Salvation Army Financing and Growing Public Support
The Salvation Army argues for modernized fundraising and expansion citing wartime proof of its quality and public trust. It emphasizes trained field workers and supporters now ready to back broader home service with greater responsibility and opportunity.
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Ahibek
Salvation Army
Army
Fall of Man and War Reflections on Bible Truths
Dr John Roach Straton cites a Christian Herald reflection arguing the war exposes the Genesis fall as a universal truth. He contrasts Germany's garden of prosperity with moral decline, noting selfishness, untruth, and ambition toppled its ruling classes and affected others.
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Germany
John Roach Straton
Christian Herald
Bees as War Aid Suggested in Washington Debates
Readers offered many ideas to aid the war effort including bee related schemes while several proposals appeared at Washington discussions. The text notes the impractical nature of such schemes and frames them as curiosities amid broader wartime planning.
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Washington
Earth temperature measured by deep bore hole method
A France deep bore method measures earth heat with centigrade thermometers at 5302 feet. Two thermometers fixed in opposite positions show identical readings after one hour at the bottom. Mercury expansion indicates a rock temperature of 62.5 degrees, yielding a 1 degree rise per 106 feet.
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St. Jean d'Herons
France
Aluminum coins adopted in Africa for circulation
Africa adopts aluminum coins with 1 cent and 2 mill values. About 82 million coins struck at the British mint for Uganda and the Nigerian protectorates. Each coin is perforated in the center.
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Africa
Uganda
Coins and civic tales from distant shores and Paris
The report covers coinage aimed at facilit ating trade on Africa's west coast and the shift from cowries to bronze. It highlights Mme d Evry France as first lady mayoress for Nampcel, recounting her speech at a Mayors conference about a village destroyed by Germans and survivors sheltering in cellars and ruins.
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Africa
France
Mme. d'Evry
Nampcel
Aisne
Paris
Thoughtleas Reconstruction Sparks Canton Walls Debate
Senator Watson warns against rash reconstruction likening it to a bad sales pitch. The Canton Times notes opposition from merchants to removing ancient city walls citing congestion and health, while the paper harshly rejects gentry objections and calls for drastic action.
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Canton
China
Merchants’ Guild
Canton Times
Times
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