Dedi cation of New Play Ground Sparks Political Controversy
A Philadelphia Seventh ward playground opening drew 1500 Black residents as Mayor Moore and Councilman Hall clashed over naming. The mayor pushed Phyllis Wheatley while opponents favored Charles Seger. speeches by Henry, Miller, and Wright accompanied by the Municipal Band amid protest and cheers.
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Hell
Moore
Phyllis Wheatly
J. R. Wright
B.W. Henry
Erst
Councilmar Hall
Charles Seger
Phyllis Wheatley
Charles Ae
Charles B. Hall
Seventh Ward
Equity Hall
Wright Fra
Ausa
Henry
Sasbee
Philadelphia
Grateful Citizens Honor Dr Milton N White in Philadelphia
A large crowd from West and East Philadelphia gathered Tuesday night at Pinn Memorial Church to pay tribute to Dr Milton N White for his work in Harrisburg supporting the Equal Rights bill. The program featured speeches by Wm H Fuller Amos M Scott and others, with White delivering a strong address on the status and future of Pennsylvania’s colored community. White, a physician with offices at 701 North 42nd street, is active in Republican circles and community affairs.
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West Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Milton N. White
Harrisburg
Asbury Equal
Rights Fl
Pinn Mé
Church Literary
Ladies’ Auxiliary
T. W. Robinson
The
Pinn Memorial Literary Society
Wm. H. Fuller
Amos M. Scott
Wm. H. Jones
Chas
A. Lewis
Thos. Ringgold
Edward Dickerson
George Jeteruel B. Hart
J. A. Sted
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Republica
Paroled Policeman Landin From Trenton Prison
Edgar Landin once a city policeman in this area was paroled after six months of a sentence ranging from one to seven years at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. He was arrested in Lawnside Camden County and tried in Camden Criminal Court before Judge Kates on a larceny charge related to alleged theft of building materials used to construct his home.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Edgar Landin
Board of Pardons
Landin
Lawnside
Camden County
Camden
Kates
Landih
Lover Tries Suicide After quarrel with sweetheart ends in jail
Eugene Werren of 13th Street near Pitewater quarrelled with his sweetheart. He wrote a note saying goodbye and intent to end it all. He shot himself in the leg and was jailed awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Werren
13Th Street
Pitewater
Goodby
African Bishop Gardiner to Preach in Philadelphia Tomorrow
Retired Rev. T. M. Gardiner D D an African bishop of Liberia arrives in America to serve as assistant bishop. He will preach at St John the Divine 312 is Street Philadelphia tomorrow morning. A reception at the Hotel is set for Tuesday 8 30 to 10 30 with all citizens invited. He will speak on Africa and Her People in a spacious auditorium. Denominations of all creeds are welcome. audience urged to arrive early for seating.
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Phittadelphia
T. M. Gardiner
America
Liberia
Gardiner
New York
St. John the Divine
Philadelphia
Ica
Sug Ge Bas Doe
Chautauqua at Bordentown Industrial School July event
The sixth annual Chautauqua at Bordentown Industrial School is set for Thursday July 21 at 2 30 pm. Speaker Ishans 2 ppt editor of the Jour History and Dean of the Collegiate Institute addresses crowds gathered under trees along the river supported by Eastern leaders. Dr Woodson will deliver a valued message. trolley and Pennsylvania line trains provide access and meals will be served at cost.
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Ishans
Jour
Bint
Institute of
Nual Chautauqua
Bordentown Inn
Woodson
Goth
Pennsylvania Lines
Colored Philadelphia group to stage annual fair to boost Sesqui centennial
Colored people in Philadelphia plan an annual fair and exhibit to promote industrial progress and a future Sesqui centennial celebration five years ahead. Volunteers and donors from diverse groups will organize, fund, and run the event, with churches and societies backing the effort.
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Philadel
Theatre manager Williams resigns to pursue journalism
G Grant Williams, longtime Dunbar Theatre manager, has tendered his resignation effective Saturday July 16 1921. He plans to devote his future to journalism and advertising, with correspondence directed to his new address.
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G. Grant Williams
Dunbar
Funeral of Mrs Susie H Parks Is Largest Service in Philadelphia
The Union Baptist Church held the largest solemn funeral for Mrs Susie H Parks wife of Rev W G Parks after a brief illness at 1909 Bainbridge St. Ten thousand viewed the body. dignitaries and pastors offered tributes. floral tributes weighed over four tons. service moved many to tears.
