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Newspaper
Kansas City Sun
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
5
City news item lists residents returning from Omaha and Houston trips, visits to family in Missouri and California, summer plans, church events, a Zion conference guest, a basket meeting scheduled for June, and a hospital update on Napoleon Bailey after surgery. Includes short notes on Nellie E Young's Houston visit and Mrs. W. H. Strane's Oklahoma City hair product demonstrations.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weat announce the marriage of their daughter Des demona to Fortune J. Weaver Jr on June 3 at their residence 2423 Montgall Avenue. Miss Mariel Knox of 2203 Lydia Avenue, a Kansas City graduate from Hampton Institute Va, will stay this summer. E Drake, a St Louis hatter now with H Laden Tailor 1610 E 18th Street, brings eastern experience. Garrison School closes its most successful term with exhibits and two gymnasium entertainments June 6-7, including an operetta On Plymouth Rock. Miss Cecelia Ethelena Smith of Lincoln High School earned two scholarships and top honors. Miss Ruth Price won first prize for best first year Latin.
Local residents and visitors are noted with addresses across Kansas City and nearby towns. Illnesses travel alongside visits, with gatherings at churches and a First Baptist bazaar directed by Madame Carrie L Harris entertaining a range of children and noting standout performances by Faustine Harris and Hazel Bryant.
Mr. H. I. Kinsler of 18 East 21st Street announces a new telephone number Grand 4204W.
In loving memory of Elizabeth Carter who departed this to June 16 1916. Gone but not forgotten by sons, daughters and grandchildren. By Mamie Heitz, daughter.
Expressions of gratitude for kindness during illness and death of a wife. Acknowledgments to Rev S W Bacote and others. Lincoln High prize gift from Kansas City Consistory No 7 praised. Updates on John Walker illness and trolley to Leavenworth with departure times. Obituary note for Sarah Holman buried in Kansas City Kansas. Family thanks for support for Claude A Conroy.
Mrs Eliza Dishman of Denver visiting city relatives. Formerly Eliza Thomp kin she remains popular with older citizens. Prof W H Harrison Attucks School Jefferson City addressed Lincoln Institute alumni last Monday June 11. large association turnout. Harrison reports Institute in fine condition and President Allen doing great work.
Mrs Estella Gordon Rice and her 11 month old son Ralph Ferlek spent a few hours in the city Friday as guests of her brother in law and wife Mr and Mrs R J Rice at 1015 Tracy avenue en route to Georgia for an extended visit with relatives. Mrs Rice is the wife of Rev J B Rice pastor of the M E Mt Olive Church in Topeka Kansas. John S Minor assistant to Ad king Bros Green Undertaking Co had the misfortune of his ambulance wagon being struck by a street car last Saturday in Kansas City Kansas, throwing him to the ground and breaking his right arm. He is confined to City Hospital where he is improving nicely.
The Washington Bee reports that over three hundred dead head subscribers were placarded and hung in the office, a comment on readers who won t pay for papers edited by Col ored men. In Kansas City, Walter Z Martin and wife previously visited Topeka and Chicago, staying with N Clark Smith and N C Crews on Highland Avenue. The Martins are Chicago Post Office clerks and well regarded in Topeka.
Sam Langford is matched to fight Fred Fulton of Minneapolis in Boston on June 19. Fulton hopes to regain his honors after Carl Morris defeated him. A win could set up a championship shot with Jess Willard, though Langford never gets the champion’s bout. Prof J R B Lee will lecture in New Orleans as part of the Louisiana State Summer School for Colored Teachers, offering three daily courses for five weeks.
At a June reception hosted by Mr and Mrs Geo Evans the marriage of William Jones and Misa Roxie Williams was announced. Alben Harden disclosed the news as guests sang Life In Like a Mountain Railroad. The couple will reside at 1214 East 5th Street.
Indianapolis June 6 Danny Shay former manager of the Milwaukee American association baseball club who shot and killed a Negro Walter at Englishs hotel case on the Brewers last appearance in this city was arraigned in criminal court before Judge Collins yesterday on a charge of second degree murder. He waived preliminary examination and pleaded not guilty. Trial set for early next month or September session. Shay held without bond and defense relies on self defense. Clarence Ewell respected hotel employee left wife and two children.
A Colorado resident forged tools from a steel alloy with a newly discovered mineral. The weapons cut the hardest woods and shave closely without the need to sharpen between uses, marking a notable advance in durable toolmaking.
The Arctic tern leads a remarkable migration from Arctic breeding grounds toward the Antarctic coast. As the young mature the entire family embarks on the journey, traveling across hemispheres over several months until skirting the edge of Antarctica.
For years Pacific coast oil mills have operated using soybeans imported from Manchuria. They report strong demand in the region for oil cake and other soy products, with sales steady and growing.
A brief dialogue joke features Hallo and Fitzy joking about a black eye. Hallo asks where the injury came from and Fitzy replies a lover's quarrel. The line twists to reveal the injury came from “her other lover” in a light, humorous tone.
A fragmentary dialogue scene shows a woman urging others closer to hear the music while a man objects saying closeness muffles his words. The exchange ends with the woman urging to move along as they proceed.
A local notice urges readers to join Clover Leaf Insurance, inviting community members to enroll or participate in a company event aimed at expanding coverage and member benefits. The prompt emphasizes accessibility and collective action within the local market.
Rev D A Holmes spoke at Armour's shop meeting last week. A W Hardy, Physical Director, named men to join the Ft Des Moines training camp. Texas and southern state visitors toured the building en route to the camp. A Summer Membership costs 2.0 and runs until October 1, with showers benefiting value. The following men left early in the week for the colored officers camp at Ft Des Moines: T E Galliard J C Banks Emanual Davis Edw Fiadger P R Crutchfield B Boston Felix Goodwin Robt Willis J C Cooper.
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