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Newspaper

Kansas City Sun

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1914

Page

6

Directory of Kansas City Negro Businesses

Directory listing numerous businesses and professionals in Kansas City Kansas and Missouri including Auto and Hack services, barbers, cafes, cleaners, coal and ice suppliers, contractors, dentists, lawyers, florists, employment agents, health care, musicians, and real estate. Contains names such as A. Robinson, J. A. Reid, S. Matthews, J. A. Wilson, Wm. Hopking, Afro-American Investment Co, and many others with addresses and telephone numbers.

Inventory of Local Businesses and Officials in Kansas City Area

A dense catalog lists numerous businesses and individuals in Kansas City and nearby areas. Entries include Poppies Invertment Co Solomon Smith and various shoe shiners, stockmen, teachers, and theatre figures. Also noted are undertakers and transfer companies with addresses, phones, and roles.

A. W. Williams 8Th St Kansas City Kana H. Shumaker Temple G. A. Page Geo. W. Martin Harry B. Taswell Vine St Bass Mexico Woody BE. Jacoba North 3Rd St Kans Bell J. P. King Sumner High School Everett Dh. G. Watson E. 24Th J. Lilac Ha Chas. A. Westmoreland Lydia Bell Grand W. Lincoln High School R. G. Jackson Nebraska West J.L. Williams Old Kentucky West 12Th St Homer Hoberts Dixie Theatre

Golden Steam Dye Works Dirty Cloth Question

An advertisement raises a moral concern about clothing cleaning practices. It asks readers to imagine repeatedly pressing garments with cloths previously used on a diseased or morally compromised client, washed in dirty water, suggesting hygienic anxieties about shared ironing materials. The tone urges caution and awareness of cleanliness in dry cleaning methods.

Golden’s Steam Dye Works East 18Th Street

Old Ways of Pressing Modern Sanitary Steam Press

To overcome unsanitary methods we have installed a sanitary steam press that disinfects garments by high dry steam. It removes odors, removes grime, lifts the nap, revives colors, and imparts freshness desired by dressers.

True Heroes in Everyday Life and Service

The essay honors everyday heroes who endure hardship with courage and charity. It highlights Miss Jennie Cassaday of Louisville for 25 years of Flower Mission work, Florence Nightingale, and others who serve despite infirmity. It celebrates self denial, generosity, and quiet virtue as true heroism beyond rulers or conquerors.

Hether Eailor Herotomia Earth Othara Jennie Caesaday Louisville Phieons Dong Florence Nightingale Jennie Cassaday George Peabodys James Lenoxes Moses H. Grinnells Heroea

Time's Changes and a Tiny Flat Sacrifice

A couple in a strained marriage quarrels over space and devotion. She weeps that he promised to lay down his life for her, while he jokes that the confining flat leaves no room to lay anything down. The exchange reveals their fraught relationship and humor in hardship.

Local Scout Recounts Harsh Day For Mother’s Oil

A first district scout told of his daily deed helping a mother who had only enough castor oil for one dog. He explained the family’s struggle and his choice to share what little they had. The account highlights courage and selflessness in a brief community record.

