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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1923
Page
3
A Kentucky man followed two local women after church, insulting the white woman and the colored woman. Police secured a warrant and jailed him. The judge fined him five dollars for insults against white women, reflecting on racial bias and bravado.
Mrs Simon Bush Mrs Harry Jones and Master Raymond Rhodes visit relatives in Richmond. D L Penman travels to Cleveland. Mrs Bailey of Danville visits Mrs Wm Bright. Bettie Wilson ill and Sallien Gavanaugh guests of Mrs Kennedy in Loveland. Georgia Mae Simpson returns from Louisville. Rev Granham of Mt Zion to preach at Gaines M E Church. Mary Peebles from Bloomington visiting Rev and Mrs W T Davis. Walter Rawlins spends days in Lexington. Mrs Wm Cobbs directs Gaines Church Carnival. Laurel Club hosts Mrs Penman. Second Baptist Church rally draws $800 support. Elizabeth Bailey Mrs Wm Bright Mrs C Bailey and Mrs Davie Avanather visit Louisville guests of Mr M Bailey.
In Kansas City Kansas a record crowd of 12000 heard NAACP secretary James Weldon Johnson demand full citizenship rights for African Americans. The event followed a parade by thousands from Kansas City Kansas and Missouri. Speakers included Captain Arthur B. Spinrgan of New York and W B Brown for Governor Hyde of Missouri. Johnson urged a 100000 legal redress fund. more than 500 was raised.
A reader submits a strongly worded notice accusing a specific preacher of frequent drunkenness and domestic violence. The letter, unsigned and anonymized, urges publication to expose the minister’s alleged conduct and its impact on the neighborhood. The writer hints at divine justice and questions the minister’s character publicly.
In one day about 1500 Black residents left South Bend Indiana citing threatening letters. They sought guns for protection but police barred firearm sales to Negroes. The piece urges Biblical lessons on preparedness and vigilance, referencing the parable of the wise and foolish Virgins and a wartime mindset.
Boston advocates urge race members to form Equal Rights committees to send delegates to the 16th annual National Equal Rights League gathering at Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Brooklyn from September 26 to 29, 1923. The assembly aims to draft a declaration of wrongs and rights due, presented to the President and Congress. Information via National Headquarters in Boston. Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, President. William Monroe Trotter, Corresponding Secretary. Act at once.
Mr Council Pulliam of Louisville visited Miss Katherine Alcorn while the Long sisters hosted Miss Hva Aufip of Chicago. Mrs Amanda Howard entertained guests Friday. The Madam C J Walker Agent Club held a picnic at Mrs Eliza Penman s. The marriage of Mrs Anna Dunn to Mr Zion McKinney occurred Saturday. Mrs Utz of Chicago visited Mrs Wm Cobb. Mr Marion Rawling has returned from Cherry Grove.
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