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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1888
Page
7
New York fashion notes reveal clever homemade gifts from old straw hats and discarded items. Readers learn to decorate hats with worsted silks, use tomato cans as piano plant stands, and craft plush back drapery for pianos or fireplace fronts while praising thrifty, stylish constraints.
A short Chicago Tribune item notes a small cross eyed woman aboard a street car who thanks a man for offering a seat and selects one of six seats, while six men think she is looking at them. The report adds that elderly men wear old bands similar to wedding rings from jewelers’ reports.
Charles La Tour, longtime editor of The Detroit Weekly Freemason, born Rochester New York June 17 18??, started as a painter apprentice, worked in The Weekly National Freemason and other New York outlets, moved to Detroit for Truth for the People, promoted temperance, led Freemason publishing, and traveled with grand lecturer before illness ended his service. He was a 25 year Mason and contributed to benevolent causes through a broad journalistic career.
The A. O. U. W. jurisdiction reports a total of 200,814 in good standing as of Aug 31 1888. Net month gain 1 009, led by Massachusetts 48 and Ohio 128 loss. State by state figures show New York 62437 gain 62 Missouri 176 Illinois 122 California 12 and others with varying gains and losses. Total beneficiary money received in August was 262100.75 with 254001.50 disbursed to deceased members beneficiaries.
William H. Jordan born September 3 1949 in Cincinnati Ohio moved to Oakland California as a boy. He attended Yale College and became a successful lawyer with Jordan and Ball in California. He served two terms in the legislature and was speaker of the assembly. He joined the Ancient Order of United Workmen in 1877 rising through Pacific lodge No 7 and held top offices including supreme overseer supreme foreman and supreme master workman by 1887.
In the annual report to the Pennsylvania grand lodge George Hawkes G K R 8 notes 398 lodges 838951 members as of June 30 1888. Yearly figures show 4836 initiated admitted by card reinstated as well as 2586 suspended 246 withdrawn and 479 deceased with a net rise of 10 lodges and 1485 members. Relief expenditures include 14761119 for brothers burial 41916.76 and widowed families 1263.05 with 68974808 on hand and invested in subordinate lodges.
Corinthian lodge of Camden New Jersey surrendered its charter Buckeye lodge Canton Ohio leases Madison hall third floor for fifteen years Fresno will host the California brigade encampment during the grand lodge session opening April 12 1889 Knights of Pythias in Piedmont Missouri suffer fire loss at castle hall built by Friendship lodge 98 dedicated November 1858 Portsmouth Virginia shows strong lodges Atlantic division 1 eighty swords Norfolk Virginia has stout lodges and Virginia division 2 rivalry with Atlantic division Welcome lodge Suffolk newly formed Withers division Rochdale reports John Bright relapse death momentarily expected.
Schedule lists routes and times for mail from multiple locations including South and Fast, North and West, Fort Colins New Windsor and Denver. It notes a late afternoon pouch for Denver and eastern and southern mail, daily post office hours, and Sunday money order or registry restrictions attributed to H. Jouns, P.M.
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