Progress in dentistry at thrifty men meeting Buckroe
At the second annual Tri-State Dental Association convention held at Buckroe Bay Shore hotel, Buckroe Va progress in sound teeth ethics and unity among colored dentists were debated. Dr D A Ferguson of Richmond Va was elected president with a slate of officers and new members listed. Delegates to the international hygiene congress were named along with a National Medical Association delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Ferguson
Richmond, Va
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Tri-State Dental Association
Bay Shore Hotel
Buckroe
Buckroe Beach
Richmond
Dudley
Roanoke
Frank D. Banks
Hampton Institute
T. W. Edwards
Washington
Park Tancil
A. O. Reid
Baltimore
E. L. H. Rance
Suffolk
R. C. Brown
T. A. Stevens
O. R. Johnson
C. C. Fry
J. M. G. Ramsey
J L. Pollard
A. A. Graham
Zion Church
Phoebus
Maggie L. Walker
St. Luke’s Bank
Thomas Newsome
Newport News
C. Fry
G. H. Butcher
J. M. Wilkins
EB. R. Dudley
F. Coppage
B. D. Downing
E. R. Dudley
W. T. Lovette
J. L. McGriff
A. Thomas
B. Gaskins
R. J. Brown
R. ©. Brown
Lyons
France
National Medical Association
Raleigh
N. C
R. A. Ferguson
Peter B. Ramsey
Tristate Dental Association
Honored in Native Town Dr Edwards Delights to Serve Home Folks
Dr. B L Edwards, born and raised in Anderson, remains in the city to practice dentistry near his childhood home. He studied at Knox Institute and Meharry Medical College, becoming a Meharry professor and earning the highest board score in 1909. Married Nov. 16, 1910 to Zadie M. Chancellor, he remains active in the National Medical Association, often with Mrs. Edwards at state and national meetings.
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8. L. Edwards
Anderson
8. C
Edwards
Knox Institute
Athens
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
State Board of Dental Examiners of
South Carolina
Zadie M. Chancellor
National Medical Association
American Negro Painter Henry Tanner Captures Paris Prize
Prominent among world artists Henry O Tanner, son of an African Methodist bishop, gains praise in Paris for his Jesus at the House of Lazarus. Born 1859 in Pittsburgh, Tanner studied in Philadelphia and Paris, facing years of hardship before major works like Daniel in the Lions Den and The Resurrection of Lazarus elevated him to international notice. He traveled to the Holy Land to study Bible settings, shaping a career marked by Rembrandt comparisons and critical divergence between American and European critics.
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Paris
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
H. O. Tanner
Tanner
Rembrandt
Jesus
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Europe
Faris
Academie Jun
Botil
United States
Daniel
Luxembourg
Holy Land
Capable Man on the Job Dr Robert Burt of Clarksville
Notable profile of Dr Robert T Burt M D a Meharry graduate Harvard Medical postgrad who leads in Clarksville Tenn as surgeon in chief at Home infirmary and proprietor of Burt Building a two story office block guiding race business and professional advancement through hard work and mentorship
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Robert T. Burt
Clarksville, Tenn
Clarksville
Tenn
Tennessee
Meharry Medical College
Nashville
Harvard Medical School
Tennessee State Medical Association
National ‘N Medical Association
Burt
Home Infirmary
Rudolph Hook Company
Jefferson
Life Struggles of an Ex Slave Coachman for Judge Parker
Presley Dunwood recalls his 1838 Virginia birth, early enslavement, and service to Judge Richard Parker. He details John Brown's Harpers Ferry raid, the 1859 executions, and his Civil War service on both sides. He later moves to Alliance via Lisbon, caring for his mother, then settles in Alliance. he learned to read and write and witnessed many era figures.
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Isaac Gantz
Henry Hose
Perrysville
John Shumetz
Henry Hess
Loudoun County
Richard Parker
Winchester
Parker
Jefferson
Frederick
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
Washington Marines
Brown
Hayward Shepherd
Maryland Bridge
Maryland
Shepherd
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Lincoln
Bull Run
Forty-sixth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Benjamin W. Morgan
Cedar Mountain
Antietam
Morgan
Pittsburgh
Big August Meetings Across Institutions Nationally
August brings major gatherings across business and professional groups. Knights Templars and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine met in Pittsburgh, National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in Wilberforce, and several national bodies convene from Aug 17 to 22 in Muskogee, Norfolk, Raleigh, and other cities, including Elks Grand Lodge starting Aug 25.
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Knights Templars
Nobles
Mystic Shrine
Pittsburgh
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Wilberforce University
Muskogee
Okla
National Negro Press Association
National Negro Business League
National Bar Association
National Funeral Directors’ Association
National Bankers’ Association
National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses
Norfolk
A. M. E. Zion
National Medical Association
Raleigh
N. C
Shaw University
Grand Lodge of Elks
The Stick For Wives In Old Marriage Ceremonies
A New York World piece explains that in Anglo Norman nuptial rites the wife swore to obey and that husbands were permitted to lightly strike their wives with a stick no thicker than a quarter inch. The language traced from buxom to busk am illustrates how courtly days were seen as orderly and pleasant.
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New York World
Mother Zion to建 anew Harlem church home in New York
The Mother A. M. E. Zion Church has bought the Church of the Redeemer building on West 136th Street near Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. Alterations will raise the roof install electric lights build galleries and decorate to a modern standard. The seating capacity will reach twelve to fifteen hundred. The move follows Zion’s long history dating back to 1796 and includes selling the West Eighty-ninth Street property. The congregation, about 900 strong, plans occupancy by Easter Sunday under Rev. J. W. Brown with board trustees B. D. Fenderson Charles Grace Andrew Mead James B. Nickson Alonzo A. Rives William H. DeKalb R. Herbert Porter Marcus J. Baker Louis M. Fenderson and James Chase. Mme Minnie Johnson will lead music.
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Progress
New York
Corporation of the Mother A. M. B. Zion Church
Church of the Redeemer
West One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Old Mother Zion
New York City
Harlem
J. W. Brown
Rochester
West Eighty-ninth Street
Zion
Church and
Leonard Streets
Tenth and Bleecker Streets
Eighty-ninth Street
B. D. Fenderson
Charles ©. Grace
Andrew Mead
James B. Nickson
Alonzo A. Rives
William H. DeKalb
R. Herbert Porter
Marcus J. Baker
Louis M. Fenderson
James Chase
Mme
Minnie Johnson
B. V. OC. Eato
Songwriter’s Dilemma Echoes Free Press Quote
A Detroit Free Press line captures tension between creating a song and performing it. The exchange highlights artistic impulse versus public performance and the insistence on sharing one’s work beyond writing.
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Detroit Free Press
Marcus Aurelius Antoinus Meditation Quote Fleeting Life
A brief life reflection notes the transience of human estate, urging rational living and cheerful acceptance of time's passage. It cites Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and extols the season and tree that bear fruit as a metaphor for mortality and appreciation.
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Marcus Aurelius Antonius
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Alliance
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Grant
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J. W. Browm
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