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Philadelphia
Union Baptist Church
Susie H. Parks
W. G. Parks
Parks
Bainbridge St
New
Mfe
Real Socialists Invade Citizens' Republican Club
About forty Philadelphia residents attended a meeting called by Chandler Owens and Phil Randol ph to form a local branch of the Friends of Negro Freedom a national group seeking to advance Black progress. The radicals promoted socialist propaganda while attendees approved plans for a organizing committee. The next meeting is set for Sunday the 17th at 8 PM in the Hotel Dafé assembly room with free admission. Owens criticized other Negro organizations including the NAACP and the Black Star Line.
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Chandler Owens
Phillip Randolph
Philadelphia
Friends of Negro Freedom
Association
National
Messrs
Randolph
Owens
International Society of Socialists
Henry
Harold M. D
J. Lee Earnest Theough
Grant Lee
Hotel Dafé
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
Black Star Ling
Race Leaders Endorse Mr. Scott for Magistrate
A citizen and clergy coalition in the city endorsed Mr. Amos M. Scott for magistrate. Bishop Caldwell led ministers from multiple denominations and professionals who urged support for Scott, stating the race deserves backing from the community that twice chose the standard bearer.
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MR. Scott
Reverend R F Wheeler Dies at Seventy Five
The Rev Robert F Wheeler longtime pastor of the Talcott Street Congregational Church died in Washington DC on June 16 from cerebral hemorrhage aged 75 He served Hartford church for thirty years and had held posts in Lincoln Temple Freedmans Hospital Nagarene Brooklyn Orange and Nazarene Congregational churches His wife Mary C Freeman survives with two daughters and five grandchildren.
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Robert F. Wheeler
Taleot Street Congregational Church
Washington
D. C
William C. McNeill
Laura Wheeler
Cheyney Training School
Weet Pa
Sadie Beek Heeler
Brooklyn
Mr. Wheeler
Mansfield
Ohio
Hiram
Juliette (Miller) Wheeler
Canada
Cleveland
Howard University
Lincoln Mission
Lincoln Temple
Freedman’s Hospital
Wheeler
Nagarene Congregational Church
N. Y
First Congregational Church
Washington, D. C
Talcott Street Congregational Church
Talcott Street
Christ Congregational Church
Orange
N. J
Nazarene Congregational Church
Mary C. Freeman
Hartford
Man Killed by Motor Truck at Street Crossing
James Peters of 1737 WN Uber street died after being struck by a motor truck as he stepped from a streetcar onto 12th street and Columbia avenue. The driver Charles McFadden was arrested.
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James Peters
Uber Street
Peters
12Th Street
Columbia Avenue
Charles Mec-Fadden
Colored investors face losses in white led Cooperative Society
In Chicago on July 11 Colored people who invested over 32 million dollars in the Cooperative Society of America, a White organization led by Harrison Parker, face near total losses as the company, with stores in Chicago, reports a monthly loss of 20 thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Ill
Cooperative Society of America
Harrison Parker
Rumor of Williams Stroke Debunked at Dunbar Theatre
A circulating report claimed G. Grant Williams suffered a paralysis stroke during a rehearsal at the Dunbar Theatre. No rehearsal occurred, and Williams is in better health than in seven years. many people called or came to verify the rumor.
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G. Grant Williams
Dunbar Theatre
Williams
Call to Nation Demands Square Deal for Negro Rights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People published at its Detroit conference a call urging a nationwide program on race equality. Led by Harry E. Davis the list demands voting rights federal anti lynching law equity for Negro soldiers and abolition of Jim Crow cars among nine concrete proposals.
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For the Advancement of
Detroit
Harry E. Davis
Ohio
National Association For the Advacer
Colorado
Nual
Nee Wales
Orf
Poe
Federal
Oklahoma
America
Arkansas
Interra Ceral
Woman Shot In Face Allegedly By Bradford At North Alder
Police report Betty Mo was shot in the face at 1956 North Alder by Bradford who then assaulted Charlee Smith. Both victims were treated at Sinai Hospital.
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Betty Mo
North Alder
Bradford
Charlee Smith
Sinai Hospital
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