Missionary Journey Through Lengna and Engkok Travels
Leona recounts a rigorous eleven day trek with Katharine, ministering along Engkok Lengna and Gan-chioh stations. She details mountain travel, hospital plans, new residences, and the Leng-na mission compound, including land, hospital plots, and upcoming school facilities. She notes bandit concerns, guest relations, and plans for Thanksgiving duties back home.
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Katharine
Peter
de Hverance
Ason
Eng Hok
Lengna
Leng-na
Poppens
Hollemans
Ery
Mr. de Pree
Amoy
Mr. Boot
Mission
B .W
Romi
Gan-choi
Gan-chioh
Enghok
Chiangpeng
Sio-Khe
Amy
Ho-san
Hoklu
Leng-soa
Leona
Local ladies meet and visiting businessmen noted
The Ladies Aid Society gathered at Mrs. M. M. De Roos home Thursday afternoon while The Willing Workers met at Mrs. John Veenstra Friday. Ben De Roos bought the T. De Wolf house for 1575 dollars. Oskaloosa visitor Jesse Wilson called Saturday and Pella guests Jane Gosselink and Dena Van Roeke spent time with Leighton residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies Aid Society
John Veenstra
Richard Synhorst
Con. de Pronger
Des Moines
Ben de Roos
T. de Wolf
Jesse Wilson
Oskaloosa
Jane Gosselink
Pella
Janet Onstine
Dena van Roeke
Leighton
Letta van Maanen
Bathing Elephants at London Zoo Takes a Week
A London Zoo elephant bath procedure costs about one hundred dollars per animal and takes nearly a week. Three keepers scrub with soap, water, and sandpaper after a thorough lather, focusing on the ears, then rinse with a hose, dry, and rub with olive oil to keep skin supple and gleaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Zoo
World Survey Conference at Atlantic City debate large budget
At Atlantic City the World Survey Conference of the Interchurch Movement gathered 1732 delegates from 42 faiths and approved a one year budget of 326 million plus a five year plan. The meeting endorsed an Easter evangelistic push and a United Simultaneous Financial Ingathering from April 21 to May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Survey
Interchurch Movement
Atlantic City
Earth
Palestine
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Dist Episcopal Church South
Home Missions Division
American Education Division
American Religious Education Division
Hospitals and Homes
Advent Christian Church
Seventh Day Adventist
Northern Baptist
National Baptist
Seventh Day Baptist
Church of the Brethren
Christian Church
Congregational
Disciples
Evangelical Association
Evangelical Synod of
N. A
Society of Friends
Lutheran Bodies
General Conference of Mennonites and Mennonite Brethren Church of
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
Methodist Protestant
Free Methodist
A. M. E. Zion
Moravian
Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
Presbyterian
U. 8
United Presbyterian
Reformed In
America
Reformed
United Brethren
United Evangelical
Board of Review
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
General Baptist
Indiana
Self-Starting Children and Cars Compare
A writer contrasts self-starting cars with people and children who begin tasks on their own. The piece likens early manual car cranks to modern self-starting models and extends the analogy to self-starting children who wake, dress, eat, and ready themselves for school and meals without prompting.
Reproving Children in Public Sparks Debate
A discussion argues that parents should never rebuke a child in front of others, urging gentler correction. A personal anecdote recalls a mother with a strict rule, showing how public restraint can backfire and affect a child’s behavior and feelings.
A Surgeon Who Keeps Fighting For a Smile
A New York Evening Sun reporter recalls meeting America's leading surgeon serving as a major in a nearby military hospital. The doctor shares a story of a wounded French scout with a crooked smile, whose pain lasting years moved the surgeon to pledge to stay in service until every boy is healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
America
France
United States
The Happy Home Tone and Temper Create Happy Lives
A reflective piece by John Hall describes peering into quiet parlors clean rooms and bright furniture. It argues that wealth learning clothes servants or toil do not determine happiness but tone and temper do. Good sense kindness and God’s grace shape life more than status or surroundings.
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John Hall
Newspaper Bargains Offer Des Moines and Pella Subscriptions
A clipping lists clubbing bargains with Des Moines Register and Pella Chronicle options. Des Moines Capital and Kansas City Star appear with combined prices. Des Moines News Iowa Homestead Successful Farming and AML deals for Pella Chronicle are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Pella Chronicle
Des Moines
Des Moines News Pella Chronicle
Iowa
Homestead
Kansas City
Pella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leona Vander Linden
the World Survey Conference
General Board of Promotion of the
Northern Baptist Convention
Presbyterians
Congregationalists
Disciples of Christ
Lutheran
Episcopalian
Friends
Christian
U. S
Evangelical Associate
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Baptist National
Evangelical Synod
Salvation Army
Christian Scientists
Baptist
South
Baptist General
Missionary
Episcopalian Reformed
Evangelical Lutheran
Methodist Free
Baptist, Free
Church of God
Methodist
United American
Presbyterian Association
Presbyterian Cumberland
Charley
Marhma
Tora
Ideal Pharmacy
W. C.verploeg
Ames Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
Black
DE Reus & van Zante
Chamber of Commerce
C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Ste
J. J. Sybenga
J. A. Pos
Main St
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
P. A. Edmund Dentis
Wagner's Clothing Store
W. F. Crew
North Side Square
T. G. Fultz
Main Street
Vander Zyl Bros
Ws Carpenter
Georgia Chalfont
Osteopathy
C. B. Robitieos
Wagner's Clothing
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