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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
2
Sedalia weekly issue printed Saturdays and filed at Sedalia Post Office as second class matter in advance. Six months in advance notice requested for Fay. Single copy price set.
LaFayette County urges Negro residents to attend a colored fair in Higginaville August 16 to 18 showcasing Negro farm and home products. Sedalia plans a grand Fourth of July celebration with amusements, liberal rail rates, and special trains from multiple towns to ensure a memorable holiday.
The July Colored American Magazine lauds Dr Benjamin Franklin Allen for reviving Lincoln Institute and shaping it as a broader Westward aid. Summer school enrollment rises with teachers from Missouri, Illinois, Georgia, Kansas, and beyond, aided by Missouri’s support and a new girls dormitory.
The Western Missouri ree Maptiet Association convenes at Barns chapel Aug 14 to 20 with a Sunday School session, literary program by youth, Ladies Missionary convention, Ministers conference, and annual association. Local clergy invited. prospectus touts regional prosperity and business opportunities. publishers offer free books by George Morton, Missouri Kansas & Texas.
The passage touts the Southwest as ripe with opportunity for farmers artisans and investors. It highlights vast unimproved land and underrepresented urban businesses, plus oil and gas fields in Kansas Indiana Territory and Oklahoma as strong investment sites. It notes rising population and wealth, reasonable land prices, and urges readers to investigate conditions and grow with the country. The M K and T Rly claims no lands for sale, only nation-building support.
Willie McDonald a colored boy of 2320 Morgan Street has served three years with the West Dispatch, missing only one day due to sickness. He sells at least 300 copies of the paper in the afternoon and is praised as a faithful worker. The wedding of Chas Flint to Miss Bertha Poggssey occurred at 211 Lawton Ave on July 17, Mr Flint from Brooklyn NY is now....
Miss Poggsley of Nashville a Fisk University student now employed in St Louis attends events with the Beneficial Order of Seven. Supreme Deputy Philip Keys announces Circles to be formed at 1354 Chesnut, 1323 Chestnut, 2727 Franklin, and 118 South 10th, urging patronage and unity.
July date given for the death of Billy Gray Tienda as he traveled to Moayual 2701 Morgan St under local control by Loyal Colored Citizens. He lived at 14th Lucas Ave and, at death, was employed at 192 South 14th St. formerly with a Canadian troop as tenor singer. Rev. Cole of First Baptist attended Baptist Association. He had been out of the city for three weeks and planned to return early next month.
Local shopper guidance item notes WM Diggs store at 413 North Lamine Street offering value oriented pricing and round the clock customer service. The ad highlights household essentials and frequent discounts aimed at daily budget shoppers.
An old advertisement offers a hair growth preparation described as softening and beautifying for hair growth. It requests readers to mail one dollar to I J Nott for the product.
Notice states the Sunday school and Epworth League Convention will meet with the District Conference in Carthage Missouri on August 1st to 20th. Pastors are urged to require every Epworth League president and Sunday school superintendent to attend.
Allen Gatewood visits Mrs Barney Sanders in Kansas City and plans a return to Laclede Mo. Miss Martha Fowler leaves for Yates Mo to attend the Wilson and Embree wedding. Continued on page 3.
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