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o-c«—tndoil-extthedo•ley•loregeatveding292in-»rt-;t-N-iTtothelanvd-eallasthethemd:o.,fortndm-vvnMeayire)u-US-n-til-2Uty'set.ac-ca-isssendSt.ionsry266indan:n-re-al-the ful ton ue-in-as-111«alltrs,ne-ro-•hntheindin-DOINCMattersWhlclAnionFalls.Rev.SeventlMrs. from t:MissfriendsMr. C in theMrs. very siMrs. the gult;Rev.ductingsion.Mrs. ! the gu« week.In tl school welcomMr. ^ 414 Sec ond strMr. 5 own he South,St. T Sixth 2 p. m.The A ance Si ed a veMr. A St. Pai ThomasThe 4ers” m when 1Maste dude at tire on,Invita party, i Club, MMISS HENRIETTA V. DAVISPettis, R. C. Minor, T. H. Lyles, J. B. Johnson. A. A. Cotton, H. A. Kirtley. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. She leaves her husband and an adopted son to mourn their loss.Scores a Big Success in Minneapolis—Will Appear in St. Paul April 17.Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, who has been giving a series of dramatic recitals at St. Peter’s A. M. E. church with such gratifying results,' will Appear in St. Paul, at St. James A. M. E.church, April 17th, has signally captivated the people of the Northwest. Miss Davis was born in Baltimore, Md. She is the only child of Mary A. and Mansfield Vinton Davis. Her father was a noted musician, but it was from her mother that she inherits her dramatic ability. At the death of her father her mother was thrown entirely on her own resources for the support of herself and her little daughter. After a widowhood of three years she married Capt. Geo. A. Hackett, at that time one of the most prominent citizens of Baltimore, who gave to his little step-daughter every advantage. He died after a very brief illness when Miss Davis was but eleven years old. Her mother with her removed to Washington, D. C., where Miss Davis finished her education. After a brief experience ae a school teacher and a clerk in the recorder of deeds’ .office at Washington. Miss Davis at the suggestion of Hon. Frederick Douglas took up the study of elocution and added to her natural gift of oratory the most thorough training of eminent teachers of Boston and Washington. In April 1884 Miss Davis made her debut before a large and cultured audience in Washington, being introduced' by the Hon. Frederick Douglas, and her success was instantaneous. Since then Miss Davis has toured the greater part of this country and Canada appearing before vast numbers of people, ever striving to uplift the standard of her race’s excellence by her deportment as well as by her talent as an elocutionist, reflecting credit upon the race to which she belongs. Her repertoire consists of selections, tragic, patheticand humorous, from Shakespeare to Paul Lawrence Dunbar, whose tuneful poems, written in Negro dialect, touch the hearts of thousands.Miss Davis has had a play especially written for her in which she is given the opportunity of exhibiting her varied talents and in which she purposes starring this country and Europe.LEAGUE MEETING.The regular meeting of the American Law Enforcement League will be held at Bethesda Baptist church. Minneapolis. tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 4:00 o’clock. Everybody cordially invited.St Paul..MISS H. VINTON DAVISThe great Dramatic Reader to Appear At St. James Church Monday Evening, April 17.• An event of more than usual importance will be the appearance of Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, the famed elocutionist, at St. James A. M. E. Church, on Monday evening. April 17. In connection with her will be furnished one of the finest programs ever presented to a St. Paul audience. Tickets for this occasion 35 cents. Tickets may be procured at A. J. Bell’s, Thos. H. Lyles’, Pettis Cran-cum’s and Dyer’s music store.You can have your house furnished and We giv» you time to pay for your goods, wIRON BED8,Like cut. full size, brass trimmed, good enamel, never been sold less f a than *1.50. Our price.......... fli'iOCOUCHES.Full size, spring edge, deep tufting. In either Kaiser plush or corduroy. 30 Inches wide, worth 18.00. Our price £A QQ
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The Appeal
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Apr 15, 1899
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