Demolition planned for Fordham Dutch church in Bronx
The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Fordham on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx will be demolished next month. Built in 1949, the church and adjacent parsonage will fall, preserving carved capitals for the new building. The church traces back to 1706 with ties to Johannes Bronck and King William III, and Revolutions era skirmishes occurred nearby.
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Intramural Festival at Oberlin March eighth
Oberlin plans the Twelfth Annual Intramural Festival in Warner Gymnasium at 7:30 pm Friday March 8. Senior Intramural Managers Earl Hanisch and Kenneth Rudolph praise the program as more representative of intramural activities, with new features and a large school attendance expected. Awards, All-Class Basketball Team, and band music directed by John Hoover and Arthur L Williams will mark the event.
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Kenneth Rudolph
Old Greenwich
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Oberlin Review
John Hoover
Willamstown
Pennsylvania
Arthur L Williams
The Ninety and Nine and the Cross for Jesus
In Edinburgh an evangelistic meeting by Dr Dwight Moody featured Ira Sankey singing a new hymn derived from Elizabeth Clephane poems. The tune, improvised to fit the verses, stirred listeners and led to new conversions. Miss Clephane later became known for Ninety and Nine and Beneath the Cross of Jesus. Sankey's rendition prompted a mission preacher to switch to a sermon on the Cross.
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Dwight
Moody
Ira D. Sankey
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Glasgow
Dr. Moody
Dundee
Elizabeth Clephane
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No Passion Play in Oberammergau for 1940
World religious notes report Oberammergau will skip the traditional Passion Play in 1940 due to age of lead actors and cast changes, with the next performance planned after the war. The CCC clergy plan gains federal approval, adding part time ministers at camps. the Christian Endeavor Youth Movement will not have a NY World's Fair HQ but will hold open houses at Queensboro Hill church near the fair from June 4 to 9 PM Sundays and weekdays.
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Dr Holmes to Speak at Detroit Chemistry Meeting
Oberlin College chemistry head Dr Harry N Holmes has been invited to address about 3000 Detroit high school students at Cass Auditorium Friday April 19. The Detroit section of the American Chemical Society sponsors the event focusing on chemistry in general education with the talk titled Vital mun Discoveries.
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Harry N Holmes
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Detroit
Cass Auditorium
American Chemical Society
Holmes
Lake Okeechobee depth described in brief note
A historical note states Lake Okeechobee in Florida measures about 40 miles long and 28 miles wide with a maximum depth of 22 feet, while most of the lake remains shallower. The lake’s vast area is emphasized despite its relatively shallow depth overall.
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Florida
Eight Splen Did Rules For The Anxious Young Men And Women
The Better Judge Gary offers eight detailed rules for youths starting out toward successful lives. He urges honesty sincerity belief in the Golden Rule strength temperance education study discipline and moral character. A Ruskin quote on power to heal and guide closes the piece.
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Church Forum on Creating a Capacity for Genuine Friendship
A church forum stresses core traits for true friendship and character in children. It urges love for all people, a winning smile, and a spirit of appreciation, arguing education must build character, not just impart facts, with parents guiding by example and right influences. It poses quiz questions about biblical kings and a quote on giving up nothing unless replaced by something better.
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New York
Bowery
Carl
Yoder
Wit and Wisdom Life’s lessons and a medical aside
The piece ponders life as a series of actions from a London physician noting the correct term for tennis elbow is epicondylitis. It frames life as a set of challenges chances opportunities and risks while adding a medical aside about elbow pain.
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Buick division to renew plants with two new buildings
Flint Michigan March 2 Buick division of General Motors will launch construction of two new buildings with docks and shipping facilities as part of a plant renewal program. A new axle plant will be built with gear production space and a large sheet metal addition will expand that department. One factory building is being razed to make way for the axle plant while a 300 foot section of the sheet metal plant is being demolished for the addition. Structural steel bids exceeded 1400 tons with Flint Structural Steel Company and Mahon Company of Detroit winning. Three interplant bridges will also be built to aid communication and shipping.
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Buick
General Motors
O. W. Young
Flint Structural Steel Company
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Ford Man Inspects Rubber Plantations
Dearborn, Mich. March 2 By streaking 5 260 miles from Brazilian jungle to Detroit BK F Wait superintendent of the Ford Motor Companys tire plant here put a whirl wind finish on a visit to the companys rubber plantations He spent 10 days inspecting the plantations and his trip from Dearborn and return took three weeks Most of the 11 000 miles were flown with only an initial train trip to Miami and flights from Belem to points abroad included
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Mich
Detroit
BK. F. Wait
Ford Motor Company
Wait
Miami
Belem
Unclear fragmentary travel note from Amazon region
An OCR fragment describes a journey up the Tapajoz river toward a Ford rubber station and a return trip to a distant plantation. It mentions Maui of Swa, Cute, Dossiliuni, Puerto Rico, Belem, confluence of Tapajor rivers, and a chugging launch. The text notes a return to a motor capital in about 70 hours.
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Cute
Dossiliuni
Puerto Rico
I Belem
Amazon
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South Amherst Ladies Entertain South Amherst
The South Amherst Ladies Dime Society held its semi annual birthday dinner at the Congregational Church with a two hour meal for fifty guests. Gifts were given to the oldest and youngest members, with readings by Mrs. Ruth and Mrs. Kilmer. Auxiliary Post No. 197 to meet at Mrs. Nallys Amherst home next Tuesday evening March 5. The Woman's Guild birthday dinner at St Johns Evangelical Church is planned for Wednesday at noon. Townsend Club No. 1 met at the town hall with routine business and positive reports.
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Congregational Church
William Gleason
Frank Kraréger Sr
Pittsfield
A. F. Nally
Amherst
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Woman's Guild
St John’s Evangelical Church
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