Complaints Against Our Contractors Highlight Local Trust Issues
Three homeowners with new houses report defective work by Blackford and Son contractors. Carpenters, electricians, paper hanging, and painting crews allegedly left projects unfinished after collecting major payments, forcing rework and delays. The piece argues for race pride in selecting reliable local trades and condemns gossip and poor workmanship as threats to community harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon
la Ligne
Advertising Notice for Subscriptions in Advance
Notice to the public from W. B. Bit Company on Nessan Street Dallas. It informs subscribers about advance payments for subscriptions and directs postal registration details. Contains scattered OCR errors but conveys official notice regarding subscription terms and placement in the Dallas Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bit Company
Om South
Morten Gant
Dallas Express
Dallas Express Emphasizes Steady Patriotic Duty
The Dallas Express declares its paper will stay plain and conservative, trimming no sail to chase trends. It vows steadfast patriotism as essential bread of the nation and invites the press to stand with it on this high ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Monrovia
Liberia
Little Republic
Hypocrisy of American Brutality Across Borders
An editorial compares lynching terror in Texas to Turkish atrocities and Armenian suffering, condemning domestic racial violence and urging a national change of heart. It cites Mexican and Black communities fleeing threats, calls for drastic action, and warns against national self-pity and inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perople
Christian Ameri
Texas
Turkey
America
West
East
North
South
Ageapecagne
China
McConnell urges Negro leaders to curb racial hatred at Texas Baptist session
During the 74th Baptist General Convention of Texas closing hours Dr. F. M. McConnell urged Negro leaders and preachers to promote kindness and accept responsibility for ending hate. He warned against vicious race literature and noted white Baptists have aided Negro neighbors yet race tensions persist amid calls for Christian tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist General Convention of Texas
F. M. McConnell
VaBois
New York
Texas
Seene
The Mirror of a Public Opinion on Religion and War
A criticism of Christian leaders support for war against Turks and Moslems, arguing the church remains medieval in doctrine and practice. It condemns calls for holy war, urges opposing all war, and questions leaders like Bishop Cannon and Manning while contrasting GreekTurkish conflict with broader Christian ideals.
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David
Constantine
Kemal
Cannon
Godfrey de Bouillon
John Haynes Holmes
The
Nation
League of Nations
Manning
Jesus of Nazareth
Bishop Cannon
Christian Church
Georgia
Bishop
Earth
United States
Southland
Debating Lynching Bill and National Conscience
The Birmingham Age-Herald replies to the San Antonio Express defending federal action against mob violence. It argues lynching demands national investigation and reform, citing the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and the 1919 National Conference on Lynching. It notes signatures from governors, senators, and leaders, urging Congress to act while warning against mob law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
San Antonio Express
Alabama
Age-Herald
Pattervic
Texus
New York City
National Conference On
United States
Republic
Congress of the
Butler
Thwing
Jordan
Wheeler
Hirot
Harvard
Taft
Cardinal Gibbons
Charles E. Hughes
Hiihu Root
Palmer
Anna Howard Shaw
Henry van Dyke
District of Columbia
Emmett O'Neal
Georgia
Hugh M. Dorsey
William H. Fleming
John Oil Hammond
Frederick F. Reese
Kentucky
Desha Breekenrage
Louisiana
Quincy Ewing
Mississippi
A. T. Stovall
J. R. Bingham
J. B. Hutton
Jack C. Wil
North Carolina
Weatherford
Tennessee
Thomas F. Gailor
James H. Kirklena
Fayette A. McKenzie
Bolton Smith
Virginia
James H. Dillard
William H. Huntley
Henry St. George Tucker
Woodrow Wilson
Warren
Harding
Wilson
World Aid
San Antonio
Texas
Mysterious Fifth Slaying Strikes Kansas City Area
A killer shooting women in the left temple terrorizes Kansas City region. The latest victim is Lizzie Dudley, 25, found in a weed patch near Eighth Street and the Northwestern tracks. Five victims total, with shoes and stockings taken from four others, police say no solid clues yet.
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Kansas City
Kas
Lizzie Dudley
George Chess
Eighth Street
Henry Smyth
John Mogile
Dudley
Dudsley
Argentine
Rose‘dale
Crooks
Nearman
North Eighth Street
Wheeler Dudley
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Sworth
Voreig Advertising Represenha
Notich
TEKAS
Opinio
Pittsburgh American
Maynard H. Jackson
A. N. Py
Republic of Liberia
Amrica
England
Careysburg
Maynard Jackson
A. §. Jackson
New Hope Baptist Church of Dallas
Gray
Register’s Office
Monen L. Gray
Chicago
Negro Women’s National Republican League
Negro Women's Department
Register of the Treasury
Washington
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