Fraternal Lodge Meetings and Notices
Local fraternal groups announce regular meetings and openings. La Grande Masonic Lodge 41 meets first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. La Granade Lodge 433 meets Thursdays at 8 p.m. Woodmen of the World La Grande Lodge 169 meets second and fourth Saturdays at K. P. hall. M. W. A La Grande Camp 7703 meets Mondays at I. C. O. F. hall. Crystal Rebekahs meet Tuesdays at L O O F hall. Red Cross Knights of Pythias Lodge 27 meets Mondays at Castle hall. attendees urged to visit.
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la Grande Lodge No
Masons
L. M. Hoyt
W. M
C. Williams
Woodmen OF the World
K. P. Hall
D. Fitzgerald
C. C
J. H. Keney
Knights OF Pythias
Red Crom Lodge No
Castle Hall
Inscriptions and Oddities From An Old London Churchyard
A curio of inscriptions and snippets from texts. The note recalls a 1452 memorial for Susannah Barford aged ten years and thirteen weeks. The piece includes quips about dining out and a knightly line about matrimony told in light, humorous fashion.
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London
Susannah Barford
Hope Chapter No. 13 meets Wednesdays and visitors invited
Hope Chapter No. 13 of C B C holds stated communications the second and fourth Wednesdays each month. Visiting members cordially invited. Carrie Hunter W M Mary A Warmnck Sec. Women of Woodcraft Ronde Circle No. 47 meets first Thursday eve in the month. All visiting members are welcome. Carrie Robbs G M Lizzie Ellsworth, J ers.
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Rebekahs
Crystal Lodge No
Xatie Arbuckle
N. G
Anna Alexander
Gee
O. B
Hope
C. B C
Carrie
Hunter
W. M
Mary A. Warmnnck
Sec
Women OF Woodcraft
Rana Ronde Circle No
Anc
Ord
Wbers
E'-Oma Carrie Robbs
G. M
Lizzie Ellsworth
Jlers
Maguire Africa lecture sparks Chautauqua appeal
Dr. Maguire, pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church Cleveland, lectures on his African safari and Congo adventures alongside Dr. Sadler in a varied Chautauqua program. He recounts language learning, missionary work, and dramatic exposure to savage artifacts, aiming to entertain and teach.
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Sarah Mildred Willmer
Wm. S. Sadler
Ireland
Africa
Dr. Maguire
Congo
Stanley
Christian Missionary Alliance
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Maguire
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Cleveland
Ohio
William Battis impersonates Dickens characters in speaking craft
William Sterling Battis stands alone in this country as an impersonator of Dickens characters, dedicating all his time to this work. He captures Dickens spirit through spoken word, clever makeup, and facial transformation while Dickens himself is praised for versatility, humanity, and keen character study.
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William Sterling Battis
Dicken
Charles Dickens
Victorian novelist Charles Dickens praised for social reform impact
The passage notes Dickens as the author whose depictions of boarding schools and London poverty spurred public inquiry and reform. It highlights Dotheboy's Hall from Nicholas Nickleby and Jarndyce and Jarndyce delaying courts, credited with exposing abuses and prompting change.
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Nicholas Nickelby
All England
Jarndyce
England
London
Sunday Piano and a Father’s Strict Rule
A Sunday evening scene in a Philadelphia Ledger tale shows a woman playing piano for a man who dislikes music. He agrees with her father that piano on Sunday is wicked, and the man is never invited back to the flat.
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Papa
Philadelphia Ledger
Absinth Absinthe's Toxic Mix Sparks Prohibition Warnings
Dr RB Hercud of Lausanne notes in the Alliance Temperance Almanac that absinth Aquor banned in Belgium Holland and Switzerland owes its danger to wormwood and other essences mixed with high alcohol content. He warns even small doses cause irritability and may trigger crime and epilepsy more often than ordinary spirits.
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RB. Hercud
Lausanne
Alliance Temperance Almanac
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Dundee Advertiser
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the Fraternal Orders
la Grande
Oregon
E—La Granade Lodge
Eik’s Club
Depot Street
Washington Avenue
Vinking Brothers
H. J. Ritter
H. B. Coolidge
M. W. A-La Grande Camp No. 7703
I. C. O. F. Hall
B. B. Daniels
Hwath
Jess Paul
C. C. R. L. Lincoln
Yonkers Statesman
Burke
Jenny
Hosta
Biliz
J. H. PE
U. S. Land Office
Adams Avenue
LA Grande Iron Works D, Fitzgerald
Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co
DE. WM
Sadler’s
Chautauqua Company
Sadler
Gabriel Maguire
aFricay Caploser
Robert Pattison
Waters
Stanchfield
Jefferson Avenue
Royal Grocery
H. Pattison
Observer Office
Astoria
Northwest
Oregon Country
Glen Curtiss
West
United States
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Centennial Committee
Ora
WM. McMurray
Portland
Ore
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