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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription options for one year six months and one month, and declares the publication’s aim to inform and foster loyalty, pride, and joint effort among readers. It emphasizes spiritual, material, mental, moral, and political unity and cooperation for common interests.
A compact notice urges readers to stop borrowing THE UNION and purchase a copy. It promotes a monthly limit of ten seats and asks readers to send in name and address to secure membership. The message emphasizes exclusivity and a swift signup process.
Letter decries caregivers allowing colored children to attend mixed schools while poorly dressed and dirty. Urges mothers and daughters clubs to press negligent parents to improve appearance and manners in public. Calls Cincinnati a city not a farm, urging action to counter oppponents of integration.
In Macon Georgia on October 7 a Black man Eugene Hamilton under ten years for attempted murder was abducted from Sheriff Middlebrooks and shot to death by a mob while authorities sought safe transfer from Gray. Tingle, the alleged victim, was not seriously wounded as threats to Hamilton’s life continued after his denied motion for a new trial and Georgia Court of Appeals appeal.
The St John’s Church raised a $3,000 fund goal with a strong effort by Mrs Mattie Haney who turned in $100 from her friends. Mrs Haney lives at 340 Weltner Ave Madisonville and is described as an earnest worker for the Lord. Mrs L Audriot at 3153 Bishop St Clifton is noted.
In Greenville on October 6, posses failed to capture Joe Turner a Black man accused of killing two officers during a raid on a Negro quarter card game. The city expects continued pursuit amid fading race tensions and a grim note on mob justice replacing patrol.
In a New York letter Sarah Brown argues that Black Americans resent denial of rights rather than hate, distinguishing resentment from hatred. She critiques Moton, critiques social equality as illusion, notes lynching prejudice, and vows peaceful protest while rejecting anarchism, urging equal citizenship.
An archival line argues that enslaved people or Black individuals will be placed in homes of white citizens who would deny any advancement during life, claiming they deserve more consideration posthumously as decorative reminders of social hierarchy.
In Washington and Lincolnton Georgia a mob hunted for Jack Gordon after a deputy sheriff was fatally struck. Gordon and Will Brown were later fatally harmed and their bodies burned. Five Black individuals were held as the mob planned further lynching.
Rev A B Beresford denied Protestant decline citing dormant churches and minister shortages while a mob in Wilkes County hanged two Black men after abducting Gordon. He argued religion evolves toward social uplift and democracy, not extinction, urging continued faith and ideals.
Rev L W Gray returns from vacation and Miss Blanche Glenn plans to leave for school next week. Mrs Grace Jones Brooks shows health improvement and several residents host visitors from Washington and overseas. Community activities include Douglass Night School, Knights of Honor services, and a Dorcas Relief Society event that netted 82 dollars. A Mount Melich table cover prize and garden centerpiece were awarded to local residents.
Omaha corroborates East St. Louis Knoxville Washington and Chicago that force of evil pervades all cities. If allowed to ascend, everything worth while is at stake. Pretended provocations are inadmissible and devotion to rudimentary justice is a mockery. Law that fails to assert itself when mobs form becomes impotent after vengeance disperses.
Mrs Chester Mitchell of Washington Terrace ill. John Logan Grand Master of Masons of Ohio hosted by Mr and Mrs Chas Williams. Mr and Mrs Oscar Ingram and Robert J Evans dined with Mrs Williams. Hair treatment ad urges women to fix frizzy hair with Madame D L Butler and lists names of graduates. Modern 3 room flat for rent at 1231 Lincoln Ave. Walnut Hills Cincinnati.
Mrs Zack Shotwell of The Poro Agent has relocated from West Seventh Street to 626 Richmond Street notices indicate a change of address for the business owner and premises in the neighborhood.
The Lyceum Theatre presents a varied weekly lineup starting Monday with Clara Kimball Young in The Better Wife and a comedy, then Toad Allen’s Elope ment and Hills films with Sage Brush Tom. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw stars on Wednesday in My Little Sister, followed by Blackie’s Redemption on Thursday and a Fox standard feature A Woman There Was on Friday. Saturday features Marie Walcamp in Spurs and Saddle and Charley Chaplin in the 1919 Bank. A big country store sale every Tuesday and a vaudeville bill by Lankford White Elite Entertainers Bart Kennett and company Chick Beaman and a topical talker and vocalist.
Lincoln Theatre presents a week of Silent Era features with Wallace Reid in The Love Burglar and Fox Sunshine comedy on Sunday. Houdini stars with The Master Mystery and The Man in Bronze on Monday, followed by Hnid Bennett in The Vicious Thief with a comedy. Theda Bara appears Wednesday in The Sirens Song with Fox Standard, Thursday features Carter Case and Some Fools, Friday showcases Gladys Brockwell in The Brokeh Commandment, and Saturday offers The Great Gamble and Zero Hour. Big Country Store hosts Friday night specials with a forthcoming BIG SPECIALS teaser.
Mrs. Emily Murray is now convalescing. Mrs. Tressola White returned home Tuesday night from Pittsburg. Mrs. Elmira West Anderson who has been quite ill with tonsling is slowly improving. Mrs. Henrietta L. Shearer of Washington Terrace and Mrs. Wilson of Carlisle avenue returned Friday from Oden Michigan.
Mrs L Williams entertained her mother from Walnut Hillis. Miss Ella Jones returned from Ripley Ohio. Rev J E Hagins left last week for conference. Mrs Maud Saunders of Glendale spent Saturday evening in the village. Mrs Butler of Hartwell is seriously ill. Mr Leslie Schooley recently returned from Maine.
Announcement promotes tea coffee and spices with best brand coffee at 40c per pound and home delivery city wide. Coupons redeemable with teas and coffees trade in. Weekly article limit and phone orders South 4826-L Web 9960-L Mesa motto SERVICE COURTESY QUALITY. Fannie L Browk scalp specialist and agent for Mme D L Butler's Hair Grower at 1654 Zimore Street Cumminville. Mrs Julia Perkine offers hair work via Mrs E H Young and is ready for business.
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