Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-21
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CITY.

CITY.
On last Thursday ye editor with
his grip and Bicycle, made pill
grima TO the beautiful city o.
| Chicago, taking the northern route
over the Chicago North Western Ryy.
Our first stop was At Ames. while
waiting for the train I called on Ed.
Weeks, u former Des Moines boy.
he likes Ames well. In few hours
Twas in Marshalltown, which con-
tains about is, 900 inhabitants,
about $50 colored, Of which the
most Of them are doing we'll. JOS
eph L. Wood is one Of the electrical
engineers At the soldiers home.
Mr.. R ]. Wright. an old and highly
respected citizen owns : first class
tonsorial shop, with Mr.. Albert
IN y So IL. Z,
Walker as = partner. Then there is
E. K. Kirkland who ownes and con-
ducts q lunch room and restaurant,
known as Bod's Place which is well
patronized BY the white race. Mr..
and Mrs Kirkland both work in the
reasturant and are having all they
can do. They have been here for
three years. ,Mr. j. Williams runs
an express wagon. The Soldiers
Home consist Of six large buildings
three and four stories high, with
several frame houses and a-large
beautiful rolling Lawn. They have
about 600 of the old boys who wore
the blue, with only FIVE colored.
which is a small per cent of our race.
Among those who own their homes
are Cal. Wheeler. Thos. Cobbs, Mr..
johnson, r ]. Wright and several
others we do not know. Mr.. I.
Wallace is saving his money and put
ting it to an advantage. In few
hours we we're in Cedar Rapids one,
Of the epretticstlocated tities OF Iowa,
where dwcils about 900 colored citiz-
ems among about 40, 900 inhabitants.
The colorcd people have only one
church, the An. E., presided over
BY that worthy veteran in the work,
Rev. Rhin-heart. Mr. Marshall Per.
kins ownes the finest restaurants
and oyster house IL the city and en-
Joys ! very large t11de. Mr.. and
Mrs. Perkins both have IN eye to
business, they have been in the busi.
ness thirteen years. Mr.. E. D.
Marshall Is doing Z large business
washing and cleaning carpets with
his machine; he has nearly all the
trade Of the city Mr.. Low cry IS
building two story house Of nine
rooms, it is almost completed.
They have two sons who enjoy the
distinction of being the first colorsd
graduates from the High School.
w. B. Lowery has entered the coe
College to take complete course.
There are other colored families
here doing we'll. Mr.. w. II. MILF
gan, formally Of Des Moines, has Is
purchased 4 farm within two miles
Of town and is putting in small fruit,
From here we made our way to the
magical city of the west arriving
there Saturday morning about eight
O'Clock.
There we entered = city Of wealth
beaming with its millions Of beings,
! in drizzling rain, coming from
some direction We knew not, for the
cardinal points were not right to my
mind. On meeting my brother, Mr..
E. w. and pushing ourselves through
the crowded streets for an hour we
succeeded in reaching the cosa ap-
al tmehts Of MI. and Mrs. Butter,
4o26 Cottage Grove. In Chicago
one soon realize that he is in great
city Of push and activity-from the
immense traffic, the great heavy three
and four horse freight and transfer
wagons heavily loaded. the street
cars passing every FIVE minuets with
three linked together, besides the
elevated and subterrainian lines car
ringits many hundreds Of passengers.
Then to see the innumerable vehicles
Of every shape and design, with the
many delivery wagons goes to make
up the moving part Of Chicago, ex-
cept the thousands of predestians
that crowd the side walks every day.
OF course readers in the brief space
allowed for this article and the short
time that / remained in the White
j Cifv m the lake. TscannOf do instice