Bishops Split Over Five Year $80 Million Mission Plans
Atlantic City bishops refuse to endorse $40 million each for foreign and home missions while sanctioning the project. Details show allocations for church structuring, Europe reconstruction, pension funds, field expansion in Asia Africa and South America, plus rural and Negro outreach in the U.S. campaign to start after the new year.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boards of Foreign and of Home Missions
Europe
Foreign Board
China
India
Africa
South America
Home Mission Board
D. D. Forsythe
Philadelphia
South
Bishop Berry
German wounds mock American intervention in Paris
Paris dispatch quotes a German officer doubting U S forces and a general predicting two million men. Another wounded officer notes bombardment yields small focal gains, while the correspondent cites 8,000 prisoners taken. The piece ends with a child’s puzzled question about a hot slipper worn by his mother.
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Paris
Temps
Local recruits join national army coast artillery corps
Shrapnel BS Nathan Rogers and Angelo Buono of Macomb Illinois enlisted at the local recruiting office Thursday and were sent to Jefferson Barracks. Corporal Smith of the Peoria station canvassed Macomb this week sending recruits to Quincy and Peoria. Sergeant Langsford received orders that technically qualified men with certain physical defects could now be accepted into the quartermaster's corps of the national army.
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Nathan Rogers
Angelo Buonouisto
Macomb, Ill
Coast Artillery Corps
National Army
Jefferson Barracks
Corporal Smith
Peoria
Macomb
Quincy
Langsford
Adj
Bates
United States Army
Manual of Arms
Quartermaster's Corps
River Ripples Steamer Keokuk Schedule and Local Moves
The steamer Keokuk will arrive at 10 30 this morning and depart for Burlington at 3 this afternoon. A V Fetters is building a new marine ways north of Squaw Chute on Bay Island. Ben Carrier, formerly at the Jersey street fish market, moved his fish and houseboat into Quincy bay for winter quarters Thursday.
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Keokuk
Burlington
A. V. Fetters
Squaw Chute
Bay Island
Ben Carrier
Jersey Street
Quincy Bay
Haig Reports Allied Raids Repel German Counter Attack
Field Marshal Haig's official report from Flanders notes a strong German counter attack south of Houlthost forest repulsed. Gloucester Worcester and Berkshire troops conducted raids between Rouex and Gavrelle, killing many Germans and destroying dugouts. A machine gun was captured.
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Haig
London
Flanders
Houlthost Forest
Gloucester
Worcester
Berkshire
Rouex
Gavrelle
Gompers Urges Labor Standards in Govt Contracts
Samuel Gompers and the AFL executive committee urged the War Industries Board to include in all government contracts the hours of labor and wages for all classes of workers. Further conferences are planned as the proposal may be presented to President Wilson for consideration.
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Gompers
Washington
War Industries Board
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
De Valera Still Missing in Ireland Amid Anxious Inquiry
London dispatch reports no news on Prof Edward De Valera MP East Clare whose alleged calls to rebellion were cited in Parliament. Sinn Fein correspondent notes growing concern over his movements as inquiries continue.
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de Valera
London
Daily Mail
Sinn Fein
West Ireland
Edward de Valera
East Clare
House of Commons
Ireland
May Succeed Gen Bliss as Assistant Chief of Staff
Washington Oct 26 Major General John Biddle of the national army is said in army circles to likely become assistant chief of staff to succeed General Bliss who became chief after Major General Scott retired weeks ago.
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Gen. Bliss
Washington
John Biddle
National Army
Scott
Government Needs Shipyard Workers to Meet War Output
Washington October 26 organ ized effort by the shipping board aims to add labor to U S shipyards to run three shifts daily. About 200000 workers now in government yards, with 300000 more needed to reach five to six million additional tons by year end 1918. The board will offer incentives to attract workers and already operates training schools.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Yankee reporters have close call at Gorizia front
A party of American journalists on the Isonzo front at Gorizia took shelter on a castle rampart during a violent cannonade when a shell buried them under earth and mud. Only one, Charles T. Thompson of the Associated Press, was lightly wounded in the right cheek and treated at a nearby post.
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London
Gorizia
Isonzo
Reuter
Charles T. Thompson
Associated Press
Surgeons Form United Organization in Chicago Meeting
The Clinical Congress of Surgeons has joined with the American College of Surgeons to form the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Officers include President Dr John G Clark Philadelphia and Vice President Dr James B Eagleson Seattle with Secretary Franklin H Martin Chicago and Treasurer Dr Allen B Kanavel Chicago.
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Chicago
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Clinical Congress
John G. Clark
Philadelphia
James B. Eagleson
Seattle
Franklin H. Martin
Allen B. Kanavel
World Sunday School Convention Sets Global Panel
In New York on October 26 a special committee will study the moral and religious construction of the world from a Sunday school viewpoint. The committee, comprising representatives from all Christian countries, was recommended by the World Sunday School association's executive committee. The association counts 35,000,000 members.
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New York
World Sunday School Association
Ten Lives Saved by Great Lakes Navy Rescue
Ten sailors aboard a tug and floating derrick were saved when officers and Navy personnel from the Great Lakes training station swam out with ropes and kept the vessels from breaking apart as they reached shore after being driven aground near the training station.
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Chicago
Jackies
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Naval Training Station
Worst Provider Named in Chicago Domestic Claim
In Chicago on October 2 Alexander Goltz a teacher of manual training in public schools is accused by his wife of failing to give her any money since May 1 and of involvement with another woman. She seeks arrest or action claiming the affair and financial neglect.
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Chicago
Alexander Goltz
Goltz
Oldest resident Robert Webb buried at 94 in Athens
Athens notes the burial of Robert Webb, aged 94, believed to have brought the first threshing machine to Illinois. He died Monday afternoon, was laid to rest Thursday. In unrelated note, the U.S. Bureau of Standards warns cloth measuring tapes lack accuracy better than one part in 500 or 1000.
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Athens
Robert Webb
Illinois
United States Bureau of Standards
Nostril Relief Ad Prompting Quick Airway Open
An advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Basin for nasal relief from cold or catarrh. It claims instant clearance of nasal passages and easier breathing after applying a small amount inside the nostrils, soothing swollen membranes and ending discomfort.
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Ely
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