Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-08-26
ED,ToR's OBSERVATIONS.
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the city. He Is nice man to NEE
and is we'll liked. His wife Is TN
Burlington news gatherer for TIT
Bystander. Mr.. Lafayette Washing
ton Is another we'll known old citi
zen. He has been chef for thirty
two years at the Delano hotel. Mr.
Henry Cooper is one OF the pionee
real estate agents of our race IL
Iowa. He Is still working at MI
trade. His wife Ia foEmer De-
Moines woman, formerly Mrs. Ger
trude Poindexter. They own val
liable home. Mr.. A. u. Drew Is still
on the rural route mail service, do
ing fairly.
Our next stop was in FIT. Madi
son (nUt in the state PRISON., bul
in the city. We found Mr. Fred
Henry still the baggage man at tht
C. B. & @. depot. He has been In
the service for many years. In fact
he learned his trade here, and If
here yet The only colored bag
gage man to our knowledge in
Iowa. He owns beautiful home
and has lovely wife and children.
Mr.. C. w. Eubanks. the faithful no
tel porter, was seen at the depot
calling for his hotel, where he has
been for more than quarter OF a
century. He is good citizen. His
wife has the only hair dressing shop
in the town, and is ably assisted by
her sister. Miss Lulu Williams, who
will CLEAN the FIT. Madison notes
this year. Mr.. R. Harper is still
working a, the same old place. Also
Mr.. Thomas, who is one of the pio-
neers of Iowa. He is remodeling
his home. Mr.. Walter Arnold is a
hustling young man. MIR. l. b.
Smith is working at the Elk's club.
Walter Hall is still working for the
Santa Fe round house shops. He
has purchased 7-acre tract of land
in the southeast part of the city
limits, and has moved down on it.
His wife has several hundred chick
ems. Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Kittrell are
remodeling their home. Mr.. G.. H..
Jackson owns nice house, doing
nicely. Mrs. NJ, Mack and Mrs. C..
E. Ewing. on Spruce street. are do
ing we'll They own nice homes.
Our friend, Rev. ]. w. Evans, who
has charge of the Baptist flock, is
making much headway with his peo-
pie. We next went into camp in the
Gate City and before we left this
old historic city. where once Chief
Keokuk used TO assemble his red
warriors, We had secured thirty-two
new subscribers to the already good
sized list, which was the best work
we have done this year in two days.
Mr.. Austin A. Bland, one of the
Oldest colored citizens and pioneers
of Keokuk, has bought three
story brick hotel at 1917 Main
street. He is running rooming
house. He has twenty-one rooms on
the two upper floors, and business
on the ground floor such as bar
Der shop, pool hall and lunch room,
all conducted by Mr.. Bland. See his
advertisement elsewhere. w. H.
Jones is running first class tom
serial shop, doing we'll. Young Mr..
w. r. Rush is still in the pantator-
iunh business and shining parlors,
doing good business. Orange
Fields. the veteran carpenter, is still
hustling. He has all the work that
he can do. He is improving some
OF his houses and lots. A. J. Fields
is still in the grocery business. He
is doing better than ever. He has
seen here for nearly eight years. j.
W. Bland, the reliable and first
class blacksmith, Is having all the
work that four men can do in his
shop. Mr. j. C. Brooks is without
one Of the coming young
men of this city. A contractor,
carpenter. He learned under Mr..
Orange Fields, now he is contracting
and always busy We wish for this
worthy man a successes. Mr.. D. w.
Anderson says that he has plenty
of work in his line of plastering
Alonza Draine, is still doing good
business with his ice cream parlor,
at 1923 Main street. His two sis
teTs, who are very accomplished
young ladies. attend most all the
business at the parlors. while Alon-
20 works as a soda dispensator in
drug store. Mrs. Kata Frye con-
ducts a first class restaurant 500
Main street She is having good
patronage. VIM. Gross is still in the
mail service as a carrier. DR.. T. H.
PHILLIPS at 1902 Palean street, is
'!oing SO well that he is enlarging
his home SO as to make regular
sanitarium for his patients. His
home will have about twenty rooms,
strictly modern, with hot water
baths and mud baths and other con-
yeniences. DR.. Phillips is one of
the old guards of our early day
race men who by, his hard work and
ability, has made wonderful sue
ress in life. He began life as an
editor, publishing one of the first
Negro journals west of the NIissis-
sippi river, called, ! think. the West
ern Optic, in Moberly, Mo. Mr.. A..
Yeiser, one OF Keokuk's pioneers,
owns a pleasant home on 526 Pa
lean street. He has large orchards
and only about dozen apples, but
the unique thing that ] saw was
large apple growing out from the
body of the tree. There have been
many white men and newspaper
writer's who have written about this
this curious freak of nature Rev.
@. C. Galloway, formerly of CIarin-
la, has been called to take up the
work with the Seventh street Bap-
list church. He is an active young
nan, and we hope for him success
B. Il. Anderson is still conducting
lis barber shop. Our friend, Sell
" Johnson lis still unmarried, and
in his beautiful home on
High street II he should wander
o Des Moines he wouldn't have to
,e alone very long. The five colored
.hurches seem to be doing well. 4
There arc three Baptist and one "A.
a. r. and Episcopal. The latter is
,artored by Father w. A. Bruce. a
Christian gentleman of
nrch experience. He started life
sEen e small boy, working in
printing office After learning the