Woman's Home Missionary Society history and growth
Mrs. R. G. Shumway outlines a quarter century of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The piece traces origins in the Freedmen's aid effort after the Civil War, notes key figures like Bishop Wiley and Dr. Rust, and details expansion to schools, mission homes, and deaconess centers across diverse communities including Negroes, Indians, immigrants, and frontier areas. It also covers finances, indebtedness, and the first organizing steps in Boston with Miss Thoburn and initial fundraising methods.
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R. G. Shumway
Palo
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Methardist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Women of Methodism
Freedmen’s Aid Society
du .Bois
North
United States
Freedmen's Bureau
Isaac W. Wiley
Richard
Rust
China
Bishop Clark
Jennie Fowler Willing
W. HH. M
Alaska
Porto Rico
Honolulu
Baltimore
Detroit
Ludington
Mich
Mountain Lake Park
Ind
Ocean Grove
Round Lake
Foreign Missionary Society
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
India
E.W. Parker
William Butler
Boston
Butler
Lewis Tlanders
Tremont Street
Sirs. Flanders
Jarsouige
Parker
Flanders
Alrs. Butler
Women's Missionary Societies Reach Global Outreach Milestones
The article highlights a century of women's church work, noting 35 years of auxiliary groups, over 148000 members in Young People and Life Light Bearers, and $634,488.97 raised in a year. It details missions in India, China, Burma, and beyond, with 272 missionaries abroad and 4,442 pupils in 20 orphanages, plus two women’s colleges and a movement to open one in Foo Chow, China.
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Sing Sing
N. Y
Hfe
King's Tierald
General Missionary Society
Ruth
King’s Herald Societies
Little Light Bearers
Little Light Bearer
India
China
Burma
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Philippine Islands
Africa
Italy
Bulgaria
Mexico
South America
Foo Chow
Matrimonial Parlor Squire Expands Court Reach
Justice T W McHugh of Urbana prints ads claiming the interurban line invites quick weddings at his Kankakee area offices. He notes 703 marriages since 1868 with no divorces, praising his track record while opposing divorce laws and predicting a military effect on them.
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Ilinds
Kankakee
T. W. McHugh
Urbana
Gretna Green
Central Illinois
Squire
McHftysh
J. N. Peters
Elizabeth Wood
St. Joseph
Hairpin Fix Saves Disabled Street Car
A motorman faced a stalled Dixon streetcar when a fuse burned out. A woman passenger lent her hairpin, bent into fuse-wire, which restored the circuit and the car ran again. The incident illustrates the old saying that small items can save the day.
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Mhursdaiy
Dixon
Old Soldiers Day at Lena Camp Exhorted for Victory
Special correspondence from Lena Camp Grounds reports Old Soldiers Day opening with arrivals and prayers. Dr Hardin spoke on sacrifice and patriotism amid a looming storm, praising universal respect between north and south and noting the war’s impact on constitutional government and Christian soldiers. Rev Hugh E Smith led prayers and sermons stressing Bible conditions for prayer, family devotion, and faith, with additional talks by Rev J A Matlack and music by Gage and a visiting Embury church pastor.
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Lena Camp Grounds
Hardin
Tabernacle
England
North
Lincoln
Washington
Isa
Cage
Hugh Is. Smith
Smith
Diana
Mr. Smith
McKay
Embury Church
Lena
Dix
Scales Mound
GC. A. Gage
Gage
Illinois game law questioned over captive animals
Springfield August 12 The Springfield lawyer Miller of Kankakee County raised a new issue in the Illinois game law dispute. He wrote to Attorney General Stead asking whether the law’s protection extends to animals raised in captivity. The attorney general says the act is meant for wild animals owned by the state, with specifics to be decided by evidence. This could allow evasion in lax jurisdictions.
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Springfield
Sbwte
Miller
Kankakee County
Illinois
Stead
Bucklen Arnica Salve Praised For Burns Healing
Norfolk Virginia resident C Rivgenbark Jr reports severe knee burns treated with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, claiming quick stopping of pain and complete healing. Ad highlights 25c price at Joseph Emmert's druggist and urges customers to prepare sleighs for winter by painting and repairs.
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Bucklen
C. Rivgenbark, Jr
Norfolk
Joseph
Emmert
Miss Jane Addams Suggested for Chicago Mayor by Justice Brewer
New York Aug 12 Justice David J Brewer of the US Supreme Court suggests Miss Jane Addams for Chicago mayor in a Wartsar College address. He praises her Hull House work and predicts strong municipal leadership, urging cautious trial of woman suffrage in other states before nationwide extension.
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New York
Jane Addams
Chicago
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Warsar College
Brewer
United States
Kansan
Hull House
Cadarville
Ill
Second National Bank
Freeport
Miss Addams
Rockford College
Philadelphia
Europe
Helen G. Starr
Halsted Streat
Harrison
C.J. Hull
Helen Culver
Hull
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Ohio
Scee
Mars
Porter
Mss
Thoburn
Miss Thoin
Turk
A. Swain
Tholurn
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Dawa
Osucielius Sprie
DR. Hardin
Boys IN Blue
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Hugh E. Smith
Gadd
Rev. Smith
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Jerusalem
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Mathick
J. A. Matlack
D. D
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Home Society
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Jane Adams
Justice Brewer
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Newman Sanitary Dairy Ca
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Casper Walton
Michigan City
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Buffalo
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Newbro
Mannett
Maryland
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Mont
Nature
Anmpie
Herpicide Co
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People’s Column
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Buren
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Second-Hind
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Freesport
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M. W. Cowley
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Stephenson
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Carroll Bt
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Cus Works
Muller Ani
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Stephenson Rt
Mympire
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Ferk
Din
Elgin
Boteor
Krunar's
Lucksan St. Thursdiy Noc
Stell
Minnesseti
North and
South Dakota
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
St. Paul
Minn
North-Western
Imperial Palace Dramatic Order Knights Khorassen
Chicago & North-Western R’y
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