Navy to Reach 1,291 Ships by July 1920
The American navy is projected to number 1,291 vessels by July 1 1920, including 40 battleships and 829 destroyers, per Rear Admiral Griffin. At war start 364 ships existed and by Nov 1, 777 were in service. 95 destroyers were already over half complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec. S
Grifin
House Naval Committee
Taylor
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Department
Griffin
Tennessee
California
Probate Court Inventory and Estate Details
In probate court the John T. Tofall estate lists real estate valued at 1500 dollars, chattels at 320 dollars, and cash 709.27 dollars. George J. Garretts estate shows 1300 dollars to the widow and 200 dollars to the son. chattels valued at 215.50 dollars. Gerhardt G. Arends named administrator for the Henry Arends estate with a 6000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Tofall
George J. Garretts
Gerhardt G. Arends
Henry Arends
Methodist and Baptist Church Services Schedule Listings
A compact schedule lists Grace Methodist Lind and Fifth with Rev Losah and Rev Walters speaking at Melrose Chapel. Vermont Street and Bethel with Rev McCarty and Rev Hush. Kentucky Street with Rev Wahl. Central Baptist with Rev Van Meigs. Immanuel Chapel and Eighth Elm areas with various services. Morning, afternoon, and evening programs include Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and services with specific times and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Grace Methodist
Lind and
Fifth Streets
G. L. Losah
Pesator
Epworth League
Maal
Paul
J. M Waltera
The
Orient
Walters
Melrose Chapel
Vermont Street
Vermont
Eighth Streets
FL. A. McCarty
South Side
Bethel—Jefferson
Twelfth
Carl Hush
Kentucky Street Methodist
Kentucky
Eighth
Wahl
Christian churches schedule Sunday services
First Christian Church at Ninth and Broadway with Pastor Endres holds morning Sunday School at 9 15 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m Evening service is at 7 30 p m YP SC E meets at 6 39 p m Morning sermon titled Jesus on Treatment of Others Evening sermon titled Jesus vs a League of Nations to Enforce Peace Eat End Christian Church with Rev Mauck as pastor offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching at 11 00 a m Junior Christian Endeavor during service Senior Endeavor at 7 00 p m and evening preaching at 8 00 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Ninth and Broadway
W. D. Endres
Jesus
League of Nations
Eat
End Christian Church
Rev. C. Mauck
Senior Christian Endeavor
Episcopal services and parish details in city churches
The notice lists services for Cathedral of St. John on Seventh and Hampshire with morning prayers at 7:30 and 11, a Sunday school at 10, and Dean W. O. Cons presiding. Good Shepherd at Twelffth Street between Maine and Hampshire lists lauds and prayers with lessons, Holy Communion at 7:39, church school at 10, and litany and Eucharist at 10:45, with St Alban Chapel at Spruce and Twenty-second Streets under W. M. Gamble offering church school and evening prayers at five o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
St. John
Seventh
Hampshire Streets
Dean W. O. Cons
Good Shepherd
Maine
Hampshire
W. M. Gamble
St. Alban Chapel
Fixu O
Congregational and First Union Churches Service Notes
Congregational Church at Twelfth and State holds Sunday school at 9 15 morning services at 10 30 and evening worship at 8 00. First Union at Corner Twelfth and Maine with Rev George A Buttrick. church school and adult Bible class at 9 45, morning worship at 11, vesper at 4 39. Morning topic Three Would-Be Disciples. vesper topic The War and Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiist
Twelfth
State Streets
Y. P
Co. E
First Union
Maine Streets
George A Buttrick
Vesper Subjec
Scientist church services and facilities notice
First Church of Christ, Scientiat at Eighteenth and Vermont streets schedules Sunday services at 11 o clock Sunday school at 9 45 a m Wednesday evening meeting at 8 o clock Free reading rooms on the first floor of the Wells building open weekdays from 10 a m to 5 p m Saturdays until 9 p m Morning subject God the Only Cause and Creator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientiat
Eighteenth
Vermont Streets
Wells
God
Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Broadway and Eighth church announces Rev R H Trartley D D pastor with Sunday school at 9 15 morning service at 10 30 and 7 39 evening services Charles Fritzhemry of Peoria preaches in the morning with Rev G A Buttrica delivering the evening sermon at 7 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Broadway
R. H. Trartley
D. D
Charles Fritzhemry
Peoria
G. A Buttrica
Lutheran and Evangelical Church Services Listing
A listing of Sunday school times and divine services for multiple Lutheran and Evangelical churches. Includes St Jacobs St Paul St John St Peter Salem Morruing subjects and service hours across numbers of locations with pastors named. English and German worship times noted.
