City’s great ovation to new Archbishop Dougherty
Catholics of Philadelphia welcomed Archbishop Dennis J. Dougherty arriving from Buffalo with a six mileBroad Street parade of 75 escort cars and 100 bands. The enthronement Mass followed, with Bishop Hoban presiding at the cathedral in Logan Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dennis J. Dougherty
Buffalo
Broad Street
Snyder Ave
Indiana Avenue
Hoban
Scranton
Logan Square
Thomas J. Shahan
Catholic University
Washington
Archdioese
A Timely Suggestion on Business Methods
A booklet from the Armstrong Association notes many small businesses fail due to inexperience lack of training and capital. It urges apprenticeship and school courses to prepare Black youth for business careers and urges local leagues to mentor promising colored youths in sales and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckegee Institute
Ala
Philadelphia
Armstrong Association
National Business League
South
Second Annual Chautauqua at Bordentown School
Arrangements are underway for the Second Annual Chautauqua at Bordentown School on Saturday August tenth. A country dinner at noon on the campus overlooks the river, with a musical program from 1 to 2 pm, followed by patriotic addresses at 2 pm by prominent men to be announced. Visitors will picnic or row in the morning, with trains from New York at 9.20 am and Camden at 10.13 am. return times are 6.39 pm to Camden and 6.13 pm to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordentown School
New York
Bordentown
Trenton
Camden
Dr Stanford Narrowly Escapes Damaging Head-On Crash
On Tuesday afternoon Dr J Thomas Stanford of 4020 Sansom St was driving a heavy Adams Express Wagon when a wagon turned the corner at ce Street and struck his car with great force. A second heavy truck wedged his vehicle between the two. Witnesses feared severe injury but the doctor escaped serious harm as the three machines were separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Stanford
Sansom St
Ce Street
Dr. Stanford
Stanford
Grand Master Morris Leads O F O F Session
The Subcommittee of Management G U O F O F met Monday at 11 am with Edward C. Morris Grand Master Dr I Li Roberts Deputy Grand Master James F Needham Grand Secretary W David Brown Grand Treasurer and directors present for the semi annual meeting. Morris notes the session will continue through the week with no 8 M C meeting this year due to the war. Members appear healthy and engaged in business plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Morris
I. Li. Roberts
James F. Needham
W. David Brown
Morris
Hackley Conducts Chorus of 500 Voices in Atlanta Pageant
Mme E Azalia Hackley directed Georgia Music Festival Association at Auditorium Armory with a chorus of over 500 voices drawing 4000 to 6000 attendees. The Patriotic Pageant and Song Festival ran Monday and Tuesday evenings amid extensive favorable newspaper comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Mme. E. Azalia ‘Hackley
Georgia Music Festival Association
Auditorium Armory
Letter from Lt. Wm. M. Slowe at Camp Upton
A July dispatch from Camp Upton features 1st Lt. William M. Slowe of the 92nd Division thanking readers for kind words in the Tribune. He notes good work, rest, and meals, and promises to have the paper sent to France. He sends greetings to Mr. Perry and describes Lombard Street sport as the life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Upton
Tribune
France
Mr. Perry
Lombard Street
Wm. M. Slowe
Dormitory Cornerstone Laid At Hampton Institute
In Hampton Virginia on July 9 Rev James E Gregg principal of Hampton Institute laid the cornerstone of the first Kennedy Dormitory for Girls. The building is estimated at 65000 dollars. New York architects Laichow and Peabody also designed the Robert C Ogden Auditorium. The Hampton Institute Trade School sponsors the construction and Mrs John Kennedy of New York is the donor. Miss Ada C Baytop Hampton 93 spoke on spiritual significance and challenges faced by colored women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
James E. Gregg
Hampton Institute
Kennedy
Woman Track Cleaner Fatally Struck At City Crossing
Carrie Dilloi fifty four a colored woman track cleaner for the Pennsylvania Railroad was struck by a train at Twenty fifth and Dickinson as she worked. Her left arm was severed and she was taken to St. Agnes hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Dilloi
Dickinson Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Twenty-fifth
Dickinson Streets
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Colored women form labor union in Woodbury
