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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
1
Dabney recounts the recent mayoral race in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards. Sudduth misled, Spencer fought a brave but losing campaign amid slander and unkind talk about The Union. The piece defends the paper, urges support, and highlights racial loyalty and debt issues among readers.
Joy Peace, a Negro, was released on 2,500 bond after his wife allegedly provided information claiming he stole two trunks containing 50,000 dollars in jewelry from New York Grand Central Terminal in June 1929. Mrs Peace also implicated a Negro porter, with Chicago police seeking New York authorities to detain him. The wife said she acted out of revenge and the tale ends with a biblical quip about a scorned woman.
In Cincinnati on August 16 1921 a letter from W P Dabney editor of The Union describes at the primary election last Tuesday that J W Thorpe a Douglass teacher distributed slips bearing John B Morris s name despite Morris stance on the Beaty Bill and on colored people. Signed Co E Turner 144 Taft Lane Walnut Hills.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a federal planning convention and related ments. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly readable. The text suggests topics on federal laws guiding planning but lacks concrete details or outcomes to summarize further.
Boston reports the 14th annual meeting set for September 16 to 14 in Chicago at Pilgrim Baptist Tabernacle to organize a national campaign for civil rights. Delegates from branches churches and civic groups urged to join a race defense bureau and fund and to push federal amendments 13th 14th and 15th. The notice warns of possible unrest and urges legal preparations for protection, with a pointed wartime warning about threats against Black citizens.
William J. Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, announces that the organization has voted to admit women. He says plans are being prepared and will be ready in a few weeks. Simmons notes the move follows long discussion and aims to expand membership.
Board of Park Commissioners received bids for a concrete roadway and landscape upgrades at Ault Park. Plans include two tennis courts at Ashland and Chapel streets, one for white players and one for Negro players, sparking debate on public grounds and segregation in Cincinnati.
Prof. C. Trotter Prof. S. Hawkins and Chorus Prof A. Quarles Prof. Clinton Gibbs Mr. James A. Herse Master Robt. Partridge Mrs. Artie Matthews Miss Laura Simpson Miss Helen Walker Mrs. Ethel Turner Miss Ruth King. Reserved Seats 50 cts.
The writer laments racial prejudice in higher education, noting that white students largely dominate, while colored individuals face legal and social barriers. It highlights Pauline as a standout who earned two degrees in four years in a segregation era, and laments that many capable young women at white colleges are denied further progress due to color.
Miss Eunice Turton of Brooklyn New York, a young colored graduate, is highlighted in the fragment as part of a larger notice. The unreadable context leaves her exact achievement or subsequent path unspecified.
Dr. S. J. Watkins and Mrs. Annie Mae Snowden are spending their vacation at West Baden Springs and French Lick.
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