Dundee · 3 August 1920
Dundee Man First Tri-State Chinese Union President
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The News Scimitar, 1920-08-03, page sequence 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn98069867/1920-08-03/ed-1/?sp=1
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The Tri-State Chinese Merchants association was formally organized. Joe Monton, Dundee, Miss., was named as the first president.
Records a formal merchant association and a named Mississippi president.
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Does this show the association was based in Dundee?
No. It reports that the association was organised and that a man from Dundee was named its first president. Where a president lives is not where an organisation sits, and this notice was printed in a Memphis newspaper.