08/21/1924: Church Gives Dinner

Entry/Object ID

NP.1195

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Newspaper Articles

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Description

The members of the colored Methodist church (Parkville, Missouri) served an excellent dinner in the dining room of their church on Thursday evening of last week. The dinner was enjoyed by some 60 of the white people of the town who had previously purchased their tickets to the dinner. The dining room and tables were neatly and tastily decorated, the chicken was fried to a turn and the entire dinner was of a very high class. The dinner was served at $1 per plate, and was worth it. All the proceeds went to the benefit of the church. The church expects to have an all day meeting, with basket dinner and homecoming next Sunday, at which they expect to entertain the members of the colored churches from several points.

Date(s) of Creation

8/21/1924

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Other Names

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Free Blacks

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Unidentified Free Blacks

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The Platte County Gazette (Parkville, MO, 1885-1970): 08/21/1924, p. 3

Copyright

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Research Notes

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Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

7/6/2026

General Notes

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Parkville, Missouri

Note

1924.08.21 Church Dinner The_Platte_County_Gazette_1924_08_21_3.pdf

Note

BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]

Create Date

September 2, 2026

Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

08/21/1924: Church Gives Dinner