Fifty Years of Negro Progress in Education and Industry
An examination funded by Carnegie and principals in Washington and Philadelphia tracks dramatic gains for African Americans over fifty years. It notes population growth from the South to nationwide, literacy rising from near universal illiteracy to 30.5 percent illiterate, expansion of public schooling, about 2 million colored children in public schools and 25,000 teachers, 5,000 college graduates, and rising home ownership and industrial diversification led by black farmers and other sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Washington
Univers of Pennsylvania
United Bureau of Census
Bu-C
South
Union
Austria
Hungary
Spain
Russia
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Oberimn
Rhode
England
Belgium
Denmark
Switzerland
Revivals in Mobile Churches Add New Members
A wave of revival sweeps Mobile churches with hundreds joining. Emanuel A M E Church on State Street and Zion churches report large increases. Zion Baptist, Warren Street M E, and others cite sizable membership gains and hoped for improvements in community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Emanuel A. M. E
State Street
E. Zion Church
Funeral of Frenchman Marked by Comic Song Tribute
An unusual event this week featured a funeral for a Frenchman with a procession and burial in a monument topped by a marble owl. The service included humorous songs and performances, reflecting a bizarre contrast between reverence and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite
Interio
Churches Do Well in This District
Rev. William Jones visits Montgomery district churches with reports of strong church growth. Pastors Walker Brewton Pollard Webb Autry Green Johnson Thomas Laudrum Willis Lewis Lee Moore show progress, conversions, and plans, with a district revival and spring rallies. The Montgomery district spans from Booth station to Theodore and includes West Florida, withJones traveling thousands of miles quarterly. The second quarter appointments list Booth Circuit through Byrd's Chapel with dates in March through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Montgomery
City
Warren Street
Jones
S. C. Walker
Pensacola
Kirk
Brewton
Pollard
J. B. Webb
Castleberry
J. Autry
Evergreen
P. G. Green
S Johnson
Thomas
Laudrum
Willis
G. W. Lewis
A. L. Lee
Theodore
R. H. Moore
Wesley Mission
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Booth Station
Mobile
West Florida
Booth Circuit
Bellingsley
Prattville
Aberfeill
Brown Grove
Union Springs
Troy
Tessaw
Byrd’s Chapel
Tipping trust sparks Chicago restaurant strike
Public uproar centers on Jacques Rousso the tipping trust king who uses female checkroom workers to boost patron gratuities. Thirty boy employees struck with fifty more threatened as strife exposes pay, collars, and tip boxes across Chicago hotels and cafes including Sherman House and College Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tipping Trust
Jacques Rousso
Tip Trust
Rousso
New York
Martin Paley
William Kahan
College Inn
Samuel Wolfe
Paley
Sherman and
Kaiserhof
Bismarck
Grand Inn
Planters’ Hotel and Cafe
Drexel Cafe
Natalby’s
King Joy Lo’s
de Jonghe's
Entertainers’ Cafe
Thirty-fifth Street
Indiana Avenue
Jury Acquits Grondin of Wife Murder Charge
A Los Angeles jury acquitted John H. Grondin, a former Water ville Me. chemist, on a wife murder charge after the state failed to prove a case. The victim, Mrs Zelia Grondin, was found dying October 30 with a tube in a hat box fitted to her head. The state argued a forged suicide note, not admitted into evidence, underpinned the accusation. Grondin had earlier told a ghost story about being taken by Patera to the involved apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Grondin
Waterville
Zelia Grondin
Plateau Meeting a Great Success
The farmers and truckers congress, started by the Plateau Normal and Industrial School under Prof. I. J. Whitley, drew about three hundred attendees from five counties. Leaders emphasized safe development of the colored community, with a permanent organization and county president appointments to expand next year. Notables from Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Meridian, Fairhope and Kansas City attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ and
Plateau Normal and Industrial School
I. J. Whitley
Mobile County
Whitley
Drs. M. N. Gilbert
Selma University
W. M. Jones
Montgomery
A. J. Rodgers
H. Rodger Williams
Cc. W. Hil
C. L. Fisher
G. W. Lewis
Mobile
Roland Turner
Meridian
Miss
Sus Little
Fairhope
Ala
R. V. Jarrett
Waynesboro
J. 8. Shanty
Thomasville
George A. Maloney
Abe Whitess
Bay Minette
J. A. Kitchell
J. A. Lewis
Susie Little
Nathan Jones
Kathryn Johnson
Kansas City
Puzzle Test for Aliens on Ellis Island Sparks Debate
