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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1905
Page
3
Sedalia church directory lists Taylor Chapel Methodist Church with Sunday services at 9:30 a.m and 11:00 a.m plus evening hours. Rev R Davis serves as pastor from residence at 107 E Cooper Street with additional Wednesday evening services.
Sunday services at 10 am and 7 40 pm with preaching on the first and third Sundays each month. Prayer meeting on Tuesday night and covenant meeting Wednesday night. Pews free and everybody made welcome.
F Greer witnessed the opening of college last Tuesday. Mrs Dr J M Harris enjoyed a pleasant visit with relatives in Chicago. Silas Phillips and son Robert of Smithton were in town Monday on business. Aaron Johnson of Woustonia was here Monday to place his son Elmer in school. William Gravette, ill for days, is able to be out again. Mrs Annie Overton arrived from Texas to be near her Mother Mrs Mattie Stewart. Miss Estelle Hawkins called on Dr J M Harris last Wednesday. Mack Scott, the blacksmith, is doing excellent work in his new shop on W Jefferson street. Ray Shepheard will offer the latest sale of patent leather Rhines. David Rice of Beaman met us for a full year and said the rain had damaged his crops considerably.
Mrs Anna Hurd and her daughter Miss Georgie Diggs have left their former home in Columbia and returned to the city with their household. JC W Holiday and his wife and daughter have also departed from a prior residence and returned from a recent trip.
A crowded column recounts visits to Denver, Colorado Springs and Mainton with weddings, visits, and family gatherings. Notables include Smith Overton at his mother in law Mrs Mattie Steward’s obsequies, Lou Emma Butler staying to keep house, Miss Loubauna and Ona B Ruby returning from Chicago, and Editor W H Huston delivering Emancipation addresses at Clinton Versailles and California.
Local football fans learn Dewey High star John Eskoe will not be in school this season marking a setback for the team. Eskoe, a key player, is listed as unavailable for the upcoming games and practice.
Leaders and trustees met Tuesday evening to plan a basket meeting and rally on the second Sunday in October to raise money for the pastor's salary. Invitations go out to Rev. R. Rush, Rev. F. J. Bowles, Rev. G. W. Ball and their congregations. The event aims for spiritual uplift and financial support, urging all to bring baskets and attend a jubile unto our King.
Aon Ile, his mother, sisters and brothers depart Muskogee on the 1st for Lawrence to pursue superior school opportunities. Father stays to run business interests. John vows to return after completing his business education to Muskogee and join his father in enterprise. The community wishes him Godspeed.
A sermon by J Hey M Farr is explored here listing six essential qualities for scholarship: ability energy firmness of decision ironclad will profound thought and opportunity. It argues some students lack mental capacity or physical ability and are weak nervous and excitable, hindering academic success.
The speaker argues that ability must be paired with energy and firm decision to form true scholarship. Without will power and action, talent remains unrealized. A college’s goal is to cultivate thinkers who translate thought into decisive deeds, for the world judges by done work rather than words.
A brief slogan emphasizing alignment with progressive causes and a call to join the movement to be part of a broader political or social reform effort. It frames participation as swift and collective action.
Rain disrupted a Sunday event with Rey Ferrier unable to fill his appointment. Mrs Mary Dupes returned to Omaha after visiting a niece. Won Harncy and companion have gone home to Kansas City. Mrs Mittie Birklin hosted a small Friday dinner at her aunt Mes Duper’s home. School reopened Monday under Prof Wilford Wise.
A fragmented notice from the Lexington branch indicates a local electrical service matter tied to 401 site access and a delivery or installation effort. No names or dates are clearly readable.
Train leaves Sedalia for Warsaw and returns with Arrivals and Departures noted. Service details show Sedalia to Warsaw routes and reverse trips with times and frequency not specified in the fragment.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions numbers and dates with no coherent event. It references a quantity, a value, and possibly a date, but readable names, places, or organizations are not identifiable. The fragment lacks a definite action or outcome to summarize.
Correspondents and subscribers are instructed to send publishable material on one side of the paper only. Any matter written on both sides will be discarded.
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