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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
2
Advertising Department and Local News staff listed. Rates shown: One Year One Dollar Six Months Sixty-Five Cents. Correspondents and Agents wanted in every town and village in Central Missouri. Entered at the Sedalia Post Office as Second class matter.
The LaFayette County Republican slate lists candidates for Prosecuting Attorney Walter S. Dickey proposes a campaign plan. U Phetzing the only Republican Lafay ette County Bar member stands for Prosecuting Attorney. Charles A. Rex seeks Sheriff while Edw Taubman is named for Congress in the 7th district. The note stresses business and financial focus in the race.
The column promotes candidates in Pettis County: Charles W Knox for Eastern District Judge, W E Houck for constable in Sedalia township, and J H Kruse for Sedalia township constable. It praises Knox as a broad minded business leader, Houck as a fearless law enforcer, and Kruse as a faithful Republican with public service experience.
Advertisement notes agents needed to handle a high grade household specialty in every home. Emphasizes capital unnecessary and urges writing for terms today to A. M. Edwards at 2076 Dearborn Street, Chicago Hl.
The Sixth Annual Grand Convention of the Royal Sons and Daughters of Douglass of Missouri opened in Nelson on July 7 1908 with a dedication of the hall and morning services. Delegates from Jefferson City Sedalia Fayette Lexington Clinton and others attended. Reports and constitution work followed with committee recommendations endorsed. Next year’s gathering is set for Sedalia Levette Lodge.
A historical excerpt contrasts male and female behavior, arguing boys display more self respect and that men would not accompany drunks or tobacco-scented companions. It condemns girls for accepting such behavior and calls for greater female standards in courtship and society.
A fragment notes a historical call for a great moral reform sweeping the nation, framing it as a demand from boys to girls and casting it over the heads of young women as a defining social issue of the era.
The editorial argues white papers misrepresent Negro sentiment and deny race progress. It critiques Booker T. Washington praise as individualism and condemns pro-white journalism as harming civil rights. It urges a self-sustaining Negro press to uplift moral, industrial, and intellectual development through independent effort.
Multiple lodges report regular meetings on the first and third Thursdays or Tuesdays each month. Locations include D O H hall in St Louis Sedalia and Versailles Pythian Hall. Officers listed include Worthy Councillor Agnes Miller chancellor commander and keeper of records and seal Charl S White.
Warrensburg Missouri lodge No 46 meets on the first and third Fridays each month in their castle hall at eight o clock. E W Hendricks serves as chancellor commander and A Reynolds is keeper of records and seal.
Monthly meeting announced at Castle Hall at eight o clock sharp with George Walls as chancellor and Albert M Oliver listed in records and seal roles.
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