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Contents include but not limited to Des Moines social and church events, including weddings, dinners, lawn socials, and missionary programs. The St. Paul A.M.E. Sunday School picnic at Union Park featured athletic contests and a baseball game where Gould’s Invincibles won the Negro city championship. Reports detail the successful Knights of Pythias Grand Session, electing officers and holding a parade and banquet. The United Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star met in Missouri, while Rev. Pettigrew lectured on the Colored Cooperative League. Editorials discussed Democratic hostility toward the Negro vote and profiled Haiti’s President Nord Alexis as the world’s oldest ruler, and other topics.
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Title:
Iowa state bystander. volume 15, number 09, July 31, 1908
Date Created:
1908-07-31
Time Period:
1900s
Description:
Contents include but not limited to Des Moines social and church events, including weddings, dinners, lawn socials, and missionary programs. The St. Paul A.M.E. Sunday School picnic at Union Park featured athletic contests and a baseball game where Gould’s Invincibles won the Negro city championship. Reports detail the successful Knights of Pythias Grand Session, electing officers and holding a parade and banquet. The United Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star met in Missouri, while Rev. Pettigrew lectured on the Colored Cooperative League. Editorials discussed Democratic hostility toward the Negro vote and profiled Haiti’s President Nord Alexis as the world’s oldest ruler, and other topics.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American churches Religious institutions Fraternal organizations African American press African American women--Societies and clubs Weddings Obituaries African Americans--Politics and government
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:
bystander1908073101
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cn6z746
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/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Iowa state bystander. volume 15, number 09, July 31, 1908", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cn6z746
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No Copyright - United States
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