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Liberal Moses town of atheists and spiritualists fades from history
Liberal Missouri founded in 1881 as an atheist center by George H Walser and followers seeking a church free town. The movement drew freethinkers and mediums, built Universal Mental Liberty Hall and Spiritualist venues, sparked clashes with Christian residents, and by 1900 the venture collapsed leaving Liberal with five churches and about 612 residents.
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Madalyn. Murray
Baltixmore
Supreme Court
Steckton
Kan
Marvin Vangilder
Carthage
Associated Press
Liberal, Mo
George H. Walser
Robert G. Ingersoll
Walser
Lamar
Barton County
Salooris
G.W. Baldwin
Kansas Line
Cataipa Park
Walker
Liberal-Normal School
Business College
Freethough University
Universal Mental Liberty
Denison
Memphis and
Fort Scott Railroad
Universal
Liberty Hall
Benjamin Harrison
Baldwin
Grover Cleveland
J.B. Bouton
Bouton
Methodist Church
Universal Mental Hall
Denison Christian Church
Liberal