Christmas Hymn Lifts Silent Village From Plague
Caspar the lone survivor in Geerian village rises on Christmas morning and sings the Christ child story. His voice awakens others as shutters open and a score join in the hymn, signaling deliverance from the pestilence. The piece ends with gratitude for salvation on Christmas Day.
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Christmas Folklore of Peter and Lucy in Georgia
Plunkett narrates a Christmas tale set in 1840s Georgia recounting Peter Impson and Lucy’s struggles. Tom, the enslaved man, returns to rescue their farm from mortgage by bringing funds and reuniting with his beloved. The story ends with Tom freed, Peter acquiring a wife for Tom, and a hopeful Christmas renewal at the mossy log house.
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Peter Impson
Billy Brooks
Brown
Jimmy Lawe
Thimble
Timothy Tubbutin
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Lucys
Rgin
Lucy
Nan Brown
Johnnie Brown
London Town
Simpson
Squire Crawford
Texas
Tom
Lacey
Old Tom
Freeman's Quarter
Emma
Mississippi Vale
Emma Dale
Old Smith
Smith
Pei
Old South
Old Squire Crawford
Georgia
Atlanta
Constitu
Knights of Pythias Supreme Secretary Kennedy’s Report
The quarterly Knights of Pythias report by Supreme Secretary W. B. Kennedy shows endowment 47.36 million dollars, 22 022 members, 53 deaths in the last quarter, and 1 7131.32 on deposit. New sections 24. total benefits paid to date 85.411,235. Growth noted in Pennsylvania Indiana Kansas Illinois and western states with new lodges and enlarged castles. Endowment Bank has paid 5.411,235 in death benefits. Louisiana lodges raise three-rank fees to 20 dollars.
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Supreme
Ww. B. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
British Columbia
Indianapolis
Ind
Knights of
Zanesville
Cheyenne Lodge
Missouri
Indiana
Kansas
Illinois
Knights of Pythias Endowment Bank
Georgia
G. M
Ohio
Louisiana
Illinois Odd Fellows Home Chooses Lincoln Site
Directors select Lincoln IL for the Illinois Orphans' Home after Shelbyville failed to offer suitable inducements. Lincoln’s land is described as splendid with ample water, though construction awaits $20,000 in hand beyond Lincoln’s donation.
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Lincoln
Ils
Shelbyville
C. T. Campbell
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Topeka
Ontario Grand Lodge
Dominion
Odd Fellowship
Dominion Lodge, of
London
Ont
Stratford
New Hampshire
Alabama
New York City
Green Bay
Wis
Odd Fellows
New York
Johnstown
M. A
Chicago
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Why Women Grow Old in the Modern Era
A society column argues women now live longer and stay healthier with exercise and balanced living. It contrasts aging norms, notes many still age early, and champions inner health, sleep, diet, and activity as keys to youth, while criticizing outward vanity and restrictive dress.
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America
Grandes Dames
Emerson
Fanny Edgar Thomas a Chicago bookkeeper becomes renowned writer
The article traces Fanny Edgar Thomas’s rise from a $4 weekly Chicago bookkeeper to a celebrated writer and pianist. It details her poverty born start, self produced pamphlets like The Turned Bridge, The Poor Little Girl, and her later fame, friendships with Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and current life in New York as a refined artist with frugal fashion sense.
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Fanny Edgar Thomas
Chicago
Miss Thomas
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New York
Thomas
Egyptian double wedding in Cairo palace palace scene observed
Special Correspondent describes a Cairo wedding of Mohammed Pasha's two sons with a male guest list, Turkish rugs, and chandeliers. Women were unseen in the central court while bridegrooms greeted guests and the sister of the groom discussed matching with observers. The brides wore white satin and wine colored gowns with gold embroidery and crowns.
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Egypt
Mohammed Pasha
Ceylon
Cairo
Mossem
London
Cleopatra
Campen M. Copery
Moody the Evangelist Walks On in Cold Weather
Moody, the evangelist, is described as a pedestrian with excellent physical condition who disdains an overcoat even in the coldest weather. He is portrayed as active and hardy despite harsh conditions.
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Moody
Evangelist
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