County Organizer Appeals to Young County Baptists
County organizer McKinley Norman calls Young County Baptists to complete the Great 75 Million Campaign. He cites five year results including 2242 new churches and 950,943 baptisms, urging pledges and cash offerings to reach the 54 million paid by May 1, 1924. The note follows other local and educational items with community notices from Flat Rock and Sunflower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptists
Young County Baptists
South
Foreign Mission Board
Brother Baptist
Young County
McKinley Norman
George Wallace
Post City
Texas
Emmett Ramsey
Chambers Place
Mr. Burton
Earl James
Harbert Parsons
Bro. Cantrell
Flat Rock
Norma Forrest
Anna Mays
W. H. Martin
McKinney
Riley Ballard
Mr. Hazelton
Henry Ford withdraws bid for Muscle Shoals project
Henry Ford withdraws his bid and adopts a waiting stance, saying productive business cannot wait on politics. He leaves the matter to the Government to decide future action.
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Henry Ford
Office Girl Whiles Away Lunch Hour Daydreams
A diary style glimpse shows an office girl debating dance plans, clothes shopping, and a possible crush. She muses on lipstick, hats, coats, and Parisian style Irene Castle fashion, while contemplating borrowed money and leaving work early. She weighs a potential move out of the city and hints at romantic prospects with Jack.
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Jeff
Jack
Irene Castle
Allen’s
Helen
Progressive Eskimos in Twenty Years Rise in Alaska
The Alaskan Eskimos have built churches and schools and many can read and write. Government started reindeer herds bring prosperity as deer meat sells for seven dollars per 160 pounds. Natives now own at least two hundred thousand reindeer under government supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
You are rich You can walk
A visitor recalls a bedbound boy in a hospital who, by asking for a pocketbook and noting that wealth lies in able limbs, teaches that true riches are health and mobility. The piece contrasts Rockefeller and other fortunes with the joy of walking and living freely, urging gratitude and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Dr. Holland
Newspapers Face Postage Hike After War Time Rises
Denton Record Chronicle reports that the Postmaster General proposes a further 75 percent increase on second-class mail rates, a continuation of wartime policies. Since 1917 total increases reach 275 percent, with repeal of many wartime measures except newspaper penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Record Chronile
Gandy Bridge Opens With Tampa Bay Celebration
The Gandy Bridge linking Tampa and St. Petersburg was opened on November 20 with a city celebration. Guests included forty one Governors of the United States invited by Tampa for the event.
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Jno. J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
American Legion
National Education Association
Interior Department
Bureau of Education
Gandy
Old Tampa Bay
Florida
Tampa
St. Petersburg
United States
Women of Young County Win Big at Annual Fair
The Young County Woman's Department celebrates record entries and announces premium winners across crafts, quilts, embroidery, canning, and baby sewing. Directors praise volunteer work by Mrs. A. A. Morrison and supporters while noting the lack of a home demonstration agent and the need for a live county agent soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Department
Young County Fair
Young County
A. A. Morrison
Modern Literature Dialogue About Sad Ending
A mother and daughter discuss a book where the heroine dies and must return to her husband. The daughter notes the ending is sad, stating the sheik dies and the heroine returns.
Purdy's Philos Quote on Women and Speech
In this aphoristic line Purdy suggests a woman can match speech in any contest yet typically does not. The remark frames female rhetorical ability as.active but restrained within social norms. The dated tone reflects mid century humor on gender performance.
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Purdy
Philos
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Walter F. Schenck
30Th Judicial District
James V. Allred
W. D. McFarlane
Willie Riggs
W. F. Parsley
John B. Rhea
W. H. Kennedy
W. E. Steele
Sam Copeland
J. B. Foster
W. W
Bill) Martin
Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. H. Avants
Willard G. Mobley
Robert A Crawford
A. C. Anderson
A. A. Donnell
Mack H. Sims
Loving
H. J. Reynolds
L. M. Davis Drug Company
J. M. Atcheson
Mary Carmichael
B. B. Garrett
J. T. Cunningham
Emily Padgett
A. M. Graham
Betty Medlan
8. C. Campbell
Erwin Pettus
M. Garten
Mollie Elkins
J. C. Lovelace
Eulelia Ragland
W. S. McJimsey
J. A. Ross
W. A. Thedford
M. K. Graham
Lolo Fernandez
Jason Mayes
Docia Culverhouse
Dulice Sides
Patching
Ethel John
Ruby Snoddy
Alrose LeSage
Charles Gibson
R. J. Wood
J. B. Ballard
Carl Timmons
Earl Gilbert
Earl Hutchings
Tullus
R. W. McFarlane
W. C. Porter
Henry Prideaux
W. W. Fitzgerald
McCloud
C. B. Hockaday
Will Batchler
W. O. Hickman
Henry Axley
Harold Hubbard
John Bower
R. A. Duncan
Dan Orr
S. T. Needham
Kate
Ethel Johnson
Finis Burnett
W. C. Reed
B. C. Laquey
W. L. Dozier
Lula Wadley
Riley Gibbs
Graham Stewart
Roy Choate
Betty Median
Garrett Robertson
A. W. Perry
H. L. Morrison
H. Rogers
R.S. LeSage
M. A. Davis
Paul Deats
W. W. Martin
Pauline Braddock
J. A. Baker
Richard Norris
W. A. Ribble
A. E. Oatman
R. 8
LeSage
Minnie Watson
Graham Mill
American By. Express Co
Sage Motor CO
W. P. Fisher
Rt. A. Graham
Graham
Jacksboro
E. L. Douglass
Brook Mays & Company
Reliable Piano House
Houston St
Fort Worth
Rhodesland
Harrison
Raymond Reed
4Th St
Pen College
H. Bryan
T. L. Oliver
West Side Square
Ozarks
L. V. Copeland
Wichita Hotel
Bidg
N. Elm
Walker
P. C. Walker
Graham Insurance Agency
Ramsey Nursery
W. D. Spivey
Marshall, King & Hinson
Graham National Bank
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