God's Acre movement boosts churches across several states
The God's Acre plan lets congregations dedicate part of their land to crops with proceeds funding church work. Georgia, the movement's origin, reports rising participation. North Carolina shows growth from six to over 100 churches in three years. Other states and some international missions consider it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
James W. Merritt
Georgia Baptist Convention
North Carolina
Dumont Clarke
Farmers’ Federation
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
Texas
Canada
Clarke
John H. Reisner
Agricultural Missions Foundation
Philippines
Burma
Siam
India
South Africa
New England
Georgia Baptists
Episcopalians
Disciples of Christ
Merritt
Pilot Grove social listings and Home Demonstration notes
Local residents visited friends in Sherman Whitewright and nearby towns including Cad Do Oklahoma Ely Kentuckytown and Leonard. The Pilot Grove Home Demonstration Club met January 24 with nine members. plans for yard beautification were outlined by Miss Wilroy and the group set a February 14 meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Davis
J. L. McSpedden
Whitewright
Charley Kaiser
Sherman
Lake Brewer
Caddo
Okla
D. M. Taylor
Bill Dixon
Alma Jo
T. A. Thorp and Son
Pottsboro
G. E. Thrift
G. E. Taylor
J. W. Jones
Howard McSpedden
Frisco
Tom McSpedden
Arthur Ross
Ely
R. EF. L. Binion
Carl Holland
Kentuckytown
C. E. Willis
Little Daughter
Slaton
C. B. Neely
A. L. Scott
Near Whitewright
R. E. L. Binion
Sarah Binion
Lee McMillian
Leonard
Pilot Grove
Will Take Movies Of Ocean 10 Miles Deep
San Pedro California launch of a pioneering expedition to film the ocean depths ten miles deep and haul marine life with a 10 mile cable and nets a mile apart. Leon F Douglas sails from San Pedro to Havana to join Eldridge R Johnson aboard his yacht. Smithsonian scientists will join the party. A diving bell will carry photographers to new depths for motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
Leon F. Douglas
Douglas
Eldridge R. Johnson
Havana
Smithsonian Institution
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul in Tax Policy
A columnist uses a pocketbook metaphor to critique so called tax reduction programs. It argues such plans shift burdens among taxes rather than lowering overall costs, claiming public officials often merely move money between pockets instead of cutting government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Inflation talk and the forgotten man in wages
Economic history shows inflation harms real wages as price rises outpace wage gains. Debasement of currency reduces purchasing power for wage earners and professionals, who are creditors on payday. Secretary Mills warned prices would rise faster than wages, easing early unemployment but lowering real living standards. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mills
Copper the royal historical metal and civilizing metal
The piece traces copper as the historical metal from its early use in 6000 B C to the electric age, highlighting its role in human civilization and calls Britain’s territorial army short of 119,000 to reach a peace standard of 162,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Greece
Sicily
Britain
France
China
Hoover Dam project described as vast 165 million plan
Article details the Boulder Dam Act funded Hoover Dam project to regulate the Colorado River, irrigate 2,000,000 acres, provide power and navigation, and build the All-American Canal. It notes the site at Black Canyon near Las Vegas, the town of Boulder City, massive tunnels, a 750 foot dam, 115 mile reservoir, and a 34 by 200 by 22 foot canal destined to be navigable. It also mentions 30 miles of railroad, a 1,000 foot bridge, 20,000 freight cars of cement, and 10,000 tin dishpans used as night reflectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Dam
Department of Interior
Black Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Las Vegas
Imperial Dam
Yuma
Ariz
Imperial Valley
California
Boulder
Boulder Canyon
Wilbur
United States
Boulder City
New York State
Russia
Dnieper River
Colorado River
Desert
Salton Sea
Injustice Cited As Wife Controls Finances in Rumor Tale
Claud Callan voices frustration over a bored husband blamed for a friend's infidelity. He argues wives harshly punish husbands while the actual offending man escapes with minimal consequences. The piece laments unequal blame and lack of shared hardship.
Solitude as the root of genius and personal growth
Tyler Morning Telegraph reflects on solitude as the core source of creative power from Keats to Lincoln. It argues genius arises in isolation, shapes self education, and sustains leaders, noting solitude as essential from birth to death. The Sun advertises paper and typewriter supplies for sale.
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Keats
Beethoven
Michael Angelo
Abraham Lincoln
Tyler
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Pilot Grove News
the Sun
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
Fort Worth
East Main Street
E. T. Doss
Planters Gin Company
West Whitewright
A. P. Neff
Carrier St
Denton
Ford Hatchery
R. D. Ford
R. L. Johnson
Byrne Commercial College
Dallas
Tyler Commercial College
Sun Office
E. D. Barlow Nursery
Greenville
Auto Finance Company OF
Sherman F
T. E. Sears
Grayson County
Mabel Sears
Claud Callan
The
Sun
North
Maine
St. Joseph’s
Boc
Dairy Maid
Gladiola Gloom
WFAA
Nicholson
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