Militant Hymn Barred From New Unitarians Hymnal
The Kansas City Star reports that the hymn The Son of God Goes Forth to War has been barred from a new Unitarians hymnal as too militant. Compilers call the piece unrealistic in depicting the Prince of Peace leading military hosts. Some say battle hymns remain needed and that Onward Christian Soldiers will remain in use for years.
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Unitarias
Morta
Prince of Peace
Son of God
Kansas City Star
Sailor Kneels at Gun as Nelsons Fleet Attacks Trafalgar
An 1805 Chronicle-Telegraph anecdote recalls a British tar kneeling beside his gun before battle. When asked if he was afraid, he replies he is not scared but believes enemy shot distribution favors officers, a devout yet ironic remark amid the signal of combat.
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Lord Nelson
Trafalgar
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Bishop Denny Addresses Conference on Language in Clarksburg
Presiding Bishop Denny spoke at the Methodist Episcopal conference in Clarksburg West Virginia on language. He addressed The Function of the Preposition and The Function of the Conjunction to curb unnecessary debate. The Richmond Times Dispatch noted the discussion while the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph quipped about the split infinitive.
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Methodist’ Episcopal Conference
Clarksburg
W- Va
Denny
Richmond ‘Times-Dispatch
Pittebursh Chronicle
Lazy man Hazy laments luck amid idle days
The piece mocks Hiram Hazy for extreme laziness as others pursue prizes, war talk, and work while he carps from shade. It contrasts his daydreaming with neighbors harvesting hay and drilling for a praiseworthy national effort, while he clings to leisure and material comforts.
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Hiram H. Hazy
Local News Roundup From Bunker Hill West Virginia
Meesrs B Clendening and J Frewcaise visited Carlisle fair. Will McKown family from Welltown visited Mrs John Tabb. Mrs B R Henson and son visited her daughter on Dry Run. Water struck at two hundred thirty feet on the public school lot. Kate Bowen and daughter returned from a week’s visit to Jefferson county. Petrie returned to Greencastle after two weeks with Mrs C B LeFevre. Mill Creek bridge at Chapman’s ford nearly finished and open in about two weeks. John Oates Fred Laise Capon Bridge Albert Oates and wife Winchester visited today.
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Bunker Hill
W. Va
B. Clendening
J. Frewcaise
Carlisle Fair
Will McKown
Welltown
John Tabb
B. R. Henson
Mill Creek
Chapman's Ford
Mrs. Williams Travel Plans and Illness of Ashwood
Mrs. Mattie Williams plans a trip to Strasburg Virginia on Thursday, while her brother Mr Hunter Ashwood remains ill. The fragment notes both travel and family illness without further detail.
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Strasburg, Va
Hunter Ashwood
Inwood Brevities from West Virginia
Inwood notes report Frank Diver rebuilding an evaporator plant that collapsed and burned last fall. Evelyn Wilson visits her uncle near Berryville. Viola Crim, Cumberland Valley operator, spends a week with parents near Leetown. Lena M. Hollis acts as relief. Marie Staub visits Martinsburg. Whiting and Sherard busy shipping apples of all kinds.
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W. Va
Frank Diver
Viola Crim
Cumberland Valley Telephone Co
Leetown
Jefferson County
Lena M. Hollis
Gerardstown
Marie Staub
Martinsburg
Whiting and
Sherard
Eighty Passengers Die In Yaqui Rail Attack At Torres
San Diego reports the burning of a Southern Pacific Mexican train near Torres Sonora by about sixty Yaqui deserters from a Mexican faction. Eighty passengers were aboard and twenty were saved. most victims were women and children. No Americans were known to be on the train. Daily Thought follows.
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Torres
Port
Cape Verde
Braithwaite Welcomes Twelfth Child in Cross Junction
Mr and Mrs J S Braithwaite celebrate the arrival of their twelfth child a fine baby boy both mother and son well. Nearby families J H Spence and G H Edwards from AlbinVa enjoyed a Laurel Hill outing with childhood memories while E W Braithwaite C B Collins visited Cumberland Md. Lester Kerlin family from Winchester vacationing with Mrs Kerlin’s father S H Braithwaite and Mary Devers returns to Strasburg Va.
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G. H. Edwards
Albin
Laurel Hill
Mr. Edwards
Mrs. Spence
E. W. Braithwaite
C. B. Collins
Cumberland
Lester Kerlin
Winchester
Snapp Family Headed West Virginia Motor Trip
Bloom Virginia brief notes report Mr and Mrs J B Snapp Mrs Co F Zinn and Miss Elsie Snapp touring West Virginia and visiting Grafton for about ten days. Emily B Snapp and sister Mrs Robinson visited Catherine Crabill. R Snapp returned to duties on the Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburgh Division after a layoff following a recent operation.
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Bloom, Va
J. B. Snapp
Co. F. Zinn
Elsie Snapp
West Virginia
Grafton
Emily B. Snapp
Robinson
Catherine Crabill
R. Snapp
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
J. H. Williams
Uni
Berryville County Courier Sold to Charles R Hughes
The Berryville Virginia newspaper County Courier has been sold and is now owned and edited by Mr. Charles R Hughes.
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Berryville
Charles R. Hughes
A Huge Circle Around the Sun
Residents of the city looked skyward yesterday as a large circular halo appeared around the sun resembling a rainbow. Some feared a coming storm while others speculated the phenomenon resulted from gases released by shells in the ongoing war between German and Allied forces in Europe.
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Europe
Thedford's Black Draught Endorsed by Ragland
Madison Seights Va Mr Chas A Ragland of this place writes of using Thedford's Black Draught for indigestion and stomach troubles with quick relief and renewed vigor. The ad touts 75 years of success, safe pleasant action and wide availability.
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Madison Seights
Chas. A. Ragland
Thedford
New York Faces Severe Traffic Tie Ups After Subway Collapse
New York records one of its worst tie ups as streets in Manhattan again close to traffic. Eight people are dead and 42 miles of streets remain shut. Investigations underway as authorities probe the subway incidents. Mrs Henry T Allen arrives from Port Oglethorpe with her sister Mrs A M Wekem.
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Manhattan
Henry T. Allen
Port Oglethorp
Colonel Allen
Grafton
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