Young Woman Fights Back in Theater Seating Dispute
Madeleine Davis and a 14 year old brother challenged ushers at an uptown motion picture theater over seating. Magistrate Morris discharged Davis and criticized ushers for forcing seats, while urging charges against managers for assault and battery. Three Princeton students later fined for assault at the Ritz Carlton incident.
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19Th
Oxford Sts
Madeleine Davis
19Th Bt
Columbia Ave
Morris
M. Brancefield
Market St
Oly
Princeton
Ritz-Carlton
Renshaw
Central Polie Court
John W. Curtis
B.C. Mottern
Edward C. N. Chapman
William B. Carrington
South Darien St
Charlton
Proctor
John Egan
Carrington
White folks warn on mulattoization of South Carolina
A South Carolina editorial argues that mixed race offspring are rising in the region due to interracial unions. It contends the census hides true mixed-blood counts and warns white supremacy is eroding as mulatto and quadroon descendants steadily spread. The piece cites white men marrying lighter women and fears “grade-white” integration.
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Columbia
D. C
South
Ceey
Snow blocks railroad at Valdez Alaska station
A compact dispatch from Valdez Alaska notes a snow blockage on the railroad during March 19 that halted train traffic and disrupted schedules in the port area.
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Valdez, Alaska
Five Killed as Three Story House Collapses in City
Eleven residents perished or were injured when a 60 year old house at 731 South Isemer Street collapsed into the cellar trapping seven inside. Five bodies recovered. four survived injuries. two more remained missing as police and firemen searched the ruins. A survivor credits 58 year old Major Pernell with protecting a boy as the building burned.
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Iseminger St
Major Pernell
Martha Pernell
Lizzie Johnson
John White
Levi Waters
Wesley Goldsboro
Howard Scott
The
Borah Opposes 150th Amendment Repeal Plan
Washington scene as Senator Borah Idaho attacks a federal constitutional amendment move. He calls suffrage impracticable claiming women cannot be counted on for a 36 state vote and warns of years of effort yet to come. He asserts repeal of the 15th Amendment is needed to avoid ongoing race and states’ rights issues.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
The
Tor
Unwritten History Chapter on General Morales and Santo Domingo
A recounting of General Morales, once a priest, who led a Dominican military effort and became de facto president with U.S. recognition. The narrative covers American mediation by Powell and Dawson, debt adjustments led by Hollander, and the resulting financial arrangements and gifts to individuals connected with the actions.
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Carlos F. Morales
Dominican Republic
France
Gen. Morales
Alee
Santo Domingo
Thats Republic
Juan Jiminez
United States
Morales
Horatio Vasques
Jiminez
W. F. Powell
Washington
Gen Morales
Republic
Powell
Dawson
Jacob H. Hollander
John Hopkins University
Prof
Hollander
Congress
Dominicas
Pow
Rousing Meeting at Varrick Temple Honors Senator Penrose
A large crowd at Varrick Temple Monday night welcomed Senator Penrose with a tanqua salute and waving handkerchiefs. He spoke on fifty years of Black progress and party contrasts, citing the Sunanebarian Exhibition and Emancipation, with prayers and remarks by local clergy and leaders.
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Varrick Temple
Penrose
J. 8. Caldwell
Carruthers
Republic Party
Democratic Party
Sunaneibarian Exhibition Held In Our City
Madame Banke
Wright
Charles B . L. G. Jordan
Sinclair
Jones
Remarkable Progress by Colored People of Philadelphia
A Philadelphia record counters misperceptions by listing 200 clergymen 60 physicians 32 dentists 9 lawyers 75 stenographers 204 clerks and copyists 117 musicians 45 graduate nurses 15 druggists 297 retail merchants 29 blacksmiths 250 postallers 10 wholesale merchants 32 upholsterers 6 roofers and slaters 24 plasterers 10 paperhangers 67 painters 308 brick and stone masons 176 iron and steel workers 96 carpenters and joiners 5 electrical engineers 15 stationary engineers They own a bank over 1 million dollars two hospitals 14 building associations and 16 companies and 10 million dollars in real estate.
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Philadelphia
Phi
Beechers Famous Slave Sale Artwork Sells at Auction
In New York at the American Art Galleries third dispersal session, Eastman Johnson’s painting The Freedom Ring sold for 750 dollars to Timothy F. Crowley. The work depicts a slave auction scene linked to Rev Henry Ward Beecher and his Plymouth Church pulpit, with imagery of a girl named Little Pinky and the symbolic ring.
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New York
American Art Galleries
Eastman Johnson
Henry Ward
Plymouth
Brooklyn
Timothy F. Crowley
House for Sale Ad in The Phila. Tribune Bargain
Real estate notice in The Phila Tribune advertises a house for sale at a bargain price. Includes brief details on location and potential buyer terms but omits full specifics.
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Phila. Tribune
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Philadelphia Tribune
TNO Cate
Madeline Davis
South Carolina
Snow Blocks Railroad
Side Wall Falls
South Iseminger Street
Howard Hospital
Jproms White
John Ee Mary
Alexander Walters
John Hopfman
Clara Hoffman
White
Miller
General Morales
Senator Penrose
Lemuel B. Proctor
W. Coulter St
Germantown
Good Hope Club
H. L. Pratt
Standard Oil Company
Beecher
Aexico
Harding
Breekium Eagle
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