In and About the City Life and Death Notices
Local notes list illnesses and recoveries across Philadelphia including Mrs. G P Bryan Mrs Hannah Waters and Mrs R Broadus. Social visits, weddings and anniversaries are noted along with church events, a funeral for Dr Percival Co Johnson and a large reception at Union A M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Elizabeth Watson
G. P. Bryan
Sharswoodtreet
Hannah Waters
N. Wood Atreet
R. Broadus
N. Garnet Street
Augustus Smith
Wilmington
Del
Lewis
Nicholas Street
Bertha Turner
Bolton Street
New Jersey
William Loftlin
Mary Turner
Jezella, Shaw
Edph Davis
Ocean City
N.J
Northwestern
Peter Drummond
N. Garnett Street
Hattie Francis
Erite
McLean
Sarah McLean
S. 16Th Street
Leslie B. Ginn
Leah Hall
Oxford Streets
Chester
Georgia Bolden
Stiles Street
Lankeney Hospital
Agnes _B. Thomas
Long Branch
N. J
G. C. Shaw
Wfe
Oxford
N. C
A. J. Overbey
South 17Th Street
Shaw
Presbyterian Church
Academy of Music
Josephine Young
Eureka Club
Madame Young
Boyer
Harrison
Ardmore
Duncan
West Chester
Missie Witten
M. Garner
Imington
Marcelena Hutton
Boston
Mass
Flow
James Picharga
N. 41St Street
West Philadelphia
Frank Richards Bundy
Emily, Richards
Jennie Harris
Susie Dillet
Clara Hack
Hack
Jones
Mrs. Bundy
Miss Pitts
Messrs. Waugh
Thomas Pitts
A. Richards
D. Richards
C. Richards Hill
Edward Pitts
Super
Memorial Services and Church Activities Highlight Weekend
Union A M E Church held a large service with Rev J L Witten delivering a memorial sermon on sin sorrow and judgement. Three joined the church, one infant baptized, and fund-raising to wipe out the mortgage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union A. M. E
J. l. Witten
Morris
Heart
Zear
M. FE
Haven M. E
Sons of Veterans
Robert Bryan Corps
Union Guards
Navy
Carl Diton
Merom
Willie Harvey
Union A
Port Richmond News Roundup Jun 2 Port Richmond Pa
Preaching at Disney A M E Church by Rev Carney at 11 a m. The 45th Republican and 45th rd Jr Pleasure Club held an annual sermon at Disney A M E Church on Sunday. Rev W K Guiling of Bristol spoke on Be a Man. Socials picnics and visits noted. local residents Mrs J Johnson and Mrs Ernest Galoway guests. Hilda Wats ill in bed. various visits and Memorial Day events in Langhorne and Maryland mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jameny
Louisa Banks
KR. R. Wright, Jr
The
Christian Recorder
A. M. E. Book Concern
D. M. Baxter
Jacksonville
Fla
Isaac Thomas
Edwin Street
Charleston
Union A. M. E. Church
George Moore
Victoria Davis
Pitman Grove
N. J
D. J. Hill
Baltimore
Sarah Mossel
Laura Gates
Ethel Long
Milton
Speller
John Fisher
Percival Co. Johnson
N. 18Th Street
W. H. Heard
J. le Witten
J. C. Beckett
Solomon Porter Hood
Hawks
Watson
Washington
A. L. Gaines
J. Albert Johnson
Spencer Roberts School
Germantown
Post No. 20
G. A. KR
Reese
Mayme
Beckettt
Nathan Brown
N. 25Th Street
Freeman
Haddonfield
Morris Brown A. M. E
Frank. Lawrence
Washington, D
Port Richmond
Disney A. M. E
Carney
Bunda School
45Th Republican Club
45Th Rd Jr. Pleasure Club
Disney
W. KR. Guiling
Bristol
Harry Cathell
Joseph James
Maud Barrett
Harry Straus
Langhorne
Mary Polk
Maryland
St Thomas M E Church Announces June Activities
The St Thomas M E Church in Frankford Philadelphia lists June events. On June 6 at 9 30 a m a class meeting led by John M Clark, 10 45 a m preaching, 2 p m Sunday School with Anthony Brooks, 7 p m Epworth League led by Charlies G Harris, 8 p m preaching. Children’s Day is set for June 13 at 7 30 p m with a special program. unbaptized children urged to attend for baptism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankford
