25 Jul 1914
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Newspaper
Kansas City Sun
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1914
Page
1
A quoted reflective verse by Charles A. Starks from the Kansas City Sun Office praising harmony and divine inspiration. The piece describes music as a path to inner peace and mental clarity, portraying music as nourishment for the soul and a guide to truth.
The Mid-Summer Carnival features 150 participants in Orient costumes and runs through Friday July 31. Two ladies vie for Queen amid high excitement. Sunday services at the tent include 11:00 A M sermon by Rev W C Williams and 8:00 P M by Dr W H Thomas. Baby Contest Wednesday night July 29 offers prizes: 1st $10 for funds raised over $20, 2nd $5 for over $10, Sid $2.50. Venue is Paseo near Eighteenth Street.
The Grand Court of Calanthe held its seventeenth annual session July 14 to 17 in Lexington Missouri at the Masonic hall. Delegates from various courts reported strong attendance and progress, with memorial services for Mollie Claybrooks and tributes to John M. Wheeler. Officers were elected and plans laid to extend the work.
On July 22 1914 officers and delegates from Negro fraternities met at Grand Master Nelson Crows in Kangana City Missouri to discuss endowment benefits and publish resolutions. The group urged focus on charity morality and brotherly love over financial gains and proposed a Fraternal Union with governance by a grand officer and two representatives from each society.
A long report details a grand emancipation celebration in Kansas City led by local lodges and fringe groups. Notable attendees include Grand Master Nelson C. Crews and other dignitaries from Missouri and nearby states. The event features diverse attractions, speeches by prominent figures, a heavy emphasis on Black business advancement, and a large public parade of activities at Shelley Park and surrounding avenues. The correspondence notes transportation, gatekeeping, and ticketing for the national Negro Business League convention traveling through multiple Midwest cities.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows plans the 82nd Anniversary of District Grand Lodge No. of Missouri and District Grand Household of Ruth No. 15 in Kansas City with 500 delegates expected. Sessions at Metropolitan A M B Zion Church and Vine Street Baptist Church feature competitive drills, parades, and cadet contests, plus entertainment at Ridges Grove from Austell 4th to 6th 1914.
The Friendsly Baptist Church led by Rev. G W Bord purchases the old Bicbenezer A M E Church at Seventeenth and Tracy. Opening service Sunday July 26 includes 11 a m morning worship 12 20 p m Sunday School 4 p m afternoon service with pastors and congregations present. Rev J M Booker D D will MC sermon by Rev G BR Daniela music by St Stephens choral group. Week continues with sermons by Rev C Calloway Monday 7 20 p m and Rev J W Hurse Tuesday eve. LULA PROCTOR Clerk.
The Rich mond News Leader faced backlash after selecting a prize winning argument against women’s suffrage and then rejecting a photograph of a Black winner. The incident sparked debate over race and gender bias and drew varied editorial reactions from The New York Evening Post.
All Sunday services at Allen Chapel and Ebenezer Car marked an epoch in Kansas City religious life. Morning sermon by Allen Chapel pastor. At 3 p.m. union class service led by class leaders of both churches. Evening sermon by Ebenezer pastor inspired great audience and many responses leading to church union. Attend Sunday services.
Maryville prepares for August 5 Emancipation Day with a guaranteed St. Joseph excursion train. Four speakers will address the crowd, including Nelson C. Crews and W. Houston. Local groups like Knights of Tabor and Mose Dixon Palestine Guards will join via the special train, with seven coaches set for attendees.
Excelsior Springs hosts a community outing on Tuesday August 4 at Whale Lake and Park under Morning Star Baptist Church with round trip fare 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for children 7 to 17 from 13th and Walnut Streets to Rosesdale Argentine and Kansas City Kan. News covers Pullman Company to pension its 33000 employees including 7000 Afro-Americans with pensions starting at 15 dollars monthly for twenty years of service, no age limit for disabled, and retirement at 65 for women, led by Defender Professor Jon BE Herriford.
In St Louis three African American men die after a dispute over a poker game at a negro lid club turns deadly. Bammo Harris accuses Waddell Wilson of unfair winnings, fires a gun, Wilson fires back, and Lewis Perry dies as others are arrested for the coroner. Also note Myrtle Hillman visits her uncle Rev B Hillman in Missouri.
The article lists primary causes: lack of experience from unrelated prior work, insufficient capital for stock rent and advertising, and neglect of the business after initial years. It notes race pride and overconfidence as factors, with some entering business to be their own boss and others misusing success for social aims.
Moon's live and dressed poultry from the country moves into homes as prices drop on poultry eggs and butter. Spring chickens and broilers 20c and 24c per lb, young hens 14c and 16c, fresh country eggs 19c per dozen, country butter 25c per lb, spring ducks 16c per lb, fresh fish 7c+. Order at 1335 East Eighteenth Street, Cal Bell phone Grand 1746W.
Large delegations from St Louis Kansas City St Joseph and all parts of Missouri prepare for a full business session of the International Order of Twelve. Sir Knights across the state rally to discuss benefits rituals and governance. Meeting set for Hannibal July 28 1914 with representatives from Temples Tabernacles Palatia and Tents to legislate for Tabor.
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