The Jewish people
The Jewish people have no synagogue in the city. The Orthodox, Russian and Polish Jews hold regular weekly services in the Smith and Cotton building, in the hall in the third story. The Reform Jews hold services in the Powell-Crawford building on Fifth and Ohio streets. Their membership is about forty, with Rev. Moses Cohn, of Warrensburg, as their rabbi. Their Sunday school is held each Sunday at Union school for both orthodox and reform believers. The Sunday school attendance is about sixty.
(History of Pettis County Missouri by Mark A McGruder 1919)