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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
5
Mrs Emma G Hess Hair Dresser advertises under the Madam Walker System with service prices. State guards arrive in Duluth Minnesota to prevent further race troubles after a mob lynched three Black men linked to an assault on a 17 year old white girl. City returns to quiet after the disturbance.
Dr John H Reed of Monrovia says Liberian government grants twenty five acres of fine land to every American Negro immigrant with crops like coffee sweet potatoes rice wheat cocoa and strong markets as progress. Reed, born Baton Rouge LA, educated in New Orleans, became Liberia Methodist leader and editor. He has returned to the United States five times to advocate emigration.
Mr. M. C. Perara of Standard Insurance Company travels from Tulsa to Atlanta to attend the annual officers and agents meeting on the 26th. He also plans visits to New Orleans and Houston during the trip, reporting excellent present and future success.
L S Hawkins chief of the Division for Vocational Education asserts modern scientific agriculture strengthens the nation and fosters a self reliant citizenry for a prosperous democracy. Tulsa Star note and Tulsa County divorce notice follow, with public court filing details and a Muskogee event.
June 17 Oklahoma City details enter the Republican race for U S senator with Dynamite Ed Perry and Democrat T F Wilson for corporation commissioner. Wilson, a Seventh Day Adventist preacher, gains votes amid name confusion with BR He Wilson. Other candidates include J B Simpson publisher, Eehots, Thraves, Gill, plus four Republicans Amos Ewing Ludwick Flambler Thompson. Democrats Hoy Stafford William Franklin Swank Webstern and two Republicans Harreld Reardon run for Congress from the Fifth Oklahoma District.
In OKL Oklahoma City on June 17 Lizzie Smith killed Basie Thomason in a running confrontation along Grand avenue. Police say the shooting followed a quarrel sparked by Thomason reporting Smith to authorities. Smith claims her life was threatened by Thomason.
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