Standard Life Promotes Liberty Bonds in Colored Communities
The Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta directs 190 agents across nine states to encourage Liberty Bond purchases among employees and policyholders. The effort includes office and field staff cultivating gardens in the South and mobilizing volunteers for national service. Auditing records show 1,860 colored citizens registered on June 5 as part of the program.
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Standard Life Insurance Comany
Atlanta
Geo
Wal. Wth
Home Office
A. Shaw
Blocker
Car N. Brown
Lis
J. Shaw
Standard Life
Dr Algernon B Jackson Receives ACP Fellowship
Dr Algernon B Jackson superindent of Mercy Hospital is made a fellow of the American College of Physicians at its second convocation held at Hotel Nassau Long Beach L I The recognition cites his work Pheumaticm and notes international attention The fellowship was conferred by Dr Reynold Webb Wilcox of Newark and marks a high honor welcomed by Philadelphia as his adopted home
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American College of Physicians
Algernon B. Jackson
Mercy Hospital
Hotel Nassau
Long Beach
Jackson
Pabson
New York
Reynold Webb Wilcox
Newark
Philadelphia
M. P. Churogh Conference Second Session Opens
The M. P. Churogh Conference meets in St Ste Co Delaware for its second online and Delaware session. Rev Roy E D presides with Rev E W D and Rev J W Manokey as associate presidents. Officers elected include Rev J C as secretary Rev L C Savage Rev P W Herrod and Rev Geo Hunter. The conference runs until June 17 with appointments announced that day at 8.
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Delaware
P. Church
St. Ste- Co. M. P. Church
Juniper
Streets
Roy E.D. D
J. W. Manokey
J. C. Thesecretary
L. C. Savage
P. W. Herrod
Geo. Hunter
Mark
Legislature adjourns in respect to late Harry W Bass
Harrisburg Pa June 14 The Legislature adjourned in respect to the late Harry W Bass, a member of the house of representatives.
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Harry W. Bass
Harrisburg
Harry W. Basa
House of
Colored youth wins second prize in state college oratory
At the 44th annual Junior Oratorical Contest of the State College held June 11 in the college auditorium, Philadelphia teen Joseph Lealand Johnson won second prize amid a historic first with a woman and a colored man both placing. Johnson’s lengthy standing ovation followed his powerful oration, and the paper reprints it in full.
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State College
Philadelphia
Joseph Lealand Johnson
Mr. Johnson
W. T. M. Johnson
The Ideal of American Democracy and the Black Vision
A reflective piece tracing how figures like Moses Washington Lincoln and Booker T. Washington symbolize enduring virtue. It recalls Booker's Virginia upbringing, emancipation, and rise from coal mines to education at Hampton, framing him as a beacon for black and white progress.
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Moses
George Washington
United States
Abraham Lincoln
America
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Washington
Lincoln
Booker T. Washington
Franklin County
Virginia
Linguiln
Hampton
Sunday School Congress Opens in Nashville With Large Attendance
In Nashville at Mt Olive church the twelfth annual Sunday School Congress opens with a large audience singing the Congress song Hall the Baptist Congress. Henry Allen Boyd outlines topics including Front Line, Child Evangelism, and Teacher Training as fourteen departments operate across churches. The congress runs through next Monday with sessions in Mt Olive and venues in various churches. The event marks Nashville as a recurring host with past sites listed and next year’s location to be chosen from several major cities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sunday School Congress
Hall
the Baptist Congress
Mt. Olive Church
Y School Congress
King Emanuél
Henry Allen Boyd
Congress
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
United States
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
Meridian
Tuskegee Institute
Muskogee
Beaumont
Birmingham
Vicksburg
San Francisco
St. Louis
Kansas
Washington
Progressive Business Association Plans July 24 Anniversary
Warm weather kept many at home for the monthly meeting. Maple Grove was secured for July 24 to celebrate the association's first anniversary with each member issuing a limited number of invitation cards to customers. The group voted to purchase a $100 Liberty Bond and announced a September bazaar at the YMCA building.
