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Dedication of Cmaha's New Odd Fed low* Temple L«flt Friday Afternoon*DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGr|fi»|rn Arniiigrtl for by tfir I filled Work men M »-itit*N- of 1’iiir uri lnil Circle-r thin it Memorial U*f-III in' I .iMkc (lltlcrr*.Laid Friday will long bl rrmoinWrd byUn’ Odd Fellowm of Omaha an the ealn dayIn the biHt ry of tIs* or»h r in th* metropolis or Nebraska, Hu* ti* canton fnr rejoicing w*tlt;» the Ordlt at bn of the IP w tempi® situated •i 112*114 North Fgurbiiuh ntrret, which haw just breti completed toy Om ilw Mge No. 2. Thin I** tIk oldest P due in the Jurfg-dietlott of Nebraska, lodge No. I. Iimtltutcd jit. Ncbniskit t Ity nearly forty yearn ago,having ken ctm! dldttp J with No, 3, !nntl-tilted a ft w yearn later In that city.Promptly at 2 lt;/el ek. the grand master having taken hl» station, the grand herald anmujni^ d the presence of tin grand mnr-htirtI and In raldn at the outer door. UponUirnr ordered to itdtviU them the daunt if the main hull were thrown . -pen, when 1, W NkdioK gt.ittil marshal. J It. lillllum. herald of the north; Thomas* itubhuiii, to raid Of tht aoutll . U C- Lambert, le i eldof the *;i t„ mid ft. M. lU M, herald of the Wta'f* entered and took pottseJjMon of the halt lt« the till me of Friendship, Love and Truth.k toed In the emblnnurk color* of thrlr Malkina and nianhing to the music of the , piano, which -• nt forth ihe tic tut If ill Mr dnn of iho Grand IJ ti t h i 11 n March,* Miry i rewrite! an Isiipr*1 mstv»* and la mp‘fill pletur**.Tin key*- to the building were firc-urnlcd t . the grand master by Si Ida Wright,r-hifrmnn of the board of trustees, and the solemn h rvk:*.- of didloutku, us prescribed by ih* rlitul. mow performed* Fast Gt mdM uti r John Evans mil fig as grand chaplain and Poet Grand Master Chari- s A. I'ut-terson us grand warden,1 u- bull ling of the alfnr was th** ftr-it !n order. »nd lit- heralds of tin mrth* guM, south nod west brought for h the blocksof I»»fi a Insr-rlhi-d with the titnftni ii n. i in 13** u !■ firmed to Dtaromv amew, bet. but w*• «t u Initiated until Nov cm-tier 7, the b'tg hiring no suitable hall Inwhich to meet Uu November 14, .fudge J It, Fort* r, now lt;*f i.oi* Angeles, t it , for year* probate nrid pel ice Judge in this city, mil Ana Hunt, nftrrwurds grand master grope admitted by curd tin November 2 V John V, Clapper^ a note I character* whom All the old mmlt r will readily r* • *11, and J N Allen* a ii oil d pMltlnlitn. wero Initiat'dtin I hr aanif date the lodge I* n« *1 the buildIn*? of John M. Thayer, known b* the pioneer block, located on Farnam at.reel b twM.Mi Eleventii un i Twitfth str- ■*. a! i nniiii tf $ f»o | r annum At that I mu the lodge consisted ut enly six pen nicinbers, andIn uHMimlng aorti a burden they certainly Mimed th'lr confide nee m in* order, arvdit ultimate BitfCMr On January m Iv“-T.It rot hi r John L^can mio iidmnted hy card • ♦ii .Mnreh 27. 1 vr.7, ,11m M Tlmy r, who ha* Hlntm served t»l» country as guvi-mur of the state- « f NVbraHka ami as Fulled Htiibs iteumor. u,i* in M it* *1. Among other* vi Ini Unit I with the bwlgc In 11 infatirywere Jot ph !•*. ,^h« • py. |r. George Smith(Dox Boil A. J. Simpson, Byron ttrCi!, J dmMefmrmlck John F.vann. cx-Fnilrd St.iiee SoiiAfor Alvin Knithd^rti and General JohnM lt;’hivlngton. whose nbutbss pursuit, and aoven* treatvnan* id tin httihtttr provck* d p*i much unfavomtoio crbleisui. Amoug ill** ti a men tm tit h md will bo found those of muny whose wise counsel wn» of gr at Im-fi irtittice th 1 fillptin* tin- k'glfihillofl and af* fair* of the t'-rrltnry. and ih* lufltmnocwnld- 1 by III* bulge for the general good id iocituy and In moulding th* tn ml aentl-iri* ni of tin euhuiitinlty and Htaic. caiinut be ovi rest tmal i*d The mi mo of I*r (jo)rgi-I,. Miller and ilu* impart,mi part tak* u byhim in the dovelopmtnt -if the city andgin to. too well known p* n« lt;*d r, postinuas |8 nisi tho name and tbidr of Judge f; erg- ArmJdrontr. Alfred I*. Joika who vviit liuit-ij for hi* iml « i Ion and 1 is'ifulfi* jib nutob* grand of a nmOll lodge of Odd i'ol l- vvn. aft rw ards becnrni* :t kHit I p irMit-moh'.iHnn and it piiv. rful adversary In (If*hat*’, v.dnt her on th« lloor f the a rand bib:.-of th* lulled Ft ate* or on fin ilnor of Ih* territorial couindl of NVbra k i lo wfprli howas t. looted for too ptit’ecs^lve terniH, John ICvariH set tip ! at th filth town uf K udamlh ,w'Tifch hr foiifi lo l In Ikidgo county, in April.isr.fi, and for many yuirs an activespirit In the nfr?t;ri* of county and Matt,having served n* rc-gtstvr uf deeds In Uodgtcounty one year, county edtnvttlsBioftef of WaHhliigton county for thrim years. In the territorial I'Min-dl for two v- m 1 'd-7 andlater In ti e hmi— -*f renr*iit.pJ',* \fl.-r
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Omaha Daily Bee
Omaha, Nebraska, US
Mon, Jun 11, 1894
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