Word: francisco
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Founder Russell was born at Stillwater, Minn., in 1855. He was first general superintendent of the League, started branches in 36 states, traveled 50,000 miles a year for eight years. In 1915 he auto-mobiled from Manhattan to San Francisco on what was termed a "water wagon" tour. A male quartet accompanied him on this trip. He is one of the founders of the World League against Alcoholism...
Said Frank R. Kent, of the Baltimore Sun: "The San Francisco earthquake and fire does not compare with this as a national calamity. Nothing else . . . since the Civil War is in its class...
...other Cities?Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Philadelphia and the Niagara frontier?were held up as examples of city-planning "which aim consciously or unconsciously at increasing metropolitan congestion" and exploitation...
...tornado, a fire, an earthquake or a tidal wave, doubtless there would have been the usual outburst of piously blasphemous explanations that the divine patience was exhausted and that the sufferers were getting what was coming to them for their intolerable iniquities. It was so with Galveston, San Francisco and Florida. It is doubtful whether there has been any notable improvement in theological thinking since those earlier disasters, and the problems of theodicy* are as baffling as ever. But this is a plain case of high water. One can almost see why it happened. At least...
...trainloads of Presbyterians, who will be on their way to the 139th annual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America at San Francisco the end of May, have decided to break their journey at Salt Lake City to study the Mormon field where Dr. Reherd labors...