Changes Planned for Southern Baptist Convention
A special committee formed in Louisville and meeting in May recommends radical restructuring to be presented at the Chattanooga convention. Proposals include moving El Paso tuberculosis hospital, shifting mountain schools to the education board, refocusing foreign mission work, and narrowing the New Orleans Baptist Bible Institute curriculum.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Baptist Convention
Louisville
Chattanooga
Tenn
L. L. Gwaltney
Alabama Baptist
Cuba
Panama
Ridge Crest Assembly
Ridge Crest
N. C
Baptist Convention
Baptist Bible Institute
New Orleans
Interboard Commission On
Memphis
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Foreign Mission Board
Richmond
Sunday School Board
Relief and Annuity Board
Dallas
Mother Sees Wolves Devour Her Infant Near Latvia Village
In Latvia near Malety a mother driving a sleigh with her baby toward safety was attacked by wolves. The horse collapsed, the infant was killed, and the mother suffered severe injuries before villagers could reach them. The article notes the etymology of bible from the Greek biblos meaning book.
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Riga
Latvia
Malety
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Ad Promises Money Back
Bow-Wright Drug Co offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy claiming relief from sore and bleeding gums and pyorrhea with a money back guarantee. The ad stresses the product as unlike anything previously used and asserts certain results.
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Leto
Bow-Wright Drug Co
How It Started By Jean Newton Argus-Eyed
The article explains the origin of the expression Argus-eyed from Greek myth. Argus, with a hundred eyes, never slept and watched Io for Juno. Mercury, disguised as a shepherd, used music to lull Argus and finally killed him, letting Jupiter’s lover Io escape.
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Argus
Juno
Jupiter
Mercury
Heavenly Towers
Earth
Effects of Colors in Building Materials
The piece cites N. E. Stephens of the North American Society of Arts stating color in the environment influences human psychology and health. It notes color as a preventive medicine factor and its growing recognition beyond its traditional curative use.
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N. E. Stephens
North American Society of Arts
Young Woman Supports 18 Month Year Plan
A local resident endorses an 18 month year proposal with an extra summer month, signaling approval for the reform movement. The note appears via the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
R A Chapman Sr Dies at 97 in Sherman
Sherman Tex February 12 194? R A Chapman Sr 97 died at his East Lamar street home after a long illness He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas before the Civil War He lived in Sherman worked in the drug and mercantile trades helped found Merchants and Planters National Bank and owned Chapman Mill He was a Mason for 76 years Survived by son Dick Chapman Jr and daughters Mrs Allison Mayfield and Miss Mamie Chapman
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Sherman
R. A. Chapman Sr
Lamar Street
East Sherman
Mr. Chapman
Tennessee
Texas
Judge Binkley
Merchants and Planters National Bank
Chapman Mill
Chapman
Dick Chapman Jr
Allison Mayfield
Mamie Chapman
Hearst Sets Democratic Pitch On Presidential Hopefuls
William Randolph Hearst, a Democrat, ranks James A. Reed as the best electable candidate and Alfred E. Smith as having the best chance to win the nomination. He notes Reed, Smith, and Maryland Governor Ritchie as top prospects, with Montana Senator Walsh possible. Hearst praises Reed’s qualifications and cites Smith’s record and popularity, while predicting a tumultuous party lineup in the year ahead according to the Wichita Falls Record News.
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William Randolph Hearst
James A. Reed
Missouri
Alfred E. Smith
Hearst
Smith
Reed
Ritchie
Maryland
Thomas James Walsh
Montana
New York
New York World
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Walsh
McAdoo
Wichita Falls
New York Fears Census Bureau 6 Million In 1928
The 1928 census predicts New York City will swell to over 6 million residents in the first half of the year. August is flagged as the peak month for the influx, with subway and street traffic expected to choke as millions crowd the island. Brooklyn already surpasses Manhattan in population and daily cross-river movement, intensifying urban congestion.
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N. Y
Census Bureau
New York
Manhattan Island
Gotham
Manhattan
Blondin
Niagra
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
New Yorkers Resist Temptation to Leave City
The piece quips that despite apoplexy stats and crowding, long-time residents resist moving away. It jokes about disillusioned millions leaving Manhattan, but concludes somewhere else isn’t New York.
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New York
Manhattan
Commandment Query Between Gladys and Beth
A humorous exchange features Gladys asking about the fourth commandment and Beth replying with a playful misquote about honoring parents. The brief highlights a light domestic moment.
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Gladys
Beth
Justifiable Extra Sparks Citywide Celebration
A historic lull in crime led the newspaper to publish an extra edition for the first time in years. In reply to readers’ curiosity about celebrations, the editor recalls producing the extra issue to mark the unprecedented quiet in hold ups gang fights and murders.
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Baptists
City Property
S. H. Montgomery & Son
Insurance and Loans
Price
Danny O’shea
Boston
By Jean Newton
R. A. Chapman
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
Dyer © Jones
Drug Store No
F. O. Mangrum
Barbee
Gordon’s Cash Grocery Service
Gulf
Quaker State Motor Oil
Seiberling Tires
Supreme Service
Stateville & Spindle
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