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Newspaper
Kansas City Sun
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
6
Prof Napoleon Paul Dudley, self styled chief exponent of Ethtorianism and race problems specialist, releases a new holiday pamphlet titled The Ethtorian Beatitude. It sells for 25 cents a copy and aims to reach every home in the race.
The census bureau reported Baltimore's Negro population at 101,200 with a 27.9 percent rise since 1910, while white residents grew 32 percent to 626,074. Cincinnati showed a Negro decline to 29,686 despite white growth, and Louisville's Negro count fell to 44,118 with white population at 184,727.
A full house at St Paul A M E Church welcomed the Blind Boone Concert Company last Tuesday. Boone showed his enduring genius while Mrs John Day impressed with a standout performance. The act marks Boone’s 49th year as a top entertainer, under manager John Day of Kansas City.
A braided column mocks social pretensions and behavior with blunt quips about marriage, divorce, honesty, race, fashion, and class. Anecdotes note a preacher's critique, a jailed turkey joke, a fur coat purchase, and a snowy misadventure with fashion, reflecting urban gossip in a colloquial tone.
Classified notices list several rooms for rent including furnished options with board private family and modern front rooms. Also matches for two gentlemen and a kitchenette share in a modern apartment plus a rental house offer. A lost glove note and a miss Thompson message appear among listings with contact details in Bell Melrose area.
A fragment notes 1505 Main Street as a glasses seller with a one year guarantee on every pair, plus a fading ad for a high class beauty parlor seeking a competent operator and a request to find the mother of Louie Gibson who moved from Fort Worth to Tulsa years ago.
Strictly modern rooming house de luxe. Seven rooms elegantly furnished occupied by first class tenants. Income one hundred dollars per month. Rent forty dollars. Will take four hundred thousand dollars. Part cash, balance easy terms. T. A. Rosa Realty Co. Helphone Clifton 1675.
A note offers a Christmas present in the form of a photo by J B Miller at 1622 EB 18th Street Bell Clifton 91. The message emphasizes love affection and home esteem as priceless and unbuyable.
Goodyear Manufacturing Company announces a 1939 promotion offering a free raincoat to one person in each facility who shows fit to friends. To receive, write today. Also offered is a condensed history of the Negro race for sale at 50 cents, with bulk options available. Address A Davis at 2601 Wabash Avenue, Room 708.
A claimed cure advertises a harmless remedy from SUPER BA COMPANY of Baltimore Maryland. It promises a trial with payment only if cured, otherwise no cost, and repeats the guarantee.
Live agents to introduce our wonderful Half Pomade among the families. No money required. Address The Dill Company, Norristown, Pa.
Smith's Drug Store is listed as one of the show places of the West in the feature, highlighting its role as a regional showcase for local commerce and services. The note emphasizes its prominence among regional attractions and retail hubs in the area.
Comprehensive 1960s era directory listing Melrosa Gleaves Apron Shop Heitz & Tull auto and baggage services bakeries barbers beauty parlors and a wide range of services. Entries include Melrose 2001W phone numbers, addresses on Euclid Vine 18th and 12th streets, and listings for auto repair, dressmaking, confectionery, hotels, groceries, real estate, lawyers, printers, and more in Kansas City Missouri and Kansas.
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