Birmingham Negro Business League Grows and Reforms
Special to The Item Birmingham November 1 Birmingham Negroes have developed the Birmingham Negro Business League into a community asset and force among their people. W B Driver resigns as president praising progress. Dr Booker T Washington lectures in Selma urging prosperity through education and prudent business. The league expands through church meetings and a 700-name business directory while stressing cooperation and constructive work across Dallas County and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Birmingham Negro Bus‘iness’ League
Business” League
W. B. Driver
Union Mutual Aid Associa
Orgamiend
Ingham
Birmingham Negro ‘Business League
Driver
J. C. Reid
Alabama State
Negro Business League
Edward L. der
Mobile
First Johnson
Union Mutual Aid Association
Business League
Bir
South
Birmingham Negro Business League
Pegro
Emancipation Association Set to Meet at St Louis Street Church
The Emancipation Association will meet at the St Logis Street Baptist church next Wednesday night the 5th inst per Jas T Peterson president. Potia Canty niece of Dr T N Harris has accepted a teaching post in Camden School Wilcox county. Ethel Williams chosen teacher Lovejoy Alabama public school. Dr C L Fisher and G W Lewis visited Emerson Institute last Friday morning and urged study for youth. A teacher complains moving pictures and dances disrupt school work. A C Taylor a colored aviator will make his first flight in an aeroplane. Remorse is weasily late about going to work.
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Gusdtion
South Bee
South
Alabama
Clay
A. G. Parrish
City National Bank
I. Kayser
Commercial Association
M. E. T. Walters
C. M. Howard
Peoples’ Bank
T. G. DuBose
W. W. Hooper
The
Emancipation Association
St. Logis Street Baptist Church
Jas. T. Peterson
Potia Canty
T. N. Harris
Camden School
Wilcox County
Ethel Williams
Lovejoy
Ala
Dre. C.L. Fisher
G. W. Lewis
Emerson Institute
Emerson Institute praised for curriculum and vocational training
A writer commends Emerson Institute as an excellent school for colored youth with strong faculty and facilities. The piece notes 803 students, 14 teachers, new hires, a busy commercial department, a typewriter, updated library, poultry magazine, and diverse trades. It urges philanthropy to support more schools locally and calls for a mass meeting to strengthen enrollment and cooperation with Owen High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Owen High Reteoi
Nashville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Selma
Tuskegee
Owen High School
Owen Hligh School
Dr King's New Discovery cough remedy ad
Cough says danger signal warns of consumption. Dr King's New Discovery stops cough loosens chest and reduces fever to aid sleep. A Glen Ellyn Iowa woman reports six weeks of doctoring failed. the product gave relief. Money back if it fails. 60c and 1.00. All druggists or by mail from Bucklen Co. Philadelphia or St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
E. Mertz
Glen Ellyn
Towa
B. Bucklen and Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
King’s Son Among Real Boys at Eton Says Prince Happy
International News Service reports Prince Henry the king’s third son has settled at Eton and enjoys school life as an ordinary pupil. He crowds around by the chapel after services, is teased, and even subjected to a playful caning to join the common level. His companions include Lords Worcester and Morven Cavendish Bentinck and Victor Seeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Prince Henry
Eton
Ivor Spencer Churchill
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Rowland
Lord Worcester
Duke of Bedford
Lord Morven Cavendish Bentincl
Duke of Portland
Victor Seeley
Fashioning a Woman’s Tight Dress into a Fuller Style
A writer suggests that the only way to alter a currently tight dress is to add more fullness. The notion implies adjusting fit rather than changing the garment’s core design, reflecting a style approach discussed in the period.
A Mother's Night of Terror and a Croup Remedy
An anxious mother endures a choking child during a croup attack with no remedy on hand. A Little forethought suggests keeping Bargain priced Berlain's Cough Syrup to ease attack episodes and spare nights of terror.
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Berlain
President Wilson and the Commercial Congress and the Negro
A reflective piece asks what Wilsons visit and the Commercial Congress mean for African Americans. It cautions that the South will become a center of commerce and land ownership, urging Black readers to seize opportunities now before rapid changes harden access and status.
Court docket for Monday through Saturday in Mobile system
Law and Equity Court list shows parties such as Mary Bonham v American National Ins Co and Alabama Swit v Mobile Light and R. R. Co and Frank B. Richardson v Hallet Mfg. Co. The weekly call includes cases for Tuesday through Saturday with numerous plaintiffs and defendants across defendants including Cadillac Motor Co American Cab Co Bank of Biloxi and others.
