Colored progress talks at mass assembly and Mound Bayou growth
The article contrasts a white speaker’s call for equal justice with African American advancement. It highlights Mound Bayou Mississippi as a thriving all colored town with 2000 residents, 44 businesses, farms, a bank, schools, churches, and civil service roles. The piece notes the Mississippi Negro Business League and a circular urging prudent farming and debt reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Hayou
Mississippi
Mound Bayou
Planters’ Journal of
Memphis
Temi
Railway and Express Company
Board of Supervisors
Falls
Mississippi Negro Business League
Charles Banks
Business League
Knapp
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Mary Fielding Weds Maurice Stewart McCoy on Thanksgiving Eve
Mary C Fielding and Maurice Stewart McCoy united in marriage on Thanksgiving Eve at the Fielding home on Prospect avenue. The decorated parlor featured palms and ferns with yellow chrysanthemums, white linen strewn across the floors, and festive lighting for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Pierdini
Dr. Smith
Evans
Miss Nellie
Ada Fielding
D. S. McCoy
New York
Mrs. McCoy
Madison Avenue
Fourth Street
Mary C. Fielding
Maurice Stewart McCoy
Prospect Avenue
Local Thanksgiving Busiest for Families Across Town
Numerous residents from Island Creek to Columbus visit kin for Thanksgiving. Miss Emma Morrow and Miss Nelly Kountz return or visit relatives. Olive Miller travels to Beaver Falls. George P. Miller, Nancy Means and Ruth Valarcum join family gatherings. Several households host relatives, including Mrs. W. A. Clark and Mrs. Foreman, while James M. Davis plans to spend the holiday in Wintersville and Col. Ridgely hosts out-of-town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Morrow
Chicago
Vance Morrow
Island Creek
Ohio State University
Gladys Brown
Coggins
Coshocton
Thomas Fogg
Peyton Stock Co
Olive Miller
Beaver Falls
L. R. Layton
Will Layton
Columbus
Nelly Kountz
East Liverpool
Daisy Bougher
Geo. A .Dean
Beaver
A. $. Dean
Harry Wilson
Misses Banning
Frances Robinson
Pittsburg
George P. Miller
Charles Freeman
Eli Edmonson
Smythe
William Harris
Ellwood City
Harris
David Fulton
Paris
Ella W. Maxwell
Maud Shoop
Washington Courthouse
Squire Morrow
Thomas’ Barrett
South 7Th Street
Nancy Means
South Street
Nancy Mears Hill
Washington, Pa
Ruth Valarcum
W. A. Clark
Waldin Clark
Col
W. F. Ridgsley
Trally
Wellsville
Leonard Aughensbaugh
Mer
John H. Dury
Means
Joseph of
Sewickley
Mary Dury
North Fifth Street
A. W.mcdonald
Clifford McDonald
Mr. Vista
Colorado
Westfall
New Philadelphia
Mr. Bates
Laura
Louises’ Frainer
Mt. Pleasant
Elizabeth Smith
W. T. McCandless
National Telephone Office
Bulah Williamson
City
Verda Hook
Elks
Unitedresbyterian Church
John J. Weidaman
Baker J. Myers
Allegheny General Hospital
Greater Pittsburg
James M. Davis
R. W. Davis
Wintersville
T. C .Davis
A.M. Lyon
Louise
C. J. McConnell
Paul
Carnegie Mills
Mingo
Foreman
Lucile
Martha
Miss Holland
Jenings
Wheeling
Winterville
Edward Morris
M. FE
Thanksgiving Hats Offered At Deep Discounts
New shipment of ladies hats for Thanksgiving with regular values from 8.50 to 10.00 offered at 3.98 and 4.98. Customers invited to come in and view selections.
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Corner Fourth and Market Sts
McFeeley Bros
Eighth and
Adams Streets
Steubenville, Ohio
J. Fred Robertson
North Fourth Street
J. M. Walker and Son
Newark
Ohio
Kinsfolk
Mary Helms
R .G. Richards
Johnson and Sherrard
South 4Th Street
Ladies’ Coats
Children’s Coats
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