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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1920
Page
2
The Frisco Exposition brings a packed program next week featuring a wild west show, wrestlers, society ladies, and the Waves serial. A late addition includes a stand in attraction with the Sea shows, offering diverse entertainment from out of town and local celebratory events.
An old promotional notice from the Tulsa garment factory invites customers to visit the shop at Rast 7th and Rereha to select wall shoes for themselves and children during a local event. It mentions low prices and urges attendees to bring a cat for a humorous appeal. The fragmentary text reflects a vintage retail advertisement style.
Morrison formerly a citizen of Oklahoma now a leading Mesistant City entrepreneur visited the office on Wednesday. He toured the area to understand Tulsa activities and Oklahoma affairs and is arranging some important business before returning to his touring career.
Mrs. Mo Tennerset has returned from Jacksonville Texas, joined by her daughter Myrtte in Park Worth. The piece mentions families, church figures, a local mission event, and several residents including Mrs Besie Tavis, JOS Netter, and Mb Yow Williams, all tied to community updates and a social event hosted by Hotwell Waawn poster.
New York on September 7 Maven Garvey and several associates linked to the Universal Suffrage Association and related groups were named as defendants in a libel action. Plaintiffs claim an article in the Negro World on Magnet 2, ii portrayed them falsely and libelously. The suit seeks damages for alleged defamation and injury to character.
Luther Elmer Mitchell a Palmer House employee from Chicago visits his mother and sister in Garnet Oklahoma accompanied by his sister Mesble Rowe a well known Tulsa figure. He spoke of his pleasure in seeing his mother Mrs Catherine Mitchell for years during a Wednesday Star office visit.
The Republican party in Sewark County names candidates for assembly nominations with John T. Chesire and Walter G. Mexine Her as selections for party roles. The organization also notes a regional focus on Black voters and party leadership within the county.
The Tuskegee Institute announces a leadership change with Hubert Hibert becoming director of the rural department. Previous experience includes directing the rural department at North Carolina State College, bringing regional development focus to the institute.
Atlantasia reports the National Convention of Congressional Workers Among Colored People will run September 22 to 26 at the Hush Memorial Congregational Church 15 Chestnut St. Delegates from almost every U S state will attend. Noted speakers include Mrs Booker T Washington President King Oberlin College and President Summer Talladega College. Mayor James LeKey of Mianta is invited to give the welcome.
Rev Chas 8 Dusenberry pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church and principal of Calvary School in Asheville died after a brief illness. A founder of both institutions, he led Asheville's Colored promotion for nearly two decades, with education and religion shaping the local Black community.
A Montreal report relays a protest from Canadian Indians in Ontario disputing a Northern Ontario paper’s characterization of them as fearfully living in the past. The group asserts resilience, dismisses hydroplane or engine noise as threats, and mocks white news depictions while asserting self reliance and regular communication.
Miss Grant, editor known throughout Oklahoma for her efficiency, visited the Star Office in Muskogee last Monday. She was impressed by our equipment and staff courtesies while staying as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Brant. She will return soon to resume work at Porterka.
G. 8 Caesar, principal of Shawnee Schools and grand secretary of the Oklahoma Masonic Grand Lodge, passed through Tulsa on a return from Claremore and Langston University summer activities. He called at the Star Office and Editor Smitherman’s home, who was bedbound after recent illness.
Susie Bell Johnson sues Phaindish W BL Jobson in Tulsa District Court for divorce on abandonment grounds. Defendant must answer by October 30, 1920 or petition will be taken as true and judgment granted. Court seal dated September 1, 1920.
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