Language trouble at Dutch Reformed church sparking split
In Orange City Iowa on August 1 a quarrel over language in worship split the 1st Reformed church. One faction favors English sermons, the other supports Dutch. About sixty members formed a new independent society, buying a site for a church while services continue in a chapel and a Sunday school is organized.
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Orange City
1St Reformed Church
Harding
Independent Church Society
Northwestern Academy
Red Cross Report Praises Siberian Aid Mission Staff
Lieutenant Colonel R B Teusler reports that about 15 doctors and 25 nurses from mission hospitals in China and Japan were mobilized in Vladivostok and Harbin for Siberia service. They staffed hospitals in Buchedo Omsk and Tumen, with four provided by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, enabling essential aid last summer and into the early year.
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R. B. Teusler
Red Cross
Sibera
American Red Cross
Washington
Vladivostok
China
Japan
Harbin
Siberian
Special Mission Boards
Siberia
Buchedo
Omsk
Tumen
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Stockton Axson
The Army's Burden Venereal Disease Among Draftees
Figures from the Surgeon General show five and four tenths percent of the second million draftees had venereal disease, higher than the first million. Vermont had the cleanest draftees at 1.30 percent while Florida bore the heaviest burden at 15.63 percent. The list ranks states by cases per one hundred men, with the South and especially Florida and Georgia high, and Vermont low.
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United States Army
United States Public Health Service
Wassermann
Vermont
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
North
Middle West
West
South Dakota
Porto Rico
Wisconsin
Alaska
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Maine
Colorado
Connecticut
Rhode Island
California
Washington
Iowa
New York
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
Montana
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Arizona
Illinois
West Vi
Missouri
Maryland
New Mexico
North Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
A few facts about the Boy Scouts of America
In 1910 the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated with a federal charter granted in 1916. Present membership spans 378,069 scouts and 14,939 scoutmasters with thousands of local officials. Notably only 260 leaders are paid. the rest are volunteers. During wartime the organization sold Liberty Bonds over 2,000,000 units totaling over 3 million dollars and War Savings Stamps about 2,225,000 units worth roughly 50 million dollars.
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Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Washington
Framing the Race Question and Lynching in a War Era
A Public editorial condemns race riots in Washington and Chicago, warns lynching as a grave evil, and calls for law, individual accountability, and public action to curb violence. It argues race must be distinguished from crime, urges protection of all rights, and warns of national dishonor if it continues.
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Washington
Chicago
Cure for Dysentery Advocated by Des Moines Man
William Whitelaw of Des Moines Iowa relays a Ashland Kansas gentleman story praising Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. A dying daughter with violent dysentery was saved after the remedy was used by the family. the father also reports his own success with it. For sale by all dealers. Subscribe for the Chronicle.
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Ashland
Knsas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Be a Busy Bee by J. W. A devotional poem
A compact verse extols the busy bee as a model for church life. It links diligent work with spiritual reward, urges every member to contribute, and reflects on divine support through hardship. The poet links earthly effort to heavenly grace and promises God’s presence.
River of Salvation Verses on Christian Growth Through Ages
The piece treats Ezekiels vision as metaphor for Christian expansion. It tracks Christian population: two million by end of second century, sixty million a thousand years later, then 100 million in the fifteenth, 200 million by eighteenth century, and about 600 million at the start of the twentieth century. It closes with a wish for universal spread of the faith.
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Ezekiel
Temple
Allen's Foot-Hase Antiseptic Powder Ad for Soldiers
If your feet ache and burn and you tire easily try Allen's Foot-Hase powder. Shake it in your shoes and walk all day in comfort. It relieves corns bunions blisters and callouses and is used by American British and French soldiers.
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Allen
Quarrels Between Chums Over Forgiveness and Growth
A girl argues she will never forgive Estelle, while a mother counsels against never giving up on friendship. A nurse recalls a friend who feared losing contact during her illness and later expressed sorrow at not saying sorry sooner.
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Estelle
Bilious Attack Relief Promised By Chamberlains Tablets
An old advertisement describes a bilious attack with liver dysfunction and stomach upset. It claims Chamberlains Tablets tone the liver and cleanse the stomach, alleviating nausea vomiting and headache at a quarter per dose.
Rock Island Train Schedules and Freight Policy Statement
Eastbound and westbound trains listed by numbers with passenger services and local freight. Freight shipments on locals must be at the station by 5:00 p.m. the evening before. all locals carry passengers.
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Rock Island
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Swift
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A. J. Visser
Main St
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
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T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Zyl Bros
Qrain
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Citizens’ Nat'l Bank
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Fowler
Osteopathy
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Dick C. van Zante
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