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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
2
A political notice urging support for Welborn for Congress in the Seventh District and for Jefferson 8, the Fifteenth Senatorial District, on the Republican ticket. The brief lists the candidates and districts but lacks detailed platform or dates.
Fragmentary text appears to reference a presiding judge named Y G Stafford and mentions a legal or court context. No clear events, dates, or parties are readable to establish a full incident or outcome for a concise summary.
Readable fragments indicate Lafayette County Fair activities and meetings with dates and attendees. Vague references to attendees, locations, and schedules suggest planning details for a local fair event in Missouri.
A fragmented record describes a Grand Lodge vote amid credential disputes. It alleges past chancellors were removed to the rear and not allowed to vote, with motions about representation and corrective records urged as truth in a contested account.
The Missouri Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias unanimously adopts Sedalia Weekly Conservator as its official organ for the year. The paper pledges to train public sentiment with facts and figures, urging lodges to send in reports and organize 15 new lodges and add 2000 Knights, supporting the Grand Chancellor’s orders.
A fragmented poem recalls a reunion of soldiers, Blue and Gray, mixing under Peace. It honors bravery, reflects on war’s cruelty, and looks forward to friendship and unity, with lines praising liberty and shared memory.
Henry Yarnold a local preacher and Free Baptist member died at his home near Blackburn on July 30 at age 33 years 10 months and 20 days. He had seemed to improve recently but died suddenly. Buried next day with Mason ic honors. funeral attended by Rev E D Burny and Rev J P McDonnell. He leaves a wife four children and many friends. Known to white and colored communities as Parson Yarnold he served as a preacher for over 25 years.
In Pettis County Probate Court an adjourned May term grant H L Billups administrator of Geo W and Madora Jennings deceased petitions for sale of real estate to pay debts unpaid due to lack of assets. Notice to interested parties to show cause by August term 1906. if none, sale ordered. Publication four weeks in a Pettis county newspaper. J A Gilker Clerk certified copy with seal, done July 10, 1906 in Sedalia.
A notice states that The Conservator will fail to come to your door if you fail to pay during this month.
Important notice directs all Novice and WT AIL lodges to forward promptly any changes in executive offices from the June election. Lodges and courts asked to provide data for accurate entry in the Pythian Lodge Directory.
Stockholders of the Lafay ette County Colored Fair Association plan a major event at Higginsville Fair Grounds on August 15 16 and 17. For information or catalogues contact Moses Green Lexington Missouri L E Britt Higginsville Missouri W W Ford Secretary T A Jones Assistant Secretary.
Prof A H Harris of Versailles and Warrensburg will look after our collections during the summer months in Kansas City. Any favors shown him will be appreciated by the Editor.
An official announcement states C. S. Williams is the Democratic nominee for the Pettis County office of recorder, subject to voters’ choice at the November election.
Notice from Sedalia district calling for the District Conference and Epworth League convention at Taylor Chapel Sedalia August 22 to 25 1906. Ministers, local preachers, exhorters, class leaders, and league presidents urged to attend with prayer and praise to ensure a successful gathering.
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