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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
2
Dr Agnew urged women to organize more guilds to aid aging widows and dependent families. He noted the growing relief burden as church rolls expand from 4,238 ministers in 1870 to 9,031, with 246 families represented.
The 1908 relief fund totaled 206 000 with 9 751 more than last year as ministers face rising costs and limited life insurance. A committee explores lifting pastor salaries to at least 1 000 annually. A child labor resolution and evangelization meeting with a 600 voice choir and J Wilbur Chapman are planned in Kansas City.
The Rev Mark A Matthews pastor of Beattie Beattie Wabash discusses the Presbyterian General Assembly aim to unite all branches into the world’s largest Protestant body. He cites potential joins from Dutch Reformed United Presbyterian and Reformed branches, boosting membership and strength.
Dr Matthews envisions a world church uniting 40 million Presbyterians into a single assembly. He notes readiness of Canadian and Scottish branches to merge, and predicts eventual global consolidation within a generation as skeptics watch the process.
Charles Stelzle of New York and John E. Lennon of Bloomington will speak at a 3 pm labor mass meeting in Convention Hall. The Presbyterian department of church and labor promotes education between workers and employers. Attendance is expected to fill the hall with thousands invited.
A woman in the east balcony seats herself as speakers talk. Many in the balcony hold black devices to their ears and listen intently. A deaf spectator discovers a rubber half cylinder on a chair with an insulated wire and places it to her ear, but does not remove it.
An acoustic device connected to the stage carried sound through the hall so that deaf attendees could hear clearly. The east balcony was equipped with the invention and was crowded this morning, with the balcony and acousticons well patronized as the assembly continued.
A Kansas City park and boulevard souvenir card program features images of Convention Hall and park views. Commissioners on a motor car ride received these cards with a cheerful prosperity motto, distributed by the Commercial club and Merchants' and Manufacturers' association.
The Rev. Griffin W. Bull of Stramton Pa read the Presbyterian brotherhood report. The brotherhood aims to instil in men a greater interest in church work under the guidance of Rev Ira Landrith of Bel-
A college speaker described the benefits of church brotherhood. He cited raising church attendance from 2 percent to 40 percent and urged more men for church work, missions, and active involvement in church affairs.
Delegates and visitors fill the Second Presbyterian church on Fifteenth Street and Broadway for a foreign missions exhibit with tours through Syria and Japan and a series of talks. Leaders and ministers from Portland to Louisville share experiences and plan fundraising and Sunday school programs.
More than 3,000 delegates from various denominations gather in Kansas City for the Presbyterian general assembly. Notable figures include Rev. J Kinsey Smith of Pittsburg, Rev. Walker of Cincinnati who resembles Joseph Jefferson, and Rev. Ira D. Landrith of Nashville representing the Presbyterian Brotherhood. The discussions cover Freedman education, church property suits, and missionary efforts in Luzon. Park college ex-students host a dinner at Coates House with Orr as toastmaster.
A fire started in the debris of the old First Congregational church at Eleventh and McGee streets and was reported at 7 40 this morning. Fire crews from No 5 struggled to extinguish smouldering wreckage after a dynamite blast caused the blaze.
Professional diver W. E. Dunscombe is sent to Clarendon Arkansas to recover the body of Miss Elizabeth Palmer who drowned in the White River Tuesday night. Previous attempts with dynamite and dredging failed. Mos Palmer was among seven victims when a motor boat gasoline tank exploded.
Owarp H. Srevzs states he did not declare candidacy for circuit judge and is not a candidate in the upcoming election. He asks readers to disregard a misapprehension reported by The Star.
The passage urges ample toilet preparations to prevent freckles sunburn and tan and stresses providing waists hoses handkerchiefs neckwear and other apparel for golf tennis driving and hiking. It notes outdoor pleasure comes from proper attire and includes reminders to procure suitable clothing.
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