Woodbury New Jersey July 8 a domestic union has been formed by the colored help with headquarters in the city's southern end Prices have been fixed which are to be strictly adhered to as many housewives can attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
N. J
Colored Help
First woman of color named teacher in Rochester
Rochester July 9 Miss Viola Van Buren appointed by the Board of Education as teacher at school No 10. She is the first woman of the race to hold a teaching position in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Viola van Buren
Board of Education
van Buren
Unions Clash Over Members Rights in St Paul
Delegations before the Adjustment Committee of the American Federation of Labor accuse Longshoremen's Union members of infringing on the rights of other mechanics unions. The July 10 proceedings in St Paul, Minnesota, focus on jurisdiction and labor disputes within the maritime and industrial trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Adjustment Committee
American Federation of Labor
Hog Island crews set world record in pile driving
A group of brawny armed colored men at Hog Island, led by Edward Burwell the captain, reportedly set a world record for driving piles. The crew showcased exceptional strength and teamwork in the coastal work project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hog Island
Edward Burwell
Arthur McMullen
Burwell
Bob Sutton
Raymond Concrete Pile Company
Atlantic City Prepares For National Negro Business League
Atlantic City gears up to host the National Negro Business League meeting August 21 22 23 with Governor Edge and Mayor Bacharach to welcome delegates. Event features yachting trips and a City Hall reception as J C Napier Emmett Scott and Moton coordinate program plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Negro Business League
National Negro Business League
Walter EB. Edge
H. Bacharach
J. C. Napier
Nashville
Death of Nicholas Flagg After Sudden Hemorrhage
Nicholas Flagg collapsed at his home on Waverly Street in the evening. Four men transported him to Douglass Hospital where he died shortly after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Flagg
Waverly Street
Douglass Hospital
St John’s AME Church Well Attended In Wayne
Wayne scene shows strong church turnout with morning and evening services led by the pastor. School No. 6 bannered Sweeks as districts gather and local families attend events including visits by Miss Ethel Long, Dorothy Long, Adelaide Williams, and Mrs Marvel Dansbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvel Dansbury
Bernard Watkins
Camp Meade
Mr. Pleasant
Grace Galloway
Richard Banks
Raymond Waters
Radnor
Devon Union Giants
Crescent Giants
Moorestown
King
Devon
Ed. Long
Sidney Wells
Mt. Pleasant
Wayne
Gulf Road
E. D. Crawley
Garfield Ave
Asbury Park
Wilmington Club Conventions and Local Notices Highlight Week
The Wilmington document notes the Federation of Women's Clubs annual convention plus numerous social visits from local residents to and from Wilmington. It reports church renovations at Ezion Church with receipts surpassing goals, plus services and sermons. It lists community appearances, addresses, travel to Newark and New York, and health updates including a patient at Edgewood Sanitarium.
Colored railway men seek AF of Labor affiliation
In Buffalo New York Colored railway workers at a convention urge favorable action on charter applications with a pledge that no color sex or creed lines will divide the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
American Federation of Labor
Correction of St John’s Day program error
A 1918 notice reports a printing mistake omitting Rev. Robt. J. Willams M W G M of Pennsylvania from the St. John’s Day program. Brother Wm H Watson apologizes for the compositor’s negligence and provides the corrected manuscript and assurances to the Programme Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Day
Robt. J. Willams
Pennsylvania
St. John's Day
S&j. John's Day
Wm. H. Watson
Colored Folks Hold The Fort At 20th And Pine
A Tribune reporter found the Pine Street neighborhood quiet after a past fracas between white and colored neighbors. Eleven houses on Pine Street between 24th and 25th are occupied by colored families with more moving in, while city police pledge protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
25Th
Pine Streets
Pine Street
24Th
Miller
Quiet Fourth Celebrations Share Media Pa Community
Media and nearby residents marked the Fourth of July with baseball in Swarthmore and a Trinity Church lawn picnic. The Colored Ladies Unit Red Cross met at Mrs. Helen Ryder’s home to plan annual entertainment and others visited churches and hosted receptions for graduates and visiting clergy.
