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"Committee – R.L. Gibbs, J. Bryan, M. Costen, Jas. A. Sykes, Alf. Butler
Re. H.L. Simpson, Pastor.
The annual picnic of the second A.B. Sabbath School, will be given on Monday July 31st, 1876, at Isle of Hope.
Trains leave at 10 AM and 3 PM.…

"The national known Trumpteers [sic] quartet of New York thrilled a large audience at MI college last Wednesday.
Mrs. Celestine Forster Dixon and three children of Detroit visited her parents last week.
Wilfred Foster left for Michigan…

"FOR THE FOURTH
A fourth of July picnic with all the trimming will be something the whole family can enjoy. Shish kebabs strung on long skewers over an open fire are fun for everybody. You can use either fresh or canned meats. Cut fresh meat into 1…

"Social clubs are invited to plan their picnics at the Junior Deputy Sheriff’s park. Private picnic areas will be available if wanted. For reservation call or come by the State Press office. There will be plenty of barbecue for everyone at the park…

“At evening worship. Responsive Scripture Lesson 19th Ps. Led by Editor H. T. Sims; also read 1st Cor. 13. Rev. Alexander, visiting minister from Texas, preached at night. From Jer. 8:22. Subject. “The blood of Jesus is Powerful Enough to Heal…

"Richmond Ind., July 14 Clarence Harger, formerly of this city, died Thursday, July 6 at Lima,
Ohio. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 9 at Anna, Ohio.
Charles Hall Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall Sr., of Short Sixth street, who is…

“Sunday. June 17, S. S. opened on time, officers present, after the teachers explained the lesson. Review by Pastor. 11 a.m., Pastor preached a soul reviving sermon which was enjoyed by all present. 2:30 Busy Workers’ Club met in regular session,…

“The picnic given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilcox, 1320 Piatt, was an enjoyable fete. Those present were Mrs. Nannie Williams Mrs. Daisy B. Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Dana. Out of town guests were Mrs. P.F. Keele, The mother of Mrs. Katie…

"The Junior Deputies 3rd annual picnic and barbecue will be held July 4th at Camp Dickinson junior deputy’s camp. 6 1-2 miles out 12th street pike. Dr. Oba B. White, chairman, A.T. Miller, co-chairman. There will be baseball games between the colored…

“The religious summer school has a fairly good enrollment. The ten-day session will end Wednesday July 10. Prof. Clement Richardson addressed the High School Bible Class at the Grace Cathedral, Sunday Morning, July 7th. He told the young people of…

"July is here it started with a BANG! courtesy of fireworks, and ecstatic that school is out young’uns.
Watermelon, picnics, popsicles, and picnics seem to be the order of the day around these parts. And Bar-B-Que’, you can smell it for miles…

"Everyone should remember the Cadet picnic on the Fourth of July. Tickets will be sold at the depot on the day and evening of the excursion. Buy your tickets in the day to avoid crowds in the evening."

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"Hon. Frederick Douglass, according to his usual custom celebrated the Fourth of July by inviting a large circle of friends including all his relations to join in a union picnic. The day was warm one, and it was a real treat to spend a day at so…

"The Fourth of July was-joyously spent in this community on Monday last; blackberries, watermelons, cake and cream, and other delicacies were served to the children during the day, and in the evening,. the older persons largely shared the benefits …

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"The Sabbath School of West Washington will celebrate the Fourth of July at Cox's Wood this year. The Union for the last twenty years have attended Lyon'S Woods. but the change was made on account of the later place. being sold. Mr. J. H. Ferguson’s…

"The Sabbath School Union of West Washington, it is said, will not be able to hold their annual fourth of July picnic in Lyon's Wood this year. Other quarters are being looked for. This will be a disappointment. to the school who has visited these…

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"The reporter who wrote up the disturbance on July 4th at McKinley Park (for Negroes,) when a car of whites went out of their way to molest a picnic group, deemed it funny or a joke, when we give it a very serious ratinng. To begin with it was not a…

“Brunswick enjoyed the 4th of July pleasantly with private picnics at Seldon Institute and Fancy Bluff, excursion to Fernandina and welcoming visitors over our different railroads.”

"The fourth of July, to children. Seems a long way off, but it takes time to make a bang-up celebrating of the great day. Thus, the Irving Park community council has already begun work in cooperation with the fourth of July committee, planning to…

"Arthur Gossett Post
American Legion will give a big picnic, July 4
An all day affair
Mckinley Park
Games of all kind
Refreshments served
Come and bring your family"

"(Special to The Afro-American Ledger.)

Cockeysville, Md., July 9.-A few friends from Baltimore were entertained by Miss. E. F. Foote, on the Fourth of July. The day was spent on the picturesque Gunpowder river, where fishing and…

"Orangeburg S. C., June 15 19- More than 5,000 pleasure-seekers are expected at the all-day Fourth of July celebration to be held at Harmon field, Cott Ave. for the benefit of the Community Center. Churches, Sunday schools and fraternal organization…

"The Fourth of July celebration started at Mckinley Park. Mr. Burel N. Nealy, [ill] the social and recreational life of the Community. There was plenty to eat and drink.
The swimming events, under the direction of Young Van Leu was a credit to the…

"Without a ripple of trouble, the faithful members of the YMCA gave its first out door [sic] entertainment last Monday under the supervision of Capt. W. J. Hutchinson. He called it an Old Fashioned Barbeque; and, of Old Fashion means something good:…

"Don’t fail to attend the grand fourth of July picnic and barbecue to be given by the Laundry Drivers at Scott’s Pavillion, Bonaventure, Tuesday, July 4th. Tickets 15¢."

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"The Great Fourth of July feast, which commences on the lawn of Mt. Horeb Church to-day, will close with a drill of their several societies on Monday and Tuesday evening at 16th st., and N. Carolina avenue.
The out-door concert at Lane’s Chapel on…

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"NEWARK. N.J- Shady Rest Country Club celebrated with fourth of July attractions, last Friday: Golf, tennis, and cardplaying, with numbers of basket lunches.

A representative group of the New York and New Jersey Wilberforce University Alumni Club…

"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…

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"Just as those of the very young giggled when someone more or less tunelessly burst forth with the song, “The Old Gray Mare, She Ain’t What She Used to Be…,” and just as those of my generation have recently been tapping gloriously happy steps to the…

"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…

"The ‘Glorious Fourth’ dawned bright and fair accompanied by family gatherings; picnics; baseball games; car wrecks etc. Folk in general enjoyed they day; all over the state out-of-state license plates showed that folk had come South for the…

“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…

“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,…

“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…

“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.…

"At evening worship. Responsive Scripture Lesson 19th Ps. Led by Editor H. T. Sims; also read 1st Cor. 13. Rev. Alexander, visiting minister from Texas, preached at night. From Jer. 8:22. Subject. “The blood of Jesus is Powerful Enough to Heal…

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