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Carson
Park Committee
Maple Grove
Progressive Business Association
Associaton
Dow Memorial Day trip noted in local area
Mr LR Dow spent Memorial day away from home in a local area.
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LR. Dow
Ufeu
Young men join officers training under Captain Alonzo Myers
On Wednesday at 8 05 p m a group of Reading men left for a training camp at Ft Des Moines Des Moines Iowa to prepare as officers. The group led by Captain Alonzo Myers a War Department appointee and Spanish American War veteran includes teachers postal clerks students lawyers and merchants. The cast list includes Robert H Winston Alonzo Myers Richard Williams Adolph Reyes Claude Miller Adolph Hodge Franklin Tucker and many others with Warrick Johnson and St Clair among the names.
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Deses
Alonzo Myers
War Department
Ft. Des Moines
Robert H. Winston
Richard Williams
Adolph Reyes
Claude H. Miller
Adolph ©. Hodge
Franklin Tucker
Wm F. H. Cottingham
Samuel Lawson
Schuyler
H. Lockley
Jos. G. Moore
Julian F. Adger
C. Crittendent
Planning for Segregation in Cincinnati
June 11 report details the industrial department of the Chamber of Commerce teaming with a Woman's City Club committee to create a colored district between John and Stone streets and south of George Street. The area, once home to wealthy residents now moving to the suburbs, would house Black residents due to southern influx.
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Industrial Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Woman's City Club
John and
Stone Streets
George Street
Harry W Bass noted orator and lawyer buried
Harry W Bass born November 4 1866 in West Chester Pa rose to become the first Black member of the Pennsylvania Legislature and served as Assistant City Solicitor of Philadelphia before his death A large funeral in West Chester featured prayers by Rev C C Dunlap and tributes from civic and legal leaders with resolutions from local citizens and a flag presented by a Post 103 veteran
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Harry W. Bass
West Chester
Chester County
Lincoln University
Howard University
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Republican
Philadelphia
Bethel A. M. E
C. C. Dunlap
Howard
Dr. Howard
The
Baptist Church
John C. Asbury
City Solicitors Office
Chris. J. Perry
Philadelphia “Tribune
Post 103
Barcelona Bass
Harry Bass
Reception honors Dr. N F Mossell at Douglass Hospital
A large Tuesday night gathering led by Mrs. L J Waters and Mrs. Maude Morrissett celebrated Dr. N F Mossell and his wife at Frederick Douglass Hospital. Attendees praised his stand against Jim Crow toward colored internes and his leadership in building a hospital run by colored physicians.
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L. J. Waters
Maude Morrissett
N. F. Mossell
Frederick Douglass Hospital
Mossell
Penna University
Douglass Hospital
Paul Brock
L. J. Coppin
J. 8. Caldwell
C. A. Lewis
J.T. Wilson
Meharry College
Nashville
Tenn
Tindley
Msssell
Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson Rites Set at First African Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson, died May 23 at her home 1230 Wood Street, will be held May 26 at the First African Baptist Church. She was the youngest child of Nathan and Elizabeth Selby and wife of Deacon Travis R. Hudson Sr., with five children and four grandchildren. She joined the church in 1874 and leaves a devoted husband, a son, a daughter in law, four grandchildren, and relatives.
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Elizabeth Hudson
Travis R. Hudson
Wood Street
Tok Place
Christan Streets
Wm. A. Harrod
First African Baptist Church
Theo. D. Miller
Husband remanded for murder of wife
Harrison Butler of 507 South Juniper Street remanded by Coroner Knight on a murder charge for the May 14 death of his wife Kate Butler of 1344 Kater Street. He reportedly shot her in the brain and then turned the gun on himself.
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Harrison Butler
South Juniper Street
Knight
Kate Butler
Kater Street
Verdict on Eli Persons Death in Memphis Mob Crime
The coroner ruled Eli Persons died from unknown causes after being roasted alive by a mob in Memphis. The report labels the case as a farce and criticizes southern justice as blind and brainless.