Phila
St. Thomas M. E
Rev. R. & Johns
John M. Clark
Anthony Brooks
Epworth League
Charlies G. Harris
Mr. Hatfield
Stokib
Parkesburg Paragraphs from June Church and Social Notes
Parkesburg Pennsylvania notes list Bethany M E Church services and a literary concert by Mrs John Woodburn and Mrs John Gates with proceeds of 38 dollars for Mrs Wilmore. Various residents, including the Woodburns, Wilsons, Peters, Thornton, Woodburns of Unionville and West Chester, are described visiting, recovering, or traveling to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkesburg
Bethany A. M.E
Wilmore
John Woodburn
John Gates
Isaac Woodburn
Harrisburg
Arthur Wilson
Levi Peters
William Thornton
Lancaster
R. A. Blue
Oakey Pay‘tan
Hkryn Mawr
Thomas Woodburn
Unionville
Albert Woodburn
Weat
Chester
Isade
Downingtown
John Richardson
West Chester
Emma Hall
Norman Cooper
Atgien
Howard Wodos
Ardmore Notes Recall Memorial Day Observances and Local Sports
Ardmore Pa Memorial Day observances featured American Legion Post 266 at League Realty Hall with a postwar peace time program. The item recalls croquet as a pastime revived in Wayne Bryn Mawr and Ardmore with matches and social events led by J W Howard and L W Coles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
John Hanks Alexander
J. W. Howard
L. W. Coles
Wayne
Bryn Mawr
Delaware Blackburn
B. W. Hill
M. Beasley
D.blackburn
L. Lewis
Tigers
George Edward Bilingsley
Billy
Rosa Boyer
Harry W. Young
Stiles St
Philadelphia
Lewis Prigg
Bristol Budget Briefs Highlight Local Notices and Socials
Bristol Pennsylvania June 2 notices show a marriage announced for A Malvena Day to Albert A. Green Goodman on May 29. Local church events include the Suburban Baptist Church Confederation session hosted by Second Baptist May 28 29 and 30. Bethel AME to preach June 6 followed by Holy Communion and a ministers’ meeting June 7. Also reported are visits by Mrs Deboroh Vaughn and social notes from Frankford and Wranexford plus a Bristol Colored Community Baseball Club dance May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Clarence Jones
Pine Street
A. Malvena Day
Albert A. Green Goodman
Blair
West
Deborah Vaughn
Langhorne Pa
Gaston Roe
Baptist Confederation
Bapist Church Confederation
Philadelphia
E. D. Fells
Bethel A. M. E
W. KR. Gullins
W. R. Gullins
Disney
Fisher
Elizabeth Booker
Frankford
Bertha Franks
Wranexford
Colored Comunity Baseball Club
Memorial Day Observed in West Chester Naval Style
West Chester observed Memorial Day with a naval flavor as Chestnut Grove shone, attracting many visitors including William Cooper and Emily Howard. Mr. A. J. Darnell, Miss Esther Miller, and Miss Grace Burton attended Lela Heyeana classes and a recital in Whites Philadelphia Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Chestnut Grove
William Cooper
Emily Howard
Steelton
A. J. Darnell
Esther A. Miller
Grace M. Burton
Lela He Ee
Philadelphia
Memorial Day Observances Mentioned in Local Notes
Cousins Mr and Mrs Jacob Pi and Mr and Mrs A J Darnell spent Memorial Day in Borwyn. Robert Young remains on the sick list, while Mr and Mrs Dison are noted with vests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Pi
Robert Young
A. J. Darnell
Borwyn
Robert Dison
Mt Salem Church Hosts Graduation and Baccalaureate
Delaware City June 2 services drew large crowds at Mt Salem Church as Rev J T Turner preached the Baccalaureate for the OD City Public School graduates. Mt U A M E Church held Friday exercises with Rev Turner and Prof C Napper as speakers. The M E Church project under Rev Green advances well. George Taylor shows slow but steady improvement. Prof Blackburn and Miss Patterson praised for guiding the school. Mt Salem members welcomed news of Rev Turner’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware City
