... T. MOTTS: Entire City Turns Out to Honor One of Its Foremost Citizens--City Proud of This Successful Business Man--As Proprietor and Owner of the First Race Theater in America He Was Known the World Over--Church Had to Be Emptied to Allow the Crowds Outside to View Remains THE ENTIRE CITY MOURNS HIS LOSS Rev. Thomas Out of Town, Rev. Cook Preaches Remarkable Sermon in His Stead--Impressive Musical Program, by Prominent Artists--Special Funeral Car to Boyhood Home
J Hockley Smiley.
The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend Edition) (1905-1966); Chicago, Ill.. 22 July 1911: 7.
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