Race clash rages in Chicago as police rush to Washington Park
On Chicago's South Side a white mob attacked two Black men in Washington Park, killing one and wounding another. Police, 200 strong, patrolled all night while hundreds more were placed on duty at Englewood and other stations. Community leaders urged action and unity to address a growing racial crisis.
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Associated Negro Press
Chicago
Illinois
South Side
Washington Park
South Park Board
Park
Englewood
Fiftieth Street
New City
Stock Yards
Kenny's Undertaking
South Halsted Street
Robert Robinson
West Fifty
Robinson
Fifth Street
Princeton Avenue
Ollis Harris
Grove Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Lafayette Avenue
Gurney
Alcock
Inter
Julius Rosenwald
South
Wichita District Conference Opens in Newton Kansas
The Wichita District Conference convened in Newton Kansas with Rev W H Merritt delivering an inspiring sermon. Reports from pastors and district stewards were favorable and Myrtle Johnson was re elected superintendent. The program featured papers on revival in Sunday School and league relations. Dr J R Ransom spoke on The Passports That Were Not Granted as Rev J R Ransom’s address drew keen interest.
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W. H. Merritt
Smith
The
New Age
C. H. Burbridge
H. C. White
Ward Hall
Myrtle Johnson
Wichita
Winfield
Hutchinson
Dstrict
Glover
Salina
J. R. Ransom
D.D
W. M. Enyard
Irish Question stirs peace conference embarrassments
New York dispatch notes that bringing the Irish issue to the peace conference unsettles American delegates who worry it could invite similar demands from Black Americans. The New York Sun argues that Irish dynamite analogy mirrors the illegal Southern political condition, critics say, violates the U.S. Constitution and is tolerated by many white Americans.
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New York
America
The
New York Sun, Daily
Ireland
United States
Africa in world politics says Dr Starr at Chicago
Dr Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago predicts Africa will dominate world politics for a decade. He argues Europe loses manpower and finances to control Africa as Liberia appears a critical hope. Starr plans a Liberia exhibit at the Columbus centenary celebration, delaying his trip to Japan.
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Associated Negro Press
Chicago
Africa
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Europe
Afric
Liberia
Cono Free State
Columbus
Dr. Starr
Japan
Negro Justice Near at Hand
Chicago dispatch reports a nationwide survey showing a new awakening for Black justice. Over the past six months there has been more written and spoken truth about racial injustices than since slavery was abolished, with outrages not ignored.
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Associated Negro Press
Chicago
Paseo Bath House dedication attracts large local crowd
Last Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock a large crowd witnessed the dedication of the Paseo Bath House recently turned over to Nerroca by the Park Board of Kansas City. The service was impressive and the program numbers were exceptionally good with music by the Second Regiment Band and a chorus directed by Prof Clyde L Glass. The Colored people of this city were pleased with the gift and turned out in huge numbers.
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Nerroca
Park Board of
Kansas City
Second Regiment
Clyde L. Glass
Regents Fail to Reelect Lincoln Institute President
The Lincoln Institute Board of Regents in Jefferson City Missouri shockingly declined to reelect President Clement Richardson for the next year. The decision follows a year marked by his intelligence and executive ability with a seventh vote yet to be cast by the Governor. Also included are remarks from Dr Starr on Liberia and regional African affairs, and a Missouri tour by J Allen and Prof W H H Yarrin as they promote the World Wonder Oil and Gas Company through Lexington Missouri.
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Board of Regents of
Lincoln Institute
Jefferson City
Clement Richardson
Richardson
the Sun
J. §. Allen
World Wonder Ol and Gas Company
W. HH. Yarria
Mrs Melisaa Fuel Cather Visits Joplin Friends
Mrs Melisaa Fuel Cather of Joplin Missouri enroute from a visit to Warrensburg Missouri called on many friends here. She appeared well and was warmly received by all who saw her.
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Melisaa
Cather
Joplin
Warrensburg
Cathera
Wheatley-Provident Hospital Charity Care Plan
Wheatley-Provident Hospital, owned by the Colored community, operates as a charitable institution using proceeds to expand services. Eight charity beds are available for patients unable to pay, with applications to listed officers. Charity patients receive free treatment by physicians appointed by the Kansas City Medical Society and approved by the board.
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Wheatley-Provident Hospital
J. E. Dibble
Michigan Avenue
Clara Adams
J. A. Jones
John Gardner
East Eleventh Street
WM. Alphin
Woodland Avenue
Kansas City Medical Society
The Negro foreign and native
An article praising African American figures, recounting historical figures like Sojourner Truth and Booker T Washington, and detailing the valor of Black Americans in military and police roles. It highlights Miss Laura E. Wilkes and her work on Black American history, and ends with Officer Cornelius Carter of the Metropolitan Police praised for bravery after a censured gun battle.
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Win
H. Dawley
Samuel Ringgold
Frederick Tugliss
Booker Washington
Jackson
Louisiana
Chidren
Laura BE. Wilkes
Franklin St
Washington, D.C
Ballou
Camp Funston
France
Miss Wilkes
States
Washington, D. DC
Early de
Edith Williams Appointed Teacher in City Schools
Miss Edith A Williams daughter of the late Prof T W H Williams who taught in the city for 32 years is named a public schools teacher for the coming year Lincoln High School class of 1917 and Lincoln Institute class of 1919 are in her background She is attending a summer school at Kansas State Normal Emporia Kansas Friends greet her appointment with pleasure.
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Edith A. Williams
T. W. H. Williams
W. J. Williams
Miss Williams
Lincoln High School
Lincoln Tnstitute
Kansas State Normal
Emporia
Kansan
Mixes Williams
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Kansas
Brown
Kration
Peace Commission of Europe
England
Egypt
Morocco
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Porter
Alexander Crummell
Howard University
Washington
Salem-Winston
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Washington, DC
Frederick D Douglass
Officer Cornelius Carter
Ofiier Cornelius Carter
Metropolitan Police Department
Lawrence
Rock Island Railway Company
Eighteenth Street
Jack Grimmer
West Bottoms
Goldie Jackson
St. Louis
Jean Gillespie
Carter
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