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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1919
Page
2
The Union urges readers to foster loyalty pride and unity. Emphasizes collective effort for spiritual material mental moral and political progress. Echoes the Golden Rule and calls for working together for the race’s best interests in Cincinnati.
A short recruitment line urges readers to subscribe to THE UNION, offering a subscription at ten cents a month and asking readers to send in their name and address.
Mrs Homer D Broyles head of the Juvenile Protective Association reports in her annual review that social clubs foster a vicious form of dancing. She notes dances of the past five years invite adverse criticism and that the catchy name Shimme Sha Wabble carries a river front notoriety.
An account praises the Holy Family Sisterhood in New Orleans housed near St. Louis Cathedral. Founded before the war by three wealthy free women of color, they aid orphans and neglected children with catechism and industrial training, noting their trusted reputation as domestics.
A 1919 memorandum directs colored troops to use the Hostess House at Second Avenue and Thirteenth Street to prevent friction with white soldiers. It urges leaders to inform colored units and favors exclusive use, with emphasis on Sundays. A soldier’s letter protests racial discrimination, recalling experiences in France and demanding equal treatment and humane respect for Black servicemen returning home.
The Baptist Ministers' Meeting of Cincinnati endorses the Colored Letter Carriers in refusing to attend a Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps banquet due to color discrimination. A resolution notes ministers commend the carriers for declining the Gibson Hotel event. The Union report credits an early post office tip.
A Horace Mann quote emphasizes education as the balance wheel and sameizer of human conditions, surpassing all other vices in shaping social machinery and offering equal opportunity across communities.
The excerpt discusses race, literacy, and newspaper access in the community. It criticizes colored residents who refuse The Union and questions the intelligence of those uninformed about local race issues while praising main carriers for noble conduct and urging less Jim Crowism to gain equal respect.
A long list of individuals with ages ranging from infancy to senior years. Names include James Carter, Alex Shep perd, Ostoris Barnett, Josephine Underwood, and many others with ages noted from 1 month to 80 years. The record resembles a population tally or genealogical register.
Mrs. John Parker hosted a Magnolia Club gathering with Mrs. Estella Davis as the guest of honor in attendance.
American exports in 1918 totaled 6.15 billion dollars, more than twice the imports at 3.081 billion. December exports reached 566 million as gold imports fell to 62 million and silver imports rose to 71 million while silver exports in December hit 58 million. Overall 1918 silver exports totaled 253 million, against 84 million in 1917.
A New York Commercial writer argues soft drinks will outsell liquor bars, urging pure beverages at fair prices. He predicts old fashioned ginger beer and ginger, fruit juices, and lemonades will lead sales after July 1, with soda bars filling a niche in prohibition era clubs and hotels.
A brief reading item quotes Charles Dickens about managing daily cares. The verse offers a reminder to postpone troubles until tomorrow and return to them later. The tone resembles a quaint 19th century newspaper column.
A practical guide to planning dinners with simple salads. It lists ingredients and steps for a vegetable and gelatin mold salad with roasted lamb, sardine and lettuce combinations, Roquefort flavored salads, and tomato salads with various dressings and accompaniments.
Vern Merwerk of Denmark once produced papier mache artificial legs and now creates artificial feet from paper pulp.
The special music week at the Palace Cabaret pleased patrons with feature songs by the soubrette and the grand, delivering enjoyable performances and lively entertainment.
Sunday Tom Mix stars in Treat Em Bought, a Fox victory picture with nerve testing rodeo scenes. Monday features The Iron Test and a comedy. Priscilla Dean in The Wild Cat of Paris on Tuesday. Tarzan of the Apes Wednesday. Eddie Polo in The Lure of the Circus Thursday. Virginia Pearson in Buchannan's Wife Friday. Pearl White in The Lightning Raider Saturday plus De Luxe players and Eddie Ureen. Ends with a tribute to a young son and departing tears.
Our boys have won unstinted praise from French and English leaders and Italian Diaz for their bravery and endurance. The piece lauds the American idea and methods, praises the soldiers as the bravest in the world, and honors the American worker with plow and hammer. Extracts from Alfred Henderson, a local writer.
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