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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1907
Page
4
The Knights of Pythias with over 4000 members in this state claim to be the most progressive Negro organization today. It describes four departments namely Abordinate Lodges Uniform Rank Ladies Courts Endowment. Departments support the sick bury the dead educate widows and heirs and provide military education for youth.
Probate Court of Pettis County Missouri grants letters to Susan Anderson Executrix on April 2 1907. Creditors must exhibit claims for allowance within one year or be barred. claims not exhibited within two years from publication date are forever barred. This 2nd day of April 1907.
St Louis and Kansas City lodges meet monthly at eight o clock in various temples and academies. Lists officers including chancellors commanders and keepers of records for numerous lodges such as Gallant No 57 Mound City No 4 Fidelity No 7 St Louis No 41 Miami No 20 New Madrid No 45 Clinton No 53 New Era No 40 Warrensburg No 46 Pride of the West No 1 Lone Star No 10 Westgate No 38 Semper Fidelis No 34 Pythagoras No 30 Triumph No 52 with meeting nights on first third fourth Mondays and fourth Wednesdays depending on lodge.
Missouri jurisdiction lists 66 subordinate lodges 47 ladies courts and 2 600 members with 232 93 endowment funds on hand and 2614 endowment funds currently available Endowment on each death 4000 Knights of Pythias in Mo and 11 500 Pythian Home funds stated at 3137 Pine Street St Louis with $5 weekly sick dues per lodge A W Lloyd grand chancellor invites joiners at 3157 Pine St St Louis.
Al G Wheeler, progressive barber, added a fine bathroom with hot and cold water to his shop at 103 North Lamine. Customers can bathe at a reasonable price and are invited to call and see the facility.
Cor Wau H Huenes invites lodges under Missouri jurisdiction to write for information on organizing Pythian Cadet companies for children across the state. Address: 3513 Bernaril Ave, St Louis, Mo. Write at once to join the effort.
Report lists payments to families of deceased brethren from multiple states including Colorado Georgia Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri New York Pennsylvania South Carolina Washington West Virginia totaling 30900.25. Amounts shown include 6050 in Colorado 1330 in Georgia 6400 in Louisiana 250 in Michigan 1476.95 in Mississippi 2533.30 in Missouri 25 in New York 1900 in Oregon 1900 in Pennsylvania 650 in South Carolina 50 in Washington 1350 in West Virginia.
The record lists meeting dates and officers for several lodges including Eureka No. 16 at St. Louis with Samuel Keys as chancellor commander and William H Johnson as keeper of Fayette No. 35 Fayette. Other lodges Zenith No. 64 Rocheport and additional officers A E Robinson and Laurenzo Leonard are noted as chancellor commander and keeper respectively.
Burn's Chapel began a series of meetings on the 13th inst with Rev. C R Smith preaching Monday and Tuesday night. Rev J P McDonnell preached the rest of the week and four anxious souls were saved on Sunday the 13th. Prof W H Huston spoke on Overcoming Difficulties and Rev E D Burns reported a bright future for the church. The next session will meet at Blackwater Friday before the second pubday in August.
Listing of lodge officers across Kaw Valley 54 Kansas City Flora 15 Poplar Bluff Richmond 20 Richmond Anchor 31 Cape Girardeau and Greater Sedalia 43 Sedalia. Names include John H Yates W E Burdette William L Carter S E Townsend Benjamin Waugh George Walls A M Oliver AC Maclin George M Williams.
J. J. McDonald, representative for Thiebe Stier Music House of St. Louis, lists pianos for sale. Prospective buyers may inquire at the local office for model details, pricing, and delivery options.
The notice lists Green Valley No 36 Lexington Walter Shipley chancellor commander and James Lindsey keeper of records as well as St Louis St Pythias No 13 Cato Graves chancellor commander William B Rankins keeper of records and seal Polar Star No 60 Versailles Serry Woods keeper of records and seal for the quarterly gathering on the fourth Tuesday at eight o'clock.
Fragmentary note lists Emblem lodges in St Louis Ardmore and Huntsville with chancellor commanders keepers of records and seals and officers including Arthur Turner Harrison Doyle W L Toney William Campbell and H Crutchfield.
The District Stewards meeting opened at 11 AM with singing and prayer as Presiding Elder W H Smith led. Georgie A Jacobs of Holden was elected secretary. delegates from Lexington Wellington Holden Sedalia Centerview Warrensburg attended. proxies represented Clinton Marshall Green Valley California Mount Leonard Blackburn.
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