Three men burned by mob in Texas after girl’s death
In Kirvin on May 6 a mob executed three Black men Curry 26 Mose Jones 44 and John Cornish 19 by burning tied to a plow stake after a confession alleged in the case of 17 year old Bula Ausley. The mob numbering about 1000 captured and carried out the killings in the town square.
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Kirvin
Teg
Bula Ausley
Curry
Mose Jones
John Cornish
Jones
Texas
Wortham
Cornish
Varney
Teliy
J. T. King
Miss Ansley
Jones and Varney
Missionary Auxiliary OBGAA Cincinnati Event Details
Under the auspices of the Cincinnati District Missionary Auxiliary O B G A this readable note outlines a planned gathering or activity. It references organizational affiliations and a regional host group, indicating a community or church related event.
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Cincinnati District Missionary Auxiliary
Passage of Civil Rights Bill Delayed by Government Leaders
A lament that white complicity is not universal while acknowledging the nation’s leaders hesitate over a bill granting colored people a fighting chance for justice. The speaker condemns the delay in Congress and the President, Senators, and Representatives for their inaction.
Dancing Robbery In Lima: Woman Seizes 65-Year-Old Man
Detectives Hayes and Bullerdick hunt a colored woman who robbed Charles Harris at 560 Carlisle Avenue. The 65 year old said a Negro woman lured him inside to show something, then grabbed him and danced, releasing him as she fled, after Harris found his missing purse.
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Hayes and
Bullerdick
Charles Harris
Lima
Carlisle Avenue
Harris
Webking
Controversy Arises Over Salome Dance and Carlisle Avenue
In a sharp remark about a dance hosted by Salome, the vivid intolerance surfaces as John the Baptist is mocked for his fate. The passage hints that Charles Harris will avoid dancing with a local colored woman on Carlisle Avenue, reflecting era prejudices embedded in social life.
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John the Baptist
Salome
Charles Harris
Carlisle Avenue
It Pays To Advertise KEARNEY MB May 7
It Pays To Advertise from KEARNEY MB dated May 7 notes a brief public notice or classified item. The readable fragment suggests an advertisement oriented entry in a local newspaper with potential marketing or telegraph style copy.
Advertising in newspapers boosts church growth says pastor
Rev Oliver Kene of the Methodist Episcopal Church says advertising converts may be measurable by pledges and new members. He notes tet the church quadrupled membership in four years through newspaper ads and asserts ads finance themselves via collections while claiming the spiritual impact surpasses money. He criticizes some pastors for relying solely on prayer and hymn singing instead of modern outreach.
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Oliver Kene
Methodist Episcopal Church
The
Enquirer
Tragic Shooting in Atlanta Leaves One Dead
Atlanta on May 7 reports Daniel Walton aged 18 killed in a shooting. Two other White men and one Black man are believed fatally wounded with two more seriously injured as authorities investigate the incident.
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Atlanta
Daniel Walton
Richard T. Greener Remembered As Pioneering Scholar
Obituary note honors Richard T. Greener a Chicago resident, first Colored Harvard graduate, and influential educator. He taught law at the South Carolina University, led Howard Law as Dean, helped establish the Grant Memorial, served eleven years as U.S. Minister to Vladivostok, and spent later years lecturing.
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Richard T. Greener
Chicago
Douglass
Bruce
Langeton
Harvard
Greener
South Carolina University
Howard University
Commission
Grant Memorial
Arthur
United States
Vladivostok
Japan
Europe
Henry Watterson left estate but denies Negro rights
Louisville May 3 Colonel Henry Watterson famed journalist died leaving 228000 probate shows modest family bequests while a statement proclaims there is nothing I want for me and my family I am not willing to accord to the Negro and his family The piece labels him Marie Henry and reflects white supremacist sentiment of the era.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
James Wilson
Henry Watterson Wilson
Victor Wilson
Marie Henry
South
Red-Neck
Billy
Riot at Atlanta railroad yard ends in shooting
In Atlanta officials described a rock battle between Negro railroad workers and white men at the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic yard office. Charles Hunt led three other Negroes after finding shotguns. Police rushed the scene as a riot call drew a large crowd. Hunt and the four Negroes were arrested, the two white workers later released.
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Road
Charles Hunt
Hunt
Charles Manley
Robert Williams
Albert Everett
Houston NAACP Chapter Tops Spring Drive Milestone
The Houston Texas branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People becomes the first to exceed the spring drive quota, surpassing 1000 members and marking a strong early effort for the campaign.
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Houston, Texas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The Colored Baby in Court Prosecution Scene
In Judge Roettingers criminal court on Wednesday, Mrs. Jessie Adler assistant county prosecutor presented an eight month old child from Magnolia Keith as the defendant Delouse Logan faces charges of failing to provide for the child per a court order. Adler questioned witnesses while holding the infant in court.
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Roettinger
Jessie Adler
Magnolia Keith
West Fifth Street
Delouse Logan
West Eighth St
Reciprocity Echoed in Mixed Heritage Views
A debated theme notes that thousands of white babies are in the care of black women as a test of reciprocity. Mrs. Adler is praised for broad-mindedness and courage, while critics claim some whites condemn uncolored people publicly but admire them privately, revealing prevailing racial attitudes.
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Adler
Love or Moonshine Causes Sudden Departures in New York
In New York seven people died by their own hand or due to love. The piece argues moonshine rather than love drove the violent departures.
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New York
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Flames
Mr. King
Daily Press
CincinNati
Andrew J. Johnson
John Burdette
MR. Burdette
Silver Chord Singers
Hallie
Brown
Hallie Q. Brown
Wilberforce University
National Women’s Federation of Clubs
Miss Brown
Y. W
R. P. McClain
Covington
Bethel Baptist Church
Lucille Edwards
M. S. Blackburn
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