Country church talks urge consolidation to aid rural life
Columbus December conference on Church and Country Life heard leaders from Gifford Pinchot to Rev Alva W Taylor urge reducing rural church numbers, focusing on community ministry. They warned small parishes lack leadership, energy is split, and duplication weakens all.
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Columbus
The
Commission On Church and Country Life
Gifford Pinchot
Wilson
Federal Council of Churches
Church of Tomorrow
Alva W. Taylor
Columbia
Pinchot
R. A. L Hutchison
Pittsburgh
Home’ Mission Board
United _Presbyterian church
Hubert C. Herring
Boston
National ‘Council of Congregational Churches
W. *. Richsardson
Kansas City
Edavin L. Earp
Madison
N. J
S. K Mossman
Bluffton
Ward Platt
Philadelphia
Albert E. Roberts
New York
WO. Thompson
Ohio’ State University
Country Church
Jessie Field
Yow
German Consul Predicts Exodus of German Americans
San Francisco December 9 Prangz Bopp counselor of Germany in San Francisco was arraigned today claiming unfit treatment of his countrymen. He predicted a wholesale exodus of German Americans after the war and said many are already returning to Germany. He denounced federal interest in alleged bomb plots as a storm invasion threat.
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San Francisco
Prangz. Bopp
Germany
United States
Bopp
Women Try It Save Dollars At Home Dry Cleaning
An advertisement urges women to dry clean at home using two ounces of solvite dissolved in two gallons of gasoline. Instructions claim quick, bright results with no fading shrinking or pressing, and note to clean outdoors away from fire. Sold by grocers garages and drug stores.
Economy and pens replace quills in commons debate
London editors note the house of commons bans quill pens for economy, replacing them with steel pens while critics claim savings from pensions and sinecures are unlikely. Reports from tobacco shops show war tax luxury persists, libraries close, and public baths in Camberwell face cutbacks amid indignation over maintained free libraries. In Nebraska Kansas debate on armament to be held tomorrow night with two teams per school.
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London
House of Commons
Commons
Camberwell
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
University of Kansas
Canary breeders in Matz mountains ruined by war
Berlin nec ninth reports that the canary breeding business in the Matz mountains has been nearly destroyed by war. Tens of thousands of canaries were exported annually to America France England and Russia but the war has halted exports and the domestic trade is almost at a standstill. Most breeders have abandoned the business.
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Nec
Matz
America
France
England
Russian
Commission to Study Polish Jewish Conditions
The state department informed Judge Sanders of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society that a commission has left Berlin to study the condition of Jews in Poland and to systematize relief work now under way there.
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New York
State Department
Sanders
The
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America
Berlin
Poland
Rural Churches Urged to Band Together for Contentment
Ohio commissioners heard Rev. Harry F Ward of Boston urge rural churches to unite to preach contentment with country life and keep owners on farms rather than tenants. Fred B. Smith of New York condemned denominational division, urging a united Christian voice to shape world peace and curb rural labor issues amid absentee landlords.
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Ohio
Harry, F. Ward
Boston
Commission On Church and
Fred B. Smith
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Commission
Wilson
Mr. Ward
Home Missions’ Board
Methodist Episcopal Church
Massachusetts
England
Smith
Jesus Christ
Sith
L. Morris
Atlanta
Country Church
Post 6 Million Cash Settlement Of Post Estate
Mrs C W Post widow of the Battle Creek cereal founder announced she will take 6 000 000 dollars in cash for her rights in the estate and will keep valuable real estate. Daughter Marjorie Post Close receives the plants including the Battle Creek cereal works and the Post City Texas cotton mill. her share is about 20 000 000. No litigation will follow, the settlement being amicable.
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Mich
C. W. Post
Marjorie Post Close
C.W. Post
Post
Post City
Texas
Women Demand Floor Time for Suffrage Delegates
Washington, D C Dec 9 The Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage formally asked Congress to grant outsiders the right to speak from the floor citing 28 precedents including Parnell and earlier outsiders at trials and memorials They represent four million women voters but critics warn it could open floor to many groups and undermine member representation.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Congress
San Francisco
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Parnell
Jackson
Wayne
Lincoln
Garfield
Japan
China
Louis Kossuth
Poland
United States
Pact led to double tragedy in Crisfield
Crisfield Maryland December 9 a note by Clifford Rees a married man who shot Miss Hilda Sterling and killed himself disclosed a death by own action pact the girl corroborated the story saying they met Monday evening went to a secluded spot in the woods planned to die together they tried poison then Rees returned for a pistol after missing fire they discussed their troubles but stayed with the plan the shooting occurred about nine yesterday morning Miss Sterling was found unconscious beside Rees who had died she dragged herself to a place where she was found late in the afternoon with little hope for recovery
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Crisfield
Clifford Rees
Hilda Sterling
Miss Sterling
Rees
Tvoods
Sterling
Engravers Fear Copper Plate Expropriation in Germany
Berlin December 9 German illustrators and engravers fear expropriation of their original copper plates along with other copper supplies of the empire. The Association of German Illustrators has moved to obtain a definite ruling on the issue. Authorities reportedly view an engraved plate as art only while prints are being made for sale.
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Berlin
Empire
Association of
Miss Wilson To Preside At Civic Association Session
Washington December 9 Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of the president will preside at a session of the annual convention of the American Civic association meeting here December 28. The session will be devoted largely to the use of school houses as civic centers.
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Miss Wilson
Washington
Margaret Wilson
The
American Civic Association
Ely's Dream Balm for Head Cold Relief
A vintage promotional notice touts Ely's Dream Balm as a quick relief for clogged nostrils and head colds. It promises instant relief as the antiseptic cream penetrates nasal passages, soothing inflamed mucous membranes and clearing breathing.
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Ely
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