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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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