Unity and Unitarian Services Note Clergy Change
United Brethren church at Sixth and Cedar lists Bible school at 9 15 preach ing at 10 26 Junior and Intermediate C E at 2 30 Christian Endeavor 745 or 7 30 Unitarian service notes 945 Sunday School and 11 o clock morning sermon by W H McKinney recently released from artillery service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren
Sixth
Cedar Streets
Meg. H. W. Trueblood
Bible School
C. E
Christian Endeavor
Unitarian
Mer
W. H. McKinney
Local December News Highlights From Emerson and Palmyra
Severs of the boys in camp expect to be home soon. Several from overseas say they will eat Christmas dinner with home folks. Harry Jarman of Emerson spent Thanksgiving nearby, as does Mrs. N. A. Gooch visiting Hannibal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severs
Harry Jarman
Emerson
N. A. Gooch
Hannibal
Dennis Tolan
W. Y. Sama
Phillias
Ella
Tilden Razey
Wallers
Evelyn McPike
E. M. Kerrick and
Kerrick
Orlando Cort
C. W. Hamlin
Anna Samuels
Catherine Waller
Lillian Hutcherson
Jim Huggard
Quincy
J. L. Gibbons
Plot Traced 10 Educators In German Propaganda
Senate hearings reveal a list of educators and scholars linked to German propaganda during World War I. The records show Blaise Bielaski detailing Bernstorff’s efforts to recruit journalists like William Bayard Hale and other academics for pro German aims while Hearst papers provided support. The witness identifies a long roster of professors and scholars connected to the effort and notes attempts to influence American opinion and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernstorff
Birelaski
Senate Committee
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
William Bayard Hale
Hearst
Bielaski
Hale
Bernard Dernburg
Bertin
Foreign Office
Euch
Romania
Flate
Germany
Buchanan
Illinois
von Rintelen
Buenos Aires
Stockholm
W. B. Hale
Hammat
Wiegand
Karl A. Fuehr
America
von Bernstorff
William R. Shepherd
Columbia University
Hugo Muensterburg
Harvard University
William M. Sloane
Edmund von Mach
Cambridge
Mass
Ruth von Briesen
New York
Chicago
E. C. Richardson
Princeton University
Kuno Francke
George Bb. McClelland
A. B. Faust
Cornell University
Morris Jastrow
Universty of
Pennsylvania
W. S. McNeil
Richmond
Starr Jurdam
Berkeley
Cal
Peter S. Grosscup
United States
Highland Park
Richard Bartholdt
St. Louis
Albert Bushnell Hart
C. J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
Charles Nagel
Oswald Garnson Willard
New York Evening Post
Whiliam Randolph Nearst
New York American
Herward Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Frederick A. Schrader
Frank Harris
Washington Square
Rob I. Ford
Freeman's Journal
Father Thirney
American Catholic Weekly
Max A. Hein
George S. Viereck
Bsides
Ifr
Albert
Bryan
Lisitenia
Fuehr
Tale
Louis D. Edwards
Dr. Hale
Senator Overman
Weunnenberg
Atlanta
Department of Justice
Labor Peace Council
Wilson
Dernburg
Broadway
George Sylvester Viereck
The
Fatherland
Publicity Bureau
New York Sun
Press
Sun
Samuel Untermyer
Viereck
New York Times
London Times
Albert and
James K. McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
K. F. Fuehr
Orient
Bielag
Rumely
Louis N. Hammerling
Hammerling
Gaston B. Means
Burns Detective Agency
Great Britain
Senator Nelson
South
England
Wilhelmstrasse
Religious Workers to Get Half-Fare Railroad Tickets
New York December 7 announcement by A H Smith regional railroad director grants half fare rail tickets to men and women devoted to religious work destitute individuals and inmates of national and state homes for sailors and soldiers. Sleeping car rates remain full price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. H. Smith
Spain Shows Enthusiasm for League of Nations
Madrid reports the outgoing cabinet ministers unanimously affirm Spain’s adhesion to the idea of a league of nations as a subject receiving much attention at a recent meeting. The Associated Press dispatch notes Spain’s interest amid international discussion on collective security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Spain
League O Nations
Associated Press
Madrid
League of Nations
Ling George Returns as Mediator in London Rail Row
Premier Ling George resumes role as conciliator returning from a speaking tour to take charge of the railroad situation in London. He assumes active mediation to ease the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyn Geongh Mediator
London
Ling George
Before The Advent Of Woman's Gladness
A brief literary note by Weesen examines how gendered joy unfolds prior to a period of contentment, contrasting expectation with lived experience and hinting at social pressures shaping women’s happiness.
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Admiral Griffin
David Martin
Front Street
Nashville
Teno
Victrola Records
Weilers
Ola Ben
Franklin County
W. Riverside Coal Co
L. Frese
Whigs
Weleck
Baptist
Central Baptist
Vermount Streets
Robert van Meigs
Cedar
Elm
Elm Streets
M. Duke
St. Jacobs Lutheran Church
Washington and Eighth
G. D. Hamm
Luther Memorial
Jersey
I. W. Bingaman
St. John Lutheran
Kentucky Streets
W. C. A. Martens
St. Peter Evangelical
York and
Ninth
A. F. Warshow
Salem Evangelical
H. J. Leemhuis
CAT Tales
Hong
Bues
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Scott
Says Means
Means
State Department
Boy-Ed
Tandon
Baltic Sea
Admiralty
Ouincy
Ruth Roland
Billy Parsons
Broncho Billy
Wm. Duncan
Joe Ryan
Edith Johnson
Britain
Highland Pavilion
Genta
Weesen
iPrincess Theater
Lillian Gish
Robert Harron
Wenry Walthall
Rosemary Theby
George Fawcett
George Siegma
Maxfield Stanley
Gloria Hope
Alexa J O Firet
Pugin
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