Mob Hangs Leo Frank in Milledgeville Lynching Outrage
Special from Atlanta reports Leo M. Frank a Jewish man convicted for the Mary Phagan murder was dragged from Milledgeville prison by an armed mob and hanged near Marietta. The mob claimed a duty to avenge Mary Phagan, with Gov Slaton’s earlier commutation cited. The scene drew hundreds, while observers urged restraint and due process remained unsettled.
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Phila. Tribune
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
National Pencil Company
Milledgeville
Marietta
Frank
John M. Slaton
William Creen
Frey
National Cemetery
Morris
Slaton
Leo Frank
Cole County
Harris
Fulton
Cobb
Tribune
Commonwealth
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Sad day as Trinity honors elder members in Media
In Media at Trinity Church, long respected member Mrs. Sarah E. Smith was laid to rest, followed by the passing of Lucy Lebue, the congregation mourning both losses. Services drew large crowds of white and colored parishioners amid carnival preparations and campus activities.
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Media
Trinity
Sarah E. Smith
Lucy Lebue
H. T. Ryder
Bishops Council
Wilmington
Del
Helen M. Ryder
Atlantic City
N. J
Ester James
B. Frank James
Nettie Scott
Village View
Milford
Reed
J. L. Paxson
Wm. Ballops
Campbell Church
Henrietta Bean
Parkesburg
Jennie Sullivan
Mabel Bruce
Georgianna Wright
Malaya
Federated Chautauqua Association
Anna Dorsey
Susie Green
Mt. Zion Lodge No
Piersons Hall
P. L. D. Literary Society
Idiewild
Leslie Walters
Walter
Rebecca Porter
Nice
Samuel Clark
Chester
Alice Guy
Mr. Davis
Lucy Gibbs
Jennie Beechem
Asbury
Geo. Fairfax
Concordvile
Robert Henry
Local social notes from Chester and surrounding towns
Chester letters list entertaining visits and travels from Aug 1915. Mrs. Estela Gould entertains in Chester while relatives reside in New Jersey and Maryland. Friends and relatives tour Bridgeton Reading Atlantic City Harrisburg Wildwood Macon and Harrisburg area with several hospital and illness notices.
Picnic Canceled by Heavy Rain In Maple Grove Park
The Penna. Lodge No. 3143 Odd Fellows picnic at Maple Grove Park was cut short as heavy rain canceled baseball and athletics. W. T. Murrays Orchestra played for dancing, while Central Park saw a miserable turnout for the Red Caps and Broad St. Station Employees picnic, likely rescheduled later. Elks Orchestra provided music.
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Odd Fellows
Maple Grove Park
W. T. Murrays
Central Park
Red Caps
Broad St. Station
Elks Orchestra
York Colored Residents Form Cooperative League in York
In York on Aug 10 fifty progressive black residents met at Bethel AME Church to organize the Co operative Business and Protective League aimed at elevating York’s colored community. Rev Paris Daker D D led as president with officers including Mrs D E Howard as vice president and Mrs H Watson as secretary.
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York
Bethel A. M. E. Church
W. King and
Newbern Streets
Paris Daker D. D
Paris Daker
D. E. Howard
H. Watson
B. Nick
S. Butler
C. Basey
W. Watson
E. Gray
Wrighteville
Pleasantville Visitor Arrives as Local Happenings Noted
Master Lee Terry of Pleasantville New Jersey visits Mr and Mrs Randolph Terry at 239 North Sixth Street Reading Pa. Mrs Lauphenia Fry and daughter Grace Quarles left for Atlantic City to spend two weeks. Charles Terry and daughter Viola returned after ten days in Mt Holly Philadelphia and West Chester. Nellie Seidle William Johnson and Elizabeth Dawson on the sick list. A M E Sunday school picnic at Friedensburg despite bad weather.
