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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
3
A fragment lists weekly services for a Methodist church with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m and 11:00 a.m, midweek prayer meetings, and Epworth League sessions. The readable portions indicate close meetings and Wednesday events, reflecting a parish’s routine timetable.
The Cur Chapel A M E Church lists morning service at 11 a m Sunday School at 2 p m class meeting at 3 p m and evening service at 8 p m. Prayer meeting is held Wednesdays at 8 p m with teachers meeting Sunday nights. Pastor P Thurman and Secretary H R Brown.
The church lists morning services at 11, Sunday School at 2, class meeting at 3 45, Epworth League at 9 30, evening service at 7 45, and Wednesday prayer meetings weekly. A Christian Band meets Fridays. Pastor Rev T L Scott welcomes participation. secretary Mrs Mamie Witiker.
Morgan Street Baptist Church and Burn's Chapel Free Baptist Church announce regular services with preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sundays, and Sunday school at 2:30 p.m. Rev J H Downing and Rev W H Howard lead, with pews free and all welcome. Miles anti-palm pills advertised.
The State Board of Education appointed Prof. C. C. Hubbard B S D as conductor of the Central Missouri Institute for Negro teachers convening June 15. Counties named include Bates Benton Johnson Miller Moniteau Morgan Osage Pettis. Attendees should write C C Hubbard 273 West Johnson Street Sedalia Missouri.
The St Joseph District Sunday School Convention will be held at Armstrong from June 10 to June 14, 1908. The program outlines sessions, addresses, and activities for the five day gathering. Local churches and Sunday school workers will participate in workshops and devotional meetings during the event.
A detailed schedule lists morning and afternoon sessions led by various speakers, including Mrs. Q E Whaley Rev Monroe Denny and Rev Leroy Woolrich. Devotional services, papers, sermons, and Pentecostal and evangelistic services cover 5:30 to 4:30 with multiple organizers and presenters.
A detailed lay schedule lists devotional services, sermons, and programs for a two day Epworth League convention. Readings include addresses by Rev. G W Reever and Rev J Neal, papers by Mrs J H Kenner and Mrs Lennora Williams, and an outing on Grant's Chapel Campus. Officers will be installed and a convention sermon delivered by Rev O A Johnson.
A brief collection of maxims and personal notices references Miss Gertrude Flynn improving after illness. It cautions against speaking ill of the dead and urges accuracy in information. The piece reflects a small town newspaper voice with moral and social guidance.
The text urges readers to abstain from radical changes and to vote on the 11th to preserve current local conditions, condemning any drastic re-adjustment as potentially harmful and stressing sobriety and conservatism in action.
The piece argues regulation over prohibition as a feasible goal and cites state numbers of industrial schools. It notes the Missouri Prohibition party appears weak, while temperance advocates grow stronger. Local social mentions include visits by Annie Walker and others in Warrensburg and friends calling on residents.
Prof E W B Curry, president of Curry Industrial Institute Urbana Ohio, arrived Saturday. An informal reception at Taylor's Chapel welcomed him with music by Queen City Concert Band and free refreshments for hundreds. Sunday he preached at Morgan Street Church and gave a large address on Temperance at Wool's Opera, drawing a mixed audience. An overflow crowd later heard Abe dis course at Taylor Chapel. The visit was praised for advancing thought and temperance discussion among local residents.
Fragmented report notes Mrs. Mabel Ramsey of N Broadway awaiting her nephew in Chicago. Mentions doctors Harris and Williams in St Louis and a State Board exam. Ollie Brown and D. D. Sow open a new shop on West Main Street. Arthur Camp returns from Springs to Sedalia. heart with him in Sedalia.
The Executive Committee of the Constitution League will meet at the A. M. E. Church Tuesday night with Bishop Abram presiding.
Mrs A Julius Wiis of Newville Pennsylvania visits her sister in Ohio. Miss Williams and Mr Lamia accompany her on the trip.
A newborn girl arrived on the 3rd to Mr. and Mrs. Abbott, weighing in at a healthy amount and both mother and baby at home. The stork also visited Mr. and Mrs. Squire Rellivant, delivering a baby boy who weighed several pounds. Both families report mother and child doing well.
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