1910

"Colored Man Selected to Deliver Address and Ganeuil Hall

Boston, Mass, June 6-Mr. James H. Wolf, past department commander of the Massachusetts G. A. R., has been selected by Mayor Fitzgerald to deliver the oration at the exercises in Fanmel Hall…

"To the Editor of the Afro-American Ledger:

Can there anything good come out of Reno? Let’s see. On the fourth day of July, two bruisers met-one wrapped in black skin and the other wrapped in white skin. The bruiser in black skin whipped…

"If Fourth of July be warm and fair,
Expect to smell powder everywhere.
If rain comes down and wet us through,
Look out for bands and processions, too.
If the sun shines bright and the sky be blue,
The balloon may go up at half-past two.
If…

“According to Richard B Warton five hundred or more cities intend to follow the district by having a safe and sane Fourth of July.”