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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
3
In a discussion on public manners, the piece notes how African Americans should observe better home training and avoid loud revealing talk in public. It contrasts early and later social interactions with whites and recounts a streetcar incident where a darkly dressed man sits beside a white woman, drawing scorn for perceived impropriety and reflecting harsher treatment if behavior occurred in the South.
The Inter-Racial League of Tennessee reports encouraging race relations progress this year. Initiatives include new or expanded schools in Dyersburg, South Pittsburg, Brownsville, McMinnville, and Dickson, plus a library for Howard High School and a large recreation park for Memphis blacks. Health Week support came from the State Board of Health, with visits to Hamilton County schools reaching over 15,000 people. A Murfreesboro judge asked the committee to cooperate on delinquent youth, and a mob was thwarted by prompt action. The meeting drew hundreds of teachers to the Negro Normal in summer, with educators from across the state speaking.
Washington census figures show 9 864 unmarried women and 70 316 unfettered men in the capital leaving 29 558 single women without husbands. The piece notes many women turning to professional work politics and good pay instead of marriage and jokes about polygamy in Utah for the leftovers.
From Orlando on July 15 a mob killed Oscar Mack a Black man accused of killing two white men last Sunday near Kissimmee. The mob's action occurred at Lake Jennie Jewel in Orange County with no doubt about the lynching.
London reports a plan to remove and re erect James Watt’s garret from Heathfield Hall Handsworth to Birmingham central memorial building. The garret, Watt’s last workstation, was sealed after his death and remains untouched, with the iron he last turned and the fire ashes kept in the same state.
Mrs Moorman entertained Mr Clinton Moorman with a birthday dinner on Thursday July 27. Those present included Misses Brett Walker Phyllis Kelley Wyolene Swanson.
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