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The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
COLORED SOLDIER KILLS TWO
POLICEMEN.
blade News Service. }

Blade news Service.
BIRMINGHAM. AHA few
nights ago Policemen W. D. Evans
and A. w. Phillips were both shot
and killed by Albert Brown, a col
ored soldier, after the officers had,
without cause, shot and killed his
friend The two soldiers were ac-
costed by the officers while coming
out Of lonely street. demanding
to know Of the contents If a suit
case which The soldiers were car
rying and the men in uniform be-
inG SLOW 70 reply the policemen
opened fire or them, killing Brown
but not before they were MORALLY
wounded from which wounds they
died a few hours later The other
man in uniform escaped.
lndiscretion by officers in making
or attempting to make arrests of
colored people and especially sol
diers. have already caused many Of
them their lives.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
ARRIVALS AT BEAUTIFUL
IDLEWILD

K. Middleton, New York; Archie
Sapp, Washington, D. c.; p. Hen
ry, Cleveland. Ohio; J. c. Dinson,
New York; Geo. Hunter. Spring
field, ILL.,; Helen Gibson, Pittsburg,
Pa; Sarah Hutchson, Pittsburp
Pa; J. W. Wells, St. Paul Mimi;
Frank H. POLAND and wife. Lake
Forest, ILL.,; Robert Nelson, Spring
field, Ill; Dudley Shepardson, Ann
Arbor, Mich; w. Newton and wife
Tubolt, Ind; Earnest Brown, St
Louis, Mo; J. H. Cothane, Spokane.
d. c.; c. White, White Cloud, X. c.;
Sergt. Wilson Hunt. Camp Grant
Lille Bryon, Milwaukee; A. n.
hurry, New York; b. G.. Dowell
Gary, Ind; Mr.. and Mrs. King, Co
iumbus, Ohio; V. Wanzer, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
Oshkosh, Wis

The Stork special visited Fond
du Lac March II, and left 8 ID.
baby girl at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. w. Wright. Mr.. Wright is
in Winnepeg, Canada, with his or
chestra Mother and baby are do
ing nicely.
Mrs. Emma Gilmore Ryan. APP
pleton, was Sunday guest to Mrs.
Sylvia Thomas, Neenah, Wis.
Mr.. Warden Leach, Ford du Lac
was an Oshkosh visitor this week.
Mrs Mary Moon and Mr. and
Mrs. j. w. Smyth were visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hart,
Neenah, Wis, Sunday.
Mr. Harold Yackum, brother Of
Mrs. Fred Bushel, spent three days
in this city enroute home, Red
Spring, Wis, after spending several
months with the A. f. f., France
He was severely wounded last Oct.
Mr.. Sam Alsup was home for sew
eral days last week on account Of a
severe attack of La Grippe We
hope to see him back on the run in
few days.
Mrs. Mary Noon, whose home
was destroyed by fire, Jan. %. ex-
poets to be back into her new home
about March %.
Mrs. J. w. Smith will spend few
days in Chicago this month.
Mr. Herbert Mitchell is expecting
visit from his brother Sergt. B. J.
Mitchell Of the 365th Infantry in
the near future.
Mr. Fred II Crawford is doing
dining Car relief work between this
city and Milwaukee during the i'll
ness of Mr.. Alsup.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

Mrs. Cheatham, wife of DR.. Cheat
ham, who suffered from a stroke Of
paralysis last week is reported i'm
growing.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jones and
children are reported to be i'll at
their home on w. Dayton St, stuff
erlng with influenza. Their many
fricl as wish them an early reeov-
cry.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
ST. LOUIS NEGRO CLAIMS TO BE
FATHER OF FORTY CHILDREN
Bv the Associated Negro Press

By the Associated Negro Press.
ST. LOUIS-B. B. Banks, Ne
gro who lives in Benton, St. Louis
county, says he is the father of 40
children.
Banks asserts that all his babies"
are alive. He says he has SIX sons
in France.
Banks was discovered in Division
Nc. of the circuit court, where he
was a plaintiff in an action against
the Glover Leaf Casualty company,
seeking judgment of $500 for al
legged personal injuries suffered
while employed at a steel plant.
I've been married three times"
Banks said. by my first wife
had Is children. She's dead. MY
second wife had no children. l d.
vorced her. l had % children by my
Shird wife"
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Hicks, were
callers at The Blade Office last Mon
day evening.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

many Madison friends. While in /
Madison he was waiter in the
Park hotel dining rooms.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

