Great Events in Coin Theatre Music History Note
Washington Bee records celebrated Black classical figures including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor George Bridgetower and Milburn with connections to Beethoven Milburn and Winner the Philadelphia Library Company and Frank Johnson's band in a long praise of their influence and a reminiscence by The Washington Bee. The second item is a letter from Hon. Geo W Hay in Cincinnati thanking W P Dabney for kindnesses during 1921 and recounting personal family loss and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Europe
America
Coleridge-Taylor
Geo. A. B. Bridgetower
Beethoven
Kreutzer
Georges
Richard Milburn
Philadelphia Library Company
Winner
Milburn
Matilda Moore
George Gorgas
Fairmount Avenue
Lombard Street
North Side
Starr Gerden
Mr. Adger
Frank Johnson
Henry Williams
Elders Poisoned by Varnish at Grand Rapids Church
In Grand Rapids Michigan eight elders of the Seventh Reform Church drank varnish poured into a communion cup thinking it was wine. Two elders are in critical condition as panic spread and officials investigated the incident. A bystander drank varnish and fled, later released after explanation. The preacher blamed modern religion while contrasting biblical stories with the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Seventh Reform Church
Elijah
Elisha
Daniel
Shedrach
Meschach
Abednego
Jonah
Milburn Richard Dick Milburn Composer of Listen To the Mocking Girl
From Murray’s Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Colored Race this entry notes Dick Milburn, Negro composer, known for Listen To the Mocking Girl, and remarks on African musical traits observed long ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Desperate New York Negro Kills Two Detectives
Two detectives were shot and killed by a fugitive after arrest near West 135th Street. Luther Boddy, captured by a Negro magistrate and pursued across states, confessed to the killings and faced extradition proceedings in Philadelphia. The chase involved multiple police forces and a daring taxicab incident.
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New York
West
One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
Trate
Scott
Boddy
Philadelphia
Penn
Luther Boddy
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Amos Scott
Boss Rule Dead at New Unity Baptist Church Stand
Trustees of New Unity Baptist Church proclaim one hundred percent independence after a long struggle against boss rule. The General Association of Ohio, largely made up of colored preachers, requires members of different Baptist churches to support the association and denounce the Ohio Women's Baptist group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Unity Baptis Church
General Association of Ohio
Ohio Women’s Baptist
New Unity Church
Ohio Women’s Convention
Revival Promised as Ohio Pastor Preaches at New Unity Church
The 1921 clash over church governance at New Unity Church in Toledo ended with trustees retaining control after court action. Rev Samuel Sisson was ordered to vacate, while Dr W M Young, the revivalist known as the Gospel Thunderbolt, was invited to preach from January 1, drawing Old-guard members and supporters to nightly services for a traditional revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Independence
Samuel Sisson
W. M. Young
Macedonia Baptist Church
Toledo
Ohio
New Unity
Dr. Young
T. D. Davis
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Feature Pictures
D. W. Griffith
Griffith
Claiber
Williams
William Grady
Brady
Washington Bee
Geo. W. Hay
Cincinnati
W. P. Dabney
The
Union
N. Ross
Taylor Sisters
Avonable
F. C. Lewis
George
W. E. B. DuBois
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Brotherhood
Allen C. Smith
Oliver Harris
Love Bordon
A. King
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