The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-16
,,HIGAGO.
cHEsWORLD.SlFAIR CITY, VIEW
ED BY THE APPEAL MAN.
Compilation of a Number OF Happenings,
Social and Otherwise. Among the Afro
Americans Of the Second City of This
Glorious Union.

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The Benedicts will extend to Mr..
Nash Thompson and his bride, royal
welcome when they come to Chicago.
The Old Folks Home is a deserving
Institution, and the. county fair next
year promises to be a great success.
Mr.. Rufus Estes, the popular society
and club man. will leave this week for,
New York He will be absent several
weeks. RI III 5*g .z
Miss Jennie Terry, of Columbus, o..
is spending few days in Chicago, the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Terry, 54O0 FL
lis avenue.
Nice furnished rooms for gentle.
men-South Side; steam heat, bath,
etc. Reasonable rates. Apply at APP
PEAL Office. >:'-s n.~.
The new Eighth Regiment of Illinois
National Guard, composed entirely of
Afro-American soldiers, will soon be
fully organized.
Subscribers for THE APPEAL who
wish to discontinue the paper must
send written notice to the office, prop.
erly dated and g;gned.
1t is said that prominent NJ. d., at
Twenty ninth and State streets, will
soon become benedict. He has COM
pleted his house on Forest avenue. = s
Mr.. Gus Hutchinson, the First ward
politician, is now in the insurance
business, but promises to make it in
teresting for somebody next year.
The Provident Medical Aid and
Burial Association is coming to- the
front very rapidly. Applications for
membership are going in very fast.
James A. Scott, attorney-at-law, can
be found at THE APPEAL Office dur.
ing business hours. Prompt attention
given all legal business entrusted to
George Ramsey, Hughes, Hayes,
Martin and the other Afro-American
leaders on the North side,> appear to
have entirely lost all interest in politi-
cal affairs. ' ..-s...
Mr.. w. G. Anderson says that he
will soon have the celebrated case of
Morrison V. Thomas up for trial Mrs.
Morrison is here from New York:
awaiting the trial. -
The Carter Harrison city admins
tration continues to. give Afro-Ameri-
cans positions. Capt. H. C. Carter has
lately been given a good place in the
engineers department. ..<
THE APPEAL has fixed advertising
rates, and will not cut them in order
to secure advertising. However, if
you want to reach the people, adver-
tise in THE APPEAL. -
Charles Mathews. 1906 Dearborn
street, could not win the affection Of
the woman he loved and in her pres
ence last Sunday afternoon, he drank
carbolic acid and soon died. T.. +"
Do you want to preach? Learn at
home. Send two-cent stamp to Prof.
r. B. Hewitt for catalogue of Core
spondence Bible School, 1908 Maya
zine street. New Orleans. La.
Miss M. Granger. 2940 Dearborn
street, has opened a news and station.
cry store at the above number. THE
APPEAL can be found on sale each
week at Miss Grainger's place..
The greatest local football game ever
played, Chicago All Stars VS.. Evans
tons, for the benefit of the Old Folks
Home, 610 Garfield boulevard, Thanks
giving Day, Thursday, Nov. %, at
Union Ball Park, Thirty-seventh and
Butler. Cup will be presented at the
Triangles' Dance Thanksgiving night.
Game called at 2:30. Committee, Jas.
w. Camp, Mrs. J. P. Stewart, Mrs.
NJ. V. Deathrage, William Randolph
Smith, Charles Webb, J. H. Porter, R.
A. J. Shaw, B. F. Mosley, L. B. Ander-.
son.