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Media
Swarthmore
Dareby
Trinity Church Lawn
Colored Ladies Unit of the Red Cross
Helen Ryder
North Olive Street
Charles Byard
Chester
J. E. G. Williams
Downingtown
Trinity Church
Spencer League of
Gladys King
Sandy Bank
Miss King
J. Ryder
Newark
Del
Elkton
New Castle del
Peach Bottom
Millington
George
Isaiah Ball
Camp Meade
Ernest Carter
Henry James
France
Alice Patton
Baltimore
Andrew L. Purnell
Phila
Samuel B. Hart Commanding
H. Thomas Ryder
Captain Hart
Colored Citizens Patriotic Association
J. L. Lewis
Second Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Lodge F
A. M
Eugene Grimes
Elsie Hamilton
Frankford
Etta B. Long
Miss Long
Horntown
Long
Josephine Smith
Proctor
Carrie Byron
Pocono
Col Young Arrives in Washington to Meet War Secretary
Colonel Charles Young of the United States Army, retired from active service and living in Wilberforce Ohio, visited the War Department in Washington DC He was introduced to Secretary of War Newton D Baker by Emmett J Scott special assistant during the call
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Washington, D. C
Olonel Charlies Young
States Army
Wilberforce
Ohio
War Department
Newton D. Baker
Emmett J. Scott
Local residents share visits and home purchase joy in Summerville
Mr and Mrs Eliza Young and Mr and Mrs Clarence Banks of Beechwood Street spent June 29 with friends in Lansdowne and on a pleasant trip. They praise their newly purchased home. Mrs Ella Cole of Norwood entertained Miss Dever Kennedy from Brooklyn and Mr Charles Carter from Washington. Mr and Mrs J Coles of 1746 Westwood St visited with aunt Mrs Ella Cole. Dr McKinley Coursey Barclay spent the 4th of July with sister Mrs Mary Brown of Norwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
Eliza Young
Clarence Banks
Beechwood Street
Lansdowne
C. Bank
Beechwood St
Ella Cole
Norwood St
Dever Kennedy
Brooklyn
Charles Carter
J. Coles
W - Stock St
McKinley Coursey Barclay, M. D
Mary Be, Brown
Norwood &T
Plans on foot to give posterity a strong manhood
Washington July 10 plan details from the Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department present in a new bulletin on Child Care by Mrs. Max West. The bulletin urges mothers to detect early signs of health issues in children ages two to six to prevent future defects and emphasizes simple hygiene laws to aid prevention. It notes a third of men in the first draft were unfit due to physical defects that could be addressed with early care and screening.
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Washington, D. C
Drs
Children’s Bureau of the
U. 8S
Ment of Labor
Max West
Baby Health Drive to Aid Thirteenth Ward
The Babies Welfare Association and Division of Child Hygiene launch a baby health drive in the Thirteenth Ward, the city’s highest infant mortality area. From July 16 to July 28 tents will be set at McCoach Playground to provide daily health demonstrations for mothers and children with Dr. Wilmer Krusen leading the public health effort.
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Babies* Welfare Association
Division of Child Hygiene
First Presbyterian Church
Wilmer Krusen
Department of Public Health
Child Hyliene
Babies’ Welfare Association
McCoach
Eighteenth
Catharine Streets
Democracy Defended pageant at Hampton Institute
About two thousand spectators attended the Independence Day program Democracy Defended presented at Hampton Institute in Hampton Virginia on July 4. Under Mrs W T B Williams as music committee chair and R Nathaniel Dett the event featured scenes Autocracy Challenged by Autocracy Defended and Democracy Defended by the American People at Home with performances by the Hampton Institute Band a student chorus and summer school participants. A detachment of United States Army colored soldiers from Camp Hill staged a drill as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Hampton Institute
W. T. B. Williams
National Association of Colored Women
R. Nathaniel Dett
United States Army
Camp Hill
Marriage of former U S minister to Haiti
The marriage of Mrs. Alice Sparks to Hon. Wm. T. Powell was performed at 572 Clinton Street Camden New Jersey today. Rev Charles S Freeman of the First Presbyterian Church officiated in the presence of a small circle of friends.
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Camden
N. J
Alice Sparks
Wm. T. Powell
Clinton Street
Charles 8. Freeman
Firs Presbyterian Church
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Carver W. Reel
Market Street
Rea
Eee
Meee Ane
Tenner
Walnut Streets
Subcommittee OF Management
O. F
Mme. Hackley
DR. Slowe
Wayne News
Wilmington Jottings
Wilmington
Federation of Women's Clubs
John A. Francis
Harry Willard
Pauline Willard
May Homes
Lewis Proctor
West Chester
Frederick Darrell
W. Union Street
Anna Goslee
Marie
Delmar
J. A. King
Morgan College
Layton Home
Tatnall Street
East Side
9Th
W. George Hayes
Annie Chippy
Frances Anderson
Sophonia Chisley
Effie Scott
Ethel Black
Rev. Fields
Haven M. E. Church
Rev. Bond
Mt. Joy
Poer
Harry Townsend
Mt. Enon
Covenant Meeting
Covenant
Ga. Scott
Poplar Street
Martha Gibson
A. G. Scott
Emeline
Julia Beverly
Lawrenceville
Lillian Collard
Camp Dix
Charles Whaley
Marcus Hook
Eliza Cornish
Buttonwood Street
Raymond Cornish
Mary V. Cornish
Bethel
Georgia Mitchell
Edgewood Sanitarium
Leroy Collard
Walnut Street
20Th and
Pine Sts
Col. Young
Summerville News
Autocracy
Ever
Anow
Democracy
Friends of Democracy
U. S
Haiti
HAAS
Market St
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