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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1921
Page
2
The Union proclaims its goal of spreading news and teaching loyalty and pride among readers. It urges workers to unite for communal progress in spiritual, material, mental, moral, and political realms, citing Seneca to illustrate reciprocity in conduct.
Miss Agnes Jackson of Robin Street is ill. Mrs Helen Johnson of Indianapolis visits Mrs W F Watts of Prospect Street. Mr T B Bonar returns from Columbus. Mrs Emily Rolley from Chicago visits Mrs Anna Goode of Chapel Street. Mrs Parks, Mrs Ashbury, Mrs C Taylor and Miss Bessie Warner entertain Mrs Bryant of Chicago. Edward Mansfield from Indianapolis visits relatives the Greers of O'Bryanville. Charles Carter of Hillsboro visits Cincinnati. Holly Reed of Harrisburg Kentucky visits Miss Rosella Donaldson. OBryanville Benevolent Society entertained by Mrs Lucy Turner of Madisonville. Mrs Lucy Goode of Park Avenue entertains the Pastor's Aid.
The section lists upcoming events and travel among residents. The D will begin afternoon meetings Sunday. Mrs Culphre hosts Ministers Wives at the Y on Sept 26. Harry Perkins leaves for Chicago for a college meeting. Ethel attends Commercial College in Columbus. Frances Brown returns from Lexington. Albert Taylor returns to Woodward. Many students enroll at Wilberforce and McCall School. Philip and Mrs Stark return from Chicago and Michigan. Rev Richardson and bride have returned. Gym classes start Sept 22. Leona Williams hosted Valley Forge Club last week.
Mrs Harriet Danson spent a week with Mrs Goode. The Steele Subdivision houses are being wired for electricity. Mrs Anna Skinner of Winchester Kentucky is visiting Mrs Jane Thurston. Mrs S Heath and son Walter have returned from Ashville. Mrs Boyd Overton and son have returned from Tennessee. Mrs Pearl Robinson and daughter have returned from Indianapolis. Mrs Harris and son of Foraker Ave and sister Mrs Smothers visited their sick aunt in Chicago.
The Lyceum Theatre runs September 25 to October 2 with a Metro all star September 25 26 Jewel Carmen in Sil ver Lining a tale of love and law. September 27 Country Store and Mae Allison in Are All Men Alike featuring a bed set giveaway valued at 50 dollars. September 28 30 Gipsy Blood starring Pola Negri a compelling vampire love drama. Amateur Night Thursday and October 2 Emq Bennett in Silk Hosiery a Paramount feature with Helen Cassidy and Stewart Holmes.
Mr Richard White enjoyed time in Chicago Rev Grey attended the New Orleans Convention Rev N A C Moore from Indianapolis visited Dr and Mrs Grey Rev C W Williams pastor of the Southern Baptist Church enjoyed the New Orleans Convention Mrs Lula Taylor of O Bryanville spent a week at camp Mrs Lillian Hunter is ill Miss Etta Jones of Mill Street visited her mother in Winchester Ky and Lexington Ky Pastors' Aid of First Baptist Church presented Mr William Bradley with a bridal present
Miss Margaret A. Evans formerly with Metropolitan Nursing is temporarily engaged with private patients at St Elizabeth Hospital across the river and has been eminently successful in that regard. Mrs Lonas and Mrs Alma Younger are spending several weeks in Cleveland as guests of relatives and friends.
Woman's Day will be observed at St John Church Barr and Mound streets on Sunday September 2 at 3 pm. Representatives from many city churches will participate in the program. Rev Dr D H Butler of St James A M E Covington Ky will address ministers of Cincinnati and vicinity on Monday the 26th at 1 pm at the Ninth Street Branch Y M C A on The Minister and His Calling. James P Foote.
Convicted Lancaster Ohio on September 8 Rev Frederick Frazier a Holy Roller minister was found guilty by a jury in Judge Van Snider court of contributing to the delinquency of eleven year old Laura Pratt. Sentence was deferred. The girl testified they traveled to a church conference in Mason County West Virginia and she said the pastor repeatedly made advances during the journey and at the head of the Holy Roller organization home. Frazier denied the charges while on the stand.
