Have You This Habit
A long feature excerpt recounts Bill Jones a notorious convict who becomes a trusted engineer after a repentant promise to a Texas prison superintendent. He escapes twice, roams globally then returns to reform, earns pardons and later resumes an esteemed engineering career. The piece shifts to a Christmas vignette about Mrs. William seeking a Burns edition, illustrating humane habit and mental fitness through a kind messenger boy.
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Houston
Texas
Bill Jones
Bill
Col. L. A. Whatley
University of Chicago
San Francisco
West Coast
South America
Andes
Africa
William
Billy
Robbie Burns
Burns
Robert Burns
Fire truck crash in Philadelphia kills girl and injures six
Miss Louise Calla han, twenty seven, is dead after a fire engine struck her car driven by Albert Callahan. Five other occupants are injured including two women and four men as the crash ruins the vehicle. Police continue to investigate the cause of the collision.
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Philadelphia
Louise Callahan
Albert Callahan
Funeral services for Dr G W Summers held in Tennessee
Dr G W Summers died yesterday near East Radford Virginia at about noon. Funeral services were held at his daughter Mrs Asbury's home in Glade Springs Tennessee this afternoon. Interment followed in Cleveland Tennessee. He was about 80 and had served as a Methodist minister for about 50 years.
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G. W. Summers
East Radford
Asbury
Glade Springs
Tenn
Cleveland
Summers
George E. Penn
Representatives of 43 Nations Dine Together
Representatives of forty three nations dined at a Good Will gathering in Boston at the twentieth Century Club under the Greater Boston Federation of churches. The event brought diverse groups together in fraternity with France Spain Italy Norway Sweden Denmark Ireland England Scotland Liberia and American participants mixing as they discussed politics and sang together.
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New York
Boston Globe
Boston
Twentieth Century Club
Greater Boston
British Isles
Liberia
America
Harvard
Radcliffe
Peace Meeting Promotes Brotherhood Across Nations
At a diverse gathering, speakers from Ireland to Korea urged harmony and Americanization through shared values. George W. Coleman and Denis McCarthy offered reflections on tolerance, while James J. Munroe of the Twentieth Century Club welcomed attendees and called for more such meetings. Rev. Camuel M. Crothers served as toastmaster.
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George W. Coleman
France
Russia
China
Armenia
Korea
James J. Munroe
Twentieth Century Club
Camuel M. Crothers
First
Cambridge
Slagle's Store to Open at Five Points Tomorrow
Slagle's, Five Points new store, opens tomorrow morning in the former Cooper Brothers building at Sullivan and Cherokee streets. The interior is remodeled and the structure is nearly new. The store is owned and managed by R A Slagle.
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Slagle’s
Faith Social News and Kiwanis Club Notes
Social News reports a modern Piciteche store with lines of articles from stationery to patent medicines. A soda fountain will dispense drinks and sundaes, with a prescription department planned by Mr. Slagle. District Governor J McCallie praised the Kingsport club as a model of good. Ralph Worley announced a July 4th Legion Kiwanis ball with proceeds to the Boy Scout Camp. Henry Lady to captain the Kiwanis team. Miller of Knoxville and William Roller gave talks. Visitors included H M Hickman, D R Beeson, Malcolm Miller, and Jake Heerens. Lucile Roller returns from Lynchburg to summers with family. Columbia, S C, summer guests.
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Oor
Piciteche
Jniscella
Slagle
J. McCallie
Kingsport Club
Ralph Worley
Legion- Kiwanis
Henry Lady
Kiwanis
Henry
Kiwani An Miller
Knoxville
William Roller
H. M. Hickman
Chattanooga
D. R. Beeson
Johnson City
Malcolm Miller
Jake Heerens
Kingsport
Winning Kiwanis Team Granted Lunch at Inn
The Kiwanis Club honored the winning team of the attendance contest with a luncheon at the Inn funded by the three losing teams. Attendance over ten weeks averaged 99.3 percent, and President Stone commended the team for the high participation.
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Stone
Bristol Road Growth Impacts Farms and State Highway Progress
The Bristol Road growth is widespread and harming farms gardens and pastures. The new state highway is nearing completion and widely welcomed. Rev J C Clark delivered a fine sermon at Mountain View Sunday night with Mrs Clark and their child in attendance. Mrs Mollie Lambirth has had a relapse since Sunday and remains seriously ill but is improving. Chicken thefts recur and merchants and poultry buyers are urged to be selective about who they purchase from.
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J. C. Clark
Mountain View
Tornado Wipes Out Alexander Town in Franklin County
Mason City reports a tornado last night virtually wiped out Alexander in Franklin County. The Chicago Great Western train crew delivers the news plus word that about a score of people are injured.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Iowa
Chicago Great Western
Alexander
Franklin County
No Preaching at Broad Street Church on June 14
Due to painting and redecorating the Broad Street Methodist church, there will be no morning or evening services next Sunday. Sunday school will meet as usual in the classrooms Sunday morning, but no preaching services will be held during the day.
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Broad Street
Methodist Church
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C. W. Summers
George Renn
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Corner Sullivan
Cherokee
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Lucile Roller
Lynchburg
John .Bradley
Columbia, S. C
Mary . Bradley
Riverside
Charter Party of New Club
Jonesboro
Sever
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Bristol Road
Broad ST
King's
Plete
Nyal Agency
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