Gospel Spreads Through Persecution and Samaria
Lesson summary outlines Philip preaching in Samaria after Stephen's death, Peter and John confirming new believers, and Philip guiding the Ethiopian to faith. It notes Saul’s conversion, the spread to Asia Minor, and the Jerusalem council clarifying Gentile salvation, with reference to Dr. Dixon’s quote on Bible study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
Philip
Jesus
Stephen
Saul
Christ
Peter
John
Cornelius
Paul
God
Barnabas
John Mark
Asia Minor
Community volunteers cut wood for Stony Fork church
A group of young men worked Saturday to cut wood for the church eager to aid the congregation. Special thanks go to Albert Miller for supplying his team and hauling most of the load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Miller
Steele
Niswonger
James Wellborn
North Wilkesboro
D. L. Wellborn
Leonard Wagner
Son Banner
Wagner
R. L. Wagner
Clennard Greene
B. F. Wellborn
Ralph Moretz
Boone
Messrs Dell Smith Gurnie Greene
Mansfield Greene
North Wilkesboro Hospital
L. M. Cook
Buleh Lee
J. J. Wellborn
Mesdames Cook
Wellborn
Wade Green
Wilkes Hospital
Refugees Rescued From Reds Arrive After Siberia Ordeal
Four American refugees rescued by the U S coast guard cutter Bear after months in fear of Red guards in Siberia arrived in Seattle aboard the cutter Haida. The group includes Carl Johnson dog racer and 1910 1911 Derby winner his Russian wife and their 14 month old son and W H Parsons of Tacoma all tied to Phoenix Northern Trading Company.
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Seattle
Wash
Siberia
United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Haida
Carl Johnson
Nome
Alaska
Chester
W. H. Parsons
Tacoma
Johnson and Parsons
Phoenix Northern Trading Company
Iskum
Anadyr
Siberian Bears Capture Trader and Furs Amid Arctic Peril
Parsons recounts escape from Senalavine strait in East Cape Siberia as Red Guard officers confiscate thousands of dollars in furs at two trading posts. Soldiers with revolver threaten death. governor Burke signs the confiscation order. American vessels hoped for rescue while stories of disappearances haunt the coast. Johnson, his Russian wife, and Captain Olsen wed at sea aboard the Iskum with no local minister within 1,000 miles.
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Parsons
East Cape
Siberia
Arctic
Senalavine Strait
Burke
San Francisco
Johnson
Indian Point
Kelley Olsen
Angler lands 80 pound tarpon at Galveston beach
W. C. Dewyn of Galveston hauled an 80 pound tarpon after a 45 minute fight at the beach fishing pier. The first beach tarpon of the year, the fish drew about 200 souvenir hunters as it leaped and shed scales. The catch used regular tarpon tackle and is believed to be the largest of its kind in Galveston waters this season.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston Beach
W. C. Dewyn
Dewyn
Fears Daughter-in-Law’s Cooking Will Kill Son
An elderly mother-in-law pleaded with Prosecutor Herbert W. Mitchell, claiming her son in Belmont county is being slowly starved because his wife refuses to cook as she does. Mitchell advised the son to resolve the dispute with his wife, noting his own marriage gives him relevant perspective.
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Son
St. Clairville
Ohio
Herbert W. Mitchell
Belmont County
Mitchell
Woman Recounts Long Cooking Bond With Suitor
A speaker recalls cooking for a man for 26 years and notes she knows what is best for him despite another woman's appeal. The remark highlights familial ties and concerns over a romantic match.
Rat Trap Made by Ward in Jail Captures Rodent
Walter S. Ward, recently acquitted in the Clarence Peters case, fashioned a two foot high rat trap while imprisoned in the White Plains county jail. The device, kept as Ward's jail exhibit for six weeks, uses a cheese lure, a spiral stairway, and a trapdoor dropping the rat into water. Sheriff George Werner calls it the most successful rat trap he has seen.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Walter S. Ward
Clarence Peters
White Plains
Ward
George Werner
High Taxation Drives English Art Treasures to America
English collectors forced to sell due to taxes and costs while American buyers, aided by agents, rapidly acquire artworks. Reports say art objects valued at ten million dollars were shipped to the United States last year as England’s cash squeeze boosts U.S. imports of culture.
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London
America
England
United States
Quarrel Over Four Dollars Ends in Man's Death
N W T Henderson a 60 year old Madison county country merchant was shot and killed at his Big Pine home. Kl Baker 45 is jailed on murder charges after allegedly confronting Henderson over a $4.50 debt and firing four shots, one hitting Henderson in the head and others in the body.
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Marshall
N. C
W. T. Henderson
Big Pine
Madison County
Kl Baker
Baker
Henderson
Man With Broken Back Expected to Walk Again
Middletown doctors say George W. Hayes may walk again after a Maybrook accident broke his back a year ago. Paralysis has faded and the case is called remarkable by physicians.
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Middletown
N. Y
George W. Hayes
Maybrook
Two Year Old Chokes to Death on Carrot
Orval Evans, two, son of Roy Evans a railway employee in Byron Nebraska, died after choking on a carrot as his mother worked nearby in the home.
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Byron
Neb Orval
Roy Evans
Must Carry Sheaf of Visas
Vienna reports a new travel rule requiring passengers to have their passport vised for every country a flight passes over, even if no landing is planned. Officials say this prevents passengers from landing in an unfamiliar state without proper documents if an emergency forces a landing or deviation.
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Vienna
Europe
Planting Bees Across Rural Schools Include Alamance Work
Sixteen counties stage planting bees this fall with Alamance County at Whitney School where 75 trees 450 shrubs and about 600 flowering plants were planted. Landscape plans by F. E. McCall of State College and Department of Agriculture. Pratt four tasks prune pray cultivate fertilize. Quote from J. H Skinner Purdue on leadership guiding community effort.
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Alamance County
Whitney School
F. E. McCall
State College
Department of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
A. C. Dixon
Southern Methodist
Christ's Society
Heidelberg
Stony Fork News
U.S
Tutt’s
U. S
Home Light & Supply CO
Ashe, Alleghany and
Watauga
West Jefferson
Building and Loan
Association
The
Building & Loan of
Watauga County Bank
Watauga Building & Loan Association
Apollo
U. of P. Philadelphia
Robert Leslie Pike
Salsburg
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
Apollo Belvidere
Pike
Charles Wharton
J. H Skinner
Purdue School of Agriculture
Hemlock Lumber
Cam
Blowing Rock
F.M. Maltea
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