New York reports detail a government puzzle test used on immigrants at Ellis Island. A physician explains the method, noting normal aliens under sixteen typically finish within two minutes while detectives often take longer, with specific focus on a triangle fitting section revealing cognitive deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Island
New York
Healey
M. K. Gwyn
Public Health Service
Gwyn
Fernald
Held for beating girl he never saw
A Kensington engineer, strolling the Loop district, was accosted by two men who dragged him to a patrolman after accusing him of beating a girl behind De Jonghels restaurant on Monroe Street. The incident occurred near Dearborn and Washington streets as he bought cigars and moved north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kensington
Loop District
Madison Street
Dearborn Street
Washington
Randolph Streets
Leggo
Michael Minster
de Jonghels
Monroe Street
Colored Bank at Indianola Profits Amid Racial Tensions
The Delta Penny Savings Bank in Indianola Mississippi reports resources of 155 250 46 with loans and discounts 89 983 36 and other assets. The bank thrives in a town where President Roosevelt closed a post office over racial backlash. W N Cox, husband of the postmistress, is cashier and major stockholder. White businesses also deposit there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Penny Savings Bank
Indianola
Mississippi
Roosevelt
W. N. Cox
Colored Board of Trade Draws Large Attendance
The colored Board of Trade met atilly Baptist church Thursday night with a large attendance. Several new members were added and a profitable meeting was held. Monday the 16th inst is the day when colored merchants will display their groceries and the public is invited to visit and inspect stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colored Board of Trade
Negro churches invite attendance with preaching and baptisms
The Rev. William Jones B D will preach today and tonight at Zion Mission Crichton. Baptisms will occur at each service. Music will be high quality. Zion Mission Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaches at 11 a m and 3 p m. H G Williams pastor. Also First Congregational Church Scott Street invites Rev James Thomas Haitian consul general to preach at 11 a m. Kathryn M Johnson of Kansas City Kansas speaks at 7 30 p m for NAACP. Sunday school 9 30 a m. C E B meeting 7 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Street Methodist Episcopal Church
William Jones
Jones
Gammon Seminary
Atlanta
Zion Mission
Crichton
H. G
Williams
Flist Congregational Church
Scott
Canal
Charleston
James Thomas
Hatian
Kathryn M. Johnson
Kansas’ City
Kan
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Rheumatic Pains Relieved by Liniment
Mrs Elmer Hatch of Peru Indiana reports years of rheumatic attacks and says Chamberlains Liniment relieves her immediately. She recommends it to others. Available in 25 and 50 cent bottles at Van Antwerp Drug Corp and all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hatch
Peru
Ind
Chamberlain
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Negro Democrat Gets a Good Job in Federal Posts
Dr. J J Smith, secretary of the National Negro Democratic League, is appointed deputy collector of internal revenue in the income tax division in Boston. Thomas A Stewood, a negro, becomes chief messenger in the United States patent office at a $1 000 salary. Smith is the first colored man to hold this office. A L Jackson Harvard class day orator 1914 earned his way with Greenlees scholarship and five varsity letters in three years on the track teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.j.smith
National Negro Democratic League
Internal Revenue
Boston
Thomas A. Stewood
United States Patent Office
Smith
A. L. Jackson
Harvard
Greenlies
Appointment of Rev F G Williams to Crichton Zion Mission
Rev F G Williams of the A M E Z connection and a member of Big Zion Church has recently been appointed to the Zion Mission at Crichton. Williams is described as a rising, spiritual preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crichton
F. G. Williams
A. M. E. Z. Connection
Big Zion Church
Zion Mission
Williams
Poking for Rabbit Brings Out Wildcat in Minnesota
In Trempealeau near Winona George Miller and his father Louis set a trap by a culvert under Burlington tracks hoping to net a rabbit. A wild cat leaped out and a close fight followed, ending with the animal killed. The cat measured thirty four inches and weighed twenty five pounds and had been trained to the work of the Gospel ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
George Miller
Burlington Railway
Trempeaieau Village
Louis Miller
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Jonesy
Grondin
Plateau
Congress
IIG
Colored Bank
Olored Board OF Trade
J. J. Smith
Collector of Internal Revenue
Eeacgaas Ge Catapeene Senpestalion
Ompress
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