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

| run his shop. Mrs. Rosa Corbin is con-
Quoting her rooming house and board
ing. She has eighteen regular board
ers, doing we'll. 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 thirty-fve 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.. E. 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.
He is fine fellow to meet. Mr.. U. NJ.
Shortridge is doing well. Mr.. William
Towles has bought house on AS West
Ninth street. Mr.. H. Harper on Bridge
avenue is doing well. He owns 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. /. Ingram is also doing we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. Ballard are doing we'll.
They own nice home. n. 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. 2. RoD-
inson has bought house at IT'S East
ern ave. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Buck on
Scott street are still here, doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Turner are doing
nicely, also is F. Baker. Mr. H. 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 a soul who ever
goes to Chicago but what they come
away with a new vision of hope and
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 100000
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 48O col
ored clerks employed as clerks IN the
post Office, $50 mail carriers, eighty
four colored churches, one Z. M. y. A.,
one Y. w. G. A., and one hospital, 10
barber shops and several hundred res
taurants and lunch rooms, twenty-five
LAWYERS. thirty-four physicians, four
teen dentists, six undertakes, severai
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 teams,
three hotels, FIVE colored bands, several
manufacturers and laundries. 1t IS sa1d
that more than 5000 railroad porters
live here with several shoe Stores
candy and many other stores that space
will not at this time permit me 10
annmerate them. The first thing tina.
struck me was the big colored car rlll'.
company was holding carnival on Ihe
Odd Fells track Of Grand on Inlrty-
seventh and State streets, gwen one
1raek for the benefit of the Odd Eel.
lows lodge building fund. They mao
old merry-go-rounds, the Whip, SWING
and the air swing, woman Dooths anu
lottery drawing by numbers OF cnick-
ems. geese, ducks, -four, sugar ana nan
and meal and various other anuse-
man+s The next real surprise to us was
- see such royal and enthusiastic g,
ceptions that both white and co,orea
people give the last Of the r co.orea
heroes heroes lust returned home from France J,
.ha sosra Pioneer infantry numbering
], eon With white officers marched from
.+ H. denot TO Grant Park to the KHAKI
~ hors in blue club house where they
were served to dinner by the req 1 1e5th
Roth colored and whites OF .ne 800 S.,a
c.4, h.na met them at the Urai"