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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
28
Partial OCR text outlines sale terms with deposits and interest rates. It mentions 19000 at 5 per coat and varied figures, with buyers and dates unclear. The readable fragments suggest a property or goods sale governed by postdated terms and public auction context.
A 1912-13 campaign to stage a national exposition in 1913 celebrating fifty years of Black freedom in America gains support from President Taft and Booker T. Washington. Washington and Emmer J. Scott press for broad white and Black sponsorship to show Black progress in material, education, moral and religious fields.
Maggie Duffy, accused of refusing to pay for rides to the District Jail, appears before Judge Mulloway. Ebenezer Jackson testifies, Maggie lured by a back driver, barbershop visits, saloon exits, and a chase through a neighbor’s chicken coop. She faces 60 to 90 days pending restitution to two hackmen and others.
A dinner honoring Ement von United States minister to Liberia and Bishop B Scott Wedthndlat featured Booker T. Washington praising African progress, urging African Americans to uplift their race while Liberia is described as a testing ground for Negro progress. Letters from President Taft referenced a complementary dinner on November 1 to support Liberia, with several local figures giving short addresses.
Health department data for the week ending November 13 reports pneumonia as the leading single cause of death in the district, with fifteen deaths. Diseases of the heart and consumption both tied for seven deaths, while apoplexy and kidney diseases each registered seven and eleven infant deaths accounted for nearly a quarter of the week’s fatalities.
Rev Dr J Henning Relma of the Church of the Ascension addressed the Sons of the American Revolution at Raveners, calling race uplift the nation s greatest issue and urging patriotic action to help African Americans. He criticized union slogans as false and stressed individual strength over collective pretense while a resolutions draft and greeting to the new consul James Fo Dutol were planned.
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