Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-06-30
OBSERVATIONS

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In our observation we left of IN
Omaha, Neb We omitted to mention
a very interesting personality that of
Mr. L. Bradley. - n 25th street,
who was oue OF she members Of the
much honor. and Mr.. Bradley shares
in great part. He has served over
80 years as regular, and now he is IN
the retired payroll for life. BY his
b.averyhe was promoted Orderly Ser
geant He hollis several certificates OF
craftsmanship 10 annual contests. also
many other certificates of bravery and
honorable conduct s a soldier. Mr..
Il enjoys telling his 80 years eyper
fence IN war.
Tuesday found us in Marshall.own,
that beautifully located town where
the Old Soldiers Home is located In
brief, we found the cotored people
about the same as last year, each in
the same positions: Geo l.. Suffer hold
ing perhaps the best aud most LUCIA
tive position. that Of city engineer.
| l. Brown is in the Public Library
building Messrs Richard Wright and
Al Walker are running their shop. MIR
Warren is working al the packing house
while L. & job uson is now working
for Il. L Spencer the contractor in
Grinnell.
Ia,o the parlor city was our next
stop. The people of the Rapids are
preparing for the Masonic Grand Lodge
which convenes there next mouth.
Mir. William Milligan's fruit and apairy
farm is simply 6ne. and he and his
very industrious wife are certainly
very busy picking Strawberries off his
10 acres of Strawberries. This week
his acres of cherries will be ripe and
ready for market II is claimed that
his strawberries are the largest and
finest in that neigh borhood. When we
were there he had 81 pickers, all white
except four. His son and wife has
charge of the pickers while AR. Milf
gan hauls the berries to town, about
two miles. He makes three and four
loads day Oh. if only more OF our
race would go on the farm and do like
wise. There is no color or race prelu-
dice in the sale Ut farm products. MIR
Van Camp is still conducting his ice
cream and confectionery store. Mar
shall Perkins is doing well with his
rastaurap ut as usual. He and his wife
are planning to build to build beauti-
fal house, costing about $500. He in
Invites all the grand lodge mem oefs
AMI visitors to take thlir meals with
him Thomas Jackson and w. NJ
Robinson are doing we'll operating a
,onsorial shop E. c. Thomas is still
working at his old place His wife is
nui,e sick. O. g. Claire is working at
the public school. Mrs. r. Thompson
is keeping a boarding house, see add
elsewhere. Chas. Boone is working at
st. Clair's Produce Co. Rev. r. NJ.
Lewis is their A. NJ. E. pastor and is
doing wei and the people like him.
Mr. Perkins has bought out Mr.. A. b.
Marshall's carpet cleaning machine
and is doing well. w. H. Raspberry
one of the pioneers of Cedar Rapids
who has worked as assistant clerk in
in Grand Hotel Pharmacy for % years
vns some good and valuable property
The new subscribers are Rev. p. NJ.
Lewis, Mrs. G. Gray, W. Fl Raspberry
Mrs. Marshali Perkins, and Ed. l..
Bouey.
Arriving ia Dubuque, the oldest city
in ,xa. within was founded by Julian
Dubuque. the French explorer. 1T is
indeed bluffy city. almost small
mountains Fewer colored people re-
side here than any other city OF its
siz. ia the state, tiae inhabitrdts are
n ,stiy foreigners. Isaac Jones is still
doing we'll as he says, ''strugg'itg hard
to educate his children" Lenard
LIE Wis is a bright young man. music
teacher. His only sister is graduate
from the High School and is n,w one
~ the teachers ia Buxton. Iowa. She
viii attend the summer school at AXE
University. j. NJ Logan has moved
his barber shop 10 al Julian avenue
Kenny Martin will pen the news here
after from Dubuque. Rev b. K. Penn
u he new pastor from the eastern
conference. He 10 nice man and
seems TO he doing we'll W. Fl. Hayes
e one OF the new families for this city.
Re Is porter at the Elk's club His
wife is chiropodist and doing well.
INTO Clinton, Iowa we rambled. We
and here more Of our race in business
than any other town Of its size, and
they are doing well. As our agent,
~. A. IA. Bush is 70 very punctual and
brsiness ike. and has written 50 much
alout the colored men in business here
~ I'll not stteDpt none, only men.
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