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NP.1238.01Collection
Newspaper ArticlesArchive Items Details
Description
A stranger driving into Platte City Monday in a high-powered limousine, stopped in front of one of the leading cafés in this city and seeing an apparently unemployed young colored boy nearby said, "Will you step into the café and get me a couple of sandwiches?", the stranger giving him a $5.00 bill.
After much delay the stranger became apprehensive and making inquiries found that the Negro youth had gone in the front door and out the back, hired a taxi to take him to Weston (Missouri). The Sheriff was called, the Negro apprehended in Weston and is now resting in the county jail. Perhaps the Negro thought the sandwiches one got in Weston superior to those purchased in Platte City and went over after them.Date(s) of Creation
3/11/1932Other Names and Numbers
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EnslavedOther Name
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Free BlacksOther Name
Unidentified ManName Type
EnslaverOther Name
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The Weston Chronicle (Weston, MO, 1872-1964): 03/11/1932, p. 6Copyright
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Bill Nichols 10/21/2026General Notes
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Platte City, MissouriNote
Weston, MissouriCreate Date
October 23, 2026Update Date
October 23, 2026Name/Title
03/11/1932: Get Me a Sandwich.