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Memphis, Tenn
Eli Persons
Southland
Attack on Policeman Sparks Clash at Fourth and Bristol
After police drove a crowd from Fourth and Bristol, reinforcements returned to confront Officer Lee of the Reading Railway force. Lee fired to scatter the crowd. James Scott, a 29 year old Black man of 415 Bristol Street, was shot in the leg and is under arrest at Samaritan Hospital.
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Fourth
Bristol
Perry
Berry
Lee
Reading Railway Force
James Scott
Bistol &J
Samaritan Hospital
Stone-Pile Law Returns After Governor Signs
The governor signed the bill reactivating the stone-pile law. The act sends noncompliant husbands to the House of Correctton and pays dependants sixty five cents per day for labor by prisoners in jail.
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House of
Memorial Meeting Honors Late Senator Foraker in Cincinnati
Cincinnati crowds gather at Emery Auditorium for a memorial service honoring Senator Joseph Benson Foraker. The event, organized by local colored societies, features Rev R C Ransom and Gilchrist Stewart as principal speakers, with W P Dabney driving the effort.
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Senator Foraker
Cincinnati
Emery Auditorium
Joseph Benson Foraker
Colored Societies
R. C. Ransom
A. M. EB. Review of
New York
Gilchrist Stewart
W. P. Dabney
The
Union
Be rean Manual Training School Commencement 1917
The Be rean Manual Training and Industrial School closed commencement week with a large audience honoring the graduating class of 1917 and Principal Dr Matthew Anderson and wife. W Justin Carter delivered a memorable annual address. diplomas and certificates were awarded to Martha Rollins, Gelia Harris, and Hannah Hudson. The pupil handiwork exhibit drew favorable remarks from visitors.
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Berean Manual Training and Industrial School
Matthew Anderson
W. Justin Carter
Blackstone
Harrisburg
Roat
J. Gray Bolton
Gelia Verena Harris
Martha Rebecca Rollins
Burleigh
Archibald H. Grimke
John L. Scott
H. Franklin Hexter
Blanche Esther Williams
Martha R. Rollins
Hannah Hudson
Dullaing
Children Day program at Centennial M E Church
The Smyrna Delaware report notes a successful Children Day program at Centennial M E Church with proceeds of 20.50 and Rev C T View of U A M E Church observing the day. Also mentions district election results, local visits, and a Smyrna Stars pitcher excelling in Wayne Pennsylvania.
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Dee
Oakley
Del
Coffman
M. M. Coff
Bitta Thomas
Philadelphia
Chester
Louis Wilson
Middletown
Offiey Riley
Storm toll in Alabama towns hits victims among colored and white residents
In Birmingham on June 11 a late storm caused widespread deaths and destruction across Alabama. Bradford, a town with a large colored population, suffered the worst loss with 26 colored residents killed as part of the Southwide storm damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Bradford
Rally Held at Bethel AME Church in Pottsville Area
Pottevillé Pa June 11 A local rally took place at Bethel AME church on Sunday June 10. Arthur Woodward has returned from Washington DC with his brother John and wife. Rev and Mrs J F Loney were hosted Thursday evening by Edward and Mrs Fiie. Lawrence Williams has left his old role and now works at the Baring Shoe Store.
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Pottevillé
Bethel A. M. E
Arthur Woodward
Washington, Db. Co
John Woodward
J. F. Loney
Edward Fiie
Lawrence Williams
Baring Shoe Store
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Standard Life Insurance Company
National Defense
Sting
A. B. Jackson
M. P. Churogh Conference
Pennsylvania State College
Baptist Convention
Army
Navy
Angel of Death
Unknown Realms
John Gladman
Orlando Cummings
David Lutz
Jerome Cummings
Charles Dorsey
Arthur Durnell
Jonathan Bell
O. J. Cummings
Robi. Jackson
O. W. Ray
Samuel B. Hart
N. A. Carey
Charles Carey
Stephen H. Smothers
Sydney Purnell
Isaac Cummings
N.F. Mossell
Hudson
Berean School
Smyrna News
Pottsville
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