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Sunday, 26 September 2021

Basil

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  Basil Stephanoff from Separate Identity volume 2 The book Jehovah’s Witnesses - Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom mentions briefly one Ba...
Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Peace - or Spot the Difference

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  (reprinted and revised version) A casual visitor to Brecon in South Wales, UK, might be tempted to visit the Brecon Cathedral, parts of ...
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Friday, 3 September 2021

The Parting of the Ways - 1

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  The Proclaimers book details how in 1917 and thereafter there was a split between those who stayed with the IBSA and its new president, J...
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Sunday, 29 August 2021

The Parting of the Ways - 2

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  There is a certain poignancy to these two advertisements from the Washington DC Evening Star for October 7, 1922, page 10. In the Church...
Tuesday, 24 August 2021

Franz Zürcher

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Although relating to events a little more recent than the general focus of this blog, this is an account that some may find of interest. Tha...
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Monday, 16 August 2021

Report on Foreign Missions

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Friday, 30 July 2021

The Joys of Old Documents

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  One of the “joys” of historical research is deciphering old documents. Forget issues like Latin or ancient languages, just the vagaries of...
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Monday, 26 July 2021

Some you win, and some you don't.

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 THE STORY OF THE EDGAR FAMILY'S LAST RESTING PLACE This is a brief tale of a search that in some ways led to disappointment. Being base...
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Friday, 23 July 2021

Nelson Horatio

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The name Nelson HORATIO Barbour for the editor of The Herald of the Morning comes from the patent of one of his inventions. His history is ...
Friday, 16 July 2021

J F Rutherford talks 1914-1917

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When what became World War 1 started J F Rutherford was in Hamburg, Germany. This wasn’t a problem as America didn’t enter the war until Apr...

J F Rutherford talks 1920-1921

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  On May 22, 1921, at the now historic Kismet Temple in Brooklyn, J F Rutherford gave his famous Millions talk. Below is an advertising lea...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

J F Rutherford - Schoolteacher?

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From the Franklin County Tribune (Union, Missouri) for 15 August 1941, page 1. In case the cutting does not reproduce well on all device...
Monday, 12 July 2021

It does help if you get the basic facts right...

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In the Golden Age magazine for September 13, 1922, three films were advertised for purchase by the Kinemo Film Corporation. If you punch the...
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