many Madison friends. While in
Madison he was waiter in the
Park hotel dining rooms.
d. w. Carmichael. Circulation
Mgr. is making quite a success and
increasing the list of subscriptions
He is offering AZ piece dinner set
and one years subscription to the
Blade for $685.. Also a 81 piece
set with one years subscription for
$3.50.
Deacon ]. W Hughes dropped in
on us this week. He has fully re-
covered from his illness.
The war, as far as we are con-
cerned is over; but what shall the
colored soldier hope for when the
blessed emoluments accruing from
it are being observation-disclosures we
sown to the wind and must only
reap from the wind? Our boys did
their part in Selling the citadel of
the enemy, why not this govern
ment go color blind in the admins
tration of the fruits of democracy?
Mrs. Annie Smith, wife of Rev.
z. P. Smith, has been on the sick
list for the past few days, but is
better at this writing.
Mrs. Arie Brown of Lake street,
has removed to CIT West Washing
ton avenue.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22

Mrs. c. NJ. Josey, after being con-
fined to her bed for more than a
week is able to up and around again
Mrs. Victor c. Turner is up and
out after few days illness.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
Mlwaukee Wis

At the second Community We'll
come at the Auditorium Saturday
night but two colored soldiers We're
seen-Sergt. Rot. Merritt, Jr., and
Pvt. Joe l.. Moore. Sergt. Merritt
had as his guests his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. VIM. Johnson.
Pvt. Moore had as his guests, his
wife and mother. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that after fighting for de-
mocracy so few awaited themselves
of it. Those attending enjoyed a
pleasant time dancing.
The Milwaukee Branch \. A. A.
c. P. is preparing for the annual
spring drive for new members. The
quota fixed by the National organi-
cation is 400 for Milwaukee and a
strenuous effort will be made to
raise it. A rousing mass meeting
will be held at st. Marks church
Tuesday, March 25th, when the
drive will be explained.
Pvt. Hughes r. Cant is still in
the service and now at Fort Smell
ling, MINI.
St. Marks church viii celebrate
its 50th anniversary in April,
Calvary Baptist church has just
closed a successful revival.
Miss l.. NJ. Gibson left on Sun
day for Chicago where she will re
main several days before leaving
for her home, Union, s. c., where
she will accept a position of trust
in a concern with which her father
is connec led. During her stay Of
nearly year here, Miss Gibson had
endeared herself to all with whom
she came in contact, and her bust
ness as public stenographer was
being fully appreciated and patro-
nized. She was entering into all
of the activities of her people and
was proving herself a valuable as
set to the community. In addition
to her other activities she found
time to do newspaper work for the
National Defender e Sun. She
will be greatly missed,
The Forum will meet on Sunday
at Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr.. P. c. Clark o. the Pioneer
Limited was forced to lay off two
days because of sickness.
If you have not already done 20
register with the Election Commits
sion, End floor. city hall and be
ready to vote for the various can
didates for judgeship, April /. Be
a man.
Friday evening saw the termina-
ton of a most successful revival
meeting held at Calvary Baptist
church of which Rev. Russell is pas
tor and Rev. Odam of Chicago, the
Evangelist under whose direction
the meeting was conducted. There
were twenty-five converts added to
the church's membership and a
goodly sum of money turned over
to the church's treasurer aside
from the expenses of the visiting
minister. The Calvary Baptists
have much to be proud Of for the
good work the members and friends
Of the church are doing in Milwau-
kee among the races fast growing
population.
The Sunday Forum has postponed
its meeting that was to be held next
Sunday. March the 23rd, to March
the Both in order to give room and
audience to the Pride of Milwaukee
X. of P. Lodge, which will hold its
annual thanksgiving sermon at Cal
vary Baptist Church on the first
mentioned Sunday. The news of
the sermon will he found in the col
umns of the Wisconsin Blade. by A.
j. Long one of the Forums jour
nalists and fraternal writer of Mil
waukee.
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
LOCALS