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Reading
Lee Terry
Pleasantville
N. J
Randolph Terry
No. 6Th Street
Lauphenia Fry
Grace Quarles
Atlantic City
Charles Terry
Viola
Mt. Holly
Philadelphia
West Chester
Presbyterian
J. West
Nellie Seidle
William Johnson
Elizabeth Dawson
Friedensburg
America
Wales
St. Swithin
Burwell
Philadephi
Ira Bird
Robert Shaw
Clarence Shaw
Baltimore
Rheta Emerson
Turner St
James Williams
So. 12Th Street
A. J. Overbi
Lipscombe Cottage
James Shepard
Darby
Mayme W. Phillips
Devon
Ella Miller
Stanford Conn
Watkins
Jersey City
Geraldine Walters
Williams Bridge
N. Y
Irene Walters
J. C. Davis
New York City
Flowers Thomas
Bertha Morton
Cora Fields
Martha West
Laura William. Haywood
Addie O Neill Gregsby
Washington, D. C
A. W. Milton
J. Thos. Stanford
Deana
Garmantown
Louise Brooke
Fairmount Ave
Ting
R. William Cromp
We are marching to Zion at Mt Zion A M E Darby
Local church tensions at Mt Zion A M E Church in Darby Pa flare as trustees debate and old members clash over minister Rev Burbage. A self styled old citizen asserts he is no tramp nor bum leading to heated furniture and weaponized rhetoric before calm returns and imagined hymn resounds.
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Mt. Zion
Burbage
Brer” Burbage
Brer Miller
Brer Kemp
Zion
Downpour Fails to Dampen Atlantic City Beach Crowds
The August weekend drew record numbers to Atlantic City as hotels filled and the beach thronged with bathers. St Swithin’s rain disrupted activities briefly, then crowds returned to pavilion gatherings and social events including a smoker for Mr. Lewis H. Murray.
Colored bar members vow to oppose Rogers in elections
Philadelphia based colored lawyers met August 11 at 19 N Juniper St to condemn Joseph P. Rogers for alleged racial prejudice. They adopted resolutions urging all citizens to defeat Rogers in primaries and general election and to inform parties and press.
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Bar of
Philadelphia
M. Luther Nicholas
N. Juniper
Joseph P. Rogers
Taweers
J. C. Asbury
J. A. Sparks
Rogers
Common Pleas Court
Philadelphia County
Emancipation League Reaffirms Stand and Protests Rogers
The Emancipation and Civil Rights League held a Sunday meeting to review past actions and plan next steps. It denounced Joseph Rogers and resolved to send a protest letter while praising Philadelphia press coverage and confirming leadership changes.
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Emancipation and Civil Rights League
Rogers
Alexander Simpson
Philadelphia
Joseph Rogers
National Business League Opens Session in Boston
The National Business League opened in Convention Hall Boston with Dr. Booker T. Washington presiding. Delegates and visitors from Philadelphia New York and Tennessee attended as governors and clergy spoke on equality and opportunity. The event featured a large audience at Symphony Hall and a long evening program with speeches by Washington and Governor Walsh.
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Boston
Negro Business League
Convention Hall
St. Botolph and
Garrison Streets
Booker T. Washington
Major Moten
Hampton
J. C. Napier
R. H. Boyd
Nashville
Thos. Hayes
Memphis
Mr. Moore
Camden
N. J
Ames
Atlanta
National Business
Charles H. Brooks
A. B. Jackson
Chris
J.P
Beatrice
Dora Cole-Lewis
Fred Moore
New York Age
Jas, H. Anderson
Amsterdam News
National Press Association
Union Baptist Church
Cambridge
Mass
A. M. Vance
Norfolk Journal and Guide
Symphony Hall
Hampton Quartette
Chas. Cameron White
Walter D. McClain
St. Bartholomew P. E. Church
John E. White
Georgia
South
8. E. Courtney
Walsh
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Coustry
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Estela Gould
L. Brown
New Jersey
Good
Annie C. Riley
A. EB. Turner
Bridgeton
Hazel Smith
Flossie Stewart
C. C. Scott
Jane Lee Foultz
Maryland
Steppe and
Esbey
Stewart
Margaret Anderson
Delaware Ave
Sara Cooper
Contance Griffin
Mildred Dale
Wiliam Newman
Leroy Bruce
Wm. Gardner
David Cooper
Adie Kilson
Mae Drummond
Harrisburg
Columbia
J. C. Jackson
J. W. Rice
St. Carolina
J. R. Bennett
J. H Miller
Wildwood
Delia Hunt
Ella Henry
Macon
Eliza Pitts
Ada Colston
W. B. Crawford
Margaret Reddingue
Kemp
Mount Zion
Rev. Burbage
Sparks
Emancipation League
National Business League
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DR. Booker Washington
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