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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
3
Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Epworth League activities include class meetings and prayer meetings. Rev RB Davis, pastor,Residence 107 B Cooper Street. Evening services at 6:30 p.m. and 7:80 p.m. Wednesday events follow.
Community notices list Sunday School at 10am with first and third Sundays, prayer meetings on Tuesday and Friday nights, and pews free for all. Local editor reports visitors, funerals, and preparations for Hod Carries’ Outing on August Fourth at Liberty Park. Also notes Pythian anniversary at Greater Sedalia Lodge No 42 and updates on club officers and small-town social happenings.
Bill Jackson a Beaman subscriber disposed of apples on streets Friday. Miss Minnielia Jackson visits her father in Kansas City. David Rice and W W Morgan, progressive farmers, were in town Thursday on business. George White of Kansas City visits with relatives and is under Dr M Garris care. Rev W H Smith held his first quarterly meeting at Taylor's Chapel on the 24 and 25 with a glorious time. Albert Murray of Franklin Junction called on the 26 and returned the 27 for M E & T hospital treatment. LaFayette County Colored Fair workers plan a large meeting at Higginsville grounds August 15–17. Prof W F Guy of Langston University lecturing in Latin and elocution.
The KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS are described as the strongest and most progressive Negroes in this imperial state. The four departments unite members by pledges to care for and protect each other in health, sickness, and distress.
The department emphasizes military education for young men to shape them into better citizens and capable soldiers. It notes unity among Knights families including wives mothers and sisters. It also mentions paying thousands annually to widows and heirs of deceased Knights.
Rev W C Williams, former Quinn Chapel pastor, presented a Moving Picture show at Quinn Chapel and Morgan Street Baptist church to large crowds. Following a six weeks tour across Iowa Illinois Kansas and Missouri, he heads back to his pastoral duties in St Louis.
The church built a $14,000 edifice, occupied April 15, with $6,000 unpaid. Rev B F Fennell leaves collectorship for writing and store duties. J H Newbill to assume role. Home Protective Association hosts meeting at Fen nell hall with George F Neil detailing organization. Knights of Pythias lodge 42 initiates two men and elects new officers including Bowles and Huston.
A reader insists on an instant refund for a back issue subscription claiming they are owed money and request swift action from the publisher. The note emphasizes urgency and financial restitution.
Readable scraps show various train identifiers and times including arrivals at Warsaw Sedalia and Sedalia leaves. Mentions No 8 No 1 am No 2 12 50 pm No 4 4 4 pm No 28 4 10 pm No 106 local freight and other numbers with unclear origins.
Emancipation Proclamation celebration and old fashion barbecue set for August 4 1906 in Knob Noster Missouri, twenty miles from Sedalia. Mt Zion M E church aims for a premier Johnson County event with Sedalia residents and neighbors invited. tickets or bills urged early.
An OCR fragment urges readers to subscribe to the paper and laments carelessness versus knowledge. It includes a quoted Irish orator remark about gaining footing in the community and people’s eagerness to learn about someone. The text provides little contextual detail beyond the subscription push and general reflection.
Readers are urged to subscribe to the Sedalia Weekly Conservator urging affordability and timely action to avoid missing out on the periodical, highlighting the community value and urging support.
Reader urged to vote sincerely without prejudice, signaling caution against drastic scrapping or trading proposals and advocating plain speaking and personal conviction in civic choices.
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