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

Mrs. l.. f. Smith are conducting q
restaurant. Mr.. &. s. Robinson owns
beautiful home and h 8 daughter
Is attending sch, oil in Des Moines
Mr.. and Mis-. M. A. Bagby own also
very beautiful home in Lice part
OF the city. 1t Is well kept. M.sz
Della Henderson Is teacher In the
pubic s>hools. She wei. qualified
Frof. j. H. Wiley Is tea hing over
in So II berry. Hs is Al In erestinG
man to NEE. Irof. s. T. Psttigrew
Is t-acLiIg in Kea .esville re owns
a ueautiful home just across from
, the depot. Ee is q very busy man AZ
he is Grand Secretary OF tn, U. B. F.
strongest ord-rs among our people
in t. at state. Taey have s local
lodges NTH q membership Of 14,502
$2,215,0O0.C0 Insurance in force
now wi sur. l.s OF $32,747. May
say mo abou. this great order
later. salisbery was our next $40
and our stay was 50 short we cannot
90 justice. We found VIM. Black
I hard at work as contractor p asterer
G. H. Bently is still wor. lag at the
erist mill. w. T. Nc IS and MIR. M
Dameran are doing we !. workin a:
tue same p ace. Ar Ch s. Minor Is
doing well. Mr.. and MIS-. l.. L.
Hairgrow own a nice hone in the
South part Of town. M. and Mrs
Jackson own a nice, we'll ept home
AS our Ke, esv e top was My one
hour we cannot make al intelligent
report. In.o Karsas City, Mo. Here
live fully 10000 col-rei people.
Many are cong well in bu i~ess and
are succee Ing so very much In drug
stores, grocery stores, re urants
barber ops. etc. Tle fl est drug
store is the DR.. l ee store which was
n owed from T,peka, kacsa'. about
one year ago an opened one Of the
finest drug stores owned by a col
ored m an in America. Certainly this
store is a C it TO any race or any
ty. Dr.. Lee Is also owner Of q
wholesale drug co n! any and devotes
most of Is time at this factory while
his wi manages the drug store. The
peoples drug ore Is a file drug
store. There are three ct er drug
stores here. Jos. A. Wilson, the
pioneer jewe'er, located at 1916 W.
Ninth street has had 20 years ex-
perience. Also works as watch
mixer in two count les. He has a
nice line of jewe'rl. Here are
about 32 colore1 churches and mis-
sions. The large Ba~tist church Is
Jastcre1 ty t at alb e devine Rev. S
w. Baccte; the A. M. e. i pastored
by the eloq"ent devire, Rev. H.
Peck. Rev. E. S. Willett has charge
of St. Aug-stine's Mission. also ST
Siron's Mission and Nursery house.
He was formerly Des Moines man
wei 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
formerly Miss Clemons was Des
Moin 8 girl. They send re"ards to
an old friends. On learning y %
Bishop Abraham Grants rious ILL
ness, We e'itor called uro" our be-
loved rr-lst' and diting he'd citi-
I'm; found him u"lCe SIX, having
been con1red to tis bed For several
weevs. e 'itor Nick Ch Id of To-
pofa, Fa~sas, was calling rp him.
This grea' church lea 'er Of his de-
-o-,inatjon is utterly besieged wit"
lete~s and te'egrams but lis able
and very efficient stenogrsn"er Mi
Be"lah Pro son. who las been the
tiehor's trustee se'r~tary 'or many
years is rap'd'v an ~weri 'g tenn all.
Bis op Grant knows me so very we'll
and desiring me to sea West
orn University at Ouindar". hn
and wera driven OF in the family
rar~ia~e the first tin" tn bishop
had lem ort 20" s"v raj weeFs. We
enjoy d tie two mi iv' 70 Quin-
sa-o h SUI urb' Of Kancas City,
Kansas and I was mu'h Impressed
with hi erea U iver-ity erected
here for thu raining OF our young
mon a1d womeo. fbou 500 are
now enrolled. Pro- Fl T Healing
as r,eertlv been in ta''ed as presi-
de~t and as we rare writ n him to
furri~h u the GUS Of the buildings
and teacher with hi't'rv OF the
rchool we will soon eive our readers
is his orr. O"r newt ST. was st.
7os Ch, NO. Here Only W hours.
We coul1 not sav much out this
lar0e Mi o RI tom wit" 1000
colored re"ple. Three doctors. Dr.
NJ. O. Rickets h's 60"
ROOFS n the dov n town d's4r'ct and
's Soi VII DR.. Csrri has q
'age rcicN. d.. 7. R Grassland
t. HI oil g T. the citv. He has an
o~ee. J H. Key 1, rracticine
la. Nr p. 7. Sc~tt IL st1 United
s'ate- go ernme~t mea' inspector
Toin~ nil. He has br' himself
a verv b-a ii " two ct ~ house
,o~' e'elv no ern. ro-ms. G. II
More hae move' hi tcnsoral shoE
con OF thu corne~ o. S. snd Ed
mcn's. Nr A. 7. B,nk7 owns 8
bea~ full rome, as a'eo d"es Prof
cjmr, w'o is s+i prn"i' le Of the
FIG" Stool. Mr.. Ter" r still op'
erattno h $ matr es and second