Negro Advancement and Civil Rights in Kansas City
The article lauds the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as a vital force against race prejudice and unjust laws. It recounts activism, legal challenges, and public meetings, highlighting a speech by Prof. J E Spingarn and upcoming Negro Business League events at 130% East Eighteenth Street. Local figures F J Weaver and A E Estes are named as leaders, with attendance from community notables at Allen Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Te Duprowe
Association
Saia
Kansas
Quinns
J. E. Spingarn
Allen Chapel
Tocalaaa
Nnn
Negro Business League
East Eighteenth Street
Kansas City Sun
Western University Glee Club
E. P. Ewing
Kaw Val'ly Truck Farm Co
T. G. McCampbell
W. A1
F. J. Wraver
A. E. Estes
Tango ban and chorus of critics ripple across cities
Reports from Lawrence Minneapolis San Francisco Baltimore and Chicago describe officials clamping down on tango and modern dances. University students and ministers condemn the dance as evil and decaying morals while police say interest wanes and halls report no drop in patronage. Observers warn the dance threatens public virtue and urges churchgoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Misa Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley College
San Francisto
Wellesley
Chicago
George Curtin
Vermont
Mary A. Bord
A. B. Telford
Write the Letter Before It Is Too Late
A plea urges readers to write to loved ones now rather than delaying. It highlights the risk of forgotten messages and unspoken tenderness, reminding that warm words can ease the pain of distance and time for mothers and others who may one day be unreachable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepa
Walt
Masonic Home Notes Rejoice Over Charity Box From Marshall Court
Matron Mrs Sarah W Dixon led Inmates to joy as Green Valley Court No 70 of Marshall Mo sent a charity box with peas corn kidney beans tomatoes fruit prunes navy beans dried peas hominy totaling 24? pounds. Court support praised while lodge donations lag. Visitors included Mesdames Edward Rucker Mary Radford Anna Healey Ethel Penny Ellen Hicks Nellie Lewis Harvey Hicks and Prof Charles Penny, Supt W H Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah W. Dixon
Green Valley Court No
Marshall, Mo
Bettie Furgeeon
Mesdames
Edward Rucker
Louisiana
Mary Radford
Chicago
Anna J. Healey
Ethel J. Penny
Ellen Hicks
Nellie Lewis
Harvey Hicks
Chas. E. Penny
Hannibal
W. H. Dixon
Women's Club Notes January Gatherings
Miss Effie Pennington hosted a Friday evening party for the Ochya Girls in honor of her cousin Robert Penoin’s team Dixon MM New Year’s night eight Kansas City young men entertained the Ovchya Girls. Miss Wallace will return home to the South from 2626 Highland avenue residence of Mire. Franklin in Kansas City. Progress Study club met at 2216 Woodland avenue with Mrs. Bert Hill as hostess. Professor J. Dallas Bowser spoke on Travels a Brown and was well received. All meetings will be at the Overall Studio. Miss Frances Hayes will host next Tuesday January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Pennington
Ochya
Robert Penoins
Dixon
Kansas City
Ovchya
Wallace
Mire
Franklin
Highland Avenue
Progress Study Club
Woodland Avenue
Bert, Hill
J. Dallas Bowser
Frances Hayes
Community Showers Gather for Local Weddings
A towel shower on Saturday January 24 at 2628 Highland avenue hosted by Miss Vic Newsom Miss Bessie Jacobs and Miss Tella Newsom. A kitchen shower on Saturday 31 at 400 Haskell avenue Kansas City Kansas by Miss Winifred Morton and Miss Ruth Bradley. A miscellaneous shower on Saturday February 7 by Miss Oma White Miss Rosa Barbee and Miss Grace White. A handkerchief shower on Saturday February 14 by Miss Effie Grant Miss Margaret Jackson and Miss Katherine Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue
Vic Newsom
Bessie Jacobs
Miss Tella Newsom
Haskell Avenue
Kansas City
Kansas
Winifred Morton
Ruth Bradley
Oma White
Rosa Barbee
Grace White
Effie Grant
Margaret Jackson
Katherine Davis
Ladies and Gente Shoe Shine at Colored Shoe Store
Ladies shine at the Colored Shoe Store on 160715 E 18th St with invitations extended to Ladies Especially Invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
18Th St
Vine Street Baptist Church Sunday Notes
Sister P A McFadden Bron Thomas Glenn and G W Taylor have been on the sick list. The funeral of Sister T Robinson was preached last Sunday. She died in faith and the bereaved are sympathy extended. James Graham and Jennie Piper, newly married, attended. services well attended and one addition to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine Street Baptist Church
P. A. McFadden
Bron
Thomas Glenn
G. W. Taylor
T. Robinson
Robinson
Eva Court
African Emigration A Fake headline from Liberia letter
From Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, word arrives in Oklahoma about Chief Sam the Negro promoter behind a colonisation plan. He claims a bond being built for him in New York and plans to ship money and pay fines to Gold Coast. Rev Johnson of the African AMB Church cites a Liberian bishop who calls Chief Sam a pure fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierre Leone
Aberla
Oklahoma
Sam
New York
Gold Coast
Africa
Johnson
African A. M. B
William H. Heard
Liberia
Tulea World
Negro Farmer Inherits $200,000 In Delaware News
Leri A. Taylor, a Newark Black farmer, inherits $200,000 and a large Atlantic City land strip from the late Mrs. Steve Brighter. Employed by Brighter since 1900, he reclaimed lowlands there and oversaw sixty houses. He plans a home for colored boys near Wilmington with the fortune.
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Wilmington
Del
Leri A. Taylor
Newark
Atlantic City
N. Y
Mra
Steve Brighter
Taylor
Brighteh
Brighter
Provident Hospital Takes Over Perry Sanitarium in Kansas City
Provident Hospital Association announces the former Perry Sanitarium is now Provident Hospital with twenty five beds, private and free care, steam heat and electric lighting. Board includes Evelyn Baldwin and Clara T Knox among others. Nellie Palmer remains as chief nurse. staff physicians listed. public access stated and staff appointments invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Perry
Perry Sanitarium
Provident Hospital Association
Kansas City
Towl
Evelyn Baldwin
Marilda Gardner
Clara T. Knox
B. M. Smith
T. B. Watkins
Eva M. Smith
Effie Watkins
Mia
Las
Nellie Palmer
Publc
Lloyd E. Baller
G. W. Brown
Z. H. Williams
J. H. Perry, Jr
Thos
A. Jones
BE. A. Walker
M. H. Lambright
Thos. A. Fletcher
C. M. Kane
Whitttington Bruce
Wm. J. Thompkins
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Prof. Spingarn
Chas. A. Starr
F. J. Weaver
John Love
G. W. Teetera
Jacob Bulikoff
Spingarn
W. H. Thomas
Woody Jacobs
Billikoff
Tango
Kansas University
Lawrence, Kas
Frank Strong
Minneapolis
Minneapolia
Matn
G. L. Morrill
People’s Church
Morrill
South America
United States
Bolivia
Stephen 5. Wise
Manny Taiacaegae
Francenilney
Baltatore
Denola J. O'Connell
Richmond
Virginia
Mike Ellen Fitz Pendleton
Waa
Mil
Masonic
Hurrah
the Clippers
Claudia E. Jenkins
Bell East 999
East 18Th Street
Nelson C. Crews
Provident Hospital
Dealgus
Weaver Floral Co
Gell
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