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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1906
Page
2
Editorial urges Republican ticket for stable city conditions and warns black voters against indecision amid Independent whispers. Denounces false ties to utilities, calls for clear choice and civic duty, urging readers to declare support or opposition publicly.
A historical notice urges voters to vote early on Tuesday, urging sobriety and judgment while warning against prejudice. It warns independents and party lines, stresses watching for irregularities, and cautions against letting personal grievances affect ballots. It also condemns racial threat and urges self reliance and calm under civic duties.
E F Van Wagner and W Diligeniritz noted as councilmen for the first ward in the fragmentary item.
A reflective civic exhortation urges readers to credit the current administration for its achievements and vote for themselves. It warns against manipulation of suffrage and emphasizes honor in political action and personal responsibility.
Notice announces a vote on increasing the annual school tax rate in Sedalia by 40 cents per hundred dollars. Cites April 3, 1906, election day and ballot wording for supporters and opponents. Signed by Wm H Powell, President of the district board.
A short verse from the Houston Post muses on a desirable merger of babylees homes and homeless babes with optimistic, sunlit weather and grand times. The fragment offers a lyrical, social welfare impulse in a period tone.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway has added a daily train to Oklahoma City Guthrie Cleveland Bartlesville Coffeyville and more. Double daily service now runs in both directions between St Louis and Kansas City and Oklahoma points. Through trains from St Louis and Kansas City to Oklahoma City Fort Worth San Antonio Dallas and Galveston offer chair cars and Pullman sleepers with no car changes.
Marshall notes report Rev Isaac Mills convalescent and Thomas Paxton praised. Arthur Craddock left for St Louis, and Rip Van Wickle resides in East Marshall. Social items include F B Church snowball on April 7 and AME Box Social on the 25. Local visits mention E D Burns of Malta Bend and S W Adams of Blackburn. Rev Harrison Green leaves for Cairo to wed.
Mrs N H Kenner has returned from Paris where she visited her mother who is now convalescing. The group is preparing a reception for the occasion on the thirtieth.
Rev Albert Poston of Curryville changed cars en route to Slater on the 21. Mrs Richard Perry hosted the Ladies Aid Society at her home last week. Leonard Britt, student at Louisville Medical College, returned for summer vacation on the 24. The Union Band of Lexington gave a fine concert at the Baptist Church on the 24. Joseph P Johnson returned from Canton, Ohio on the 26.
New pocket map of Sedalia shows all streets and points of interest including State Fair buildings. Priced at 15 cents, from Thomas Printing Co Mail Order Printers at 115 East Second Street.
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