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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1919
Page
1
The Union editor W P Dabney prints a personal note from GEO W Hays thanking readers and friends for holiday greetings and well wishes. The letter expresses gratitude for support over years and emphasizes happiness and making others happy. Dabney notes enduring friendship with Hays despite occasional policy differences and highlights Hays’s role in Republican party introductions.
A roster of attendees and dignitaries for the District Grand Lodge No 9 meeting in Illinois and Wisconsin includes Geo T Kersey W W Buchanan Chas S Smith Wm Miller L J Ousley Chas W Price Z R Jackson W F Speaks Mrs Wannie Panks Miss Jennie D Porter Miss Victoryne Yates Dr and Mrs W T Nelson Col J J Thomas Private Hannibal Hull and multiple other spouses and guests. The long list features numerous names across Masonic circles and indicates a formal gathering of lodge executives and affiliates.
A tribute praises Governor Hays for decades of favors to citizens and orphans, noting his charitable deeds and broad friendship. It recalls founding a gymnasium project funded at personal loss, where Hays offered strong support despite ingratitude from some.
A sweeping case in Cincinnati centers on a mulatto child named Martha Anderson missing for months. Mrs Anna Powell signed a sworn statement claiming the body in Oliver Moores cremation foundry was Turner, a relative of Dayton Ohio. Moore denied the charge and juvenile officers testified about prior burials at Powells establishment. The judge postponed further action to next Thursday.
The Friendship Home at 641 West 4th Street is given to the group by the National Woman's Home Missionary Board as a community center for young women and travelers. During October and November over a hundred women and girls were aided. eleven permanent residents reside there, and a plan is under way to furnish the building with help from church solicitations.
A brief excerpt quotes Myrtle Willette, secretary, praising the Friendship Home as “second to none” in a correspondence.
Tom endured jealousy as a companion of a cheerful woman for some time. She grew quiet and ill, and he cared with small gifts and dainties. When the family grew and the fateful day came, he found she had been unfaithful, for his white cat companion bore three black kittens.
Provisional coastal unit of 150 soldiers led by Cas A Jame son arrived at Camp Sherman after departing St Navarre France on December 22. Some men had been gassed or wounded, indicating the unit’s combat exposure and recent losses.
Frank Gilon of Bradford, Penn, told police a negress he visited in Trinity Court West End took $700 from his shirt pocket. He later accused her of assault and larceny, but she denied the charges. The text also critiques white attitudes toward social equality and race in a lurid, editorial-toned complaint.
One man is dead, another wounded, and a third captured after a farm chicken-house raid on John Kyle’s property in Cabell County. Kyle confronted two assailants, firing when a mob approached, with nine more men retreating to their automobiles after a volley. The incident highlights racial tensions as Kyle cites recurring accusations of theft by white and Black individuals.
Tigone formerly the Neckar, a German boat interned by the Americans at the outbreak of the war, landed at Newport News on January 3. He reports rough first days but a pleasant rest of the voyage and says he hopes to be home in a few days. He led a company of white soldiers, the only colored officer among them.
A committee will be appointed to investigate charges that the Y M C A overcharged soldiers for canteen goods, employed too many secretaries in cities rather than camps, and offended the men in khaki with its religious presentation.
A brief line reflects public sentiment amid disputed accusations in a national context. The fragment suggests concern that alleged charges may be unfounded, signaling tension between public opinion and ongoing proceedings. No specific names, dates, or places are present in the readable text.
The document praises substantial work but rejects segregationist theories and propaganda. It argues there is no rationale in the United States for separating Colored people in a Christ centered institution.
Patrolmen allege they trapped Nelson Taylor and Maria Daniels, 36, of 543 Carlisle Ave, using a marked five dollar bill to accuse them of violating the narcotic law.
Rev L J Phillips OP Madi Son of Wis leads a two week revival at Allen Temple A M E Church Sixth and Broadway starting the 19th instant. Public invited to join for moral spiritual uplift. Services include 11 AM 2 PM and 8 PM daily. Pastor D P Roberts.
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