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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1919
Page
2
The Union urges loyalty and unity among readers and urges buying the Union. It promotes subscribing for ten cents a month and asks readers to send their name and address. It emphasizes communal effort spiritually, materially, mentally, morally, and politically.
Attention sought for Alice Price daughter of Mollie Price formerly of Covington Kentucky living near the post office Third street. Notify Mrs A T Williams 21 Newton avenue Westerly RI or Mrs George McKinley 14 Washington Terrace Cincinnati. Mrs Williams seeks to locate Alice Pierce for important business. 2t.
J H Robinson executive secretary of the Negro Civic Welfare Committee spoke at the Linton Hotel on Cincinnati's Negro problem as a democracy challenge. The talk outlined a survey of conditions among Cincinnati's colored population and a program to eradicate evils with emphasis on housing, wages, self expression, and race relations. The address, reported by The Enquirer, urged cooperation among city agencies and noted broad audience approval.
In November 1589 Geo W Hays was elected Sabbath school superintendent but delayed until 1890 opening. He allied with Miss Mahala Saunders and Mr Charles R Davis for twenty nine years. Mrs Kate Talberd also taught. Mr R M Wisdom was named director for six months to aid other city schools. A surprise dinner honored Hays Saunders and Davis with Mr Wisdom welcomed. Serena Mason led the event, John W Goode announced the purpose, and a fine menu was served by Mrs Davis’s class. The committee received thanks for the evening. Sadness followed with deaths of Mrs Mary F Lewis and Mrs Lucy Whalen from Union Baptist Church circles. Mrs Lewis, daughter of Rev P D Ferguson, served Sabbath schools. Hays led the First District convention. Mrs Whalen, active in church missions and Big Sisters at Working Girls’ Home, died after funeral at Union Baptist Church with Pastor W Augustus Jones.
A public statement signed by 300 prominent Jews objects to forming a Jewish state in Palestine and to Jewish national segregation in any country. The document, to be presented at the Paris peace conference, is also supported by Representative Julius Kahn of California. It notes diverse views within the faith on the issue.
An offered promotion advertises a three month free trial at the Ninth Street Y M C A facility. The notice highlights no immediate charges and invites patrons to enroll for access to programs and amenities during the introductory period.
In a Tuskegee Negro Conference address Dr Bradford Knapp announced the appointment of three colored men in advisory roles to him and as representatives of the Farm Demonstration Work among Negroes in the South.
A Chicago bootblack known as Original Joe chairs a council committee aiding colored welfare in city bootblacking stands. He seeks funds to expand welfare work, noting two apartment blocks and his son at Harvard. The piece argues Negro marksmanship in WWI and calls for better schooling chances. cites 400000 Colored South men in 1916-17 and praises Black artillery ranks.
A Black WWI soldier seeking a photo in a town en route to Camp Sherman is refused service at a local photographer. He recalls trench wounds gas trauma and Metz while facing prejudice echoed by German leaflets urging him to abandon fighting for America. His tale highlights brutal color prejudice amid wartime rhetoric.
The text notes the imprisonment of J F Rutherford and others linked to the International Bible Students Association. It claims wartime motives behind their detention and urges postwar release, arguing those interests should also advocate releasing the eight Bible Students.
Patrons of the Palace enjoy a feast of reason and flow of soul as nightly music directed by Professor Artie Matthews grows more hypnotizing and tantalizing. Service remains first class, and young Michelson impresses as he grows to resemble his father.
Artcraft presents Wm. S. Hart in Branding Broadway a tale of a cowboy guiding a railroad magnate’s son with wild west methods. Also showings include The Iron Test Adele or The Nurse's Story Riddle Gawmee Eddie Polo in The Lure of the Circus Arbuckle Comedy Peggy Hyland in Caught in the Act Pearl White in The Lightning Raider plus vaudeville acts Whitman Sisters and more. Parade date for the 365th crowd hinted at Armory line of march.
A call to protest the imprisonment of Bible Students in Atlanta over The Finished Mystery. It defends their wartime religious conduct as non political and urges letters to editors and prominent figures to demand justice. The piece blames powerful interests and media slander for prosecutions and encourages widespread advocacy.
A report notes four thousand five hundred African American workers employed in shipbuilding yards at Newport News Virginia. The figure reflects wartime production and labor mobilization in the shipbuilding industry.
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