Baptists Push Prohibition and Mission Fund Appeals
The Southern Baptist convention adopted resolutions urging national prohibition and calling for state contributions totaling 805 729 for the foreign mission board and 616 750 for the home mission board. Texas would lead with 180 000 while New Mexico would contribute 4 500. The body pledged continued effort to clear a foreign mission debt of about 90 000 and discussed plans for a tuberculosis sanatorium in the Southwest and a Memphis Negro theological seminary.
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Southern Baptist Convention
Permission
Home Mission Board
Texas
New Mexico
Promison Teron
Committee On Penance
District of Columbia
Foreign Mission Board
Southwest
Memphis
Mrs Bean Credits Pinkham Remedy For Tumor Cure
Nashville Tennessee resident E H Bean recounts a Change of Life experience with a tumor as large as a child’s head. After three years of symptoms and doctor visits, Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound allegedly relieved the tumor and symptoms, leading to a claimed full recovery without further medical aid.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nashville
Tenn
Pinkham
E. H. Bean
Joseph Avenue
Lydia BE
Sem E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Mass
Notable Visitors and Hotel Stays Highlight Mobile Inland
Mobile hosts a parade of visitors with multiple executives and guests staying at the Battle House and Bienville. Walter T. Spranley of New Orleans tours the city and praises its recent improvements while C. A. Hardy, C. C. Smith and A. W. Ezell arrive from Richton, Mississippi for several days.
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Walter T. Spranley
New Orleans
Battle House
Spranley
Mobile
City
C. A. Hardy
C. C. Smith
A. W. Ezell
Richton
Miss
St. Andrew
F. H. Buell
Montgomery
Ala
Bienville
Phelps
St . Cawthon
William F. Meder
Foley
G. C. Milner
Birmingham
Denominational Interruption Faces Seminary Plans
The report notes a disruption within negra Baptists caused by financial strains from the European war, making the establishment of the seminary at the present time unwise. It states the interruption appears near ending.
Southern Baptist Convention closes largest session with evangelism
The Southern Baptist Convention wrapped up its 1916 meeting in Raleigh with 2125 delegates from 17 states and Illinois. Sunday services moved from memorials to evangelism. The Baptist Young People's Union reported 153 071 members and growing local societies. a resolution urged police protection for free speech and press against mob violence.
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Southern’ Baptist“convention
Ihs
Baptist Young People’s Union
Illinois
Convention
Committee of Baptists
Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary
Fanthe EB
Buck
Raleigh
N. C
Southern Baptists
Baptist Young People’s Union of the South
Convention Ends with Henderson Reaffirmed in Secretarial Role
J. T. Henderson of Chattanooga was urged to remain secretary of the laymen's movement after he resisted murmurs about his tenure. Delegates persuaded him not to resign as reports show increased activity. The Woman's Missionary Union held a field workers council to plan for stronger leadership, closing with the hymn God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Henderson
Chattanooga
Ben
Mountain and Seashore Resorts on C and O Line
Summer vacation ideas along the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway with many attractive resorts and summer homes. Contact ticket agents or write John D. Potts G P A Richmond Va for booklets.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
John D. Potts
Richmond
Var
German Agents Busy at Panama
In Panama City reports claim German agents have extensively probed the Isthmus over the past year. Army officials note sightings along trails and roads as fortifications remain protected by guard posts near Colon harbor and the canal zone.
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Panama
Colon
Army
Goethals
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
German Agents On Isthmus Reportedly Active
Anonymous tips claim German agents access interior fortifications on the Isthmus. An estimated 10 to 15 percent of troops are German or of German sentiment with several foreign deserters. Floating cranes by a German firm were underway at war onset. Army circles believe Washington is aware, yet laxity remains unaddressed.
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Edwards
Isthmus
Washington
Nurse Emily Mc Coy to Return to Pitcairn Island
Bridgeport Connecticut May 22 A graduate nurse Miss Emily Mc Coy plans to travel to Pitcairn Island after eight years away aided by the Panama Canal opening. Her father Matthew Mc Coy rules the isolated community where five family names dominate and only English is spoken.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Pitcairn Island
Pacific Ocean
Emily McCoy
Panama Canal
Miss McCoy
Matthew McCoy
Southern Grocers to Meet in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee May 24 to 26 the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association holds its annual convention with attendees from across the South. A national bankruptcy conference Friday may spark a campaign to repeal the current bankruptcy law. Gov Tom C Rye is expected to speak at the opening session along with Dr Carl L Alsberg Fairfax Harrison and Beverly D Harris.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Tom.c. Rye
Tennessee
Carl L. Alsberg
Department of Agriculture
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Beverly D. Harris
National City Bank of New York
Judge Urges Forced War Drill for Youths in Public Schools
Chicago May 22 Judge Charles A McDonnell urged compulsory military training in public schools in a speech to the Iroquois Club He said such training would instill love of country foster respect for law and keep youths out of the cell by producing healthy contented boys.
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Chicago
Charles A. McDonnels
Iroquois Ub
Mitchell's Best Sale Amid Turbulent News
News items mix with an ad for Mitchell's sale as reports confirm a Danish ship sunk after collision near Rhoose Point. Twelve crewmen from Havet are missing while the captain and three sailors were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Ivanhoe. The page also hints at a mystery titled The Mysterious Society Lady in the Black Mask.
