Colored doctors seek city hospital via private facility
Dr. E Duvall Colley leads a push to establish a hospital for colored residents using a Catholic building on Court streets or Seton Hospital on the market. Estimated to cost about 50000, supporters argue it would enable major surgeries by black doctors, while opponents say City Hospital serves all citizens and private funding would be insufficient for upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seton Hospital
City Hospital
Cincinnati
Colley
Johnson
Colored Doctors
Ninth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Kerr
Notre Dame
Evangeline Home
Salvation Army
Great Social Event at Cosmopolitan Club New Year Reception
A grand New Year reception hosted by the Cosmopolitan Social Club at Mr and Mrs George Wilsons Mt Auburn 211 University Avenue honored wives of the Car nation Embroidery Club No 1. Wording notes a program of songs duets and speeches with many local and out of town guests including Urbana Ohio and Montgomery Alabama figures. Guests praised the event with a closing benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
University Avenue
Mt. Auburn
J. H. Ayers
L. W. Gray
L. H. Hays
Mack Wallace
Cosmopolitan Club
J. A. Brown
Urbana
Ohio
Brown
Edward Johnson
National Thrift Week Campaign Promotes 10 Financial Creed
The YMCA leads National Thrift Week January 17 to 24, urging individuals to align income with a Christian approach to money. The ten commandments of financial life include earning, budgeting, tracking expenses, banking, life insurance, wills, home ownership, paying bills, investing in government securities, and sharing with others. Emphasis is on guiding young Black men and women to become loyal, responsible citizens contributing to the race’s best interests.
See It at Lyceum Harvey's Minstrels Vaudeville
See it at the Lyceum where Harvey's Minstrels perform with strong singing and dancing. Frank Kirk and other vaudeville acts are noted as worth traveling miles to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
Harvey’s Minstrels
Frank Kirk
Not Built School Brings Wider Burden, NAACP Urges
A Detroit letter from Haitor W. P. Dabney dated January 1, 1920 expresses support against building a local school, arguing the burden should be shared rather than borne by a few. He pledges five dollars and urges ongoing advocacy with the NAACP in a New Year message for the race.
N A A C P Cincinnati Branch Finances Propaganda
Superintendent Rawlins notes printing is costly while charities send words not funds. The Cincinnati Branch of the N A A C P pledges support to oppose segregated schools and finance propaganda. School authorities declare the new school will not be a Jim Crow institution.
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Rawlins
Cincinnati
That loves its neighbor and town pep
Poised lines celebrate civic spirit and resilience, urging mutual support and upbeat resolve. The verse praises community pride, cheerful perseverance, and returning stronger after each challenge with a hopeful, jaunty tone.
Morals campaign prompts mock army idea in New York
Fifteen thousand young women have been sworn in by the New York Probation and Protective Association to aid protecting the morals of girls. The piece laments the situation and quips about raising an army of 50,000 to guard the protectors' morals.
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New York
New York Probation and Protective Association
Traitor On Board Aboard S. S. Frederick Douglass
A note from New York dated January 11 1920 reports the Black Star Line ship Frederick Douglass arriving January 7 from the West Indies and Central America with a traitor on board. The ship’s two sailors discovered the treachery in time to save the vessel and cargo. Sender J W Wilson requests future communication to 228 ½ Seventh Avenue care Jessie Shipp.
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New York City
Mr. Dabney
Frederick Douglass
Black Star Line
Port
West Indies
Central America
Seventh Avenue
Editor J. D. Howard of The Indianapolis Ledger Dies
Editor J. D. Howard of The Indianapolis Ledger, based in Indianapolis, was buried from his sister Mrs. M. B. Bacon’s residence in this city on Tuesday. He was a well known figure in journalism and his paper was among the city’s largest and most up to date journals. His death brings sorrow to thousands of friends and acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Howard
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Ledger
M. B. Bacon
Deception cited in Yonkers divorce case in White Plains
Justice Morschauser granted a decree to Mrs Sybil P Neale of Yonkers over Theodore B Neale of Manhattan on grounds of deception about family origins and race. The couple married in March 1927 and Neale was alleged to have misrepresented ancestry. A Boston commission later uncovered a brother’s birth certificate showing black lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton C. Meighan
Mamaroneck
Supreme Court Commission
Boston
Fragmented racial remark surfaced in old column
A brittle passage comments on race, noting color and hair texture of Indians and referencing a mother in law. The text reflects dated stereotypes and uses uneven language about Ne gro Indians and their appearance.
PEP Poem by Grace G. Bostwick
Poem extols vigor and nerve to act on a hunch praising pen as tool of bold effort. It highlights feet that climb hands that cling a singing heart and a friendly face. The verse celebrates sand and grit in a concrete base and a spirit that helps others lifting bleak moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace G. Bostwick
Juvenile held in county jail for car thefts worth 11000
Dayton Ohio January 8 Edward Hall aged 14 is in the juvenile ward charged with stealing six motor cars valued at eleven thousand dollars. All cars were recovered after joy riding. The report hints at a racial stereotype noting the phrase white of course in response to wholesale thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Edward Hall
Hospital Safety Drive Spreads in Cincinnati
Two near identical accidents at Cincinnati area hospitals prompt heads to push strict rules for patient safety. Good Samaritan and Christ Hospitals already have a black list barring inexperienced surgeons, a policy now to be adopted citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Good Samaritan Hospital
Christ Hospital
Color not a criterion of medical competence in hospital surgery
A young surgeon with limited experience fainted during a major operation at the hospital. The assisting interne completed the procedure. Days later the same surgeon swooned again, another surgeon arrived in time to avert danger. The report argues against judging ability by race, noting color is not proof of incompetence.
Junket dessert recipe step by step
Warm lukewarm milk with honey and dissolved junket tablet. Stir until mixed then add vanilla. Pour into sherbet glasses and let stand in a warm room until firm, then chill. Top with whipped cream.
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Dr. E. Duvall Colley
Mov
Individ
Ual
Detroit
Haitor W. P. Dabney
J. W. Wilson, Care Jessie Shipp
Howard Dead
Pen
DR. MO. H. and
Howard Washington
Brown Chapel
Christian Endeavor
G. K. Smith
A. E. Smith
P. J. Blackburn
Christian Endeavor Conference
St. John A. M. E. Z
Barr and
Mound Streets
John Galvin
National Thrift Week
Scrapple Inn
Junket
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