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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1918
Page
3
Business card printing advertised at 1000 for 1.35 and 4509 for 95 cents with church printing as a specialty. Sample catalogs available and costs promised as low. Drop mail or phone, Ridge 395-R. K L Eberosle at 3710 Lueders avenue Walnut Hills listed as contact.
Bible School begins at 9 30 A M followed by preaching at 11 A M and 8 P M Christian Endeavor meets at 7 P M all are invited to attend at the church.
For rent a furnished front room for a man and wife at 2529 Ida Avenue Norwood. Includes bath and electric light.
Mrs Lula Gaither at 406 Milton Street completes a hair trade under Mrs Maggie Westfield of 1115 Myrtle Ave making puffs and braids from combings.
An article on a Lyceum benefit for Sylvester Myers known as Checkers drew crowds but low receipts. A letter from promoter Clay Price asserts he organized the show and allotted 50 percent to Myers, 20 percent to the theater, and 20 percent to Price, claiming proper handling and witness receipts. Doubts arise over Myers alleged wartime service and the event’s proceeds amid public scrutiny.
Multiple houses offered with varying rooms and prices. Six-room brick on unknown lot. eight-room modern on large lot at $2,500. Ten-room modern brick on Gaff avenue at $4,500. Eight-room brick on Seventh street for two families with $408 down. Nine-room brick flats with separate baths priced at $4,400. All sizes and locations listed. door for business line.
Edward Thomas Danby is named the first colored Bishop of the Episcopal church with authority over Arkansas and the Southwest. The Kansas Nebraska African Methodist Conference rejects further ignorant preachers, four applicants were turned away. An army deserter in St. Louis killed a colored chauffeur. Dr H Van Buren of Statesboro Ga builds a sanitarium. Negro workers protest discrimination at Hog Island. Ancor discrimination against colored people draws complaints. At Camp Sherman few colored soldiers die of influenza though many are quartered in stables. Colored women handle freight in Memphis warehouses.
In Caddo Parish Louisiana including Shreveport a Black farmer named David Raynes subscribed 100 690 dollars received from oil prospectors on his farm. This was his whole bank account. He has 100 000 dollars but if he travels by railroad he must ride in a Jim Crow car.
Mr N P Fletcher visits parents Rev and Mrs R Fletcher in Madisonville. Mrs Sarah Jackson travels to Springfield to visit her mother in law. Mrs J L Jones spends Friday with Mrs Townsend. Mrs Elizabeth Walker of Nashville Tenn visits her parents Rev and Mrs Fletcher. Mrs Maggie Watts of Cleveland visits cousin Mrs L B Hoggans and sister Mrs Wm Thomas.
Mrs Lillian Warren entertained Mrs Maggie Watts and Mrs L B Hoggans at breakfast on October 5.
Floral tributes and spiritual bouquets are sent to the choir and organist and to Mr Rankin for efficient funeral duties. Missed by her loving family, the message urges friends to subscribe to The Union. A report mentions Corporal Lawrence Shumake shot in both knees amid civil rights tensions in Cincinnati.
Nathan Smith sues Albertina Smith of Los Angeles for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County Ohio docket number 169258 alleging gross neglect of duty and adultery. Albertina must answer by November 18, 1918 or judgment will be entered. Attorney H P Karch, Second National Bank Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
For rent at 2335 Concord Street Walnut Hills a private bath toilet and laundry facilities included. Three rooms available with monthly rates of 12 and 16 dollars offering a great bargain.
Mrs. Cora Sorter completes the Poro System hairdressing under Mrs. Emma H. Young and sets up shop at 925 Barr Street ready to begin business.
Robert Louis Stevenson spoke to a Sunday school class of girls and shared the parable of the talents. He urged three gifts to use for good: tongues to cheer, faces kept bright, and hands busy with useful work. The message aimed at all ages and sexes as war days continued.
A terse reflection notes that some men pursue money and enjoy life more due to desire. It contrasts luck and perseverance with those who expect help from others in trouble. The piece observes that many doubt a man’s own claims about himself, prompting courts to require character witness testimony.
In loving remembrance of our sister and daughter Leitha Pinkston who departed this life. We thank Rev Dreen for words of comfort and his sermon, Rev Cres for visits to our home, relatives friends and neighbors for kindness, Douglass School for floral tributes, First Baptist Church Sunday school and others who offered support.
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