Unusual Bank Examinar Clash at Boley Town
Bank Commissioner H H Smock sent an examiner to Roley Stank and Trust in Boley a majority Negro town. The town’s residents escorted the white examiner at sunset and forced him to stay outside after dark. Smock ordered the bank closed until stricter rules were met and deposits halted until compliance. Boley described as the nation’s largest all Negro town despite the tense stand off. The Mississippi Supreme Court meanwhile ruled on jury composition stating mixed juries are permissible in the state overturning a white juror exclusion.
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Muskogee
Okla
H. H. Smock
State Banking System of
Oklahoma
Boley
Okfuskee County
Smock
Roley Stank and Trust Company
Negro Institution
Guthrie
Jackson Miss
Whitfield
Arthur Payne
Ferrer
State County
Supreme Court
Subscription plea for timely payments to hire help
A subscriber appeal urges timely renewal of subscriptions to enable hiring more staff. The message emphasizes prompt payments to fund additional assistance.
Negro Architects Rise Through Merit in Potosi
The article profiles J. A. Lankford and his brother as pioneering African American architects from Potosi Missouri Now based in Washington D C they hold leadership roles in the Washington and National Negro Business Leagues and are linked to the Y M C A and local Presbyterian efforts Their firm is praised by the United States supervising architect for Jamestown Exposition plans and they are hired to design a new local church building The piece notes their selection as supervising architect and engineer of the National Negro Fair in Mobile Alabama and highlights their nomination of prominence within a national exposition for African Americans
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Democratic
Potosi
J. A. Lankford
A. FE. Lankford
Lankford & Bro
Washington Negro Business League
National Negro Business League
Colored Y. M
St. Luke's
True Reformer
United States
J. A. Lankford & Bro
Mobile
Ala
Apollo Club Forms At Lincoln High School
Sedalia students at Lincoln High School form The Apollo Club a 23 member group devoted to artistic needlework. Miss Hortense Smith hosted a gathering on East Morgan Street with parlor games music and chatter. Hostesses Florence Burris Fedonia Carter and Gertrude Williams served cream and cake. Geneva Captalin Phillips presides with Ona Bessie Ruby as secretary.
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Lincoln High School
Apollo Club
Hortense Smith
East Morgan Street
Florence Burris
Fedonia Carter
Gertrude Williams
Geneva Captalin Phillips
Ona Bessie Ruby
Doll Discipline Sparks Slipper Debate at Home
A mother confronts Nettie over a rule breaking incident as she pounds her doll with her father's slipper. Nettie explains she must obey to avoid neighbors saying she spoiled her child, highlighting domestic discipline tensions.
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Nettie
Newspaper coverage of Negro life skewed by crime focus
A reader argues newspapers distort Black life by sensational crime coverage. He reviews Philadelphia papers, finding 70 Negro references in a month, 30 on crimes, 22 pessimistic pieces, 12 miscellaneous, only 3 praising Black life, with 87 percent space on crimes and assaults, lynching, thefts, and arrests.
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Philadelphia
Neproes
McGirt's
Letter Praises Insurance Firm For Honest Dealings
L W Webb pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church writes from Cathey Oklahoma in February 1908 praising Mr Ira G Harris president of Neighbors of the Heartstone Kansas City Missouri. He commends prompt liberal service and recommends their insurance business to all readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathey
Oklahoma
Ira G. Harris
Heartstone
Kansas City
Missouri
A College Girl's Pluck Story of Pursuit and Pride
A country girl, raised nearby, reads eagerly and decides to attend college. She explains that the country living shaped her, and her mother’s initial reaction reflected surprise and concern. The piece highlights determination and parental sentiment in the young woman’s college plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colege
Woman’s grit fuels a university dream across nine years
A determined woman recounts her path to earning a degree at the university she visited. She sold pillows house to house to fund travel and meals, found work as a cook and maid, and toiled through illness and fatigue while studying. She aims to graduate next June and teach there.
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Ginner
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Megro Bank
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Sedalia Weekly
W. H. Huston
Conservator
Tray
Rity
Gtraimning
L W. Webb
Shiloh Baptist Church
C. C. Hubbard
Sedalia
Jefferson City
Heinen
Ohio
Pacifists
Archias’ Sefd
Mie
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