Cleveland Clippings Celebrate a Colorful Negro Metropolis
In two weeks Cleveland hosted a grand Negro business and social gathering led by the Business Men's Club. Attendees included Booker T. Washington veterans, Miss Thelma Taylor, Editor Forte, Gov. H. C. Smith, and many notable bankers, editors, and professionals. The event featured parades, balls, and receptions at the Metropolitan Club with praise for Rev. Russ E. Brown and Jane E. Hunter of Phyllis Wheatley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Booker T. Washington
Thelma Taylor
Cleveland Call
Forte
Cleveland Herald
H. C. Smith
The
Gazette
Harry
Harry BE. Davis
Smith Thanks Citizens For GOP Governor Candidacy Wins
Harry C. Smith thanks Cincinnati and Hamilton County supporters for a strong showing in the Republican gubernatorial primary. He notes beating seven of eleven white candidates, with twelve total, and credits The Union's support for the victory in a message to Editor W. P. Dabney at 412 McAllister Street Cincinnati Ohio.
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W. P. Dabney
the Union
McAllister Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Confrere
Hamilton County
Harry C. Smith
Emily Glass and the Douglass School Controversy
A mother, Minnie Glass, faces jail or fines after her daughter, a Horace Mann pupil, was transferred to Douglass School amid accusations of misbehavior and forced schooling for colored pupils. The Juvenile Court upheld the superintendent’s right to assign a child to any school, sparking debate on race and education.
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Minnie Glass
Douglass School
Horace Mann School
Emily Glass
Pharoah
Annual Boat Excursion For Charity From Calvary Church
The Woman's Home Missionary of Calvary M E Church plans a Labor Day boat trip to Augusta Kentucky aboard the John W Hubbard. Round trip fare one dollar fifty with departure at 8:30 a m from the foot of Main Street. Music by Glendale Melody Lads, refreshments and amusements for all ages. The excursion funds homes and schools for girls and young women and offer scholarships. Augusta sits forty two miles east on the Ohio River near historic sites linked to Harriet Beecher Stowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Missionary
Calvary M. E. Church
Augusta
Ohio River
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John W. Hubbard
Le Pagine requests materials for review in Bologna issue
A 1926 note from Le Pagine of Porto S. Giorgio Italy asks Wendell P. Kney's Cincinnati Colored Citizens to send materials for the magazine's upcoming issue. The letter, in French and English, requests parcels be forwarded to the provisional editorial office.
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LE Pagine
Rivista Mensile di Bologna
Redazione Isoria
Porto S. Giorgio
Marche
Wendell P.kney
Cincinnati
Dans Notre Revue Mensuelle
de ‘Plogna
Meilleurs
LE Pagine Adressez S. v
Italy
The Day Is Done by Gilchrist Stewart Concludes
A tribute to Gilchrist Stewart, renowned New Yorker and lawyer, recounting his rise via Foraker and the Brownsville affair, his role in Standard Oil letters scandal, and his lively, eloquent life. The reminiscence recalls shared dinners, friendships, and Stewart’s late-life reflections, ending with a bittersweet farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilchrist Stewart
Senator Foraker
Brownville
Standard Oil Letters
Tne Johnson
Linc
Gilchrist
New York
Volstead
Colley Enters Congressional Race Against Longworth
Dr E Duval Colley a leading local physician begins petitioning as an independent candidate for Congress opposing Nicholas Longworth. Colley cites equal rights for all and plans to address Cincinnati after returning from the Sesqui Centennial Exposition.
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E. Duval Colley
Congress
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Praise for Negro troops in Moroccan campaign action at Aoulai
Paris reports France proud of its Senegalese riflemen and a black bugler Mongogo for twelve days at Aoulai, defending a post against 100 to one. He exposed himself, blew the charge, and saved the garrison. His bravery boosted morale among all troops.
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Paris
France
Mongogo
Auboin
Aoulai
Fifty Years On The Road Willie Green Body Cremated
Pittsburg, Pa. The body of Willie Green, hanged fifty years ago for murder, has traveled through many hands and remained unburied until now. Oscar Miller turned it over to the city morgue for cremation. The testament of old faith and grim humor colors this odd fate of a forgotten executed man.
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Willie Green
Pittsburg
Green
Oscar Miller
Willie
Hell
Dempsey Lied Accuses and War of Words Over Fight
Harry Wills told the New York Sun he is ready to fight Jack Dempsey for nothing to prove the champion wrong about trying to arrange their bout. Wills called Dempsey a liar and said he will fight anywhere including Broadway and Forty-Second Street, offering to KO him without pay.
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Metropolitan Club
Home Sweet Home
Fred Moore
The
New York Age
Lester A. Walton
New York World
Spaulding
Durham
N. C
Rodney
Memphis
Congo
Cincinnati
Beemon Gray
Dabney
Luis Boland
Walter” Wills
Walter
Walter Wills Sr
New York
Harry Wills
New York Sun Today
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Paddy Mullins
Wills
the Sun
Broadway
Forty-Second Street
Dempsey Retained Edge in Fight Talk Says Wills Critics
A newspaper page features quotes arguing Dempsey never dodged Wills, with Rickard and Wills' critics weighing in. It discusses Dempsey's retreat, Napoleon, and contrasts in race relations, noting White and Black competition under white superiority fears.
Colored Ward Captain A Lee Beaty Named
A Lee Beaty is now ward captain and member of the campaign committee. The saying Hell's broke loose in Georgia references Cincinnati. Old line Republicans would turn in their graves at the news.
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A. Lee Beaty
Protest Klan Parade Filed in DC by NAACP
A protest against a Ku Klux Klan parade scheduled for September 13 in Washington was filed with the District Commissioners by the local NAACP chapter. The protest cites Philadelphia authorities' refusal to permit the parade there.
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Ku Klux Klan
Washington
District of Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia
Eighth Illinois Regiment Face Fifty Percent WWI Losses
Colonel Otis B. Duncan of the Eighth Illinois National Guard told Congressman Richard Yates that about 143 members were killed and 1,020 wounded during World War I. The unit’s strength dropped from 2,439 at departure to 1,276 at demobilization, yielding roughly a 50 percent casualty rate.
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Otis B. Duncan
Eighth Illinois National Guard
Richard Yates
Illinois Republican
Duncan
Eighth Infantry
Illinois National Guard
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Sheba
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Jane E. Hunter
Phyllis Wheatley
Russ E. Brown
Lord’s Vineyard
Chicago
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New York Elk’s
Gil
Colley
Cleveland Gazette
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Napoleon
Richard
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