Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-06-30
EprroR,s oRsBERyATroNs.


Again / take my pen in hand to le
\ the world know who is dead and WHIT
Is alive since we last wrote abou
them about one year ago. Our hrs
stop was Marshaltown, there we
found . very few changes !. l.. Brown
Geo. L. Suitor and w, D. Crawdfor
are all working at their respective
places Mr.. Warren ID on the truck
farm garden he has good prospect
for vegetable Mr. Warren has been
sick the past week. Mr. Lin johnson
Is In the cement business as a con-
tractor having all the work that he
can do he has a gang OF men WORKING
for him. Mr.. Cal Wheeler Is at work
In the packing house he will soon 60
on the road with the harvester as
engineer Of the threshing machine
M. y. Jackson is still working at the
same place. AL Walker has first
class toDsorial shop doing a large
business. Mason City the metropolis
of northern Iowa and one of the pref
tiest Iowa cities with 10000 people OF
which 20 are of the African descent
with two of the largest cement plants
in the world employing over 500 men
and are now building another so look
out for the Capital of Cerro Gordo
county, the colored people who are
trying to be somebody and succeed
are doing WE'LL Our friend and form
er Des Moines citizen John D. Reeler
is succeeding nicely he has moved his
tonsorial shop under the First Ma
tional, just built of seven stories, here
Il nf ha ,rf I'D mr.
finest shops in northern Iowa and the
finest that we have yet seen owned
by our race he works all white help
as he cannot get colored. P. w. Jones
has moved his barber shop short
distance from the old stand he has
built a new home on lis Bradley st.
Our old friend and former Des Moines
men Thomas Allen and Claud Carr
are doing we'll the former in the ce-
ment business and the latter is en-
ployed at cigar and pool hall. Mr.
and Mrs. r. Baerning a new man
here has opened UP a confectionery
and barber shop at 1414 Main he also
keeps boarders doing we'll. Walter
Davis runs a shining parlor. Mr.. d.
] Howard janitor at the LIST Nat.
Bank building opened up very nice
shining parlor. Rev. E. j. Penney is |
pastor OF the only colored church or
gami3 here a Congregational
mission he is doing well, Rev. Penney /
ii good christian teacher he has a
lovely family their only single /
daughter is teacher in the public
school Of Muskogee Oklo. Rob Lewis
is still working at the Boyds Drug
store. Arthur Green is sick. Mrs.
friedrich Wright and mother are con-
Quoting confectionery store and
MOTEL called The American at 500 E.
9Th st. doing well.
We next landed in Minneapolis
Mimi, one OF the prettiest and most
beautiful cities in America with her
road well-planned streets, towering
buildings her beautiful lakes and
water falls with the laughing Mime
IA ha with her great flour mills and
umber industry surely she makes
Ter part of the famous train cities in
istory, poetry and beauty here we
ind about 5000 colored people scatter
d through the city. Many are doing
veil the five churches are doing as
veil as they should because up here
he minister says they wont go to
hurch too many other attractions.
lev. T. w. Lewis has charge of st.
letters, his first year Rev. I. L.
Varton Is still pastoring. s. Janks
he pastor A. N. 3. church while Rev.
u. Withers has Zion Baptist has
,een here for nine years. Rev. Carter
las Bethesda Baptist. Father Lealty
It st. Paul IS preaching at the Epis-
opal church in the evenings there are f
w0 doctors two lawyers two news
'apers, one undertaken, one dentist
me ice cream parlor, two restaurants.
wO pool halls, one soloon four barber
hops one feed store one hair dress
ng and manicuring parlor is Miss
lena Smith
Mrs. J. L. Neal is still in their
eautiful home on 9Th ave. So, her
aughter Cora just graduated from
be High School domistic science
curse her two sons JohnL. is book
e9er in the 500 Ry. oftic Paymaster
'upt. and Chas is bookkeeper in
voodard grain Office. Mrs. Francis
'eLeo the great hair dresser has
cid her parlor also her good will
hey own beautiful home at 2919
[ennepan Ave. Mr.. J. w. Kagar who +,
employed by the Railroad company
WINS lovely home at 1925 Grand
We. Theo Brown, formerly of Des
Ioines runs a barber shop and pool
all w. J. Withers runs a feed I,
tore. Mrs P. Corneal conducts a
e cream parlor. G. Burk formerly
our city is cement contractor {
2 also has patented some cement
locks he has his Office at 1919 4th
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