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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
2
Sedalia Weekly Conservator announces editorial leadership of W. H. Huston as editor and publisher. The paper is published every Monday morning and enters Sedalia Post Office as Second Class matter.
Christmas guidance urges thoughtful giving aimed at joy and aid for the needy. It counsels selecting useful gifts, sharing happiness with the unfortunate, and avoiding ostentation. Emphasizing community welfare, the piece encourages patrons to visit and support those in hardship to start the new year with good cheer.
Mrs Teetere and pupils shared holiday gifts and greetings as the crowd heard a program led by Principal C C Hubbard. The service featured chorus pieces and solos, including Ave Maria and Swanee River, with students Mary Maye Eva Parker Luella Mills and others performing. Reverend R L Davis gave the invocation as the community joined in celebrating progress and goodwill.
A reflective note urges readers to abandon broad yearly promises and instead do each day’s duty. It contrasts failures and successes in resolving goals, urging daily progress and action to avoid forgetting commitments. Authored as a friend’s guidance for 1907.
A fragmented plea highlights blue pencil marks on page three signaling pending subscription expiration. Readers are urged to respond promptly via mail or inform their Postmaster if they wish to stop the paper, promising continued courtesy and service.
Mrs Mary E Wright of Lexington Missouri invites all ladies desiring stylish head wear to call and inspect her wares. Her late creations promise style durability beauty and attractiveness. When you call tell her the Conservator sent you for a bargain.
The Des Moines branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society held its annual meeting in Indianola Iowa October 11 to 14. Next year the session moves to Sedalia. A Fifty Dollar apportionment is requested for the district with a first quarterly report due January 11. Members urged to raise a Christmas offering and send to Mrs W H Arnold, 1027 Twentieth Street Des Moines. The Little Rock Central Missouri and Louisiana conferences are noted as part of the colored conference. Secretary Mrs Mary J Gibson urges all in the Central Missouri Conference to support the watchword Strong in Faith Giving Glory to God and advance the work.
Mrs Henrietta Vaughn died December 30 in Richmond Missouri. Born in Ray County in 1851 she joined the M E church in youth and lived a Christian life. She leaves three sisters two brothers two daughters and a husband. Funeral by Rev Edmund Diggs at the M E church. burial in city cemetery. Asleep in Jesus the last trumpet shall rise.
Liberty Park hosts a festive event on the 24th with attractions and activities. Cars are scheduled to run until 2 a.m. Christmas morning. Bring friends for a night of holiday cheer and entertainment.
A line urges breaking fetters and waking in full immortal bloom. It evokes transformation and enduring life beyond death without graphic detail.
Butler Missouri revival led by Rev George Wooten of Rosdale Kansas Lincoln Conference helps church members backslider conversions and three children baptized on Sunday several mourners seek salvation as four join the church
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