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Contents include but not limited to extensive coverage of Christmas and holiday celebrations in Des Moines and surrounding towns. Highlights include formal dinners, musical events, gift exchanges, revival services, and theatrical performances. Social clubs like the Smart Set, Twilight Club, and Domestic Economy Reading Circle hosted elegant gatherings. Several weddings were reported alongside community travel, church announcements, and Masonic activities. The issue features strong commentary on the recent discharge of Black soldiers by President Roosevelt and calls for unity, moral uplift, and economic self-reliance within the Black community, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 13, number 30, December 28, 1906
Date Created:
1906-12-28
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to extensive coverage of Christmas and holiday celebrations in Des Moines and surrounding towns. Highlights include formal dinners, musical events, gift exchanges, revival services, and theatrical performances. Social clubs like the Smart Set, Twilight Club, and Domestic Economy Reading Circle hosted elegant gatherings. Several weddings were reported alongside community travel, church announcements, and Masonic activities. The issue features strong commentary on the recent discharge of Black soldiers by President Roosevelt and calls for unity, moral uplift, and economic self-reliance within the Black community, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American churches African American women--Societies and clubs Weddings African American press Race discrimination Music--Performance Religious institutions African American fraternal organizations African Americans--Politics and government Christmas
Contributor (Person):
Ruff, Charles S. Ruff, Thaddeus S. Thompson, John L. (John Lay), 1869-1930
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Publisher:
Iowa State Bystander Pub. Co.
Extent:
4 pages
Genre:
Newspapers
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Related Resource:
Library of Congress Control Number: sn83025186
Digital Object Identifier:
bystander1906122801
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9v40k72k
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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"Iowa state bystander. volume 13, number 30, December 28, 1906", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9v40k72k
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No Copyright - United States
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