daily
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