Riot Ends Negro Baptist Convention in Chicago
Police guarded the 30th annual Negro Baptist convention as factions clashed over a new charter. Delegates fought for a megaphone, with officers separating groups at the Armory and Olivet Baptist Church amid shouted demands for Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimcago
Negro Baptists
Milett
Pitst Regiment
de. B.C. Morris
Helens
Ark
Morris
Olivet Baptist Church
K.P. Jones
Migoterippl
Thicagg
Tadis
Devon
Nera National Regtor
Histon
Sai
Jones
Ford
Dots
Cerone
Martin Oheabih
Vesterdi Rey Mervin Welt
Hovde
Manarer
Onion
Ively Poe
Jenes
Yao Nun
Joner
Uae
Ain
T. Walther
Aiscuvtn
WEGHO FAIR OPENS AS RACING AND EXHIBITS DRAW CROWDS
Large crowd attends Negro State Fair in Muskogee Oklahoma as Mayor Miller opens week long events. Mercantile and farm displays attract praise with corn and wheat judged as among the best in the region. Women’s handiwork and crochet also featured amid the bustling exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Orola
Rent
Miller
Will
Netcom
Musko
Freeman L. Martin Appointed Justice in Tulsa Race Era
The article notes Freemon L. Martin's appointment as city justice in Tulsa and discusses efforts to ensure equal treatment for colored citizens. It highlights other local appointments, praise for cultural exhibiting, and warnings about biased coverage while stressing that the new court will hear all cases regardless of race.
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Elen
Tulsa
Kreeman le Mar
Jake Dillard
Mills
East End
AL Teddy
Cuftor Martin
Court of Justice
Tulse
Martin
Insich
Hut and
Nutter
Fant
Cnunty
Candidates Get A Surprise In Chunky Swamp Meteor
Four gentlemen traveling near Chunky swamp in Hickory Mississippi saw a bright meteor flash like daylight through the trees. The sight startled the party, with two candidates among them thinking highwaymen were near. The meteor fell within about a hundred feet, prompting remarks about the end of the world and wartime fears. The witnesses were M. G. Scarborough, F. G. Bemmes, W. M. Everett, and N. M. Everett.
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Hickory
Miss
Chunky Swamp
Paul
Damase
M. GO. Scarborough
FG. Bemmes
W. M. Everett
N. M. Everett
Trapper Shows Frog Found in Ancient Rock Cavity
Gan Angelo, a trapper from Tex-Jobo Corbet, displayed a rock with a cavity near the North River where a frog emerged when the rock was broken. The frog’s appearance suggests it had resided there for many years as onlookers watched in surprise.
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Gan Angelo
Tex
Jobo Corbet
Corbke
Langston College President Resigns After 17 Years
Oklahoma City Sept 7 Professor Innman EK Page longtime head of the colored A M college at Langston has resigned from the presidency after 17 years. He will remain in Langston where he owns property and had previously held a faculty post at a colored school in Jetter.
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Oklahoma City
Fesior Innman EK
Page
Colored A. & M. College
Langston
Gahoutoe
Oklahoma
Jetter
Women Scholars and Male Teachers at Beoul High School
A historical report notes Washington-Chinges reform in education with Japanese influence as Beoul High School broadens girls education. It cites male teachers restricted from gate access, parental concerns, and a shift toward liberal arts for female students, including future marriage expectations and professional aims.
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Washington
Leiria
Tirle’ High School
Beoul
Ube Wien
Nuailemen
Tev
Echool
Thmar Ren Wort
Dewine Ki
Phyetoleie
Hetra
Statewide mass meeting urged to press for public works funds
Washington advocates a national forest cash advance from Congress to aid road, bridge and trail building as a path to agricultural development. The plan aims to relieve local taxation burdens and unlock development on undeveloped farmland and forest lands while boosting county road and public works projects.
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Aak Congress
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Arat
Ce Mavonal Forest
Furfone Hechner
Ohio
Lost Relative Seeks Clues in Vague Family Message
A terse note from Silas and Green of Room 918 Lannon Bide requests help locating a missing relative. The message mentions Tian, Pin Blut, AP Treisplace, Tarswell, and Sue Wilereabouts, with uncertain ages 48 or 66, asking readers to provide information.
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Tian
Muse
Sue
Silas & Green
Roow
Lannon
Colored citizens call meeting in Tulsa to form Oklahoma welfare group
A gathering set for Saturday September 15 in Tulsa invites all colored residents to discuss needs in the state and form an organization to promote welfare. Editor Smitherman leads arrangements with a large turnout expected and voting to occur at the Dreamland Theater on North Greenwood.
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Oklahoma
Tulea
Oklahoma City
Oklahous
Smitherman
Tulsey Star
Times
Incue
Dreamland
N. Greenwood
Negro doctors in Muskogee lead local hospital progress
In Muskogee Oklahoma the colored population supports its own medical facilities with Morrison Sanitarium as the flagship, Dorcas Hospital founded by the Dorcas Club, and the Henry Hospital recently added by Dr W L Sittin. Local physicians praise self reliance and urge other towns to follow.
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Muskogee
Okie
Morrison Sanitarium
BO. Morrison
Dorcas Hospital
Dorcas Club
Gime Henry Hospital
W. TL Sittin
Thie City
Routh Ltd
Dr Blue
Mankower
Chisum Charged With Libel in Guthrie Case
Melvin Eum editor of the Tribune, in Guthrie Oklahoma, was arraigned on a criminal libel charge before Justice of the Peace H Hornaday. He posted $5,000 bond. The libel claim concerns alleged misstatements about B Page's conduct as president of the Negro A and M College at Langton.
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Guthrie
Okla
Melvineum
the Tribune
Oklanhoms City
Logan County
Chinuth
Justice of the Peace
Woo H. Hornaday
Page
Negro A. & M. College
Langeton
Mage
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National Baptist Convention
Freman L. Martin
Wo Ho Twine
Mire MA Clark
Makine
Chisum
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