Local Church Notes Highlight Memorial, Meetings, and Services
The column covers De Pue churchgoers Dongas and Muir, a fund for Howard Cole in France, and upcoming events. Rev T K Gale will preach on June 20, with a business meeting and next conference-year plans. New Lenox Camp meeting set for Aug 22 29, Sunday School June 6 at 10. Junior League at 2, Fo rward League at 7, with preaching at 7 45. Also Congregational notes on Woman's Missionary Society meeting and next week's sermon.
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Geo. Candice
Howard Cole
France
Howard
Boy Scouts
T. K. Gale
Ancient timepieces exhibited in Philadelphia museum loan
The Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia hosts a loan exhibition of early timekeeping devices collected by Meyer Fleisher. The display includes a 15th century watch, possibly by Peter Henlein, noted for its brass dial and day night indicator. Henlein faced witchcraft charges and died in 1540 in Nuremberg.
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Pennsylvania Museum
Philadelphia
Meyer Fleisher
Mr. Fleisher
Peter Henlein
Nuremburg
Henlein
Fight It Through In Your Work And In Your Play
A Boys Life poem urges persistence and grit, encouraging youths to persevere through hardship. It calls on readers to square their shoulders, grit their teeth, and refuse to quit when odds are high. It frames perseverance as a duty and a personal battle worth fighting with right intention and effort.
Baptist Women Aid Far East Siblings Through New World Movement
New World Movement of Northern Baptists pledges 180000 for eight colleges and schools in India China and Japan. Ginling College in Nanking receives 50000 and Union Christian College in Madras receives a smaller grant as part of broader drive to boost women’s education abroad. A 100000000 campaign runs April 25 to May 2 to expand opportunities for women in the Far East. The alien property custodian releases a 500 page list of enemy concerns in the United States and notes overtax recovery of 600000 in unpaid income taxes and 30000000 in wartime supplies from German concerns. The secretary hints immediate reimbursement may come from those funds.
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New World Movement of Northern Baptists
India
China
Japan
Far East
Ginling College
Nanking
Union Christian College For Women
Madras
New World Movement
United States
Treasury
Nation’s
Germany
State Department
Miss Whittier
Baptists
Congregationalists
America
Maine
New World Movement of
Northern Baptists
Jay
Effect of Extreme Cold on Eskers and Fingers
A member of an Antarctic expedition describes the severe cold dulling finger touch making items feel invisible to the hand. Skin irritation prevents shaving and long beard moisture freezes. The man says to keep facial hair clipped. MODEST remarks follow with a shy exchange about kissing.
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Kitling
Apple Long Preserved From Franklin Woman
Miss Marian B. Emery of Franklin New Hampshire owns a seventy year old apple preserved with cloves and given a decade ago by Miss Elizabeth Marstin who kept it sixty years. The fruit remains dark in color but looks like a much younger apple.
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Marian B. Emery
Franklin, N. H
Elizabeth Marstin
Weekly financial letter explained for Pa and Judge
Willie Willis reads a weekly financial letter and asks what it is. Papa Willis clarifies it is a report he receives every Monday from a college brother.
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Willie Willis
Papa Willis
Elm tree linked to Jonathan Edwards home cut down
A historic elm in Northampton Massachusetts, once associated with Jonathan Edwards, was felled after standing by his house and seat among its branches. A bronze tablet remains to mark Edwards residence in the yellow brick house and the tree’s age is shown by a large stump.
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Northampton
Mass
Jonathan Edwards
Connecticut
Edwards
Belgians See Employment Recovery Across Industries
A labor inspection report shows December 1919 employment at 70 percent of the 1918 total of 412,462 across Belgian industries. Food 89 percent, construction 86 percent, glass 81 percent, paper 78 percent. Chemical 74 percent, ceramics 71 percent, furniture 66 percent, textiles 61 percent, tanneries 58 percent. Transportation added 7 percent more workers than 1918 despite lower state railway traffic.
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Labor Inspection Service
Farmer Rejects Railroad Through His Farm
A farmer resists a proposed railroad saying he values his current state and does not want progress near his property. He cites difficulty hiring workers and interruptions from trains as reasons to oppose the project.
Antics of a Golf Ball at Pinehurst Cabin
Maj A Elliott Ranney of Greenwich Country club struck a wild drive toward a cabin beside Pinehurst course. The ball ricocheted through the room scaring occupants, knocking dishes, then exited. The next day the family moved out after Ranney reached the green.
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Pinehurst
N. Y
Maj. A. Elliott Ranney
Greenwich Country Club
Ranney
No Mercy for Bachelors in Montreal Tax Scheme
A Montreal bachelor faces a new push to enforce a $10 tax with $117 408 already collected. City hall records about 50 complaints accusing unnamed men of being unmarried prompt demands that he pay. Women are credited with supporting the law’s enforcement. Toronto Giche.
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Montreal
Toronto
Gift ideas in a playful exchange about a present
A humorous back and forth suggests a practical gift like a stickpin or a cigarette case. The Cynic jokes about using it when a fiancée reacts negatively and returns the gift. The exchange blends wit with a cheeky nod to relationship tensions.
The Most Dangerous Disease and Kidney Health
An advertisement warns that kidney trouble signals danger to health and offers GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsules as a remedy. It claims the product cleanses impurities and promises refund if relief isn’t felt, urging readers to buy the original imported Haarlem brand in sealed packages.
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Holland
Bank Of North America Builds National Identity
A special act of congress is required to permit a national bank to operate without indicating its national status. The Bank of North America in Philadelphia stands as a unique case. Pennies consist of 95 percent copper and 5 percent nickel and vine, costing about 22 cents per pound to produce, yielding profit per pound after manufacturing.
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United States
Bank of North America
Philadelphia
Congress
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