Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-12-09

Mrs. l.. F. Smith are conducting a
restaurant. Mr.. Il. s. Robinson owns
a beautiful home and daughter
Is attending sch, oil in Des MoineS.
Mr.. and MIS-. M. A. Bagby own also
q very beautiful home in a Lice part
OF the city. 1t Is well kept. MSS
Della Henderson Is teal her In the
pubic schools. She g wei. qualified.
Frof. J. II. Wiley is tea hing over
In Sa II berry. Hs is 81 In eresting
man to NEE. Frof. 8. T. Psttigrew
is t-acLiAg in Kea .esyille. ne owns
ueautiful home just across from
the depot. Ee Is q very busy man as
he Is Grand Secretary Of thu U. B. F..
strongest ord~rs among our people
in t.. at state. Tley havs 4 local
lodges With a membership of 14,502.
$2,2l5,000.O0 insuranc, in force
now wi h a sur. LIS OF $32,747. May
say mo abou. this greai order
later. Salisbery was our next $40
and our stay was so short we cannot
90 Justice. We found VIM. Black
hard at work as contractor p asterer.
c. H. Bently Is still wor. lag at the
grist mill. w. T. Mes and Mr.. M.
Dameran are doing we |, workin at
tue same p ace. Mr. CHI S. Minor Is
doing we'll. MIR. and MIS-. l.. l..
Hairgrow own nice home In the
South part OF town. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson own nice, we'll ! ept home.
AS our Ket esv e top was My one
hour we cannot make al intelligent
report. In o Kansas City, Mo. Here
live fully 10000 col rei people.
Many ara CON, well in bu l. ess and
are succeeding so very much in drug
stores, groc> ry stores, re t urants
barber ops, etc. Tae fl est drug
store is the DR.. l ee store which was
owed from Tcpeka, + a-sa', about
one year ago an opened one OF the
finest drug stores owned by a col.
ored n an in America. Certainly this
store is Q it TO any race OR any
ty. Dr.. Lee Is also owner of a
Wholesale drug co NJ any and devotes
most of is time at this factory while
his wi manages the drug store. The
peoples drug ore Is fl e drug:
store. There are three ct er drug
stores here. Jos. A. Wilson, the
pioneer iewe' Ter, located at 1916 W..
Ninth street has had 20 years ex-.
perience. Also works as watch
maker in two count, les. He has a
nice line Of jewe'rJ. Here ara
about so colore1 churches and mis-
sions. The larga Ba~ti7t church Is
Jastcre1 by t at alb e devine Rev. S.
W. Baccte; the A. M. E. / RESTORED
by the eloqrent devire, Rev. H.
Peck. Rev. E. S. Willett has charge
If St. Augustine's Mission. a'eo st
Siron's Mission and Nursery house.
He was formerly Des Moines man
well known here rs he lived here
many years and his many friends
rers will be gled to note his prog
res, in the religious world. His wife
f~rmerly Miss Clemens was a Des
Moin girl. They send reoards 10
Ian old friends. On learning o.
Bishop Abraham Grants s rlous ILL
ness, We e'itor called uro" our be-
loved rr-lst, and di-ting | he'd citi-
I'm; found him u"lCe SIX, having
been conared to tis bod for several
weers e 'itor Nick Oh Id OF To-
p-Fa, Fa~sas, was calling rp him.
THIS great church lea 'er of his de-
~c-"ination is utterly besieged with
let'e~s and kilograms but f1s able
and very efficient stenoeren"er nv
Be"lah Pro son. who tas been the
tiehor's trustee se~r"tary 'or many
years is rap'd'v an weri 'g tenn all.
Bist Oh Grant knows me so very we'll
and de-iring me to sec West
orn University at Oufndar". re
and 7 wero driven OF in the family
rar~ia~e the first TIM tn bishop
had een ort 70" s"v raj weeFs. We
enjoy d tie two mi w. 20 Quin-
faro h sueurb' Of KanSas City,
Kansas and I was mu'h impressed
with thi' erea' U ivor-ity erected
here for thu raining Of our young
mon AID womeo. fbou 500 are
now enrolled. Pro- H T Healing
'ss raeertlv been in ta''ea as presi-
de~t and as we rare writ him to
furnish u the GUS Of the buildings
and teacher" with a hi~t"rv of the
~chool we will soon five orr readers
is, his orr. O-r newt St. was st.
los rh, No. Here only f W hours.
We coul1 no. say much a out this
lar-e Mi % ri tom wit 10000
colored re"ple. Three doctors. DR..
M. q. Rockets h"e 20" ."
ROOFS II the dov town d'e'r'ct and
's |oi VII DR.. Csrri has q
'a'ge rcic'. D.. 7. R Grassland
f. HI oil l. the citv. He has an
o%~e. J Fl. Ke' IL rracticing
la. Mr. p. 7. Sc 1T IL I'll United
s'ate- go ernme~t mea' insrector.
roin~ nj II. He has BIZ himself
a verv b-a ii u two ct ~ house
~o>,, lie civ TO ern. 7 ro~ma. G. II.
More has move7 hi tcnsor al shop
20" n OF tho corne~ o" S. snd Ed
MONS. Nr A. 7. B'nkr owns q
boa t'ful ro~e, as a'eo d"os Prof
cjm-, w'o IS 81 pr mi 1e Of TIE
Pige Stool. Mr.. re r. = still op.
erptfnr h s matr es and second
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