B M C Closes Biennial Session in New York City
The B M C of the Grand United Odd Fellows in America closed its sessions in New York City with over 1800 male delegates and 1000 plus Ruth auxiliary delegates noted as the largest gathering in 77 years. Delegates from nearly every state plus international attendees filled armory events and district meetings throughout the week beginning September 13, 1920.
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Grand United Order of Odd Fellows In America
New York City
Grand Household of Ruth
Grand Patriarchy
Grand House
Ruth
Union
California
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Porenco
Costca
Africa
Cuba
West Indies Islands
South Carolina
Delaware
York
New Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Virginia
Smith
Enright
Charlies W. Anderson
Customs
James F. Needham
Derrick Business School Opens at 1514 Pine Street
The Derrick Business School opened for the new term in the 1514 Pine Street building bought by founder Miss Minnibelle Derrick. Miss Lillian Derrick handles enrollment as demand crowds the first floor. A dormitory and nurse matron Miss Harvey are planned to aid out of town students.
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Derrick Business School
Pine St
Minnibelle Derrick
Lillian Derrick
Harvey
Philadelphia
Derrick
Boyd
Opening of Miller Style Shop Postponed to September 27
The Miller Style Shop at the Hotel Date Building 766 8 Broad Street delays its opening to Monday September 27. Managed by Mrs Bessie Miller milliner and Mrs Mary Miller costumer the shop offers latest millinery and costumes with gowns made to order or remodeled from customer material.
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Miller
Broad Street
Bessie Miller
Mary Miller
Off icer s Capture Man Who Killed Wife s Lover
John White shot William Blair in Darby four on August 27 and was not captured until Wednesday when arrested in Georgetown Delaware. He will be taken to Media Pennsylvania for trial. White s wife said Blair had been friendly with her for months and the husband acted out of jealousy.
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John White
Darby 4
William Blair
Wilmington
Blair
White
Georgetown
Del
Media
Women barred from DC juries by code ruling
Justice Gould of the District Supreme Court in Washington rules that the District of Columbia code uses the term man for jury duty, making women presently ineligible. He suggests Congress would need to amend the code before women could serve as jurors in criminal trials.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Few Colored Women Register in Louisiana
New Orleans report notes virtually no negro women tried to register. A handful appeared but were challenged. fewer than a dozen registered. In contrast about 1,000 white women registered in New Orleans and roughly 200 in rural parishes. Twenty five registration clerks were turned away to allow women clerks, demanded by suffrage leaders.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Washington Artillery Hall
Former Dean to Speak at Church Event on Wednesday
Former Dean of Morgan College now Field Association for the Advancement of Colored people will speak Wednesday November 20 at 8 PM at the church. A program with music and readings is planned by the Eye Literary Bo.
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Morgan College
Field Association For the Advancement of Colored
Evober
Wih Gos
Ae Ae
The
Eye
Cox charges and slush fund claims shake political camp
The piece rebuts Cox accusations against the Republican National Committee alleging a $15,000,000 slush fund to elect Harding. It notes lack of evidence in Senate testimony, cites witnesses who deny the charges, and accuses Cox of stirring labor labor tensions while citing Cox’s Dayton newspaper venture and the coal strike record.
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Republican National Committee
Harding
Senate
Cox
Hays
Upham
Ohio
Daily Press
Republican National Cottee
Dayton
Wilson
Gregory
Congress
American
Federation of Labor
Effort to Fund Negro Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Texas
San Angelo Texas September 14 An effort to have the next Texas legislature appropriate funds to establish a state tuberculosis sanitarium for Negroes will likely be made by Dr J B Dent superintendent of Texas institution at Carlsbad A Negro sanitarium at Carlsbad under the same supervision as the white facility was planned years ago but the war interrupted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Texas
J. B. Dft
Texas’ Institution
Carlsbad
Newly Elected M E Bishops Honored At Philadelphia Event
Citizens fill Academy of Music for honors to bishops Robert E Jones and Matthew W Clair after their election by the M E Church Delaware Conference churches across Philadelphia area participate in the celebration. Banquet follows reception with church leaders and local officials in attendance.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Robert E. Jones
D. D
Matthew W. Clair
M. E. Church
Delaware Conference
East Calvary
C. A. Tindley
Frankford
St. Thomas
R. S. Johns
John Wesley
West Philadelphia
J. W. Jefferson
Janes
Germantown
J. E. A. Johns
Haven
J. R. Brown
Macedonia
J. L. Davis
St. Paul’s
J. B. Dennis
Trinity
North Philadelphia
Be.e. Parker
Zoar
F. H
J. T. Wallace
Oeton
N. J
R. G. Waters
St. .Mark’s
Montclair
F. J Handy
B. Chareah
Simmons
A. B. Clark
King
A. J. Sellers
Pharoah Glass
Peter
YWCA Organizes Room Registry Service in Southwest
The National Board sends Vivienne Ward Stokes to organize a Room Registry. The aim is to provide suitable lodging for young women after careful checking of the Housing standards. Mrs. Lucille E. Proctor leads, with Louise Boston as committee chair. Women with spare rooms may rent through the registry at 619 South 16th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of the
Young Women’s Christian Association
New York City
Vivienne Ward Stokes
Southwestern Branch
Lucille E. Proctor
Louise Boston
16Th Street
Billy Sunday Warns Democrats Over League of Nations
Billy Sunday warns that the Democratic party backing the league will be buried so deep that it will not hear the trumpet on day. He cautions Bret Cox to be careful if he presses the issue and speaks against the Wilson era league.