Mrs. Mary Coward, Horsecave,
KY, sister and sistar-in-law to Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Douglass, F.
Dayton St, is in the city visiting
them for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Mary Horton, was called -
Beloit, Wis, Tuesday on account of
her daughter Mrs. Willie SCOTS
illness, which necessitatad her hav-
ing to go to the hospital for an OPP
c. alton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jones and
their home on w. Dayton ST, suf'-
erlng with influenza. Their many
fricl as wish them an early reeov-
cry.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Harris, W.
Dayton ST., we're called to Milwau-
kee last Wednesday on account OF
the illness of their little grand
daughter who had a severe attack
of pneumonia. At this writing she
is much improved. They returned
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Cheatham, wife of DR.. Cheat
ham, who suffered from stroke Of
paralysis last week is reported i'm
growing.
Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Hicks, were
callers at The Blade Office last Mon
day evening.
Mrs. c. NJ. Josey, after being con-
fined to her bed for more than a
week is able to up and around again
Mrs. Victor c. Turner is up and
out after a few days illness.
Little Annie Lee and Joseph John
son, after an illness of one week
are up again.
Messrs. J. N. Wilson and Jno.
Billingslea were callers at the
Blades Office this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Billingslea
entertained at dinner Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Make and Freddie Mae
Hill. Covers were laid for six but
on account of the illness of Mr.. Hill
and Mrs. Josey they were unable
to be present. 1t is reported that
the hostess sustained her reputation
as a royal entertainer.
Word just received from Mrs. Ida
Lee, formerly of Madison, that she
had recovered from a serious oper-
alton and is now up and out again.
Mr.. Jas. Carter, Ala, departed
this life Tuesday morning at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Brown, South Madison and was bur
led Wednesday from Fitch Under
taking Parlors.
Mrs. J. n. Wilson was a caller at
our Office this week; she was the
picture of health.
Attend G. A. R. hall, Wednesday
night, March &c, Literary and high
class program. Special music.
j. Wesley Brown, was a caller at
our office this week and spoke very
encouragingly Of The Blade.
Supt. J. A. Adkins and Asst. Supt.
J. Anthony Josey of the Mt. Zion
Baptist church were the dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Wilson
Sunday.
Mack Stewart left the city Wed
nesday, visiting Racine, Chicago.
Fort Sheridan and his home in Tay-
lerville, Ill, He will return Satur-
day.
Miss Sylvia Alexander is up from
Milwaukee visiting relatives. She
will return Monday.
Joseph C. Estes, Minneapolis.
Mimi, writes congratulating The
Blade and sends regards to his
A GOOD II
The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1919-03-22
Chicago, III.
MRS. c. H. JACKSON DEAD.

The many friends Of Mrs. c. II.
Jackson wlll be sorry to note that
she departed this life March l3,
1919, at her residence. $500 Wash
inEton boulevard. She leaves a ia
ther, mother and husband to mourn
her loss. She was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Thomas, Jeffer-
sonville, Ind. Mr.. Thomas arrived
in the city Saturday and with Mr..
Jackson left Monday with the re-
mains. Mrs. Jackson was q years
old, married only a short while and
was a graduate from the State Nor
man, Ind, and taught school three
sessions. Mr. Jackson will return
home about the latter part of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Buford, 1925
Warren avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, are
expecting their brother, Buger
Morris +. Butler, of Co. G, 365th
Inf, who has just returned from
France, to stop over with them for
a week or 10 days. From there he
will go home to see his mother, Mrs.
f. J. Butler, Brownsville, Pa. There
will be no stones unturned in order
to make his stay in Chicago a
pleasant one. Our home is also open
to his friends and comrades Of Co.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
News of Black
foot's Former Editors

People sometimes ask us about
editors who have been at Blackfoot
in years gone by, and here is shor,
review of them.
William E. Wheeler, died a yeal
pr SO ago at his home at Idaho Fails
George E. Wheeler; we have lost
track of him.
]. w. Jones, died at his home al
Blackfoot in 1901.
Percy Jones, operating a job print.
ing house at Blackfoot.
w. E. Smith, publishing news.
paper in town in Oregon, south OF
Portland. Had big personal legal
battle few years ago, said to have
been an attempt at blackmailing
him, and nearly ruined his business
At last accounts he was fighting a
losing battle, but still fighting.
Charlie Way, worked with w. E.
Smith in Oregon in recent years, but
died year or so ago.
Edward e. Kelley, at last accounts
was practicing law at Medford, Ore.
the horse doctor, we have
forgotten the name, at last accounts
was humping some community in
Southern Utah, by publishing fly
by-night sheet.
Walter Peck, post master at Po-
catello.
Truxton Talbot, conducted paper
at Pocatello for some time and was
generally mixed up in litigation as
defendant. Was partner in a
Blackfoot paper for few weeks but
dropped out, went to some place in
Wisconsin and the last we knew of
him he was the defendant in libal
suit resulting from some rash state
ment he made about some business
man who declined to advertise in
his paper.
Karl P. Brown, travelling much,
and at last reports to- this office had
made up with his wife and they were
living together in southern Cali
fornia.
Edward Allen Cook, acting as
solicitor Of advertising for any news
paper that wanted to issue a special
edition.
William Dooley, lives at Black
foot, has been conducting a cream
station, but gave up the work re-
Gently and is said to be selling out
his property preparatory to moving
to California.
Richard Stevens, since he re-
turned from the army has been
farming at the old Stevens home
near Blackfoot.
r. w. Katterndahl, editing
paper at Dubois.
John R. Jones, lives at Spokane,
Wash, No. 1911 East 3rd Ave. r
Uther Jones, lives on his farm at
Gibson, Idaho.
]. A. Norquist is at Mackay, Ida.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
New Auctioneer
Comes to Town