Also Mentioned on This Page

OF the Negro Business League of F. J. Weaver Prea. K A. Robinson Secy Add A. Robinson A. Starks Vine Etroot Bell Phone East Bob Robinson Baltimore Ave Matin Chas Monros Woodland Auto & Hack Service Bell East Jas Cowden 12Th St Wm. D Frater Auto Vo Office Bell Grand Thomas Diack Packard Enat Main Bakers Eureka Jackson Allen Vina, Bouste Evins Henry Compton Tame Bakery Susie Owens George Purnell Ashcraft Wyandotte Highland Jos. Cowden Bath 18Th St Wm. Lewis Atlanta William Dabba Baltimore Grand J. A. Jones Palace J. C. Hobbs Stitta Criterion L. M. Townsend Mackamith Jas, Hopkins Lyda Franklin Lincoln Cafe E. 18Th St Christian Societies Lydia C. Smith Fifth and State Avenue R. B. Defrants East Eighteenth Street Laden Brothers R. Bennett J. F. Basil John Holmes Vine Wortham Broa B. 19Th St Golden Steam Dye Works East 18Th R. L. Hopkins the Star D. W. Weat Euclid Henry Parks East Eighteenth Preston Kyles Minnesota Ave J. Perguson New Jersey Ave F. D. Wells Bethel 24Th and Flora G. B. Arnett 4Th and Spruce Baptist G. H. Daniels Vine Street N. Cohran State Baptist Missionary North 24Th St St. Joseph J. W. Huree Saint Stephen W. A. Bowren First Baptist Church Lee HB. Milla 10Th Euclid Ave G. E. Arnett 14Th Baptist Church C. T. Reed State Baptist Church Convention Twin City W. C. Williama Tracy Ave Ebenezer A. M. B. Church T. A. Wilson Belleview Ave J. M. Booker Miensant Green Baptist Church Res Tracy J. W. Clay King Solomon Baptist Church Hes Dh. B. Jackson Sth Street Baptist Tabernacle Freeman I. B. Blackburn K. C J. H. Hall Hernan Kinglee Harrison BE. A. Salisbury HB. Winters North 8d Street Kas Contractors—General J West 18Th Street Bell Plane Wm. T. Garner Woodland A. E. Betes Waldron Leon H. Jordan W. B.nelson Pacific Street B. Page Cooper London W. L. Hayden Cor 4Th Minnesota Chapman Ball Hudson McQueen Mrs. Blanche Birdie Jackson Kuat Palace Drug Store St. Ball Peoples Grug M. H. Lambright Mgr McCampbell Houston N. W Taylor Omen James Abernathy EU Harrie Afro-American Employment & Inv. Co Moses A. Rovinson Monigall Ave Washington Florists Orontiwaite Choral Co Rona J. Carter Lila H. Swan Minnie Lwaite Weaver 15Th St. Majo Terie & Te Lewla ‘Townsend Lydia Ave Grocers H. J. Spigenor & Sons Phillips School W. C. Carroll Abraham Clark East Sith St Mason Matson Iousah and Grove X. M. R. Wilson 9Th St Mangas City Kun HL Claybourne Bell Plone Hi. Johnson & Son Freeman Ave Kan CL. Wiliams 24Th St Marshall Wilson Lena B. Downs Haskell Laura Jacobs Mille St Rosedale Kansas Grant Jones State Ave Elia Neff 2. Taylor Poro & Scalp Treatment J. H. Simmons Oak Hotel Woods Charlottes Lewis Woods Madame A. Hell Campbell Flora Johnson Norford St Charles Slaughter 9Th Weat Ernest W. Williams Standard Life Insurance Co Atlanta, Ga Heman EB Ferry Harry H. Pace G. Porter Katwas & Missouri T. A. Rosa and Chirlea Buster P. K. Brown Uperintendent Health Dia W. Li B. 18Th St. Bell H. Walden Montgall Enatistest Hell A. D. Parron Health and Accident Dept Standard Life Ins. Co. Moll H. D. Simmons J. W. Golden Standard Life and District Mgr. Continental W. J. Dixon Cleveland Avenue J. A. Wilson Bell Main N. P. Jones Mattie P. Garner Lillie Johnson Chapman & Caldwell Paseo Eva P. Washington Mra Stella Hubbard Lawyers L. W. Johnson New York Life Stein-Miller W. C. Hueston W. 6Th L. A. Knox W. 6Th St Dorsey Green BH. A. Shackelford LH. Spears 18Th J. E. Laing Connection Francis J. Jackson John Hill Amos Barnett Forest Home Holland Grove Street J. Hightower George Testers Southwest National Bank of Commerce John Thomas Waverly Way South H. T. Kealing Western University Henry P. Ewing Wm. Sprangles D. W. White Norrth A. Young Beulah Douglass North Mill St Beall Winston Holmes McGee Samuel S&sr Stewart South 4Th Street Salt Lake City Utah Arthur A. Anderson State St N. C T. H. Bailey McGee St. Bell BE. A. Walker Bell G W. Hubert Bruce Eighteenth Street Lucian P. Richardson C. A. Murray Kane Rare Dillard 5Th St Ans Dr. Theo A. Fletcher Theodore Smith M. Ll. Minn 24Th Vine Sts J. Edgar Dibble J. EB. Perry F. Shannon T. C. Unthank Independence Avenue W. W. Montgomery Franklin Wilson North 10Th St Thos Jones A. D. Bradbury Independence Ave Lee East 3Th St Hayden Ith Minnesota Bell Ray Menser Northwest Cor 18Th and Paseo Office H. Sylvester Gillespie M Steele Sloan Avenue Quindaro Fred T. Drew Bales Avenue Charles Williams Bruca Santee J. H. Malone Printers J. A. Franklin Youn H. Fairley Square Deal Printing Co William Hopking Afro-American Investment Co J. Dallas Bowser J. Weaver Poppie Dixon Kmet Moses Fielda The Exact Transfer Co Planos H. B. Moore Independence Ava Wyatt & Randolph 3Rd St H. Gountee Watkins Bros. & Co Jeaphoos People's Undertaking Co Edward Jones Mgr. Inc Mo, R- Fairley Kansas Citys Bowries Hod Carriers
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