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Bret” Cox
Billy
League of Nations
President Wilson
Democratic Party
Cox
No Cause for Bitterness of Expression
An old timer laments racial tensions between native born and West Indian born Black communities. He urges harmony and cites Negro business progress, warns against Garveyite rhetoric, and recalls cordial relations after emancipation. The piece references Philadelphia events and a page 10 note.
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British West Indies
West Indies
Unive Negro Improvement Association
Marcus Garvey
God and Garvey
National Negro Business League
Philadelphia
Indies
Spring Mills
Petercomery County
Crowd deserts lynching tale after Barrett murder in Chicago stockyard
In Chicago on September 22 a crowd gathered after a muttered threat of lynching circulated by the Associated Press. Barrett, a former police officer, was killed during an argument with three colored men who fled into St. Gabriel's Church. The men hid in the church as locals chased them, but Father Burke questioned the riotous act and the crowd dispersed.
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Chicago
Til
Associated Press
Stockyard
MacSweeny
London
Barrett
Sam Hayes
Harry Snow
Frank Gatewood
St. Gabriel's Church
Father Burke
House of God
Baptists plan church and community hall in Muskegon
In Muskegon Michigan on September 20 with aid from Karl H Keefer the Muskegon County Community Secretary colored Baptists raised 1000 toward a community hall and church for the colored community. The group now meets in an old stable with makeshift pews and a stove. Protestant churches have pledged to match the raised sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Karl H. Keefer
Muskegon County
Colored People of the Baptist Church
Blaze on Addison Street Causes $12,000 Damage
Fire started on the rear porch of 1824 Addison Street and spread to adjacent buildings, causing about $12,000 in damage before extinguishment. Officer Richard H. Anderson allowed Tribune reporters a close view of the scene after the alarm was raised by Mr. Harper at 1822 Addison Street.
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Harper
Addison Street
Richard H. Anderson
Tribune
Johnson Dons Gloves in Leavenworth Jail Bouts
Jack Johnson former heavyweight champ boxed three three round bouts inside Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary while serving a Mann Act sentence. He faced three inmate opponents in a playful display that showcased his conditioning and fighting pose after a hard exchange. The event, staged for Superintendent D. S. Dickerson who has known Johnson for years, drew attention inside the prison.
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Leavensworth
Kan
Jack Johnson
Jess Willard
Havana
Dickerson
Federal
Johnson
Burglars Target Colonial Theatre Safe in Broadway Heist
Four men broke into the Colonial Theatre on Broadway at Sixty sixth Street and stole 160 from the first safe compartment while leaving 6,500 untouched in the second. They captured porter James Brown and night staff, locking them in the paint room before fleeing at dawn. The raid used acetylene torches and drills, and the group warned of a future return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colonial Theatre
Broadway
James Brown
West Thirty-ninth Street
Brown
Prominent Educator Dusenbury Dies in Asheville
Rev Charles B Dusenbury pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church and principal of Calvary School died after a short illness in Asheville North Carolina. He served the church and school for nearly 29 years and founded both institutions influencing the local colored population and Lincoln University seminary graduates.
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Asheville
N. C
Chas. B. Dusenbury
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Calvary Ool
Ville
Lincoln University
Notice to Public Reward Offered Over Defamatory Circulars
George Severe of 769 17th Street offers 10 dollars for information about the originator of defamatory circulars distributed in the 30th Ward and at his business premises alleging scandal about Mrs Walton. The notice urges stopping such slander and calls for action to protect innocent parties.
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Walton
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Cleveland
Minniebelle J. Derrick
WM. Pickens
G. A. Tindley
Matthew W. Clair, D. D
M. E
Academy
Music
Calvary M. E. Church
Haas
Market
Robt. E. Jones, D. D
Baptists
Addison ST
George Severe
17Th Street
D. Kelly Corporation
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