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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1916)
General Race News POLLARD THE MAN WHO WINS FOR BROWN TEAM Harvard Forced to Take Short End of 21 to 0 Score—Passes Were Unsuccessful. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 24.—Brown defeated Harvard Saturday, 21 to 0, its first victory over a crimson foot ball team. The individual prowess of the Brunonian’s Negro back, Pollard, was largely responsible for their vic tory, as he scored two touchdowns and made the third possible by brilliant running. Harvard made its most effective rushing attempt of the game in the final period and after forwarding the ball forty yards Pollard intercepted a pass on his twenty-two-yard line and ran seventeen yards through short rushes. A long run by Pollard netted forty yards, carrying the ball to with in two yards of the goal. Purdy made the touchdown and Devitalis the goal, Both teams tried forward passes un successfully in the closing moments of play. COLORED STUDENTS RANK HIGH IN IOWA SCHOLARSHIP Iowa City, Iowa. Nov. 23.—The Phi Alpha Delta, a fraternity, the mem bership in which is limited to Col ored students, was given third rank among Iowa State university Greek letter societies in point of scholar ship. A unique feature of the fra ternity is that every member must work his way through college and, when one member loses his position through any circumstances not under his control, he is supported by the fraternity until he finds another job. UNUSUAL GIFT BY A COLORED WOMAN Cairo, 111., Nov. 23.—James Rankin, Colored, of Eddyville, Ky., has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Sadie Taylor, 1802 Walnut street. Mr. Ran kin had a birthday while here and his daughter presented him through Ed ward Hill, of the First Bank and Trust company, with a $600 check as a birthday present. ERECTING $10,000 TENEMENT Sherman, Tex., Nov. 23.—J. W. An drews, a Colored farmer near here, is erecting a two-story brick and base ment building in this city. A Colored contractor, employing all Colored la bor is doing the work. The buliding will cost $10,000 and will be rented to Colored tenants. 25,000 MEN EMPLOYED Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 23.—Two thousand five hundred Colored men are employed in the erection of grain elevators at Girard Point, which will be the largest in the world. GET STRIKERS PLACES Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 23.—Col ored moulders have taken the place of striking whites at the Pequonnock foundry. The unions refuse to admit the Colored, however. A Colored farmer near Paris, Texas, has secured over 100 bales of cotton from 175 acres of land, and sold it at an average of $100 per bale. Arizona is paying the highest wages of any state in the west for Colored school teachers and wants many more. The Colored high school of Fort Worth, Texas, is so crowded with pupils that more than one hundred have been transferred to a building formerly used by whites. Adam Manuel, a Greek foreman of Oklahoma, died in Colorado recently, and there is a scramble among resi dents of Muskogee county to get the appointment of guardian for his children. Luther Manuel, a minor son, is thought to be the richest} Colored boy in the world, his allot ment containing most valuable oil lands. His income has been from $20,000 to $26,000 per month for the past six years. Two Chinese were fined $26.00 each in the municipal court of Boston last week for refusing to serve two Colored guests. It is the first dam age suit of its kind in the history of the city. American and Latin students of the Eastman Business College, Pough keepsie, N. Y., engaged in a race roit on November 14. The fight was ser ious and fatalities were only pre vented by the quick arrival of police reserves. Sam Langford, who has just re turned from Argentine and other South American countries, challenged Jess Willard immediately upon his arrival. Sam thinks that Willard will acoept, although the champion has yet made no answer. Major Robert R. Jackson, of Chi cago, was one of fifty guests enter tained at the Sherman House Tues day following the election. Hon. John S. Bums, democratic member, pre sided and selected Major Jackson as one of the speakers. The N. Y. Tribune has paid a lengthy and interesting review to James D. Corrother’s new book, “In Spite of the Handicap,” which has re cently appeared from the press. The American Federation of Labor has sent agents to the south to union ize Colored labor and try and prevent them from coming north and entering into competition with white union labor. Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet and winner of the Nobel prize for poetry, is lecturing in the United States. Universal regret is expressed by the Colored press over Hughes’ de feat, but all are trying to take it phil osophically and hope for the best. Pollard, the star football player with Brown University, is receiving column after column of praise in the great dailies, because of his brilliant playing against Harvard. The war department reports the Tenth as across the border again and ready for any developments growing out of the disagreements of the pres ent conferences between Mexico and this country. McQuillin 1512 Farnam Street JOHN B. STETSON HATS HIGH GRADE FURNISHINGS •The House that lacK Built" Sheet Music THE MUSICAL HITS OF ALL PUBLISHERS 10 TO 30 CENTS. HOSPE MUSIC SHOP ED. PATTON, Manager. 1 ' . CHOCOLATES 1 “The Utmost in Candy” THE O’BRIEN CO. Candy Makers Now is the Right Time To look for Your Christmas Presents BUY NOW AND HAVE THEM LAID AWAY Pay a little down and some every week. Best Stock of DIAMONDS, WATCHES, SILVERWARE AND JEWELRY In the City at Very Lowest Prices SEE US FIRST BRODEGAARD BROS. CO. 16th and Douglas Streets. 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