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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1923
Page
2
The publication emphasizes the goal of spreading news while teaching the value of Union among their race. It urges working together for spiritual, material, mental, moral, and political betterment and cites the Seneca maxim What thou to others shall have done, others will do the like to thee.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues that silent submission to oppression harms society. Protest gives humanity progress, stopping injustices, ignorance, and cruelty. Those few who dare must keep speaking to right the wrongs faced by many.
Pearl Ross Green unknown residence cited in 1923 divorce petition filed by James Green in Common Pleas Court Division of Domestic Relations case 185846 for divorce on grounds of willful absence, child custody, other relief. Defendant must answer by July 3, 1923. attorney W L Ricks, 408 W St St Cincinnati Ohio.
Mrs Addie Wells held a lawn fete for Temple Builders Club on June 14. Mrs Anna Scover returns to public life. Good Samaritan Lodge No 17 met at Mt Carmel Baptist Church. Mrs John Gassaway visiting her mother in Thelma Kentucky. Mrs Don Adams hosted a lawn fete Saturday. East End Investment Co plans semi annual dividends for 1922. Mrs Hannah Turner of Lexington visiting Mrs Hutchinson. Miss Ella Fisher of Marrisbore visiting Miss Ethel Humphries. Madam C J Walker Club met at Mrs Logans. Mrs Jim Hughes convalescent. Short personal notices published free.
At Park Street Church the Children's Day Program will be held during the 11 o'clock morning service. The W. H. M. S. will introduce the night services with a Candle Light parade. The great Rally is set for the first Sunday in July. On the fourth of July we shall go to Hill Crest. Lake East End car to Beechmont. Date services to Hill Crest.
The Weekly Health Index for the week ending June 2 lists Akron Ohio with the lowest death rate in the United States at 6.5 while Cincinnati shows the highest for Ohio at 17.3. The piece laments ignorance as a major cause of illness and death, noting that doctors and undertakers benefit from the situation.
Sunday midnight at Fifth and West Fifth streets a riot blocked traffic as police found Charles Liston 33 shot in the left leg after a quarrel with Allen Wharton 524 West Fifth street. Wharton allegedly stabbed Liston then fired again injuring him. Liston treated, later hospitalized. Wharton arrested by Patrolmen Luebbe and Sauter.
Mrs. Billy Buskill 23 of West Front street says a unnamed Black man induced her to steal from department stores and share loot, receiving two morphine doses daily. Detectives Crim and Ryan recovered a $200 fur coat and other stolen items valued over $1000, with Buskill admitting theft of the coat and additional goods. The case links an addict with shoplifting and coercive control.
When her husband asked where the new mattress came from she explained it was the old mattress repaired by Hall Sweeney Mattress Co at 735 Richmond Street. The firm offered renovation and repairs for six dollars and listed contact as West 6588.
Advertises for twenty salesladies offering seven dollars daily. Instructions to mail the HALL-SWEENEY MATRESS CO or call West 6588. Claims to be the only Colored Mattress Factory in the United States.
Notice of limited shares in a clothing company with two city stores. It urges joining, offers cash or installment purchases, and invites readers to discuss with the manager about enriching the supply to meet demand.
W J Walden manager announces Canal 2209 Y location at 516 West Fifth Street with phone W 1590 R and W 1590 R. The ad highlights contact numbers and staff at the Canal address.
Renfro and Fielding Funeral Service announces first class seven passenger closed cars for funeral transport in the city and suburbs at seven dollars and new motor horse at nine dollars, with contact numbers West 6931 and West 6112 at 746 Richmond Street.
In Heading C on Sunday morning Nab Morris, 18, shot and killed his stepfather Early Fitzhugh after an alleged attack on Fitzhugh’s wife. The incident occurred inside the Fitzhugh home and authorities are investigating.
Witnesses recount an alleged assault as Morris rushed to aid his mother and was shot at by a crazed assailant. Fitzhugh previously attacked John Keller, a night watchman at the International Agricultural Corporation in Lockland. Morris remains missing after a Cheating incident with his stepfather. Mrs Fitzhugh and Keller are reported not seriously harmed.
A young Philippine boxer delivered a glorious victory by knocking out Wilde, the renowned Welsh heavyweight, in a decisive show of speed and power.
Mrs Bessie Alberts aged 48 of 738 West Eighth Street was attacked yesterday afternoon by a Black assailant trying to rob her. She lay unconscious in her basement until her daughter Miss Freda Alberts found her. Paralyzed temporarily and feared dead, she survived the assault.
Rev. Dr. George Hugh Birney of Cleveland denounces conventional ministers as scarecrows in the pulpit and condemns long church buildings and money as strikes against true Christian devotion. He says formality signals spiritual death and that Jesus would object to churches as dens of thieves.
Madisonville 247-L advertises a middle aged woman seeking a good home. Call for information.
Phrasing condemns harm to Black and white individuals who mistreat women and advocates electrocution as fitting punishment, reflecting vitriolic tone about criminal acts and gender violence.
The Spingarn Medal for 1922 is awarded to Dr Geo Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute for distinguished achievement by an American citizen of African descent. The announcement came today from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in New York City.
In gratitude for his services in agricultural chemistry and his lectures on agriculture to white and colored audiences last year especially in the South, Dr. Carver has been praised for clear thought and unifying impact. His achievements include 165 peanut by-products and 115 from sweet potato, plus potash and china berry meat, a stock tonic from vegetables, canvas shoe dressing, washes from clay, okra fibre paper, rope, matting and carpet, and 20 laundry bluing varieties.
Mrs C Turner of The Andover Flats has moved to The Auburn Dale Flats and will go out to do Poro Hair Work. For information call Avon 1430 Y.
F M Stepia promotes the Sixth Avenue Shoe Shining Parlor with page 16 placement. The brief notice highlights the business location and service emphasis in a compact classified style.
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