Noted Negro Author C W Chesnutt Dies At 74
Cleveland obituary details the life of C W Chesnutt born 1858 in Cleveland. He wrote The Conjure Woman and The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories. He served as a court reporter and was a longtime NAACP leader with a family including three daughters and a son.
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C. W. Chesnutt
Mr. Chesnutt
Atlantic Monthly
North Carolina
Houghton-Mifflin
Chestnutt
William Dean Howells
Mark Twaih
Mr. Chestnutt
Spingarn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J. B. Spingarn
Columbia University
Chesnutt
America
Cleveland
Andrew Jackson
Maria Sampson Chesnutt
New York
Mail and Express
Dow, Jones & Co
Evelyn Preer Dead Star of stage and screen passes away
Evelyn Preer, Chicago native and Lafayette Players star famous for Lulu Belle, died after a career in film where she was hailed a first magnitude star. She left two marriages, first to Frank Preer of Chicago and later to actor Edward Thompson.
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Miss Preer
Chicago
Lafayette Players
Lulu Belle
Frank Preer
Edward Thompson
Rumford Powder Company hires Negro sales force for first time
The Rumford Powder company begins employing Black salesmen, a historic move for a national firm. The initiative follows a study of Paul K. Edwards's book The Southern Urban Negro As A Consumer, signaling recognition of the buying power of the Negro market.
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Rumford Powder Company
Paul K. Edwards
Fish University Department of Social Service
Speechless convention hailed as first of its kind
William C. Culkins, secretary of the association, calls the speechless convention a great success for economy and speed. He notes results were satisfactory, with delegates enjoying intimate touch, round table discussions, and freer expression of opinion among all participants.
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William C. Culkins
Association
Culkins
Convention Reports and Unstated Guests Mark Meeting
More than 50 attendees praised the idea and would recommend it to allied associations. The chairman opened the session with 80 present and no welcome address. No dignitaries were introduced, while U S Engineers offered reports and committee items were voted on. Resolutions were given verbally with no stenographic record. No meals badges or entertainment occurred.
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United States
Retirement of Charles M Krohn Co cigar business described
The owner Charles W Krohn says retirement due to ill health ends his Krohn Co cigar store. He argues cigars remain a refined pleasure and compares cigar smoking to wine tasting, noting shifts in cigarette popularity and generational changes while urging refined smoking etiquette for cigars and pipes and criticizing women’s cigar use.
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A&a
Charles W. Krohn
Charles M. Krohn Co
Europe
America
Krohn
Editor Alvin D Smith Swears No Salary Or Property In Court
Alvin D Smith testifies before Judge Alfred Mack that he has no income and no property beyond two shares of Smith Bros Printing Co and about one percent of The Cincinnati Bulletin publisher’s stock. He admits living in The Alvin and being supported by his grandfather. Frank Hall is named as president of The Cincinnati Bulletin Company which owns The Bulletin.
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Alvin Dean Smith
Frank A.B. Hall
Cincinnati Bulletin Company
Bulletin
Alvin D. Smith
West Seventh Street
Cincinnati
Alfred Mack
Ment
Alvin D Smith
Cincinnati Bulletin
Smith
Bulletin Publishing Company
Frank Hall
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Washington
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