The new age., 1907-02-09

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Mrs. r. B. Hall is quite i'll.
Mrs. Lizzie Frazier, Of 4471 Ever
EFT street, is indisposed.
Mrs. Palmer, of Park and Everett
streets, is slowly convalescing.
Harry Hooper, one Of the pioneer
railroad men, is suffering from an
attack of la grippe.
When you need groceries go to j.
B. Simmons, 463 Glisan street, who
will treat you right.
Mr.. VIM. Fry, who is employed at
Lifts dressmaking parlors, is suf-
fering with sprained ankle.
y. b. Simmons carries fine,
fresh line Of staple groceries. Give
him a call. 463 Clisan street.
Mr.. VIM. Duncan, one of our popu-
lar railroad employees, is confined to
the house with threatened attack
Of pneumonia.
Do not forget the young peoples
meeting at the A. M. E. Zion church
each Sunday evening at o'clock,
under the leadership of Mrs. Lulu
Easton.
Mr.. w. M. Gale, one of the pros
porous and influential citizens of
Rainier, Ore, is the guest of his long
time friend, Mr.. Dave Thornton, of
this city.
Mr.. w. W. Wheeler, head waiter
of the Hotel Portland, accompanied
by his wife, is spending a short vaca-
tion in visiting various parts of our
sister state.
Mr.. T. B. Hall has resigned his
position in the boot polishing parlors
of the Hotel Portland, and has been
succeeded by Mr.. G. N White, who
formerly held the same.
Go to J. b. Simmons, 463 Glisan
street, for choice groceries, cigars
and confectioneries. Everybody
treated alike, regardless of the
amount of the purchase.
For first-class meals and old-fash-
Toned home cooking call at Mrs.
Smiths, on Ankeny street, between
Third and Fourth streets, where you
will get the best in the city for your
money.
Mrs. Corrine Barber will soon
leave for Denver, Col, for the bene-
fit of her health, having been ordered
by her physician to live in a higher
altitude on account of pulmonary
troubles.
An apron social Will be given at
the A. M. E. Zion church, Thirteenth
and Main street, on Feb. 28 and
March 1, under the direction of the
following committee: Mesdames K.
Gray, L. Easton and D. M. Newman.
Experience social at Trades Union
hall, Tuesday evening, Feb. IL, by
Household of Ruth. Do not fail to
attend and enjoy the flow of wit and
wisdom as we'll as heart to heart
confessions of How Made Dol
lar"
After an illness of several weeks
Mrs Belle Craig died the first of this
week. The disposition of the re-
mains await advices from her hus-
band, who is in Colorado, he having
been communicated with by julius
Severe, who is her brother-in-law.
AS the result of trying to protect
a couple of women of his race from
insult by number of drunken white
rowdies, Samuel S. Phillips was shot
and killed by VIM. Jones in San
Francisco, Cal. Mr.. Phillips was
well known to our citizens, having
resided here for number of years.
The management of the Hill
house, one of the most exclusive
boarding houses of the Northwest,
decided to make a change in the
culinary department and have dis
charged the white cooks and installed
a colored crew. Mr.. Pendleton
Smith, for number of years chief
cook on one of the private cars, is in
command, ably seconded by Haywood
Massy.
We learn that there are in the
neighborhood of 80 vacancies in the
police department, with no applicants
for the same If this state of affairs
should continue, it might be possible
that some one of our Afro-American
citizens might be acceptable to the
powers that be, under the present ad-
ministration, as their policy seems to
be that no job shall go to negro
that white man can be induced to
accept.
Miss Mamie Lee, the waitress OF
the Vestibule cafe who was so badly
cut about the face and neck, has so
far recovered from her wounds as
to be able to leave the hospital and
return to her home. AS yet the po-
lice have not been able to positively
fix the identity of her assailant and
it bids fair to take its place with the
numerous unsolved crimes that have
baffled the police and detectives of