Sedalia Weekly Conservator (Sedalia, Mo.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
238 issues from 1903 to 1908, published in Sedalia, Missouri, digitised for Chronicling America.
On May 8, 1903, the Sedalia Weekly Conservator, an African American newspaper, commenced publication on the campus of the George R. Smith College in Sedalia, hoping to supply “useful information on the current issues of the day—social, moral, religious and racial” to the city of Sedalia and Pettis County, Missouri. This four-page weekly newspaper was published by William H. Huston and C. M. English until 1905 at which time Huston became the sole proprietor and publisher.
Promising a policy “for a higher standard of [C]hristian culture in the home” and a “more progressive and persistent effort in the business world,” the paper promoted education, the advancement of the African American community, and the celebration of black artists. It included various announcements and updates about Scott Joplin’s performances and rising popularity in its pages. The April 15, 1904 issue announced that the “‘Rag Time Music’ King and composer spent the first of last week visiting his associates here. He has a new piece on market, called ‘Chrysanthemum.’”
The Conservator also celebrated its own achievements, announcing the “Second Anniversary Celebration of the Establishment of the Sedalia Weekly Conservator at Liberty Park Hall: Wednesday night, May 17, 1905.” Everyone was instructed to “come arrayed in their best, in order that the occasion may, indeed, be ‘swell.’”
The paper also covered political news, and the last available issue of the Conservator, published September 21, 1908,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Sedalia, Missouri, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress