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Newspaper
Kansas City Sun
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
4
The Sun condemns mob violence and double standards toward Black citizens. It argues the dynamiting of homes by white or disguised perpetrators must stop, calls for real protection and justice, and praises the Colored Women’s Clubs for endorsing Judge Miles Bulger for humane county court treatment.
WANTED Children to care for by the day or week 1504 East Tenth street. Cell Phone East 1147-7. FOR SALE Thirty rooms nicely furnished Income 280.00 a month Rent for building 100.00 Bargain and good business proposition Call Bast 2608 or Nast 1254M. Mra. V. L. Houston WANTED By Man and Wife Two nicely unfurnished rooms Call Bell phone Bast 6224 St HELP WANTED IN VARIOUS LINES Chauffers 60 and 75 per month TaRiOTe 2.6 isss cases te' 60 per month Cafe Porters si eceees 12 per week Housemaide 10 per week Chambermaids 8 per week Saloon Porters 14 and 15 per week Also shipping married men to Sun Inside Utah 7.00 per day For further particulars call at AFRO-AMERICAN INVESTMENT & EMPLOYMENT COMPANY Wm Johnston Mar 16 10 EAST 18TH STREET Home Enet 802 Bell East 782 FOR RENT 2602 Michigan Avenue 5 newly papered rooms gas bath 12.50 2a floor Bell Phone Grand 17THW W J D BOWSER FOR RENT Nicely furnished room to one of two gentlemen Strictly modern Hell Phone Bast 2047J
Listing of Black owned businesses in Kansas City area including bakeries beauty parlors florists lawyers jewelers printers photographers real estate shoestore and undertakers with names addresses and telephone listings for individuals and firms such as Mrs Susie Owens Mrs A Compton Bertha McCamey Cora Williams Hattie Wiley Rosie Jones and Solomon Smith among others.
Classified notice from The Tulsa Star seeking a linotype operator available to begin work at once with good salary. Ad mentions Spotless Kitchen at 23 West 15th Street as nearby dining option in town.
Twenty five men are needed to go to Charles City Indiana to work in a foundry at thirty five cents an hour with a raise after the first week. They want two or three married men with their wives for a boarding house run. Free rent and transportation paid. Contact Afro-American Office 1510 East 18th Bell Phone East 782 Home East 802.
Real estate ad lists numerous homes for sale with nine to seven rooms, brick or modern finishes, and various down payments or sale prices. Properties include addresses on Garfield Park Michigan Woodland 18th Street Olive Paseo and others near 14thGreely, with trade options and terms to suit. Employment company W M Johnston manager at 1610 East 18th Street Bell East 782.
A collage of social quips and anecdotes mocks gossip, travel, advertising, and wartime shortages. It ridicules chatter about wool, wages, and fashion while warning of morale and economic strain. The piece closes with a cheeky plug for Dr. J. M. Horton, optometrist, at 1737 Paseo.
An advertisement notes Mackey's Liniment now fully owns the formula for Mackey's Wonderful Rheumatic Cure and distributes it as the sole maker. It promises rapid relief for rheumatism in ten days, neuralgia in two hours, lumbago in forty eight hours, throat trouble in a week, asthma and other pains, with a guaranteed cure for appendicitis under the Pure Food and Drug act. Testimonials from customers in Kansas City and Highland allege swift relief from rheumatism, neuralgia, and related ailments.
New owner announces a first class printing office to operate at the old stand in Kansas City. Specializing in church and lodge printing along with tickets cards stationery and advertising work. Bell phone East 2782 residence East 71.
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