A speaker argues that crimes by white men against women and children go unlynched or brutalized, praising white privilege. The text contrasts this with Black religious songs about Jesus and heaven, highlighting racial inequities and cultural feelings.
Police report a Black man fleeced Lila Manigan, 2632 Eastern Ave, of 33 dollars by posing as a relative needing release from Central Station. He met her at Fourth Street and Central Avenue, led her to City Hall, then vanished after entering the police station. The piece ends with a sharp denunciation of the suspect’s method.
In Atlanta a notorious criminal known as The Rat was cornered beneath a Negro-area house by ten officers and shot dead after a gun battle. Authorities believe he stole jewelry and valuables totaling about $100,000 over five years, with $1,000 found on his person. He was described as a gaunt yellow man around 30 who boasted of never being captured alive.
Louisville authorities barred a Ku Klux Klan gathering and ordered plainclothes officers to shadow organizer Dr G S Long, formerly Tulsa resident, as promoters moved the event across the Ohio River to Jeffersonville Indiana where an open Knights of Pythias hall meeting was held led by Rev Caleb A Ridley of Atlanta Georgia without incident.
In Richmond Virginia on September 17 a large Ku Klux Klan parade and ceremonial procession occurred following an order from the Exalted Cyclops. Police Chief Sherry stated no applicable ordinance justified intervention, and no action was publicly contemplated.
Louisville is mentioned in connection with the K K K business and discussions about mayors of other cities. The fragment notes involvement of local officials and national or regional political groups in a broad context.
A brief note asserts that cities were wise and brave and that the end of this unconstitutional and trouble breeding organization would come very quickly.
Sunday to Tuesday lineup includes Scrap Iron with Cha Ray, a lively film about love and fighting, plus Tooner ville Frolica Comedy and Sky Ranger serial. Kilbane vs Frush highlight on Sept. 28 29 30 with a Cleveland title fight recap. Prices 1c and 25c. Also She Loves and Lies and Your Face at the Window and Call of His People with an all star cast.
Thousands attended the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens celebration of the institution’s forty six year founding. Probate Judge William H. Lueders welcomed guests and praised the gardens as among the world’s best and largest. A marble bust of founder Andrew Erkenbrecher was unveiled by Joshua Tadlock, with four grandchildren presenting it. Former Judge Alfred Mack accepted the gift on behalf of the Zoo Trustees. Joshua Tadlock, now with Bell Telephone, was the family servant at Erkenbrecher’s death thirty five years prior.
The colored basketball team of the New York State League invites the basketball manager of the Cincinnati Y M C A and other Ohio teams to arrange games with this top New York quintet. They are the only colored team in a white league representing the City of New York. Write at once to P Wisser 119 W 137th St New York City.
A winner story about Norman Kerr son of Dr W A B Kerr who moved to Akron three years ago and rose from obscurity to become the first colored stenographer in the engineer’s office. The chief engineer cited efficiency over color in his appointment.
The Forum resumed meetings last Sunday at 4 pm electing Francis Lesley B A of the University of Cincinnati as president for the year. An illustrated India lecture by Edw Lewn was well received. Upcoming on Sept 25 speaker Rev Lyman H Ingraham will present a literary and theological interpretation of the First Psalm with poems by Miss Thompson of Rossmoyne Ohio.
Mme D L Butler announces a slate of scalp specialists and beauty culturists including Mrs Anna Bean Miss Mary Height Mrs Lillian Reed Mrs Chanie York Mrs Cecelia Johnson Mrs Regina Brown of Newport Ky Miss Benjie Tompkin s of New Castle Ky and Mrs N B Toomey of Miami Fla all have diplomas and are ready for business. Phone Wolbn 2434 L.
Miss Jennie M Wilson of 3022 Kerper Avenue advertises as an experienced typist ready to provide top quality typing at reasonable rates.
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