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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1903
Page
1
Dialect poem about summer leisure and farmer’s life. The speaker argues there is no point in working when the sun is hot and fruit ripens. Characters Hannah, Rastus and others anticipate a relaxed day in a garden and by the stream with cooking and fishing.
Over ten thousand attended the Negro Baptist convention at the National Exposition. Booker T. Washington urged leadership in the pulpit and urged Negro progress through labor and self-improvement. Dr. Babbitt argued for moving the highest development of American manhood by voluntary migration and uplift from Southern to Northern and Western regions.
The KC Journal humorist George Ade, now prosperous from newspaper work and book sales, joked about spending money to own land in Indiana. An anecdote about 140 acres of grass and white faced cows remains, used to critique wealth and land ownership, amid socialist commentary.
The article surveys European prohibition trends highlighting Germany France Switzerland Belgium Holland Austria and Norway. It notes health costs from liquor in Germany and calls for state action including abstinence measures restrictive laws and reformatory penalties as nations seek to curb drinking.
Sept 22 opening day drew many visitors and students at Geo. R. Smith College. Local and outside ministers attended and led prayers. Emancipation Day address noted. gifts included a hunting flag by George McLaughlin. Groundbreaking ceremony postponed due to Dr Mason’s absence. Industrial fund totaled 848.90 with 350 on call. charity collections brought total to 134.95. Evening featured a reception and social.
The colored people of Mexico Missouri celebrated Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on September 22 1903 at Hamilton’s Park southeast of Mardin College under the auspices of the three Negro Methodist churches. Excursion rates were provided by regional railways. The home band failed to perform citing late notice and lack of cooperation, but Rev J Hayes and Rev P S Cheatham spoke in the evening at the A M church and community leaders praised the park use and donations from local supporters. Gross receipts totaled 361 90 with incidental expenses 40 10, all settled by September 23 1903. J D Evans chair P S Cheatham secretary.
A historic note extols the Bible as a treasure for the poor and a solace for the sick and dying. It claims no other book instructs as the Bible and asserts guilt and death vanish before its holy inspiration, offering light in darkness and relief for sorrows.
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