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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
3
Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Preaching at 11:00 a.m. Class meeting at 12:00 p.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting weekly led by Rev R. Davis at 107 E. Cooper Street.
Sunday School holds first and third Sunday each month at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting is Tuesday night and Covenant Meeting Wednesday night. Pews free and everybody welcome.
The notice records a gathering at Liberty Park on the seventeenth and quotes proverbs about wages and industry. It also lists travels and visits by A J Thompkins to Rev H T Reeves in New Franklin Missouri and C W Holmes with Fay Parker to St Louis for a few weeks, plus a funeral-related trip for John Johnson of Boonville to Clifton for Mra Vina Blackson's burial on the third.
The Jackson sisters' School of Music posted 50.25 in door receipts from a Greater Taylor Chapel event on the 19th of last month. Mrs Estela Bently travels to Milan Missouri to visit sister in law Mattie Johnson. Former students W H Porter and Russell Johnson head to Kansas City to hire Dr Washington. Robin Madison in McBaine reports promising spring crops. Dr E A Harris returns home to help his parents and set St Louis as base. Myrtle Nelson now manages Douglas Hotel Cafe in St Louis. Nora Luthington recovers from eight weeks illness and son J W thanks Dr J M Harris. Rev J W Endicott of Hillsdale reports on Rocheport Baptist church work and attends Quartett concert in New Franklin.
A promotional piece extols the KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS as progressive Negroes in the imperial state detailing four departments. It highlights health and distress care, a Uniform Rank for military education, a women’s department for home and church life, and money paid to widows and heirs. It invites readers to contact A W Lloyd in St Louis for organizing a lodge.
A fragmented rail timetable lists multiple freight and local trains with numbers and times from Sedalia to Waraaw and Sedulla. Entries include departures, arrivals, and yard movements such as No 106 starting from the yard and No 685 and No 696 arrivals.
The ladies of the Eastern Star Chapter under Mrs Ella Brashear will serve lunch refreshments at the Anniversary on the 17th at Liberty Park. Everything will be served in grand style.
Mrs Vina Blackson wife of Lee Blackson died after a brief illness following childbirth at her home near Sweeney at 6 30 a m. She was daughter of John Johnson the blacksmith. Remains laid to rest in Deaman cemetery.
Miss V Willene Jackson was invited to Kansas City to assist the Western University Choral Union at Convention Hall on Friday. Dr Booker T Washington appeared before Western Missouri and Kansas audiences, with Se Calian hopes she will win laurels for Sedalia.
The Studente' Lecture Bureau delivered a lecture at Geo. R. Smith College last Friday night. Attendees expected a royal reception and the promise was fulfilled, with the president and faculty among those welcoming the speaker.
Western Messenger notes Geo R Smith College in Missouri and the West as a strong educational force. Recitations display thorough work, with earnest teachers and students. The Students' Lecture Bureau aims to promote literary attainment by bringing accomplished speakers to inspire the student body.
A small Latin class boy notes the word lapsus can mean slip in a book or a slipper when spoken of by his mother. He distinguishes the Latin nuance with practical humor, illustrating language quirks in a brief dialogue.
A girl gazes at the eastern sky where the full moon and Jupiter shine brilliantly. She excitedly tells her father that the moon has laid an egg, expressing sheer wonder at the celestial scene.
Chicago hosts the United States Knight of Pythias Commission for ten days in July to select a site for a great national temple. Major R R Jackson and Edward D Green spearhead the drive. The order, with $20,000 in treasury and $15,000 to raise, eyes a major fraternal project benefitting Chicago's Negro community. Commission members include S W Starks and C K Robinson with representatives from West Virginia Georgia Alabama Mississippi Indiana and Illinois.
Morgan Brown expresses heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and friends for their kindness and comforts during his wife's painful illness. He says the support will be deeply remembered for years to come.
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway expands service with extra daily trains to Oklahoma City Guthrie Cleveland Bartlesville Coffeyville and more. Through services from St. Louis and Kansas City to Oklahoma City Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and Galveston run on its own rails with chair cars and Pullman sleepers. Travelers are urged to plan ahead and seek information before purchasing tickets for comfort and convenience en route.
A Calanthean Club was organized at the D. O. hall with 18 members. Mrs J A Miller was named president, Miss Marie Digga secretary, and Mrs M Harris treasurer. The club plans to be instituted on the 19th or 26th of the month.
Fragmentary OCR note shows time stamps and line fragments. Entries include 1 02 am and 10 pm references, a header-like line noting No 404 and daily or Sunday issue indicators, but readable context is severely limited and no clear event or person is identifiable.
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