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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
3
An unnamed repair shop advertises chair caning and various repair work offering contact by phone 633 and location at 14 Monroest in Jefferson City Missouri.
J J McDonald, local representative for the Thiebe Stie in Magic House of St Louis, lists CHICKERING & SON and several brands including POOLE CAMERON THIEBE STIER LIN THIEBLIN and STIEN BACH DREHER. Manufacturers claim savings for purchasers by buying direct and invite calls or letters.
The Methodist Episcopal Church Rev R Davis at 107 E Cooper St lists Sunday School 9 30 am preaching 11 am class meeting 1 pm Epworth League 6 30 pm preaching 7 30 pm and a Wednesday prayer meeting.
The Culn Chapel A M E Church lists morning service at 11 a m Sunday School at 2 p m class meetings at 3 p m evening service at 8 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p m Teachers' meeting Fridays led by P Thurman pastor and H R Brown secretary.
The notice lists Sunday School at 2 p m and class meetings at 3 45 p m Epworth League at 9 30 p m Evening Service at 7 345 p m Prayer meeting every Wednesday Rev T L Scott pastor at 313 W Clay and Mamic Walker secretary invite attendees Christies Band meets Fridays night at the same church.
Morgan Street Baptist Church announces Sunday services with preaching beginning at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday School at 2:30 p.m. A prayer meeting occurs every Wednesday evening. Messages invite attendance and emphasize welcome to all parishioners despite illegible OCR text.
The Central Missouri Conference of the Woman s Home Missionary Society reports year ending March 1908 with receipts across districts including Loum 3.00 Farmington 800 Bt. Charles 0 and others totaling 212.87. The address urges young women to become mission workers, raise funds, and support Africa missions, outlining district points and auxiliaries and calling for renewed pledges to the General Fund and Student Aid.
A prosperous year is reported with hundreds of articles distributed by twenty auxiliaries. The secretary urges precise records of garments books and woods and cash donations from each auxiliary and submission before next year’s conference for surprising results.
A year of harvest for the Woman's Home Missionary Society shows broader understanding and open doors in many districts. Subscriptions rise with 12 new supporters across St Louis, Sedalia, and St Joseph districts, and 40 copies of Woman's and Children's Home Missions received.
Corresponding secretary reports on the Fifth Annual Weeling of the Woman's Home Missionary Society in Central Missouri. She argues for education of African Americans, cites Methodist membership and auxiliaries, and outlines plans for training colored deacons and women, stressing Christian mission and leadership development to uplift the race.
Robert Burton of Sedalia wed Miss Bertha Riley of St. Louis on April 21 at Central Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Rush of Versailles in town. Frank H. Parks of Kansas City and Miss Lucy Owsley wed with Rev. J. E. Tucker presiding. couple living at 308 West Morgan Street. Polar Star Lodge No 60 Knights of Pythias in Versailles marked an anniversary. Rev. Rehnd Russ preached. others delivered remarks. Lodge growth noted. Miles’ Lime-Pain Pills advertised.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills with 60 doses, claiming speedy relief and lasting effects. The copy uses vague medical claims and branding to entice readers to purchase at local shops.
Fragmentary verse hints at sensational journalism and public scandal. References to prison, murder, hangman, and betrayal mix with morbid imagery and political taunts. The piece mocks falsehoods and the publish of disreputable tales, ending with chaotic political street imagery.
A damaged OCR fragment from a negro weekly publication in Sedana Missouri contains garbled names and phrases about acknowledgement, announcements, and a person named Brown Williams Chimenn. It reads like an editorial tribute or community notice with unclear context and distorted bids. The text lacks coherent facts or dates.
Mr 8 Madison and daughter Wilmeta of Elmwood Park attended services here Sunday. A sizable number of friends and relatives gathered in support of Ms Gertrude Taylor.
Miss Gertrude Taylor died April 19 at her mother's home in Clayton. Her funeral was held April 21 at Mt Pleasant Church with Reverend Jame of St Louis officiating. She was the daughter of Mrs Jona Taylor and left a mother two brothers and many relatives and friends. She graduated from Clayton Public School and joined Clayton Baptist Church two years ago. She had taught at Stafford School and suffered from consumption. Her mother and friends cared for her in illness and she spoke of Jesus healing her before death.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt daughter of the President teaches a Sabbath School at St Marys Protestant Epixcrote Church a colored mission of St Johns. She devotes herself to her pupils and rarely misses her self-appointed duty guiding a city-wide effort to support missionary work.
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