Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-07-11
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.
BY John L. Thompson.

by John l.. thompson.
In my last weeks observations Of
Omaha omitted to mention that Mr..
John Hardy, formerly a resident Of
this city, gave very fine breakfast
in honor of Ye Editor. We had very
pleasant time talking over our earlier
life. -.
Is Sioux City we found TIE people
in a prosperous condition and in fine
spirits. Sioux City is growing and
the colored population IS increasing.
DR.. J. WILDER Norris is still attending
to his many patients in the Lyle
block, who makes specially Of physi-
cal culture, autobiography and mas
sages. His wife has just gone to
Kansas City for an extended visit.
DR.. Norris, in company with Mr.. M.
Askew and several others have or
ganized company to operate bar
Der shop and bath rooms. They have
an excellent location and fine shop.
They give most any kind of bath that
d person would want. We commend
them in their attempt to establish a
busisess among our people in the
northwest. Mr.. w. P. Shields is still
here, but not working at his old trade.
He has been quite sick for some time
past. T. H. Sturgis is still on the
mail force and is doing we'll. He is
one of the strong men in the north
west. Mr.. A. R. Morgan is doing
nicely, working for the Johnson
Cracker factory. Mr.. C. F. Williams
is still in the carpet cleaning business
at 7O4 West Seventh street. He is
having big rush and says business
is on the increase. F. A. Hackley,
who formerly worked in the cloak
room at the Iowa legislature, is now
running a barber shop. Mr.. C. E.
Stubblefifield is still on the mail force
working down town. He is a fine man
and is one Of the real race men in the
west. Mr.. J. w. Hudson is still rum
ming on the road, doing we'll. Mr.. L.
T. Sadler, M. o. Collins and w. H.
Washington are hustling men and do
ing nicely. R. L. Knight is a retired
minister living on his own property.
Mr.. J. Jones has moved to 900 Fourth
street and is working at the same old
place. Theodore A. Bell, former mes
senger of the governor of Iowa, is
living here, working in a jewelry
store. He and his wife served break
fast for US and we enjoyed their cour-
tesy very much. Rev. J. w. Dowden
is still here. He has no charge this
year. The A. M. E. church is presided
over by Rev. A. L. Johnson and the
church is doing fairly we'll. The Bap-
fist church is presided over by Rev.
-, who seems to ne moving
along in the usual way. Mrs. A.
Mayo is running a nice restaurant at
3O8 Douglass street. She is doing
very we'll and has a nice restaurant.
Mr.. M. NJ. Collins also has restaur-
ant at 223 West Eighth street and is
doing nicely. Mr.. M. Askew is still
at the Soper drug store. His broth
er, Edward, has moved into a nice
place at 212 West Sixth street and
is also doing we'll. Mr.. D. C. Gordon
is nice man and doing we'll. Mr.. Joe
Baker is hustler and we'll liked.
Miss Goldie Hackley has accepted the
agency of the Bystander, to be Mrs.
Eta Grants successor. Mrs. Grant
has been our agent for many years
and we are under many obligations
for her valuable and useful services
rendered. We hope that Miss Hack
ley will have the best wishes of our
constituents in the northwest and we
trust that her friends will encourage
and help her in the work.
Our next stop was in Fort Dodge.
Here we found but few colored people,
yet some Of them are doing nicely.
Mr.. S. Hudson has opened a pantator-
ium right across the street from the
Wakonsa hotel and is doing we'll.
Mrs. L. B. Buckner is still here at the
same old place. Mrs. Charles Lewis
is still living at 20 Bluff street. She
has nice home. Her boys are en-
ployed in the city. Mr.. Scott Davis,
formerly of this town, is still here,
doing we'll. Mr.. R. w. Watson is one
of the substantial citizens here and q
real race man. Mr.. Cooper's folks
have recently moved here from Mis-
souri, and they seem to like the town.
Luke Raglin is still working at the
barber shop. Mr.. C. T. Roger is a
young man doing nicely here. We
understand there are some farmers
who are doing we'll, but did not get
their names. There is one church
here under the auspices of the Bap-
fist people. Mr.. Sylvester Lewis owns
a nice place on Twenty-third street
and is doinp we'll