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1918 |
Drauga Balss |
Immigrant press |
The December 15, 1918, issue of Drauga Balss (A Friend's Voice). Published in New York, the periodical replaced Jaunā Tēvija as the voice of Latvian Baptists in North America. Initially it was edited by the Rev. John Birseneek of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Krišjānis Nātre of New York. |
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1917 |
James Yunag's military draft registration |
Latvian Baptists in West Philadelphia |
James Yunag's military draft registration James Frederick Yunag's military draft registration, dated June 5, 1917, shows that he claimed exemption from the draft because of his religious faith. |
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1944 |
Philadelphia Women's Missionary Society, 1944 |
Latvian Baptists in West Philadelphia |
Members of the Women's Missionary Society of the First Latvian Baptist Church of Philadelphia pose for a group photograph on April 16, 1944, as they mark their 50th anniversary. The women's group began its work in 1894. |