w. O. Orr is a new auctioneer in
Blackfoot, who has arranged to hold
an auction sale at the Hesse Feed
Yard on Saturday the third of Janu-
ary. The announcement is in this
issue.
Mr.. Orr went overseas from Love-
land, Colo, during the war and was
blown up in battle while operating
a tank. He was reported dead and
when his family received the noti-
fication, Mrs. Orr and the four child
rem went to stay temporarily with
relatives and took influenza on the
way and all died within three days.
Mr.. Orr was carried unconscious
from the battlefield, continued de-
lirious long time due to piece of
shrapnel in the forehead, and after
many months he arrived home fully
recovered, only to find that he was
alone in the world. The Elks had
attended to the last rites for his
family, and he has spent much of the
time since his discharge travelling
and lecturing in the interest of the
fund for the relief and care Of the
orphans of fallen soldiers.
Mr.. Orr is looking for a business
location where he can sell and erect
silos and may adopt Blackfoot as his
home.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
KATHERINE DE KAY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Only Daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. DeKay
of Blackfoot
BURIED MONDAY

The death of Katherine DeKay,
only daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
=. DeKay, came upon her close
friends and her acquaintances last
Saturday as heartfelt sorrow, for
she held the affections of them all
and her loss is deeply regretted. -
After sharp attack of pneumonia
her parents had the girl brought to
the hospital in .Pocatello Friday
morning, but the grip Of the afflic-
tion could not be loosened and life
departed from her in a little more
than twenty-four hours, at 1890
Saturday, Dec. a.,
Miss DeKay was 1915 graduate
of the Blackfoot high school, and the
next year attended the University of
Idaho at Moscow, but was forced to
return home before the close Of the
year on account of a severe illness.
At the beginning of the present year
she began teaching school at KIM
berly, Ida, and was there until taken
i'll last week. She was twenty-one
years of age.
She is survived by her parents and
three brothers, Frank DeKay Jr.,
Edwin and Harold, and an uncle,
Roy s. DeKay.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence on North Ash st.
Monday, Dec. 20 at 3 o'clock.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
HARDWARE and
ELECTRICAL STORE
Blackfoot Bushes s e 8
Unite Under One
Management
OPENED MONDAY

The Blackfoot Hardware & Elec-
trio Co. opened its doors to business
Monday morning in the location
formerly occupied by the Bergman
Hardware company, the stock of
which was taken over by the present
company. Also the entire stock and
business of the Blackfoot Electric
Supply company has been incorpor-
ated in the new undertaking.
The officers of the Blackfoot
Hardware & Electric Co. are A. D.
Quantrell, president; j. T. Vought,
secretary and A. T. Springer, man
ager. Mr.. Quantrell has been busi-
ness man and retired capitalist re-
siding in Blackfoot for many years.
Mr.. Vought was until recently a
travelling salesman selling hardware
and living in Blackfoot. Mr.. Springer
was proprietor of the Blackf0ot
Electric Supply company from the
time of its establishment several
years ago.
The company will handle full lines
of the two businesses, hardware and
electrical supplies.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
Boyle's New Store
Narrowly Escaped

On Sunday night the new Boyle
hardware store narrowly escaped be-
ing destroyed by fire. Several
steel salamanders, (steel tanks)
were banked with fire to keep the
fresh plaster from freezing. Each
one had layer of bricks under it to
keep the heat from the floor, and one
of them on the ground floor must
have leaked fire, for there was hole
in the floor Monday morning three
or four feet across, tho the joists
were not entirely burned off, and the
fire was out. The lumber was prob
ably damp, and that alone caused the
fire to die out.
A carload of washing machines
stood in the basement, some of them
so close that the Goals fell on them,
and yet they did not burn. There
was carload of steel and a carload
Of hardwood in the basement on
which no insurance had been writ
ten. The building was insured.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
PROCLAMATION

