This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1918
Page
2
The text presents a publication by The Union led by W P Dabney and E Yarborough at 420 McAllister Street, outlining its mission to unite the community. It stresses loyalty, pride, and collective work for spiritual, material, mental, moral, and political betterment.
A compact notice urges readers to stop borrowing the union and support it by subscribing. It pushes readers to send their names and addresses and mentions a price of ten cents per month. The message emphasizes joining as a paying subscriber.
A 1890s Kentucky related political memoir recalls a Colored Republican club takeover in the Dabney Building. The author describes factional fights over race and leadership, fusion politics, and his stance against Dabney while praising the circular as truthful. The piece notes names like Fossett Irvin Leavelle and H P Boyden, detailing early party realignments.
A historical page recounts colored applicants at City Hospital and a Black political struggle in Hamilton County. It highlights appointments by Eshelby and Foraker era Republicans, union loyalty, and repeated battles within the party as the Union newspaper frames enduring loyalty and controversy surrounding race and politics.
The Cincinnati Journal recounts its arrival in the city to start a newspaper and defends Miss Jennie Porter known as Jubilee Jennie. It challenges Tolbert and The Union for motives over school integration and notes local kindness at Guilford School and Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Chillicothe Oct 23 Abraham Lincoln George, once a Cincinnati College for Music chef, is jailed after military police found him running a bootlegging operation from his Camp Sherman kitchen. Detectives seized 16 quarts of whiskey and gin along with pints and half pints and $182 in cash from illicit enterprises.
Longworth attacks Sidney R. Stricker over a campaign pamphlet titled War Record of Hon. Nicholas Longworth. Stricker counters by alleging no public record. The exchange cites votes before the war and praises Longworth’s wartime stance compared to Speaker Clark, Ways and Means chair Kitchin, and Military Affairs chair Dent. The rhetoric finishes with a stark dismissal of Stricker’s chances.
Lieutenant Mitchell tops Camp Sherman popularity list. James Collins of Covington Kentucky excels at the barber shop at Exchange 6. Mr Townsend formerly of Cincinnati now runs the Exchange 6 barber shop at Camp Sherman with Albert W Hubbard of Cincinnati.
Rev. James P. Foote voices a mission to rid the city and country of the evil that has destroyed homes and saddened many hearts. His appeal frames a broad moral crusade and calls for collective action.
Foster Christy a 23 year old colored sailor died Sept 30 from influenza aboard the US Transport Martha Washington while en route to France. Body returned to Newport News and buried Hillsboro Cemetery after funeral services. Survived by wife, mother and two sisters. Christy lived in Hillsboro all his life and served after six weeks at Camp Sherman.
The Louisville Herald reports on Sam Brown, an 11 year old colored boy four feet tall, sent to the penitentiary for robbing a bank. The judge calls him incorrigible and past reform, noting his cheerful disposition despite his habit of taking things.
Cincinnati dispatch notes W G McAdoo as Director General of Railroads overseeing a Bureau of Suggestions and Complaints in Washington. The item dated October 16, 1918, highlights federal railroad coordination during wartime and implied concerns about rail service conditions.
A letter and sermon outline discuss the will of God, faith, sanctification, and obedience, urging believers to pursue divine will through scripture. It contrasts religious persecution with civil power and cites Acts and Romans while urging wisdom and nonobstruction. The second part describes deplorable sanitary conditions on a segregated railway car in 1918, highlighting crowding, no water, and unsanitary toilets.
A reader to The Union urges a spiritual remedy for the influenza epidemic. The writer laments widespread destruction in many towns and appeals for ministers and saints of God to be sent into churches as a final remedy amid perplexing scientific and weather-driven factors.
A letter from a Black citizen pleads for equal fare and humane treatment on government controlled railways. He argues for an entire coach for colored passengers to avoid humiliation and unequal conditions, urging remedies while emphasizing democracy and humanity.
Paul Clark Palmer son of Mr and Mrs Wm J Palmer died of pneumonia October 20 at the family home in Silverton Colorado. The Palmers were formerly residents of this city with Mrs Palmer being the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Samuel W Clark.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.