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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
3
Morning services at 11 o clock with Sunday School, evening service, and prayer meeting each Wednesday night at 8. Teachers meeting Friday. Epworth League at 9 90 pm. Christian Band Friday night. Rev. T L Scott pastor with Mamie Walker secretary.
The notice lists preaching at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Sunday school at 2:30 p.m. A prayer meeting occurs every Wednesday evening. It invites all to attend and be welcome to all services under Rev J H Downing.
A local notice lists Sunday School and preaching events on the first and third Sundays each month at 1 a m and 11 a m. Also mentions a medicinal receipt for pains advertised as anti-pol pills.
R F Phillips trip to Jefferson City noted while J M Braden and J A Dorsey are mentioned in life events. Father Washington Price returns from Lexington and Kansas City to spend winter in the city. McHarry Medical College plan for R F Phillips, class of 07, in Nashville for sophomore year. J B Simpson returns from Kansas City with a tent for the state fair. Carnation Club hosted by Mrs Carl Banks with graphophone music and peach ice cream. Next meeting with Mrs Marie Johnson.
After abandoning their buggy, the travelers sought aid from a nearby neighbor to continue their journey. The resolve to press on shows the community assistance available in the area.
The pending marriage of Mr. J C Murray, a former Warrenaburg resident, to Mrs Annie L Stemn is described as a major social event. The ceremony will take place at the Moran Street Church with Pauline Washington and Marguerite Cravett as flower girls, C Braden singing, Eva Parker playing the wedding march, and a reception at Mr and Mrs John Leewright’s North Moniteau home.
A miner hurt last week in the mine broke three ribs but is reported to be improving. Eugene Estes also was injured but could be out again. Mrs. W. B. Stanton visited relatives in Marshall Sunday. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howlett died September 16 1908 with services held at 2 p.m. at home led by Rev. T. I. Watson. Mrs. John Carter of Lexington on city business Nellie Hale remains on the sick list. Morc. T. A. Jones returned this evening after sad days in Kansas City.
Saunders and Jo cie Saunders are very ill of this writting. Rev Tays pastor of the M E Church led a grand rally Sunday September 1310s. Reva Woodson Pane Randall and E D Burns attended. The amount raised during the day was 28.82.
An Old Colored Soldiers Reunion and Second Annual Encampment is urged for Perth Springs near Warrensburg from the 23rd to the 25th of this month. Chief J. M. Braden and wife are leaving the True Reformers for Indianapolis to continue their work, with friends wishing them success. Mary Stewart and mother enjoyed a Sunday ride, returning home late, nearly running off the suburban boulevards of Dreden.
The Central Missouri Confer ence M. E. Church Church Extension Board met in the College Parlor on the 15th and advised the Parent Board to grant a $1600 loan to the church at Independence Missouri. Attendees included Rev. Richard Davis pastor of Centennial M. E. Church Kansas City Rev. Richard Rush of Versailles Rev. FE S Bowles A K Editor W H Huston Dr J M Harris Rev W H Smith Superintendent of
A wedding was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver Franklin Tuesday at two oclock. Their daughter Misa Eva Britt married Moody Jennings by Rev Watson in a prettily lighted parlor.
Miss Anna Britt played the piano as Misa Henrietta Dyer sang. The bride wore white silk and carried carnations and roses. The groom in a regular dress suit. After refreshments they left for Salina Kansas amid rice and well wishes. The bride is a Higginsville native and Lincoln Institute graduate. The groom is a capable young man. friends wish them happiness.
The notice outlines sections of the Compulsory Educational Law. It requires children aged 5 to 16, when not employed, to attend day school for at least half the term annually. Exemptions exist for lack of clothing, illness, absence of nearby public school, family hardship, or completion of the common course. Restrictions on work for ages 8 to 14 apply unless authorized or proof of attendance is provided.
Attendance officers and district clerks must notify parents when children fail to comply with the law. Penalties fall on the parent or guardian with a maximum $25 fine or 10 days in jail, or both. Employers face a $50 fine and costs for illegal employment of a child. Each school board must publish this synopsis in a district newspaper or post it in at least five public places ten days before the school year opens.
A fragmented verse extols voting for Taft while noting possible support for Bryan. The poem references the Peerless One and changing leadership as a theme, with lines suggesting allegiance shifts and political persuasion amid a troubled landscape.
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