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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1923
Page
1
An editorial condemns criminality among Negro residents and endorses police raids. It urges segregation of crowded districts into two captain-led zones with male and female wardens, insists on community work, and critiques nightlife as corrupting, while urging churches and organizations to lead moral improvement.
John H Johnson longtime clerk in the City Water Works filtration department passed the Ohio bar in December after studying with Cobb Howard Bailey in Columbus. He was sworn by Chief Justice C T Marshall and will open a law office in Columbus this spring. He is noted for Masonic service and civic reliability.
In recent weeks errors appeared in The Union columns and are now corrected. The paper reiterates its aim to be accurate and reliable for readers seeking dependable local coverage.
A reader note corrects a report on a noon meeting at the Colored Working Men's Conference. An assertion about Marion Carr’s matinee event is disputed, and a different man Fortenberry is identified as the Carmel Baptist Sunday school superintendent. The writer condemns racial violence and lynching in stark terms. Dabney.
The killing of Mr. Wm. Gushurst by a burglar on Linn Street was a sad crime in the current carnival of crime. Gushurst Bros. run a grocery and meat emporium and were preparing to attend church when the robbers entered. The brothers, noted for courtesy toward Colored people, express regret that any race could commit such a crime. Relatives bear the loss with Christian resignation and the community extends sympathy.
Reports from a troubled era describe brutal tortures and murders fueling public alarm as citizens confront rising violence. Newspapers chronicle chilling violence and the pervasive sense of danger shaping daily life and policy debates.
Marcus Garvey, head of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, will tour the world to present the association’s program. The plan covers five months in the United States, Canada, South and Central America, the West Indies, Europe, Australia, and Japan, with speeches to white and colored audiences. He aims to inform white audiences about the organization’s real program.
This fragment from the Grayback Scandal weekly notes a folded paper, a lament for 1922, and speculation about 1923. It also reports an interview with Mrs Lenair at the Benton Detention Home describing the fatal shooting of her husband amid financial stress and domestic conflict.
In Europe he will address the working classes on the need for cooperation to make Africa the land of the blacks, emphasizing unity and collective action to advance the cause of African empowerment among workers.
The statement declares that American Negroes are citizens and will exercise all constitutional rights, arguing that Garvey wastes time and that civil rights will be fully realized in the United States.
An unmasked Klu Klux members visited the Shelter Home at Christmas, distributed fruit baskets, and told matron Mrs. Lee they were friends. The note ends with a religious warning about friends and a commentary on the K K K being harmful to men.
New York reports Jess Willard arrives seeking a shot at reclaiming the world heavyweight championship from Jack Dempsey, who won the title in Toledo last July. Willard and his manager Ray Archer say they will not consider a bout with Harry Wills. Archer states they have drawn the color line, noting Willard would not have faced Jack Johnson otherwise.
Willard is described as a shrewd fighter aware of the scheme to force him into a fixed bout with a black challenger. He knows the deal to bind him to throw the fight but hesitates even then, reflecting caution amid threats of rigging fights.
When in need of a high class private ambulance ring the Kenfre Fielding Funeral Service also for hired comfortable 7 passenger Hudson limousines offered by Kenfre Fielding Funeral Service for hired private transport and urgent medical transport.
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