Local notices and social events in Philadelphia area
Community announcements list church events and performances including Spirit of St. Thomas Church sun flower service, pupil recitals, charity fetes, band concerts, and a Greens’ Hall outing. Notes on local residents, travels, illness, licenses, and society columns fill pages with weddings, dinners, visits, and memorials.
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Claver
Allen Church
Pythian
Josie B. Harvey
Velyric Hall
Greens’ Hate Bellman's Association
Bél Canto Ensemble
We Are Never Too Old to Learn Class Offered
Pupils unable to attend the afternoon dressmaking school may join a morning session at the Odd Fellows Building located at 12th Street and Spruce. Contact details include Lombard Street and Walnut 859 for further information.
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Odd Fellows Building
N. W. Cor
West
Odd Fellows
Spruce Sts
Downingtown School
Pennsylvania Hall
Wm. A. Creditty
George W. Clarke
Bordentown School
N.J
Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Daniel C. Reed
J. M. Palmer
Mt. A. M.E. Church
Phila
Hattie Cooper
Downingtown
Edith Wright
Oxford
Esther Cook
Jennie Ross
Philadelphia
Edward White
10Th Baptist Church
Co. E. Collins
Samaritan
Chhurch
Paul ‘Langhorne
Broad St
L. Morrill
Belmont Avenue
Alberta Holland
Morton Smith
Robert S. Gawthrop
Thomas Lock
T. L. Eyre
Harrish L. Sprost
W. W. MacElree
West Chester
L. Morrill Hamer
A. H. Swing
Coatesville
Creditt
Diverse Social Ties Highlight Philadelphia Week
A Philadelphia week features a May birthday surprise for Mrs Bertha Wood, formal dress receptions for Miss Francis Fauntleroy, and a large West Philadelphia picnic with Scott Dabney’s crowd. Funeral notices list Dorothy Brown and Ella Washington among local residents, while many attend sermons and a Downingtown School commencement.
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Annie Ball
Bertha Wood
Walter C. Beckett
Dorothy Brown
West Rittenhouse Place
Ella Washington
Concord St
Mary E. Broomes
Ald
West Philadelphia
Edith
Gyrene Tyson
Julia Daderry
Otter Graham
Anita Prescott
Betelia’ Brown
Gertrude
Horance Paige
Helen Brown
Mae Brooks
Gertrude Allison
Norris Brown
Léonard
Louidas
Ricks
Maurice
Christopher Dabney
William Robinson
Chester Johnson
Norman’ Robinson
Estate of Arthur L W Fowler Letters Granted
Estate of Arthur L W Fowler deceased grants letters testamentary to G McKenzie. Creditors must present their claims against the estate promptly to the executor.
Estates: Letters Testamentary Granted for Dr J Henry Boothe
Letters testamentary on the estate of Dr J Henry Boothe have been granted to Mrs Nannie B Boothe. All persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payments immediately. Millsboro Delaware May 31 Outten dynamite shatters farmer's hand.
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J. Henry Boothe
Nannie B. Boothe
Millsboro
Del
Hutzler Bros Draw Color Line in Baltimore
Afro American reports that Hutzler Brothers store allegedly refuses colored patrons, cites incidents with Violet Clements Mabel Turner and Mrs Harry T Pratt. Accounts say the store may seek to end charge accounts for colored customers and pressure cash on deliveries.
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Baltimore
Hutzler
Violet Clements
Mabel Turner
Harry T. Pratt
Iene
Powder Mill Work Near Wilmington to Start Soon
Completing New Powder Mill in Wilmington area and Carney’s Point work nearly finished. Over 1200 cars are active on the second new section, slated for operation immediately when finished.
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Wilmington
Del
du Point Powder Company
Carney
Cut Rate Jitney War Opens Summer Season in Pitman
Hack drivers of Pitman declare a cut price war as jitneys slash the Alcyon Park to railroad station fare to 5 cents versus the jitney 10 cents. The move marks the start of the summer travel season.
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Pitman
N. J
Alcyon Park
Bethel Church Sees Growth After New Pastor
Millville New Jersey reports Bethel Church crowded last Sunday with ten new members in one week after Rev Singleton arrived. A June 7 service will feature a delegation from the M E Church. Local residents James Branch and Ethel Taylor are among weekend visitors.
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Millville
N. J
Bethel Church
Singleton
M. E. Church
James Branch
Camden
J. R.S. Wilson
Ethel Taylor and Son
Philadelphia
Mary Griffin
Albert Wilson
New York
Howard Griffin
Bridgeton
Cape May Preparing for a Big Season
Cape May New Jersey June 1 Citizens and business people gear up for a busy season. Hotels are renovated streets get asphalt paving and the Richardson Hotel expands with a new wing. Plans include seventeen new stores under Chamberlin and school land negotiations with local churches. Bryants Cottage opens soon and Hotel Dale eyes a formal opening. Local African American community strengthens business presence.