Del
Mt. Salem Church
J. T. Turner
OD City
Turner
Co.t. Napper
W. Va
M. E. Church
Green
George Taylor
Blackburn
Miss Patterson
J. Turner
Mayor a petty politi cofan
By G Grant Williams a column alleging city hall intrigue about the National Negro Business League visit. It questions the motives of the local business league and urges Mayor Moore to consult real business leaders rather than city hall figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Local Business League
National Negro Business League
7Th Ward
Negro Business League
Progressive
National
Carson
Progressive Buslon
Messenger
City Hall
Vaice
E. C. Brown
Progressive Business Association
Office summer hours announce Saturday closure at 1 P M
The office will close Saturdays at 1 o'clock during June July and August. This temporary schedule affects customer services and provides reduced weekend hours for the period.
Negro Year Book details progress of American Negroes
The 1918 1919 edition edited by Monroe N Work from Tuskegee Institute offers extensive reviews on the Negros economic progress church and race riots lynching politics and migration. It claims thorough research and aims to show the relation of American Negroes to national and international progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Monroe N. Work
Department of Records and Research
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
A.a
United States
Reverend J P Woods Returns From Far Campaign
The Rev J P Woods general evangelist of the African Methodist Zion Church returns home after a fourteen week campaign across New York Michigan and Canada preaching every evening and three sermons on each Sabbath Mrs Woods accompanied him aiding missionary work and prayer services They advocate restoring the family altar
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Woods
M. E. Zion Church
Page Street
New York
Michigan
Canada
Toledo
W. L. Barr
D. D
Idea Hair Dressing Parlor Hair Growth Guarantee
MIS P. Pobansge leads the field promising visible hair growth or money back. A thousand heads proof lies in roots treated at the Idea Hair Dressing Parlor run by Mrs P Douglass. Electric massage added with each session. offices listed in Atlantic City and Elizabeth New Jersey with a Dickinson phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mis. P. Pobansge
P. Douglass
South Street
Dickinson
Kentucky Ave
Atlantic City
N. J
Jefferson St
Elizabeth
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Masonic Order
Emma Junior
Iola Club
Anna B. Payne
Eafe
Theodosia
L. J. Coppin
St. Louis
Bishop Hurst
Edward Toliver
Mr Anderson
Port Richmond News
Frankford News
G. Grant Williams
Bell Phones
Keystone
S. 17Th Street
South 34Th Street
North 23Rd Street
A. M. E. Z. Evangelist
Bell
Keyston
North
Walter C. Beckett
Undertaker
Philadelphia, PA
Welco Stockett’s New Model Garage
Fitzwater
Bainbridge
Dumoar
Airis
James Duncan & Co
Christian
South St
Girard Ave
South &T
South
Ellsworth
Market Sts
15Th
South Ste
Market St
Lombard Sts
Wharton
Ridge Ave
138Th
Fairmount Ave
Mourne’s Pharmacy
Arctic Avenue
Broad and
Olive Sts
Stuart
Crystal Hair
Bell Phone
Russell
Ussell
Russells
Geome
Reawan Acial
Pecliven
WMA
Ruswell
Leawar
Mme. A
Albert L. Dunlap
John Foster
S. E. Corner 20Th and
Fitzwater Streets
Yorkshire
S. Rubin & Sons
Mith & South Sts
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