Governor Roosevelt Criticized at Negro Business League Meeting
Delegates of the Negro National Business League fill Parker Memorial Hall to hear discussions on black business progress. Governor Roosevelt of New York faces sharp criticism after J. W. Pullen of Enfield, N. C., recounts San Juan Hill and questions the Republican vice presidential pick. Talks cover Negro enterprises across cities such as Chattanooga, Pensacola, Enfield, and Jacksonville with Booker T. Washington presiding and the election of officers including Washington as president.
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Negro National Business League
Parker Memorial Hall
Roosevelt
New York
J. W. Pullen
Enfield
N. C
San Juan Hill
Mr. Pullen
el Caney
Fort Wagner
T. W. Walker
Boston
Booker T. Washington
Parker
Samuel B. Courtney
Louis F. Baldwin
Montague
John J. Smith
Giles B. Jackson
Richmond
James EB. Shepard
Raleigh
Negro Busine Enterprises
Pensacola
Fia
M. M. Lewey
Negro Business Enterprises
Negro Business
Jacksonville
J. Dou
Former slave-turned-mayor speaks on Klondike
Montgomery, once enslaved to Jefferson Davis, praises Mound Bayou and declares Klondike Alabama a model black town. Z C Leftwich, founder and mayor, claims control of multiple city offices and asserts South as a safe region for African Americans with no police riots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Mound Bayou
Blaamatepl
Pace
Z. C. Leftwich
Klondike
Ala
South
Croker Confirms Sale Of American Ice Company Stock
Richard Croker said he sold all his shares in the American Ice Company. He insisted the sale was not for business reasons related to the recent foe investigation or Tammany office holders.
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Groker
New York
Richard Croker
American Ice Company
Tammany
Foe
Croker
Hill for courting rejected labor in Connecticut Wants expenses refunded
Sophie Seraphin of Branford told New Haven city officials that Frank Senovits, whom she repeatedly rejected, warned she would be arrested for not repaying about 300 dollars in railroad fares and other gifts from three years of visits. She sought protection against collection and promised return of presents.
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New Haven
Conn
Sophie Seraphin
Branford
Frank Senovits
Philadelphia
Weidenhamer Sued for Breach of Promise in Williamsport
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on August 2 J W Weidenhamer of Milton is sued by his former wife for breach of promise after a reconciliation and postponed marriage The case follows his engagement to Miss McGrady and subsequent license notices The husband chose not to marry Miss McGrady to avoid legal action.
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Williamsport
Penn
J. W. Weidenhamer
Milton
Weidenhamer
Ann
Miss McGrady
Vanderbilt Heiress Born At Biltmore Palace
An heiress named Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt was born at Biltmore in Asheville North Carolina. She is heir to a fortune of at least 30 million dollars. George Vanderbilt and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser announced the birth and noted details of the couple and wedding origins.
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Asheville
N. C
Biltmore
George Vanderbilt
London
Charles McNamee
Bathers Invade Kingsland Point Bathing Houses
New York Aug 23. John Brisben Walker suffers from a rude influx of bathers at Kingsland Point on the Hudson. He had opened baths to the public, but crowding by unorthodox attire led him to post a notice forbidding bathing without a full ornate suit of the accepted type.
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New York
John Brisben Walker
Walker
Kingsland’s Point
Th Hudson
Tarrytown
Mother Hubbard
Fashion versus faith in St. Liborius parish clash over waistline
In St. Louis a battle erupts at St. Liborius Church between 100 Sodality girls and Rev. Father G A Reis over network shirt waists. The priest threatens to deny communion to the young women calling the fashion vulgar. The dispute stirs the parish and prompts talk of switching churches.
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St. Louis
St. Liborius Church
Brest
Sodality
G. A. Reis
Father Reis
Powers and the Germans in Roxbury Ward 2 and 22
In Roxbury wards 2 and 22 German voters fear losing support to Republicans due to Boer War stance. Germania Club on Beach Street hosts a Tuesday reception with Samuel L. Powers as principal speaker along with Col. B C Benton M J Murray and ex-Mayor Burr as guests.
