The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-12-07
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yelopment Company, spent last week
in visiting with friends and relatives
at Buxton, Iowa.
Alderman John ]. Bradley, has
served the people 80 well, for the past
6 years that he will be reelected to
the City Council this coming spring
with almost no opposition.
Former Alderman John H. Jones,
will no doubt enter into the running
in the sth ward, for his old seat In
the City Council, at the next alder
manic election.
Jesse Binga has possession Of 536-
$40 Wabash ave-, FIVE story brick
building. "a fats that will be newly
decorated and rented to respectable
Colored families, May 1, 1908.
w B. Harris, Of ST. Paul. Mimi, Is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Clifford john
son, Pip State street Mr.. Harris Is
favorably impressed. with the great
ness of Chicago.
Mr.. William Kendall left business
Wednesday morning for his home and
Detroit. Michigan. after spending
about two months visiting his mother
Mrs. Nathan Ennols, 661S Vernon Av.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Ratcliff. 1850
Dearborn street, last Thursday even
ing. entertained at dinner. Rev. and
Mrs. ]. w. Stovall, Miss Ray E. White,
sister Of Mrs. Stoyall OF Detroit, Mich,
and Mr.. E. H. Parker Of Philadelphia.
The Bryan League, was recognized
last Sunday afternoon at the Grand
Eacific Hotel, with Carter H. Harri-
son as president, Major Edgar B. Toll
man. vice president; John E. Traeger
was brought out as its candidate for
Governor Of Illinois in 1908.
Mrs. Alma A. Simpson, 1928 State
street, conducts a new and second
hand clothing store and she is the
only Afro-American woman in this
city engaged in that line Of business.
and for cleaning. dyeing and repair
ing, her prices are the lowest In town.
Governor Charles s. Deneen. opened
his campaign. for denomination this
week and States Attorney John ].
Healy will continue to have the Grand
Jurors to indict gamblers in Cook
County until after meeting Of the Re
publican State Convention.
The November Grand Jury indicted
about eighteen or twenty big and lit
tie tin-horn gamblers. including, James
O,Leary and Pat O'Malley, and reco-
mneded that the saloon license Of a
number Of bad men who are engaged
in the liquor business be revoked,
which was a pretty hard slap ct Mayor
Busse and his reform administration.
l. L. Jones, second vice-president
Of the Black Diamond Development
Company, has proven himself to be,
one of the solid business men among
the Afro-American race in Chicago,
and he has unbounded faith, in the
revenue producing qualities Of the
Blask Diamond Development Com
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. George, 1853
Dearborn street, who rank among the
smart set, and the leaders of the four
hundred. have seemingly lost their
sweetness for each other, and they
have for a while at least decided to
live apart, and Mrs. George who is
one of the faithful workers around the
Frederick Douglass Center, is resting
up at the home Of her sister Mrs.
Young, 1914 Wentworth avenue.
The general committee on the Char.
ity Ball for Provident Hospital, met
Thursday evening, December 5, at
Provident Hospital at $3.50. The hall
has been secured and all members
were asked to complete their list Of
patron and patronesses and such other
matter as is necessary for a formal
announcement which will appear In
the next issue Of this paper.
d. H. WILLIAMS,
Chairman.
R A. ]. SHAW,