Northern Baptists launch $100 million world outreach drive
The Northern Baptist Convention plans a five year program funded by a $100,000,000 drive from April 21 to May 2. It mobilizes 10,666 churches across 34 state headquarters to expand foreign and domestic missions, missions schools, and social reform, aiming to apply Christianity to global unrest.
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Northern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists
Denver
New World Movement of
Interchurch World Movement
Czecho-Slovakia
Japan
Mohammedan Africa
America
Ching
United States
Penn
Ind
Frank Vander
Moer J
Pierpont Morgan
J. Aitchison
General Board of Promotion
The
Roosevelt
Buddhism Seeks to Regain Grip in Burma Missionary Drive
Buddhist priests in Burma launch a major push to restore Buddhism amid Christian expansion led by Northern Baptists. The plan includes 35 new missionary families, 34 women missionaries, four doctors, and expansion of schools and medical care to reach tens of thousands, supported by government co operation and a new Judson College campus near Rangoon.
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Burma
British India
General Board of Promotion
Northern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptists
Judson College
Rangoon
Texas
New York State
Young Men's Buddhist Association
Fleld
Pop Whition
Am'xonaryecan
Armored Controversy in World War I Plans Fortified Doughboy
The Home Sector notes wartime armor tests by the Ordnance Department engineering division included a nine and a half pound body defense with front and body plates and a 27 pound heavy breast plate with thigh guards designed to stop machine gun bullets at 150 yards. Despite tests abroad few soldiers welcomed the armor as safer warfare near the front.
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France
Holme
The
Stars and Stripes
Armer
Ordnance Department
Galahad
Casey
Harvard
Yale
Aunt Piper and Rose Marie's Betrothal Plot
In a village home Rose Marie plans to choose her future with Bobby Atwood and Paul Hillis as Aunt Piper arranged discipline tests. Aunt Piper, Rose Marie’s sister and guardian, orchestrates a courtship by balancing protection with romance while denoting the motivations of Bobby and Paul.
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Lstall
Rose-Marie
Piper
Rose-Maurie
Fred
Clara
Rose
Mrs. Wilmot
Mary
Pret
Mery
Rose-Maorie
You Atwood
Bobby
Daucter
Paul Willis
Paul
Rose Marie
oseMarie
Paul Hillis
Aunt Piper
Robby Atwood
Robby
Tam
Paul Dear
Tore Marie
RoseMarie
Ponti
Dig for Egyptian Temples Expansion Fund Appeal
The Egyptian Exploration Fund appeals from its Boston headquarters for about $10,000 to resume large scale digs. It plans two major projects at Deir el Bahri and Abydos, sites visited by tourists, with work halted by the war awaiting completion. The effort would re employ 683 native workers on the excavation of temples of the eleventh and eighteenth dynasties and the temple of the underworld at Abydos.
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Egyptian Exploration Fund
Boston
New York Times
Deir el Banari
Thebes
Abydos
Merenpiah
Egypt
Fit Yourself to Conquer by Enthusiastic Youth
A speech extols enthusiasm as a force that overcomes clouds of doubt. The speaker, invoking the word of grit, argues that opposition makes the youth buoyant and martyrdom attracts crowds. He claims belief and vision turn opponents into supporters and power progress.
The Cynical Actress and a Manager’s Simple Life Expectation
A manager at a dinner argues a pure life suits actresses while recalling a star who flopped in a role. He cites a former actress who faced critics over emotion as husbands departed. The exchange, reported by London Opinion, exposes cynicism about emotional display in performance.
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London
Town Remembers Old Glory Rye Honors Admiral Beatty
Rye, famed Cinque Port and harbor of historic ships, conferred the freedom of the town on Earl Beatty in a ceremony praising England’s greatest sailor. The town’s ancient reputation and its old‑world charm framed the tribute.
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Rye
Edward Il
Calais
England
Earl Beatty
Christian Science Monitor
Bridge Wins Over Dentistry for Ex-Sultan Mulni Hafid
The ex sultan Mulni Hafid enjoyed a string of bridge games with an English dentist and a shy young lady assistant. The dentist arrived with dental tools and played amid polite resistance from Hafid who preferred winning at cards. The final bill included all bridge hours, making it the most expensive game Hafid ever played.