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Roxbury
Germania Club
Beach Street
Samuel L. Powers
Congress
B C. Benton
Belmont
M. J. Murray
Burr
Newton
Plans for new West End Nursery and Infants Hospital building
A $5000 gift from Thomas Lawson funds a new building on Blossom Street for the West End Nursery and Infants Hospital. Dr. Rotch outlines rough plans to expand beds beyond sixty, enlarge the out patient department, and add lecture rooms for medical students. The hospital, open year round, provides free care to poor babies and is one of Boston’s few infants hospitals alongside the Floating Hospital.
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West End
Thomas Lawson
Boralma
Post
Rotch
Massachusetts
Readville
Lawson
Miss Jones
Infants’ Hospital
Boston
Floating
Children’s ‘Hospital
Have Elopers Returned to Back Bay Society?
Rumors swirl as Mr and Mrs J Wheatland Smith who eloped to Europe five years ago reportedly stay at a Back Bay hotel in Boston while inquiries fail to locate them. Details on Mrs F L Higginson’s past marriage and present plans remain widely discussed amid Boston society.
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J. Wheatland Smith
Europe
Ting
America
Back Bay
Boston
F. L. Higginson
Jmmie Wheatland Smith
J. Higginson
Corinne Attack
Beverly Farms
Folp Searses
Maine
Mrs. Sears
Mrs. Smith
Mrs Annie M Southwick Buried After Self Destruction
Funeral services for Annie M Southwick held at Ward Henderson chapel Everett. Husband present as the casket, white roses and carnations pillow bearing her name, was carried to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment. Reverend George Maxwell led Episcopal rites with no singing.
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Annie M. Southwick
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Everett
Undertakers Ward & Henderson
School Street
Annie
George Maxwell
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charlestown
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cora Bradford In Court On Crowded Appearance
Cora Bradford and two companions were arrested at 471 Massachusetts Avenue by Sergeant Lovell and four officers. In Judge Torsaith’s court they requested a continuance to next Wednesday and remained in jail after bail at $500 for Bradford and $200 for the others. The arrests are linked to a crusade against disorderly houses in respectable neighborhoods.
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Cora Bradford
Massachusetts Avenue
Lovell
Division 5
Cora
Essex Club Outing Aims Moody Campaign Kickoff
The Essex Club will hold an outing at Salem Willows on August 30 with speakers including Senator Charles W. Fairbanks Senator Lodge and Congressmen Moody Knox and Roberts. It marks the Essex county campu opening and aims to boost Moody for Congress for his final term.
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Essex Club
Salem Willows
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Lodge
Moody, Knox and
Roberts
Essex County
I T
Moody
Congress
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Jwwo
DOL LS
Ehesepe
P. K
Venice
China Department
Business League
Woo Ganni Som
Partor Montgoptery
Batou Miss
Mator Hart
vistmNe
Negro Business Men
Governor Roosevelt
Hart
William Lloyd Garrison
Negro Enterprises
Chattanooga
Tenn
A. J. Love
L. L. Burwell
Selma
E. K. Elbert
Wilmington
Del
Gilbert C. Harris
A. A. Casneau
A. F. Crawford
Negro Florist
Alabama
D. D. McCary
Washington
D. C
W. C. Coleman
North Carolina
J.R. Creed
Texas
George W. Franklin
Tennessee
8. D. Albert
Delaware
G. C. Harrie
B. E B. Cooper
Washington, D. C
The
Colored American
Mayor Hart
William Lloyd Irison
W. R. Pettiford
Alabama Penny Savage
Bank of Birmingham
T. Walker
Coal
Isaiah T.montgomery
J. C. Leftwich
T. Thomas Fortune
ne-To
Nergo
Messrs. Montgomery
Walker and
Leftwich
Jeff Davis
Hill
Connecticut
Vanderbilt
Mrs. George Vanderbilt
Biltmore, N. C
Blossom St
Blossom Street
Thomas Langon
Matron Jones
Mrs. J. Wheatland Smith
Mrs. Soutwick
MR. Johnson
William M. Johnson
Johnson
Boyle Bros. Green
Wash. St.—South End
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