"Among other things that have been now laid away among the dust and ribbons, is the old “autograph album” of post bellum days. It was a fad of our mothers and fathers, and it numbered many of us among its devotees in our salad days. But it is an…
“Mrs. Margaret Dinwiddie is spending several weeks with her son in Detroit, Michigan. . . George Dinwiddie has gone to Richmond, California for an indefinite stay. . . Miss Lois Marie Edwards is visiting in Chicago. . . . The Esther Circle met in the…
"July 4th parade: The following entrants in the colored division of the Lake Village Water carnival parade were announced this week: Police – official cars band – Sacred Heart; Greenville float – WCC Lake Village marching team; Eudora colored hi…
"CLEVELAND, Ohio- Now that the Fourth of July celebrations are over the fire-crackers have fizzled out and even the yelling has stopped.
I wonder if half the Americans really know what they were celebrating. Do they know that the first man to give…
"COOKING IS FUN Let George Do It on Fourth of July
Now that “do-it-yourself “ has become and I Stabley should American tradition, or more men or taking an interest of preparing the family meals.
If your husband is slow to fall in step, start…
"It [ill.], but nevertheless, significant that the Republican National Convention held this week in Chicago should follow so closely on the heels of the 176th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
"The 28th anniversary celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the District of Columbia was celebrated by a procession of all the colored military and social organization in the city . It was reviewed by the president and followed by exercises…
"How may I celebrate the Fourth of July—and still avoid the possibility of being numbered among scores who will probably be killed, or among the several thousands who will probably be seriously injured?
This is a practical question which the…
"Colored Delegates - Among the delegations from the Southern States to the Chicago Convention, says that Marysville Appeal, are several colored men : J.II. Harris of North Carolina, Lynch of Mississippi, Grey of Arkansas, Duman of Louisiana, Cardoza,…
"One half pint of bread crumbs, one quart of milk, and the whites of two and yolks of four eggs, the grated rind of one lemon, and one cup of sugar. Bake, and when done spread the pudding with jelly or preserves, then frost with the whites of two…
“Sunday School attendance was announced as eighty-two last Sunday, with eight teachers and three officers present, and a lively lesson discussion, generally on the effects of alcohol, with a special lesson review by Mrs. M. Foots. The pastor Rev. C.…
“ARE WE FORGETTING SOMETHING? THE MEANING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
(Excerpts of an address delivered by the late Pres. Woodrow Wilson at Independence Hall, July 4, 1914)
“Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence or attended with…
“FETED ON BIRTHDAY! Master Lonnie Mayfield Jr. 1122 College was feted with his seventh birthday anniversary party on Saturday afternoon, July 4, with thirty five guests present. An enjoyable evening was had by all, with ice cream, cake, and sunivers…
“Mrs. Dr. Arthur Hicks has just returned home from a very pleasant vacation. She spent two weeks visiting friends and relatives in Fort Smith. Ark. and Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Drs. J. V. Jordan and H. A. Powell and Mr. Louis Gray of all Little Rock…
“FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS… Have you made hasn’t found any scheduled amusement for the day. Food your plans for the FOURTH OF JULY? … This columnist is rationed cutting out the old-time picnic, transportation is discouraged by R. R. officials,…
“Pine Bluff - Hundred of Negroes turned from their usual observance of the Fourth of July here this week and went to the polls to vote for the election of U. S. Brown as Bronze Mayor in the first campaign of its kind in the history of Pine Bluff. The…
“SCRAP RUBBER AND RELIGION
Independence Day Sermon Delivered by Dr. G. Wayman Blakely, Greater Bethel A. M. E. Church Little Rock, Sunday, June 28.
Rev. 2:1-5 These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in…
“Wham! Bang! Boon. Firecrackers, torpedoes, flares and what have you? … Radeo thrills, chills and just plenty spills. Picnics, a la country style, open pavilion danves, and so another July 4th passes. Independence Day, and what have we but several…
“Keynote Address at Los Angeles Repudiates “Wait-Until-After-The-War Philosophy and Pledges Double Effort For Victory At Home And Abroad
LOS ANGELES, Calif - So far as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is convernec, the…
“NEW YORK - Forty silver medallions that were to be presented to the nation’s top athletes as the special Fourth of July weekend salute were stolen Thursday from a delivery van outside the Jacob Javits Conventions Center, police said.
The…
“NEW YORK (UPI) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson charged Friday that the Liberty Weekend festival ignores thousands of homeless “huddled masses” in New York CIty and threatened to live with homeless people during the celebration.
Jackson addressed…
“NEW YORK (UPI) - Several groups representing minorities have announced plans to ignore the official centennial for the Statue of Liberty and holds parties that celebrate more than just “America’s white past.”
“The French gave us the statue as an…
"COLUMBIA, Miss. – All five candidates for governor in the Mississippi Democratic primary told an audience at a Fourth of July rally here last week they would see to it that integration never comes to the public schools of Mississippi.