I, N. J. Thorstenberg, mayor Of the
City of Blackfoot, by the authority
vested in me, do urge upon all citi-
zens, men. women and children Of
the City Of Blackfoot to keep and OBJ
serve Thursday, Jan. 1, 1920 as a
holiday in keeping with the privil-
eye of the land in celebrating the
New Year.
In furtherance to this appeal, as
mayor of the City of Blackfoot, do
request that all citizens, men, women
and children of the city, appear upon
the public streets and grounds of
said city, and for the day meet all
other citizens with sincere sentiment
Of kindly fellowship and good will;
pass the seasons greeting each with
the other and make of the holiday a
get acquainted" period for the
broader dissemination of the Black
foot community strength which is to
make the year 1920 the greatest
twelve-month development period in
the history of the City of Blackfoot.
(Signed) N. J. THORSTENBERG, :
Mayor of the City Of Blackfoot.
Dated December 20, 1919, Black
foot, Idaho. adv. I24a-2
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
For the Good of the Service

1t is newspapers business to
render service to the public. The
better it is understood, the more
value it has for the, people. In our
issue Of January 2, we shall publish
the first of a series of articles about
newspaper management that will be
interesting and profitable for the
public and for newspaper men.
have already exposed some of the
methods Of ...e corrupt and unpro-
gressive press, in articles published
in 1917-8-9, and at one time l gave
$50 in cash prizes for the best let
ters telling how to remedy the
wrongs. Having learned many reme-
dies and put them into practice, l
can write the story of how it works,
and what effect it has on the pubiic.
1t will be a plain, chummy chat re-
vealing many transactions which the
average newspaper management
would not have the public know for
a thousand dollars, yet shall tell
these business secrets and let others
use them in any way they like. !
have often been called a nut for con-
Quoting SO much of my business with
an open hand, but I enjoy being
nutty when it brings good results to
me and the public, and that is one
reason l am going to tell my readers
more about newspaper secrets this
January than have in any other
January chapters ! have ever pub
lished about newspaper work.
Last spring we held newspaper
fair or convention at Blackfoot, and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
State Land Sales in
Salmon River Country

George T. Marshall returned Wed
nesdady from the Salmon river
country, where he conducted several
successful state land sales. On De-
cember Is he conducted a sale at
Salmon City for Lemhi county to
sell 1850 acres of state land; 216O
acres were sold and brought an aver
age of $3.50 per acre, the highest
price received being $4,000 per acre.
At Challis on the nineteenth $50
acres were sold for an average of
$30.51 per acre.
Mr.. Marshall says the weather in
the Cunter country has moderated a
little and is quite relief from the
26-below weather they had short
time ago. At Lemhi and Ledore the
snow is very deep and the citizens
of those districts have been showed
in for couple of weeks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-30
Bride and Groom
Leave for California

The marriage of Miss Phyllis Ann
Hoover and John Charles Weston, of
Los Angeles, took place at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, DR.. and
Mrs. c. A. Hoover, Christmas even
ing at o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Wes-
ton left the same evening for Los
Angeles, where they will be at home
at 1852 Copeland Place, after
February Is.
The couple were married by the
Rev. ]. D. Gillian before Christ
mas altar decorated with candles
and holly wreaths. Leading the
bridal march were Lowell Holbrook
and Morgan Johnston, ushers.
Master Moss Hoover and little Miss
Julia Hoover, brother and sister of
the bride came next, the one bear
ing the wedding ring, the other
strewing flowers in the path of the
bridal pair.
The bride was given away by her
father, DR.. e. A. Hoover and her
brother, Clayton A. Hoover Jr., acted
as best man. Her maid Of honor was
Miss Lorine Tavey. Mrs. J. A.
Dygert, pianist, FINISHED music for
the march and ceremony.
Assisting in serving refreshments
were Mrs. John G.. Brown, Mrs. J. H.
Early, Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, Mrs.
Blanche Eldredge, Mrs. G. e. Harris,
Mrs. w. A. Varley, Mrs. G. F. Hans
brough, Mrs. W. e. Patrie, Miss
Grace Peck and Miss Beatrice Blom-
quist.