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London
Lloyd's Barry
Salient
Rhoose Point
Vet
Promoted Atlanta Birdman lauded for aerial victory
Paris May 22 Corporal Kiffen Rockwell of Atlanta Ga a Franco American flying corps member has been proposed for promotion to sergeant for shooting down a German aeroplane near Hartmans Weilerkopf on May 16 He will receive the military medal Also Chapman and Thaw receive honors for engagements with German aircraft in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kiffen Rockwell
Atlanta
Chapman
Thaw
Victor Chapman
New York
Rockwell
William K. Thaw
Pittsburgh
Uffholz
Fish breaks loose and drowns self in Chicago tale
Chicago May 22. Policeman Kane tested a carp named Bob by keeping it out of water longer each day. On a park walk the fish slipped from its line and fell into the lagoon, where it died, ending the odd experiment.
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Chicago
Michael H. Kane
Grand Crossing
John Vail
Bob
Kane
Jackson Park
Party nights allowed at city pools under order
St. Louis officials plan to revoke the segregation order for municipal pools this summer and permit a weekly party night where men and women may swim together. The move follows complaints by W. P. Schneiderhahn and others about girls in short gowns and lack of stockings and male volunteers teaching girls to swim. Schneiderhahn represents the Federated Catholic Societies of St. Louis on a public morals committee.
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ST. Louis
Tolkach
Cunliff
W. P. Schneiderhahn
Scheiederhahn
Federated Catholic Societies of
Marines to Deploy for Santo Domingo From Norfolk
In Hampton Roads the marine guard of the Louisiana, seventy strong, was sent to the Tennessee. Ten additional marines from the barracks joined them. Three hundred cats and a hundred tents were shipped aboard. The unit is to serve on duty at San Domingo.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Marine Guard of
Louisiana
Tennessee
Marine Barracks
San Domingo
Texas Pacific Decision Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of Bankers Trust Company's suit for a receiver and for foreclosure on a second mortgage against Texas and Pacific Railway and New Orleans Pacific Railway. The court ruled federal courts lacked jurisdiction under the 1915 law when a federal corporation is involved merely by incorporation and not as a Texas citizen.
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Washington
Federal District Court For
Northern
Texas
Bankers Trust Company
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
New Orleans Pacific Railway Company
Supreme Court
van Devanter
District Court
United States
8 Inch Shoes Will Climb Price Ladder
May 22. The National Shoe Retailers Association in Philadelphia calls a conference of allied industries nationwide to discuss leather shortages and material price rises. Secretary A P Cueting says shoes cost more and prices will rise further. An added 7 cent per foot advance for glazed kid is reported, pushing eight inch boots higher by 30 to 75 cents per pair. Factories are sold out beyond September with little chance to boost production.
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Philadelphia
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
A. P. Cueting
Fires Damage Two Dwellings on Sunday
A fire Sunday morning damaged the roof of a one story house at 261 Texas Street owned by James Lynch. Hose Company No 3 extinguished the blaze. Separately another fire around nine o clock damaged the kitchen roof of a frame dwelling at 252 South Dearborn Street occupied by Charles Ramsey and owned by McNamara Bros.
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Texas Street
James Lynch
Hose Company No. 3
South Dearborn Street
Charles Ramsey
McNamara Bros
Storm wrecks Kemp City leaving nine dead in Oklahoma
A tornado roared through Kemp City Oklahoma injuring thirty eight and killing nine residents including Chaney Battle bank cashier and Dr William Brinson and family. The storm levelled sixty homes and twelve businesses while a relief train evacuated victims to Denison Texas for care.
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Kemp
J. J. McCullogh
McCullogh
Denison
Chaney Battle
Kemp Bank
William Brinson
M. A. Thomas
Marie Johnson
Brinson
Jacksons transfer lot in section 14 to Calhoun
A. W. Jackson and wife convey to J. F. Calhoun for $1 and other valuable considerations the lot eleven in the southwest quarter of section 14 township 7 south range 4 west.
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A. W. Jackson
J. F. Calhoun
Edington Shuts Down on Tigers in Recorder Court
A Monday docket in the recorder's court featured minor cases. Richard Lataker and Joe Antone were fined $50 each for violating the prohibition law, while Joe Simison and Murray Richardson faced continuances. The judge warned that after May 21 no further continuances would be allowed for such offenses. Bonner and Le Blanc were arraigned for speeding and fined $10 each.
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Recorder’s Court
Richard Lataker
Joe Antone
Joe Simison
Same
Murray Richardson
H. H. Bonner
8. A. le Blanc
Edingot
Methodists Near Unity as Conference Delays Bishop Election
At Saratoga Springs the general conference unanimously approves ad journment to a date set by bishops to push toward a United Methodist Church. A joint Southern church proposal is considered for unity across branches. The body votes to postpone indefinitely the Singapore missionary bishop election and records no choice in the Africa Liberia ballot.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Union of All Methodism
General Conference
Board of Bishops
Conference of
Southern Church
Methodist Church
Singapore
Africa
Liberia
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Prohibition and
Ées Gambrell
Dallas
Gideon
Jordan
Mrs. Bean
Queen Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
F. A. McCarroll
Atlanta, Ga
Cawthon Hotel
W. G. Harding
Mobile and Ohio Road
E. Carmake
New York City
Tampico
Mexico
de Eat College
P. P. H. Schneider
A. E. Ratliff
BE. D. Hogan
Laurel, Miss
J. G. Minneice
Mobile and
Ohio Road
Meridian
G. M. Hall
Fairhope
Information Bureau
Uncle Sam
Southern Grocers
Mitchell’s
the Black Mask
Sargeant
Santo Domingo
M. E. Grant
Wesser
N. Carolina
Adopti Timpe Oes
Texas-Pacific
Kemp City
Okla
Tex
Edington
Tigers
Methodist Union
Stae
N.B.C. Graham
National Biscuit
Kodak Pictures
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