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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
5
The sema service at First Baptist Church drew praise for its beauty and orderly program. Donations of wrapped food items and coffee flour to be distributed to the needy filled the rostrum while decorations centered on a cross and dove. Speech by Dr Mercer and remarks by Bishop Furse framed healing as nature under God.
BERLEN December 22 Germany builds new steamships named after cities of the republic. The home ports of royal personages were once popular but writers' names fell out of favor after several vessels with authors’ names met untimely ends.
AP dispatch from Dublin notes that the Free State's creation and Ireland's partition affect law and medicine. Northern and Southern physicians face changes to British medical registers and cross border practice, with moves to establish a separate Free State register while current arrangements persist.
London December 23 The Anglican bishop of St. Albans Reverend Micnal Bolton Furse told the St. Albans Ocean Conference that illness is not God’s will in his view He questioned why Christ would fight sickness if disease were God’s will and spoke against the idea that a death from illness is divinely ordained
Justice of the Peace W. R. Wood united Johnnie H. Owens and Miss Lucy Barfield in marriage Sunday afternoon at his home. The couple, both from Wilson township, are well known in the local area.
The Japanese charge d affaires Isa Buro Yoshida called at the White House to convey appreciation for President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes welcoming Tsunio Matsudaira as ambassador designate. The visit, unusual and not arranged by the State Department, followed cordial statements from U.S. officials.
In Buenos Aires on December 22, fifty women joined the police force to patrol parks and protect women’s welfare. They wear navy uniforms and black straw hats, tasked with safeguarding children and keeping men off the grass.
Rome imposes a new city tax on wealthy residents employing domestic servants. The tax rates start at 60 lire per year for one male servant, 100 lire for a second, and 160 lire for a third. Female servants incur 20 lire for one and 10 lire for each additional servant.
Mrs Samuel Gompers will contest her husband’s will which limits her share to the legal minimum. Attorney Julius T. Peyser said she was surprised and hurt by newspaper reports claiming the will had been signed before his death in Wastington.
Paris fashion notes praise simplicity for young girls with a white lace over crepe dress gathered at the waist and red velvet bow. Henri Creange notes Haute Couture shifts to lighter lines with silk and embroidered georgette while younger frocks use ribbons and petal embroidery.
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