Deaconess Work Put On New Basis Plan
The Methodist general conference in Minneapolis established a general deaconess board to oversee all deaconess work. It merged three major deaconess groups under the general board and aims to end friction among them. The conference also adopted an automatic bishop retirement plan effective in 1916, allowing retirement at age 70 near the 73rd birthday.
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Minneapolis
Methodist General Conference
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Methodist Deakonesses’ Association
German Central Deaconess Board
General Board
Sesson
J. M. Buckley
Christian Advante
Deaconesses' Association
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Committee On Judiciary
Dean Rodgers
Kenyon Praised by Labor Leaders in Des Moines
Des Moines leaders including Samuel Gompers ally A J Urick commend U S Senator William S Kenyon for advancing wage earners needs. Letter highlights Kenyon’s support of the eight hour bill immigration literacy test child labor and Sherman act reforms while praising his stance on labor issues and accusations of political evasion.
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Des Moines
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William S. Kenyon
Senate
Organized Labor
Iowa Federation
Capital
Des Moines Labor League
Kenyon
Urick
Stewart
Cedar Rapids Tribune
United States
Wim
Amercan Federation of Labor
Congress
Children’s Bureau
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Danbury Hatters
A. L. Urice
Towa State Federation of Labor
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Gains Popularity in Sales
A note praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for its real merits and rising sales and testimonials from those cured. It urges readers to try it if they or their children have a cough or cold and mentions availability by VW dasbera.
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Chamberlain
VW Dasbera
Resolutions Favor Early Sexology Teaching At Schools
The convention endorses early sexology education for children and calls for safeguards on marriage laws. It opposes sectarian garb in government schools and urges health certifications for ministers, while backing industrial arbitration and limiting home mission expenditures. A debate over Taft policy on sectarian instruction is noted.
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Cc Ngress
Kenyon Shepherd
Jones-Waorks
Gideons
Tyres Motnes
Eam Nicke
Ufe
Kenyon-Shepherd Bil
Congress
Taft
Valentine
Indiana
American Baptist Foreign Mission Board
J. BR. G. Plage
Philadelphia
Baptist Church Board
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Henry Wade Rodgers
Yale Law School
A. L. Urick
Iowa
LABOR
Sherwood
Chas. Sherwood
East Fourth Street
Baptists
URGDD
Waterloo
Iowa Securities Company
Standard Oil Company
Ag Indiar
Crane & Jensen License
James Black Dry Goods Co
Fovwler Co
Canada
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
the James Gardiner Co
First National Building
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