America declared her full independence. In the throes of this freedom abornin [sic], the new Nation declared the equality of all men, and in the century and three-quarters since this forthright…
"With the bricks of the opposition [ill.] about his ears and the Dixiecrat members of his own party gunning for his scalp, the redoubtable Harry S. Truman still sticks to his fair deal program, including civil rights, and those who don’t like it, can…
"The news from Georgia of Herman Tallmadge’s [sic] victory in the race for retiring Sen. Walter F. George’s seat, was no unexpected nor was it cause for Fourth of July jubilation even for some of the native sons who have good reason to view with…
"MONTEAGLE, Tenn. – “Independence Day this year had a special meaning. We celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision, which marked the end of segregated [sic] the Supreme Court decision, a second Emancipation” said [sic] Dr. P. A. Stephens physician…
"With the fourth [sic] of July coming up, Bud hopes that the Billikens everywhere will be extra careful about crossing streets and getting in the way of cars and trucks.
You must be extra careful during the holiday period as most everyone is so…
The first victim of the Fourth of July, according to police, is 14-year-old Irvin Stewart, who died in a Woodbury, N.J., hospital Tuesday of tetanus. A week ago young Stewart and several companions obtained some blank cartridges and borrowed a…
"Every American Citizen, whether native or adopted, must deeply regret the unfortunate condition of affairs in the preliminary arrangements which are now being made for the celebration of our national birthday anniversary. As things now stand –…
“Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe, but falls before us, With Freedom’s soul beneath our feet And Freedom’s banner streaming o’er us.”
We are American – intensely, ardently American, and will yield to none in our devotion…
"The rival Committees for the celebration of the Fourth of July have united, and the differences have been amicably arranged. The Mayor’s Committee, invited the opposition to join with them; they consented, and a joint meeting was held. Gen. Cazneau,…
"The Fourth of July celebrations in Sacramento and Marysville, completely exploded this bugbear. In the former city colored men were Marshals, colored school children rode in cars with white children, and the colored officers of the Sacramento Zouves…
"We gave last week a description of the celebration of the “Nations National Day” in this city and in Sacramento, and we now give a sketch of the celebration in Marysville, abbreviated from the Sacramento Record Of 7th inst. That paper had a special…
"We are indebted to Mr. Daniel Seales for a copy of the Daily Republican of 7th July, published at Little Rock, Arkansas, contain an account of the celebration of Independence Day of that place. The celebration was under the auspices of the “Sons of…
"Says the Detroit Free Press, “There is an old goat owned on Lowis Street, which has received a great deal of training from the boys. Last Fourth of July they discovered that if they stuck a fire cracker in the end of a cane and held it at William he…
"AIKEN, S.C. – (ANP) – A Fourth of July celebration that has been observed since the 1880’s at Bettis academy took place again this year when persons of this section fought a sham battle and executed fancy drill formations.
This mock warfare was…
"WASHINGTON – Joining in a nationwide celebration of “We Serve America” week, sponsored by the National Council of Negro Women, war workers in Wake and Midway Halls, government dormitories here, paid tribute Wednesday evening to the contributions of…
"Claiming the dubious distinction of being the most belated victims of a Fourth of July prank, two men and a woman were burned and bruised about the legs Friday night by a giant fire-cracker.
Those injured when the cracker exploded in a store at…
"NEW YORK – (ANP) – Lushest take on the gate ever seen in Harlem was the Fourth of July evening at Lewisohn stadium, when a half-filled house paid the startling sum of two millions [sic] dollars to see a four-hour lang [sic] entertainment-studded…
"RICHMOND, Va. – Rumors that widespread race riots are being planned for July Fourth were branded as “erroneous” at a meeting of the Baptist Ministers’ conference of Richmond, here last week.
The group of 120 Baptist ministers, representing…
"NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Station WTIC in Hartford canceled a speech on race relation scheduled to be delivered by Prof. Maurice R. Davie of Yale university because it objected to certain references in the script about the American Red Cross policy on…
"TUSKEGEE, Ala. – (ANP) – Threats and ruses were being employed in the little town of Tuskegee, investigators found last week, to prevent witnesses from testifying when the grand jury looks into the Fourth of July slaying of Walter Gunn by a deputy…
"DETROIT – (ANP) – With the state and federal troops on hand at Belle Isle park and other places of amusement through the Fourth of July Detroit spent one of its quietest holiday weekends in its history, with no further indications of a repetition of…
"WASHINGTON, (ANP)-The mobilization of “manpower” by the new board, headed by Paul V. McNutt, brings to the fore the part women are to play in the present world conflict in relieving men for active way duty and military assignments.
According to…
"TRENTON, Ga.-There may be more for the United States to celebrate on July 4 than its independence-Dade County, Georgia, which seceded from the Union July 4, 1860, will decide whether it wants to return or not.
The U.S. flag has not waved legally…
"The Chicago Defender employees celebrated Fourth of July by going to Abbottsford, country home of Mrs. Robert S. Abbott, Benton Harbor, Mich., for a picnic. They arranged to have wives, husbands and friends motor up for the day. Over 100 persons…