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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
1
First Monday Night True American Lodge No 2 F A M warranted March 18 Second Monday Night Corinthian Lodge No 1 F A M warranted in May First Friday Night St Johns Lodge No 3 F A M warranted May 20 Prince White Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons Knights Templar Eureka Lodge No 20 Rose Croix Chapter No 20 King Solomon’s Consistory Sinai Temple No 59 N
The union has long supported business advertising, delivering on contracts with dependable references. No fears for local merchants as the union maintains high standards and reliable service.
The Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling granting Maurice F. Mays a new trial for the murder of Bertha Lindsay. Circumstantial evidence was weak, and since his incarceration several similar crimes occurred. Charles Slater advocates vigorously for him. The Knoxville case involved an assault on the county jail by a mob demanding lynching, later dispersed by the State Militia as other prisoners escaped. Mays, a politician and deputy sheriff, has many friends hoping for vindication.
A fourteen year old white girl from Sherman Avenue claimed a Black intruder bound and gagged her, but police concluded she tied herself and lied. Detectives Sweeney and Hanrahan stated she feared punishment and skipped school. The report notes similar past incidents and warns of mob violence bias.
The New Majority notes three Washington lawmakers from Tacoma win strong districts. A. J. Ryan will serve in the state senate from the 28th district while J. H. Ryan and David Lewis secure seats in the house from the 38th district. J. H. Ryan, a Black newspaperman, faced a harsh Republican campaign that emphasized his race, yet the results show about 100 Black residents in the district and a Republican vote, with the Farmer-Labor slate carrying the district as in other areas.
The Knights of Pythias Insurance State Board will meet in Columbus on Sunday December 6. CAPT. S. T. SNEED serves as President.
St Andrew's Church at 8th and Mound presents four Sunday evening sermons on The Bible by Rev E H Oxley. December 5 discusses The Story of Gra's Search for Man's Friendship The Bible. December 12 covers The Preparation for the Master The Old Testament. December 19 features The Portrait of the Master The Gospels. December 26 concludes Christ at Work Through Human Fellowship the Story of His Family the Church New Testament. Services start 7 45 p m with singing and Bible bringers. Discussion and Question Box.
Representatives of 200 girls welfare societies call for police supervision of public dance halls to suppress male vamps and lounge lizards. They plan to present the complaint to Public Safety Director Cortelyou amid efforts to curb ordinary crime as they denounce park conditions at Fairmount Park where the law bans men sitting closer than six inches to any woman.
A fragment notes that white communities are greatly alarmed by rising tensions. It references concern among white brothers and sisters about potential conflict and safety in their neighborhoods. No names, dates, or places are provided in readable text.
Covington pastor F C Locust writes a glowing bioquest praise of Cherry Grove and Homestead Manor in Michigan. He touts beauty, white and colored residents living without color lines, nearby Ann Arbor Railroad Crystal Lake Betsy River Lake Michigan and potential Ford factory investment promising jobs and rising lot values. He calls the investment safe and sane and urges support from Homestead Development Association members.
A derisive remark criticizes racial policy while arguing a man cannot sit within six inches of a woman by law. The quarrel highlights social tensions and legal ambiguities in conduct rules.
Frank Brown, 19, from Savannah, charged on a federal warrant with rifling a first class mail sack. He pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Edward M Hurley and was held for the federal grand jury after a mob of about 20 overpowered a jail guard, seized him, cut down a hanging noose and beat him. The mob proclaimed whites would not be harmed by such trespass.
A mob in Seymour Indiana overwhelmed police and forced release after Henry Bentley a 30 year old Black man arrested on four charges elicited pleas and cries from bystanders early today authorities described the chaotic scene as the mob acted before formal charges could be fully pursued.
Moses Crawford a Black man who claims he is 104 years old was sent to the City infirmary on Friday.
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