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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1906
Page
3
Sunday services listed with preaching at 11 00 am and 7 30 pm. Class meeting at 12 00 noon and Epworth League at 6 30 pm. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. Rev RB Davis, Pastor, residence 107 East Cooper Street.
Sunday School and prayer meetings announced with sermons on the first and third Sundays at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer Meeting Tuesdays and Covenant Meeting Fridays. Pews free and all welcomed.
Miss Missia Williams departs for Washington DC on the 23rd. Miss Willine Jackson leaves for Kansas City on the 25th to be with her father for several weeks. Miss Minnielia Jackson returns home from Kansas City on the 15th after a three week stay with her father. Mrs Susie J Blackburn of Kansas City enjoys a pleasant stay with her brothers and sisters this week. John Finis resumes his barber trade at Wheeler's in Cali. Rev David Tucker, among Missouri's oldest ministers, was an enthusiastic member of the recent conference. Rev J W Stemmons is seriously ill at his Lincolnville home. Greater Sedalia Knights of Pythias care for him. Rev M L Jackson of Knob Noster delays a big August 4 celebration, now set for September 22.
Rev J W Hurse of Kansas City visited Friday afternoon and evening, staying with Richard Collins. Mrs Mahala Burris has been seriously ill at her Lincolnville home for several weeks, with her daughter Cordelia Allen caring for her. Each Pentecostal service promises a new Divine impartation from above.
Advertisement notes a $35.80 Kansas City round trip from July 23 to 25 with sales at Missouri Pacific station and return valid until July 31. The writer then criticizes lodge and court members for expecting free mention in a Negro newspaper and questions Sedalia readers to become progressive.
Ministers and laymen to attend a Liberty Park Pentecostal meeting on the 1828. Abram Grant and other divines will deliver the word with no attendance fees. Also notes on local figures, business, a birth, and a convention secretary appointment.
The KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS proclaimed as the strongest and most progressive Negroes in the imperial state. It outlines four departments uniting members to care for each other in health and distress, a military education for young men, and the involvement of wives and family in daily life and church duties.
The piece notes a Pentecostal meeting drawing wide attention from the elder to the youngest attendee. Mesdames Vina Glass and Lizzie Morton of Parsons Kansas attend the gathering in the city as guests of Mrs Nellie Reynolds. Bishop Isaac Lane spoke at the CMBE district conference last week sharing practical advice. A city hackman returned a pocketbook once retained by a colored woman, with officers aiding the recovery. Colored women are cautioned to choose drivers carefully in the future.
Reverend Richard Davis will represent Taylor Chapel at the forthcoming event or proceedings. The note confirms his role as spokesperson for the chapel in this matter. Further specifics on date and venue are not provided in the fragment.
The session of the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress will convene in Washington DC on the 31st East. The leader will visit other points of interest in Washington before returning home around August 12. Greater Sedalia lodge No 42, K of P, elects W H Huston as Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge in Kansas City next week, aided by Dr J M Harris and Attorney HG Phillips. Mrs JH Miller will represent the Court.
G Tom Ireland, a Capital pressman, welcomed a bouncing baby boy with his wife on Tuesday morning. Dr J M Harris attended the birth, marking a joyful event for the family and town.
George W Longan, a local laundry man, achieved notable success in advertising his business by installing his signboard display. The readable fragment indicates promotional efforts improved visibility and customer reach for his laundry services.
A peculiar whistle drew attention in the city, prompting officials to urge reduced blowing and more washing. The D o ney laundry must extend its smoke stack by 30 feet to accommodate the whistle’s effects. In a separate note, Vocal Solo Queen City Chapter No. 47 Eastern Star hosted an informal reception at Quinn Chapel honoring visiting delegates with a program led by Mrs Marie White and a lineup of solos recitations and quartets. GC Kimbreaugh of Risimon spoke for the visitors in a breezy address.
St Joseph District Conference will convene in Mexico Missouri from August 1 to 5 with full attendance expected. All churches and members should bring full reports and participate actively in church work and benevolence without neglect.
NEW FRANKLIN reports Mrs Mary Jones will relocate to Sedalia for her daughter Cloninie to attend Gen Wo Smith callet. Rev M G C Cox of St Louis preached at Second Baptist Tuesday night. A rally and basket dinner at the ME church drew a large crowd with receipts of $36. Miss Aatie Jackson spent Sunday in Fayette. John M Brown has been employed to teach at Richland. Miss Ruby Stapleton of Sedaia will return home Sunday. Miss Davey Watson will move farther up town soon. The Twentieth Century club at Hughe's chapel elected Miss Cliffe Estill as delegate to the St Joseph District conference at Mexico August 1.
Fragmentary OCR shows trains departing and arriving east and west with times around 2am and 4:04 pm. Many garbled tokens obscure units and stations, but note references include No. 04, DM, 140 pom, SO Dp Nav Oe, and Note-No. 100.
Fragmentary OCR shows Sedalia and Warsaw names with southwestern reference and loaves arriving. The text is garbled but suggests a local delivery or arrival event tied to these places and mentions a Nestea product in Seikolia.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Missouri, Kansas and Texas and a southbound movement. No clear event, date, or names beyond these rail or regional references. Summary preserves only legible entities and avoids unsupported details.
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