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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
3
The ad highlights plush velvet coats and fabrics with prices from 2.50 to 5.50, praising plush and velvet materials, with varied colors and styles. It promotes a week long sale on coats and accessories, mentioning colors, sizes, and value items across multiple sections and brands.
The article mix discusses workers in Tulsa and the wartime labor drive, denouncing discrimination against Black workers while urging organization and industry support. It cites officials, protests, and calls for fair employment, referencing colored workers seeking recognition and equal opportunity.
Red Wing Hotel activity centers on Mrs T Tay Kyle and Letiievia Jay Selle visiting from Louisiana. Guests include prominent Ardmore and Newkirk residents registering last week, with several staying for winter comfort and low weekly rates. Local boosters praise the Red Wing as a fine place to stay for visitors and potential residents alike.
Mrs Thompson hosts a Friday whist party in Suite with Mrs Mary Hogg of North Shore Ford Street and Mr We Hagsdate of Home Undertaking, plus brief social mentions of visitors and local business remarks. A mobile crash injures several men Monday night, and editorial comments discuss local Black business patronage and a violent incident at a Hulian grocery leading to two deaths.
Fragmentary church column notes a bishop and ministers amid disagreement over a planned address. The piece references a bishop, a minister, and unnamed advocates, noting tension surrounding leadership and oversight during a religious dispute.
Sylvester Hassell reports on New York productions and local theater figures. Tou Brown plays Al in a Lathivette Stock Company show while Johannns Jusselron’s troupe closes and sails to Cuba. Me. Jackson, a diamond broker, ran a church banquet with a Wallier A. MOE church group. Kid Checkers, Sylvester Meyers, a wrestler and ex serviceman, is severely wounded and not expected to recover. The piece also notes a circulation job opening for the Daily and Weekly Star and hints at lively theater life and gossip.
Turay Turk of Nowata seeks to canvas for the Stee in the State of Oklahoma and Kansas. Local news urged to print the news about every body with boldness.
Notice to the public that Union Grocery at 124 North Greenwood will close on Sundays. The store will close promptly at 12 o clock on Saturday nights and remain closed until Monday morning. Duncan and Clinton.
A Lincoln Star excerpt prints a heartfelt appeal from Private Norman Higgs of Camp Dodge asking about going to France and facing discrimination. He questions whether a Black soldier will have equal rights, fears lynching of family, and contemplates sending his sister to ride streetcars with white girls. The piece ends with a call to recruit boys to sell the Star and mentions Detective Smitherman detaining three gamblers.
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