A full report on the illness of Afwireng and the attempt to settle a catechist at Obo. After Afwireng was settled at Obo he was frequently visited, but things went along very slowly indeed. After two months he began to complain of pains in his arms…
Since Catechist Afwireng has been persistently ill, and often apparently close to death, they suggest that he be sent to Dr Fisch in Aburi for a last attempt at cure. Ramseyer in a subscript reports that since his arrival in Aburi Afwireng’s brother…
The monthly payment received by boys in the higher classes was 2s (NB he gives an exchange rate of £4 to 100 Francs). Frequently he is badgered by relatives of the boys who want money from the mission because they are at school. He has even been…
During the year the station was strengthened by the arrival of Missionary Tschopp and Missionary Sitzler. The year was bad from the health angle. Tschopp almost died of a fever, Mrs Dilger was badly ill with rheumatism, and towards the end of the…
The new teacher for Boso was an Anum man who had gone through several classes of the Akropong Middle School. (This is R. Papa), The Palime congregation had come into being after about a year's preaching by the teacher from Bose and the Bose…
Personnel of the Anum Mission District: David Asante Teacher H. Amanin at Anum Teacher Chr. Asiedu at Boso Monitor R. Dapa at Boso Teacher J. Okanta at Palime. There seem to have been no journeys into Nkonya-Buem - at any rate Asante's main…
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