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Law and Equity Court
Law
Berney
Judge E
Mary Bonham
American National Ins
Alabama Swit
Mobile Light & R. R. Co
Frank B. Richardson
Hallet Mfg. Co
Mary Roberts
Henry Simon
Gordon Smith
Hoover
Grand Bay Land Co
D D. Hall
Henry Lindsey
Chas
Davy Va
Negroes Celebrate Semi Centennial at Franklin Street Baptist
The 60th anniversary of emancipation was observed at Franklin Street Baptist Church on the 27th with John C. Napier ex register of the U S Treasury as speaker. He traced civil rights history and urged whites to grant justice while noting the Negro’s contributions to the South’s economy and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street Baptist Church
John C. Napier
Register of the United States Treasury
Mobile
United States
Register of the Treasury
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
South
Law and Equity Court notices in Minerva Villiers case
Equity side judge Safford Berney orders testimony published in the Villiers dispute. Pleadings and proof submitted. Also a call for Monday in the Paterson et al versus Evans matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Safford Berney
Minerva J. Villiers
Robert J. Villiers
Et al
Evans
Chancery Court Call for Monday Names Boone and McCarty
Honorable Thamas H. Smith presiding in chancery court calls for Monday sessions. Kathleen Boone sues John Boone. Henry J. McCarty sues Stephen J. McCarty as trustee and others in related proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Thamas H. Smith
Kathleen Boone
John 8. Boone
Henry J. McCarty
Stephen J. McCarty
Davis Avenue and the Colored People
A reader urges Mobile city authorities to pave Davis Avenue, arguing it is the main thoroughfare for the local Black community. The writer notes heavy pedestrian and business traffic, many properties owned by colored residents, and tax contribution, proposing sidewalk and street paving funded by property owners in front of their land.
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Mobile
Davis Avenue
Ap Asucl
Dream banquet by Comic Cow Boys stirs society
A playful banquet themed event planned by the Comic Cow Boys promises a flutter in society. Decorations include poison ivy and a wall of roses with a stringed orchestra hidden behind a cement barrier. Forty hundred plates were set for 360 guests. The event edged toward grand, with political figures said to attend and a shift from grape juice to lager beer marked by playful phrases in the write up.
All Do Not Harbor Criminals In The Item
An Alabama article praises Mate. negro prisoner Will Dudley of Clay ton for saving the sheriff by overhearing a plot among prisoners to murder the sheriff and escape. The report argues not all negroes harbor criminals and urges others to follow this example.
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Will Dudley
Clayton
Ala
Dudley
Dives Scene Of Murder In City Quarters
Report describes two fatal juxtapositions in the city this week. A colored man was shot to death on Maryland street in a southern district where gambling occurred. In the north another colored man was cut to death amid unsavory surroundings and conditions. The piece urges better treatment by the colored community and cooperation with authorities to close such dives and uplift the race.
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Maryland Street
Local Church Directory Lists Services Across Hamilton Area
A dense church directory lists names of pastors and service times for numerous congregations in Hamilton. Entries cover State Street A M E Zio and Moore, Union Baptist, Emanuel A M E, Bethel A M E, Warren Street Methodist, Hope Chapel, Stone Street Baptist, Louis Street Baptist, First Franklin Street Baptist, and Franklin Street Baptist. includes Sunday 11 am and 7:46 pm services, Sunday school times, prayer meetings, and class meetings with various weeknight schedules.
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State Street
A. M
Huinter
D. D
Pastoit
Christian Endeavor
We Christian Endeavor
Warren Street Methodist Bpi
Congress
Adams
G. W. Lewis
Hope Chapel
J. Francis Robinson
Stone Street Baptist Church
Louis Street Baptist Church
C. First Johnson
mConaresiti
Snell
Franklin
Cine Franklin and
St. Mistreets
C. Li Fisher
Dr. King's No Life Pills Promise Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement claims torpid liver constipation and stomach disorders cause headaches and promises fast relief from Dr. King's No Life Pills. It touts regulation of liver and bowels and urges purchase for 26 cents with mail delivery from H. Bucklen & Co in Philadelphia or St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
H. EB. Bucklen & Co
Delphia
St. Louis
Cluthe Automatic Massaging Truss offers 60 day trial
An advertisement for the Cluthe Automatic Massaging Truss invites readers to a sixty day risk free trial. It claims the device relieves rupture without hindering work and guarantees a money back if unsatisfied. Boxed offer and free book request urged. Address: 125 East 23rd St. New York.
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Cluthe
Cluthe Company
East 23Rd St
Fresh Seed Stock Update from English Carriage Co
New supply of god seed packets received with six month freshness emphasis. All seeds are fresh and none carried over from last year. Sun to Wednesday distribution by English Carriage Co.
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English Carriage Co
Sun-Wed-Fritt
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Birmingham “Negro Business League Grows
Washington
President Driver
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute For Negroes
Dinkin’s Memorial Hall
Selma University
Dr. Washington
League
Peoples’ Mutual Aid Association
Union, Mutual Aid, Association of Mobile
National Negro Business League
Dallas County
R. 3B. Hudson
Colored City Schools
Professor Hudson
State of
North
Dallas
King's Son
Jane Commoner
President Wilson
Commercial Congress
NEGRO
the Colored People
Boss Cow Boy
Greenland
Icy
Battle House
Wilson
Bryan
Church Directory
U. S
Navy
Aries Ad Ee
Irvington
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