Oldest Methodist Church in America Contest Heats Up
Debate over which site marks the first Methodist Episcopal church in America rages as Maryland claims Sam's Creek near Baltimore and New York cites John Street. General Conference in Saratoga will settle the issue with bishops and clergy split on the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam’s Creek
Maryland
John Street
Saratoga
Sam's Creek
New York
John Street Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Philip Embury
Limerick
Ireland
William Street
Embury
L. R. Streeter
Robert Strawbridge
Baltimore
Carroll
Wesley
Chadwick
Sam's Cree's
America
Many Old German Families Pay No Tax
Berlin reports Rostock Mecklenburg officials note many old noble families still tax free under medieval laws. The Landtag suggested war taxes, but Rostock officials and nobility oppose this stance. They offer to fund needy soldiers' families instead of peace taxes.
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Berlin
Rostock
Mecklenburg
Landtag
Meecklenburg
Landiag
Women of the Russian Army Are Frontline Fighters
Petrograd reports on women in Russian regiments defying rules as frontline fighters. Vera, awarded the cross of St. George for gallantry at Novosiosky, led her unit with bayonet skill. Tania Kakourine, 16, joined after her mother's Russo Turkish War example and is beloved by comrades for bravery and charm.
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Petrograd
Broadway
New York
State Street
Chicago
Market Street
San Francisco
Russia
Vera
Novosiosky
Styr
Galicia
Tania Kakourine
Tanja
Guilford Jurors Drawn For Two Weeks Of Court
Greensboro May 3 The Guilford county commissioners end their monthly meeting by drawing jurors for two court terms The civil term starting June 12 lists twenty four jurors and the criminal term starting June 19 lists many names including H R Gerringer Waggoner and J Lowe Numerous road matters and a transportation subsidy for Guilford Confederate veterans were also considered with eligibility decisions to be made by county treasurer G H Melviney and High Point official A M Idol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
G. H. Melviney
High Point
A. M. Idol
Wesley M. Anderson
P. M. Rumbled
Lawrence Bowman
W. R. McKinney
M. C. Shaw
P. W. Coble
J. J. Mitchell
L. A. Andrew
A. Y. Bond
W. S. Jobe
C. P. Elliott
J. K. Ozment
C. F. Osborn
S. A. Layton
J. H. Medearis
G. P. Poe
Highfill
D. F. Huffines
J. Ad. Harvie
P. W. Smith
C.F. Lowman
A. L. Phibbs
EF. Sternberger
E. J. Lowermilk
J. H. Neece
T.>. MacLean
J. R. Ross
C. T. Weatherly
W. L. Moton
W. P. May
P. M. Pettit
J. M. Hobbs
H. Ireland
Thomas 0. O'Connor
B. E. Frazier
George A. Short
S. S. Higgins
A. W. Scoggins
Clarke Paschall
J. N. Peacock
W. W. Stanford
Ek. S. Wilson
W. A. Branson
J. B. Aprile
J. R. Sullivan
S. W. Peoples
D. V. Cassady
W. J. Edwards
R. T. Chapple
A. ©. Clinard
Cut This Out for Foley Remedies Offer Card
An old advertisement urges readers to mail a cutout to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a sample package of Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and a set of Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets, through Mann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Mann Drug Co
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
Our City
Ena
D. N. Welborn
Peoples House Furnishing Company
High Point N. C
Oldest Methodist Church
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Sams Creek
Sams’s Creek
Board of Bishops
Wowen
Guilford
Hart Drug Co
Arctic Ice & Coal CO
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