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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1904
Page
4
Fragmented notice outlines pricing and publication rules for merchants with discounts, per-line charges, and required prepaid payment. It mentions reader subscriptions and urges patronage, referencing a long established readership and personal sentiments about ownership.
Fragmentary editorial urging support for good men in local contests and party loyalty. Calls for a September celebration and Missouri teachers at Lincoln Institute summer school. Warns against switching loyalties after election and criticizes past Republican candidates.
The issue presents several candidates for county and township offices subject to the forthcoming Republican Convention. Hon. Clay C. Kelley seeks the office of prosecuting attorney. Kelley is a 15 year old? culture? candidate raised in Johnson County near Knob Noster. He trained at Knob Noster school, attended Burg Normal, De Pauw University, and Ann Harbor University before practicing law in Sedalia.
T M Wells of Waghsville praises a Pettis County Republican who rose from farm laborer to prominent landowner. He calls the candidate a patriotic partisan who safeguarded city interests in damage suits and urges nomination for county treasurer.
The local note praises Chas D Brown for another term as assessor. The writer calls Brown a wide awake business young man and notes his one term performance as acceptable. The piece asserts Brown is a three halves Republican and will please the GOP in the county.
A letter notes Robb brother of Jas A Robb ex constable is urged by friends to run for Sedalia township constable. He is described as OK and “a stating friend to the colored man,” with Uncle West Witcher predicting impartial support. A Chicago writer highlights a joke name list for a child inspired by famous figures.
The state provides ample funds for a progressive Lincoln Institute Summer School program. It aims to enhance scholastic instruction for teachers and hopes to reorient Pitts County and neighboring counties toward better educational work this summer.
The World's Fair management considers opening an Afro American bureau with a hostess in charge to meet and greet negroes and ease race tensions while maintaining an open policy for all visitors. Complaints about denied water may be addressed by separate drinking cups for colored people as some stands post signs refusing service.
The Pettis County Republican electors are summoned to meet in Sedalia on June 18 1904 at 10 a.m. for choosing delegates to state nominating and judicial conventions and for nominating Republican candidates for county offices. township wards in Sedalia and other townships set meeting times June 17 1904 to select delegates and conduct party business.
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