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Cape 'May
N. J
May
Richardson
Chamberlin
Cape May High School
Macedonia Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Ma Sdonia
Joe Bassett
Philadelphia
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Malvern
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Miss Nicholas
Norristown
Codpara Tareek Notary
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William Hill
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W. C. Davis
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Isabelle Holmes
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Rachael Thomas
Brotherhood
Robert Bunting
Weaet
Bertha M. Johnson
Ludlow
Lillian Massey
W. Bartlett DuBois
Louis Williams
Palmyra, N. J
Sarah L. Jackson
A. B. Jackson
Susie B. Carter
Decoration Day
Harrison R. Heyward
New York City
Etta Belle Long
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Cheyney Institute
Miss Smith
Anna Howard
Millie Beckley
Banstead St
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Pythian Band For Charity
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George P. Smith
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Christianna Cisco
Summerton, Pa
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Louisa E. Middleton
Fitzwater Street
Carrie L. Townsend
Franklin St
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Evelyn Voss
Fitzgerald
Pete
Shropshire
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Rochester
N. Y. Po
William A. Sinclair
Douglass Hospital
Howard University
Freedmen’s Hospital
Sydney Warnock
Millie
Tioga
Julia Hill
Beezley Point
David and
John Owens
Fawn St
B. Perkins Woodlyn
W. H. Evans
Charlotte
N. C
Biddle Univer
Hila Graves
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Leah Fisher
Arthur Brown
Rosewood 8&T
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H. Winters
Howard Day
Evans
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Migs Nannie Hatchett
Danville
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al S. Jones
Strassburg
Mary
Pauline Payton
Earl E. Payton
South Garnett Mee
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Manter Henry Davis
Nellie Alexander
H. Fields
Montgomery Ave
Zion Spaptist Band
Anna M. Montier
C. E. Venning
M. A. Montier
Levi, del
Brooklyn
Marie Cooper
Georgia Lewis
Hazel Toliver
Gladys Allen
Messrs
John Harris
Bertrand Blackiston
Arlington Baltimore
Grace Anderson
Sarah Junifer
Susie Bishop
Lombard Street
Willard
Springarden St
Craig
Miss Kelley
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Grant Wright
P. O. Daker
Idlewild
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Congress
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Madame Keene
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Emma Bradley
Amelia Asbury
Mar C. Johnson
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Chas. B.jones
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Wistanian Club
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Mansfield
Wood St
Harry Mansfield
Billy 1
Elouisa Pitts
John H. Pitts
Zion A. M. E
Eden Ceme
John Jacobs
Riverside
Charlies H. Thomas
Eleanor Gordon
Edith Thomas
Helen Thomas
Charles H. Thomas, Jr
S. Blanche Taylor
Wilbur Archer
Union Baptist Church
Elizabeth Stanley
William Owens
Carrie Davis
Edward Hunter
Ernest Wood
Thong Jetter
Alfred Wiliama
J. Bunn
Estella Goodwin Ashton
Brooklyn Street
J. A. Croom
Goodsboro
Mary Coleman
Daisy Oliver
Ida Burton
Goodwin
Walter W. H. Casselle
17Th Street
Joseph E. Irons
Garrett St
Frank Armstrong
Dorrance St
Charles R. Burke
South St
Theodore Tucker
Philadelphia Hospital
Paris Daker
York
Samuel Randolph
Geneva
Rosa Dixon
Ruth
Mary Davis
Edith Thornton
Hilda Allen
Julia Gordon
Little Geneva
Jno. W. Parks
Samuel Thomas
W. M. T. Johnson
Blanche Poole
Carrie Cosby
Irene Hill
William Scott
C. J. Grinnell
Samuel Mander
Tribune
Hilldale Park
Hilldale A. C
Burrell
Alice Emily Robinson
Stokes
Williams
Jones
Blackston
Suggs
Sorden
Chavis
Burton
Wynne
Owens
S. Simms
G. Simms
Hartshorne
Morris
C. B. Kaiser
Francis E. Fauntleroy
South Orange
W. H. Kaiser
Jean Kaiser
Bertha Kaiser
Julia Campbell
Helen Smith
Dora Plowden
Morris Reed
W. N. Roger
Columbus
Ohio
Ben. Weston
Ed Jackson
W. Green
A. Wallace
H. A. Kaiser
Miss Jean
Morrell Draine
Irvin Underhill
Wm. Warrick
Wm. Underhill
George Johnson
Brazil
Wm. Potter
Tom Flanders
Arthur
Ro Aiecier
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Mr. E. Jackson
Miss E. Tyre
N. Alder St
Robert Jones
Miss King
Frank Jones
Savannah
Mildred Jones
Teachers’ College
R. Jones
Susan James Moore
Andrew James
Damiel Moore
Eden Cemetery
James
Mr. Moore
Moore
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Eugene S. Morgan
Arthur L. W. Fowler
G. McKenzie
Hutzler Bros
Department Store
Millville J. K
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