The Union Defends Its Record in Cincinnati Politics
A columnist reports on The Union newspaper and its critique of The Cincinnati Journal and Harding Talbot. It asserts The Union is for Wood and the Republican organization in Hamilton County, condemns Talbot as a tool, and denounces attacks on black educators while praising justice and anti-lynching rhetoric.
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Hamilton County
Wood
Presi Dent
Harding
South
Cincinnati Journal
Little
Negro Democrat
Republican Organization
R. K. Hynicka
Republican Party
Woodrow Wilsons
Talbot
Hynicka
United States
Rabid accusations stain paper over race and bias
Dabney condemns a Cincinnati Journal worker as a "Negro Democratic tool" from Kentucky, attacking fake news and racist policies. He vows to avoid further references to the tool or the gang deemed an obstacle to community progress, calling them a festering ulcer in the area.
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Ward
Talbot
Tool
Cincinnati Journal
Kentucky
Dabney
Colored vote swings Ohio primary in Wood's favor
A Columbus May 4 report analyzes the April 27 Republican primary. It finds the colored vote, about 40 percent of the Republican total, largely backed Wood, flipping outcomes in Cleveland’s eleventh ward and other cities. The effect boosted Wood and challenged Harding, aided by colored papers and the Cleveland Gazette, amid race-related tensions.
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Columbus
Wood
Cleveland
Thomas Fleming
Harding
Youngstown
Akron
Springfield
Dayton
Xenia
Urbana
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Ironton
Cincinnati
H. M. Agers
Texas
Cleveland Gazette
W Harding
Ohio
Danville Youth Indicted in Attack on Six Year Old
Horace Clifford alias Phillips, 16, indicted by Boyle County Grand Jury for attacking Willie Trimble, six, son of Marcus Trimble. Jesse Jenkins, Negro, mob target, exonerated. no mob indictments. Jenkins still in Lexington Jail awaiting release. fears returning to Danville. calls for Fayette County housing. Community critique of American Christianity follows.
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Danville
Horace Clifford
Phillips
Boyle County
Willie Trimble
Marcus Trimble
Judien Jenkins
Jenkins
Lexington
Fayette County
Blue Beard Harvey Confesses to Killings in Borego Valley
In Los Angeles on May 3 the man known as Blue Beard Harvey confessed to the murder of Nina Lee Delaney of Kentucky. He claims to have buried her alive in Borego Valley after marrying dozens of women and fatally killing many. He’s now described as insane and may be confined and treated for life.
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Porter
Talbot
Kentucky
Miss Porter
Jennie
Los Angeles
Cal
Pickens Peach Talk Causes Stir in Community
A Pickens gathering sparked by a N A A C P visit aimed at school issues. The event featured controversial talk on segregation and education, with remarks about Stowe School and local conditions. The piece notes tension between humor and serious race concerns, urging sacrifice for future generations.
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DuBois
Johnson
White
Nelson
Sampson
Stowe School
Egypt
Contested Use Of Racial Terms In Public Life
A critical note argues that colored people share responsibility for their conditions and condemns the frequent use of the word nigger by ignorant individuals. It suggests white adoption of religious expressions seen as hypocritical when not practiced inside. A white man’s greeting to a person of color is mocked as socially performative.
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Bister
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