The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-01

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Bates bouncing baby boy, someone
remarked that he was making boys to
run his shop. Mrs. Rosa Corbin is con-
Quoting her rooming house and board
ing. She has eighteen regular board
ers, doing well. Mrs. Rebecca Corbin
formerly Mrs. Raikes) Of Des Moines
| is living here. She wishes to be re-
membered to her old Des Moines frieds
where she lived for thirtv-five years.
Mrs. d. s. johnson will still chronicle
the news for the reliable Bystander.
Mrs. Maggie Sage is still here doing
well. Mrs. S. Washington has been sick
for several months. D. l.. Holmes is
one of the successful young men. He is
teaming for the city making big money.
He owns some fine horses. Mr.. f. Green
is still running the restaurant and pool
hall, doing well. Mr.. Eugene Green is
our ever reliable expressman doing a
big business. Mr.. I. A. Trembo is still
conducting his soft drink and pool hall.
Hesis fine fellow to meet. Mr.. u. NJ.
Shortridge is doing well. Mr.. William
Towles has bought a house on 415 West
Ninth street. Mr.. II. Harper on Bridge
avenue is doing well. He owns q well
kept home. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Shepard
on Grand avenue is doing well. He
works for the Railway company. They
own a very beautiful modern well kept
home. J. I. Ingram is also doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. Ballard are doing we'll.
They own nice home. H. B. Smith
also owns good property. His several
lots are covered with grape vines and
they are loaded with fine grapes, sew
eral thousand pounds. Mr.. A. Coonce
at $40 West Tenth street also has lots
of grapes in his vineyard this is big
crop year through Iowa. Mrs. Q. Rob
inson has bought house at 1918 East
ern ave. Mr.. and Mrs. n. Buck on
Scott street are still here, doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Turner are doing
nicely, also is F. Baker Mr.. n. Howard
has bought nice large house at 1928
Judson street and is enjoying happiness
with his family. Chicago, Chicago, oh,
you little city on the pond, says one
writer but we had rather put it Chicago
the worlds metropolis on the lake. We
want to write briefly about this won
.derful city while some of the inspiring
things that we saw is fresh upon our
memory. Breaths there soul who ever
goes to Chicago but what they come
away with new vision OF hope ana
surprises for here you can see and meet
hundreds and thousands of people OF
every civilized country upon the face OF
the globe. Every known tongue and
every known language live side by side
in this great metropolitan city. We
have here little more than lO0,OoO
Negroes in nearly every avenue and IN
all kinds of business known to the
American Yankee. Some are rich some
are poor. some are educated and cul-
tured and some ignorant and almost
uncivilized, some are succeeding ana
some are failing, some are good ana
some are bad. In fact there are here
lust like the human race in all other ma
tionalities. The colored business d.
rectory reveals the fact that Chicago
has at present about 235 policeman,
three members Of the state Legislature,
one member Of the city council, almost
one regiment Of colored soldiers in
khaki now with about 100 colored COM
missioned officers. There are 4SO col
ored clerks employed as clerks in the
post office, $50 mail carriers, eighty
four colored churches, one Y. M. G. A.,
one Y. w. G. A., and one hospital, 10
barber shops and several hundred res
taurants and lunch rooms, twenty -hve
LAWYERS, thirty four physicians, four
teen dentists, six undertakes, several
hair dressing parlors, hundreds OF poor
halls and soft drink parlors, three
hanks. ten real estate firms, twenty gro
cery stores, fourteen drug stores, one
daily paper, two magazines, five weekly
newspapers, two good baseball teams,
three hotels, five colored bands, several
manufacturers and laundries. 1t is SAID
that more than 5000 railroad porters
live here with several shoe stores
candy and many other stores that space
vii, not at this time permit me to
anumerate them. The first thing that
struck me was the big colored carnival
company was holding a carnival on the
Odd FEELS track Of Grand on thirty
seventh and State streets, given one
week FOR the benefit Of the Odd Fei-
lows lodge building fund. Ihey mao
old merry go-rounds, the Wiip, swing
ond the air swing, woman 8 booths ana
lottery drawing by numbers Of chick
ems. geese, ducks, -four, sugar and ham
.rd meal and various other amuse-
,nar+s The next real surprise to us was
80 sae such royal and enthusiastic re,
+ho+ both white and colored