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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1920
Page
4
Robin Redbreast seeks revenge on Jimmy Crow after being driven from a cherry tree. When Jimmy is injured and hungry, Robin secretly shares the cherries, teaching the crow a lesson in kindness. Jimmy apologizes and promises to warn Robin of future cherry finds.
A speaker describes pressure from two men to testify in a court case about a neighbor dispute. He refused paid testimony and threats escalated, with one man demanding money for a steady job and another urging him to reveal details. He contemplates striking for higher wages and questions the judge's threat to jail him.
A fragment notes a boy's reading about Moses and a burning bush and guesses a black gum bush. It also mentions stock quotes being dropped from lists and references a for sale room house on a crooked street in Knoxville Tennessee's Journal and Tribune.
Edna Kent Forbes weighs in on girls writing in summer about barefoot wear at seashore resorts. She argues barefooting won’t beautify feet, advises open sandals for air and shape, warns against false arches, and prescribes daily toe and arch exercises with shoes having broad heels.
The Northern Baptist Convention unites 10,066 churches in a campaign seeking 100 million dollars from April 25 to May 2. Leaders include ex governors Runyon Young Stickney Bally and figures like John Y. Aitchison and Frank W. Padelford. Funds will expand 40 Baptist schools, boost foreign missions, aid Americanization, and fund pensions.
Ramon of Managon Guatemala to Managua uses the telegraph to spread gospel messages. A former railroad worker turned station agent, he converts operators at night. His wife once ran three cantinas before joining the faith. The New World Movement of Northern Baptists plans to raise funds in late April to support Central American missions.
Dr J H Scott of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society reports Japan’s progressives threaten autocracy and militarism. A $1.5 million education push funds Mibte Memorial School in Yokohama and a Christian college, with most money for schooling and 9 000 for church buildings as he predicts a future peak in East Asian leadership and reform.
The Northern Baptists aim to raise 100 million dollars from April 29 to May 2 for a two year program. About 76 million will stay in America for seminaries and colleges. The remainder funds foreign work and general extension.
Maxim Gorky calls the Bolshevik regime brutal and unable to uplift Russia, while Northern Baptists launch a global campaign to apply Christianity and strengthen families. The plan includes expanding education, Americanizingforeign born, and building community centers, with home bureaus in Illinois highlighting family life as national defense against radicalism.
As part of the New World Movement of Northern Baptists a $100,000,000 drive runs April 25 to May 2. Chapel cars, railroad coaches with chapels and living quarters for missionaries, travel to towns without churches to hold services en route. They report 218 churches 58 Sunday schools 277 pastors 24 018 conversions and 5000 additions by baptism or otherwise among 6 months of service.
An illustrated piece humorously catalogs various apes and monkeys at a zoo, detailing their odd traits and behaviors. It humorously contrasts a fake vest-pocket ape, a bearded man observing the scene, a talking peanut, and multiple primate types from mandrills to gorillas, ending with a wry note on Darwin.
Nostalgic reminiscence of intimate home rituals in old days. The speaker recalls weekly baths in a wooden tub, shared water, and simple comforts before modern plumbing, contrasting them with today’s luxuries. The piece closes with wistful longing for those bygone routines.
The piece extols Organization as the key to success, urging readers to inventory their abilities and arrange them into workable projects. It stresses that a strong organization within the mind and body leads to greater outcomes and urges immediate action to plan and assign tasks.
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