Sun 1915 launches with organist Jackson at Allen Chapel
A New Year message salutes Prof. Robert G. Jackson, noted organist of Allen church and Western University, for a Christmas morning program and for leading the choir at the city hospital. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Luella Bass Noble, longtime district governess and fraternal member, buried from Second Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Jackson
Allen Chapel
Western University
Allen
City Hospital
Convention Hall
Luella Bass
Luella Bass Noble
Ruth
Missouri
H. of J
Eastern Star
Court of
Calanthe
Wheatley Provident Hospital
Second Baptist Church
W. Bacote
Basa
Minor H. Bass
Many Colored Men in Congress Highlight South Carolina
The article lists twenty two people of color who served in U.S. Congress, detailing terms from 1870 to the 1880s. It notes notable figures Hiram Revels, Robert Smalls, John R. Lynch, John Langston, and others, with South Carolina contributing seven of the named leaders. It mentions roles, such as Revels as a senator and Bruce as a former vice president presiding officer of the Senate, and cites Gen. Smalls and Langston as prominent contemporaries. It ends with a note on later political shifts in South Carolina tied to the Tillman and Blease era and a brief line about coin removal by Cactus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Washington
D. C
Lee
Senate
Hiram R. Revels
United States
D. K. Bruges
Joseph H. Rainey
M. C
R. B. Elliott
R. H. Caine
Joshua T. Walls
Robert Delarge
John H. Hyman
James FE. O'Hara
H. P. Cheatam
George H. White
John R. Lynch
Jeff Long
B. KK
Bruce
Mississippi
Robert Smalls
South Carolina
John M. Langston
Virginia
Beaufort
S. C
Thomas E. Miller
State Colored College
George W. Murray
Chaplain Steward's Book review and Haitian heroism praise
A long notice extols Rev Ophilius Gould Steward and his book The Haltian Revolution 1701-1804 with praise for his fair yet sympathetic treatment of Haiti and black leaders. It notes Steward’s historical rigor and links to Wilberforce and Haiti’s leaders Rigaud Petion Christophe plus Remyrais. Also mentions Ruben Cameron, a Missouri farmer, and local figures Prof Joe Herriford A T Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophilus Gould Steward
T. Nolden Steward
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Wilberforce
A. M. B. Clurch
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Halt
Desaaines
Rigaud
Petion
Boyer Millattoes
al Ofde
Netherlands
Sons
Harti
Chaplain Steward
Thea Mulattoes
Remyrais
Christophe
Dessalines
Haiti
Napoleon
Eureka Household Dinner Honors Mrs Minnie Doyle
Mrs Minnie Doyle hosted a Eureka Household and their husbands on Sunday evening December 27 at 5 o'clock. A drawn work tablecloth, a gift from the Household for her faithful service, adorned the table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Doyle
Eureka
An. Elshorgs
The Sun Offer For January One Dollar
The Sun offers a January deal for one dollar mailed to any U S address for 1915. Miss Marie Overtatreet a Lincoln Institute music instructor and guest of Mrs N C Crews has drawn social attention during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marie Overtatreet
Lincoln Institute
Reform Plan for New Year Entertainment Hall Expansion
The text outlines a proposal to expand and modernize a community venue including a larger entertainment hall and improved facilities for judges meetings and lodge comforts. It emphasizes completion of the plan with inspiration, addressing past neglect and hindrances to proceed without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrion
Health hints columnist to resume in 1915
One of the city’s corps of physicians, a decided success in his profession, has promised to resume his health hints column in this paper during 1915. Don’t forget the New Year’s ball at Lyric Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyrle Hall
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Ann
David and
Paul
D. WN. Crosthwait
St. Louis High School
Chicago
David
Marshalltown
Lydia C. Smith
Yates Branch
A. M. Ward
Denver
Col
Bessie M. Weaver
Kansas City
Congress
Theophilus G. Steward
WM. H. Dawley, JR
Ruben Cameron
Chariton County
Ifere
Berlin
Ara
Dameron
Joe £. Herriford
Lincoln School
Knights of Tabor
Masonic Round Table
A. T. Moore
Richard Davis
Centennial M. E. Church
Lena Mason
Kansas
G. N. Grisham
Lincoln High School
Negro State Teachers’ Association
R. T. Coles
Garrison School
Garrison Field House
Ww. C. Moon
Lloyd E. Bailer
Bell East 999
East 18Th Street
Nelson C. Crews
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