Central College notes from Young People's Conference
The Young People's Conference at Central College featured Rev. Abraham Duryee and Dr. Willard Dayton Brown discussing moral leadership and humility. Miss Jean Noordhot described Ferris Seminary Yokohama's needs, including new buildings funded by alumnae and Japanese business leaders, while campus events covered missions, faculty activities, and a musical program.
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Pella
Abraham Duryee
Board of Publication and Bible School Work
Willard Dayton Brown
Board of Education of
The
Reformed Church
Jean Noordhot
Perris Seminary
Yokahama
Japan
Ferris Seminary
Yokohama
Jennie Kuyper
Miss Kuyper
Arrow Route Named in Marion County Contest
Miss Nan nie Hyatt of Blaine school north of Knoxville won Marion county contest for the Iowa Short Line road naming program with the proposed Arrow Route. She received 10 dollars after 866 entries from Marion county were narrowed to a county winner and then to the route title Iowa Short Line. The final cross county name remains undecided.
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Nannie Hyatt
Marion County
Miss Hyatt
Census Stats for Reformed Church in America 1926
Washington reports 717 churches with 153,739 members in 1926, up from 715 churches and 144,929 members in 1916. Total expenditures across 714 churches reached 5,524,673 dollars, including 4,319,919 current expenses and improvements and 1,195,817 for benevolences. Church property valued at 38,419,822 dollars across 689 churches in 1926, compared with 18,928,383 dollars across 690 churches in 1916. Of 717 reporting churches, 304 were urban. details reflect shifts in geography and capital.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
United States
Terri
Rural and Urban Church Statistics Report 1928
The report details membership and finances by urban and rural churches, noting 96,051 urban and 67,688 rural members, urban expenditures of $3,867,138 across 303 churches, and rural expenditures of $1,657,535 across 411 churches. Urban property valued at $30,657,832 and rural property at $7,861,990 were reported by respective church groups along with Sunday school figures.
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Tory
Armistice Day Free Barbecue In Knoxville
The American Legion and Chamber of Commerce join to stage an Armistice day celebration in Knoxville with a free barbecue at noon. A parade of town and county floats will follow, as Legion drum and bugle corps visited county towns this past week.
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American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce
Knoxville
Legion
Chronicle Subscription Drive Prize Details Continue
The piece lists prizes for a Chronicle subscription drive including full-crown fenders, steel disc wheels and balloon tires as parts of the campaign. The third prize is a Radiola Model 20 radio valued at 175 dollars, purchased from Ideal Pharmacy. The fourth prize is described as wonderful.
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Ideal Pharmacy
Murdock radio displays at Van Den Berg’s Electric Co
The Chronicle announces a fair opportunity campaign inviting contestants to join and enter for a 75 dollar Murdock radio with seven tubes. Radios will be shown at two stores, with strict fairness pledged and full instructions supplied by the campaign manager.
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Murdock Radio
America
van den Berg’ Electric Co
the Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Opportunity Campaign
Seed buyers coming to De Jong's Seed Store on Saturday
A buyer will be at De Jong's Seed store Saturday October 29 to purchase Clover Seed and Soy Beans. Bring samples for evaluation. highest prices paid.
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de Jong
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Doctor Wesselink
Michigan
Central
Liggett
Mr. van Olden
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Woodford
Professor Strachan
Mrs. Gett
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Schaalmaam
U. S
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Lion
High Ave
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D St. Oskaloosa, Iowa
Diamond Business
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Jeweler
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