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Morocco
Murat Hatid
Ancient Roman rite rediscovered under Rome railway embankment
An accidental landslip near Porta Maggiore exposes a decorated vestibule with mythic scenes. Historians link it to Tacitus's account of Agrippina seeking Teurus gardens and accusing him of illegal mystic rites in 43 A D during Chiudius's reign. The find suggests a site of ancient pagan rites.
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Porta Mnaggiore
Rome
Jason
Marsyas
Apollo
Aeson
Tacitus
Chiudius
Agrippina
Nero
T. Statilius Teurus
Africa
Torquitius Priscus
Stutilius Taurus
Mongolians Known for Heavy Meat Diet and Tea Customs
The article notes Mongolian habits of heavy meat consumption with ten pounds of mutton per sitting and daily tea brewed from low grade tea bricks, sometimes fifty cups. It describes irregular meals water scarcity, caravan wells, and camels carrying water and ice blocks during winter and spring.
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Mongolia
Chinese Towns Thrown Together in Geography
The author notes Chinese towns lack parallel streets and straight roads. He describes villages as tangled habitations with narrow paths and few cross streets, except in larger towns near treaty ports where rickshas still face restricted routes.
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Treaty Ports
Remembered Father Stanton Card Reveals Travel Delay
A confused reminiscence describes a traveling father sending a card home two weeks into a trip, noting a delay of a few days to weeks. The tale shifts to a baby’s crib scene as the father’s voice repeats the line This card is from father, don’t you remember father.
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Stanton
Father
Flock No Longer Put to Sleep by Modern Pulpit Voice
An Interchurch World Movement survey notes a shift in sermon style from lofty, complex rhetoric to clear, direct English. Preachers now speak in a natural voice that awakens listeners and makes messages more accessible.
Sagacity Shown by Bears in Nature Notes
In Enos A. Mills' The Grizzly humanlike cleverness is shown as bears outwit obstacles. Examples include a grizzly guarding a ham skin in Yellowstone and manipulating a tin can to obtain fish. A yellow stone pool scene highlights the bears’ tactical moves and problem solving. The passage likens these acts to human mental processes.
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Enos A. Mills
Yellowstone Park
Enb
Yellowstone
Hills molded by glaciers between Syracuse and Rochester
Drumlins in central New York form a scenic belt between Syracuse and Rochester. These gently curved, uniform hills reach near 200 feet high, with small lakes and good fishing scattered among them. Once formed by massive ice sheets, they attract locals for recreation but remain little known beyond their counties.
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Syracuse
Rochester
N. Y
United States
New York
New Engine
North America
Land of Racial Tempests in Dalmatia and Its History
The article sketches centuries of ethnic tension in Dalmatia where Serbs and Croats share language roots but use different alphabets. Latin influence dominates urban life, while medieval migrations sparked enduring city rivalries and trade shifts, especially with Venice controlling Adriatic commerce.
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Dalmatia
Cattyra
Dalinacia
Kawns
Venice
Adriatic
Peach Stone Uses In Chinese Markets
Women and children search markets for peach stones used as fuel and by artists for carving. Stones dried in sun supply fuel, while round stones become finger rings. In Seah China yards poor workers dry large stones. kernels yield a white powder used as cough medicine by villagers.
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Chins
China
Scientist Fooled by Mythic Infasing Element Claim
A dated science tale recounts a distinguished American being convinced of an infasing element between gold and silver. He melted Mexican dollars, dissolved the silver, and showed a gold residue. The explanation, later rejected, noted residual gold in minting processes and imperfect metallurgy.
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Lames
Solemnist
Chinese Study Real Work and Language Challenge
A discussion on learning Chinese through extensive characters and syllables. It notes typical ranges around 3K to 5K syllables and characters, suggesting perseverance yields understanding of complex texts, though the goal remains elusive for many learners.
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