Knights of Pythias Grand Chancellor Noted for Maritime Provinces
Grand Chancellor Willige B. Nicholson of the Maritime Provinces, born on Prince Edward Island in 1253, charter member of Ivanhoe Lodge in Woodstock, NB, and a longtime dedicated worker for the order. The Mastachweetts brigade will parade May 21, and Wisconsin reports 128 judges. Pythianism is booming in the Indian country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chasciljer
Elmet
Bro
Willige B. Nicholson
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward Island
Ivanhoe Lodge
No. 7
Woodstock
N. B
B. Nicholson
Nicholson
John W. Wiggin
Lowell
Carnahan
Premier Lodge
St. Louis
Cosmopolitan Lodge
Philadelphia
Wisconsin
Odd Fellows Notes on Secret Work and Elections
No one may publish the secret work or possess alleged exposes, under expulsion. Minnesota votes on grand officers via Australian ballot in lodge elections. Southeast Missouri marks 75th anniversary in Charleston on April 26. Nevada Missouri Odd Fellows anticipate May 21 grand lodge sessions with a Patriarchs Militant parade. After grand lodge, an excursion to Liberty to dedicate the new Odd Fellows home. California grand encampment at Stockton in October. Paul Lowenthal named Louisiana grand master. PF. Grieshuber grand secretary at Olean NY reported 38 first-degree candidates. Sixty four Pennsylvania orphans are cared for. Rebekah degree thriving with five new California lodges last month. West Virginia grants assembly presidents authority to charter lodges without grand lodge approval.
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Rebekah
Sovereign
Grand Lodge
Minnesota
Southeast Missouri Association of Old Fellows
Charleston
Odd Fellows
Nevada
Liberty
California
Stockton
Paul Lowenthal
Louisiana
PF. Grieshuber
Olean
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Odd Fellowship
Brotherhood of Man
Observatory Lodge
San Jose
Cal
West Virginia
Theebekah Assembly
Dividend and assets of the Order of Tonti detailed
Auditor Charles N. Mann reports on the first and second accounts of Francis Shunk Brown and the Land Title and Trust company, assignees of the Order of Tonti. About 500000 dollars will be distributed as a 25 percent dividend to all certificate holders who paid before March 13, 1894. Total assets valued at roughly 1007000 with 600000 disclosed. remaining assets to be realized. Royal Arcanum figures a gavel from Mount Vernon presented to Virginia grand council from Washington relics. Virginia grand officers named J J Jameson and W J Willisans lead as grand regent and grand vice regent. Carr Lane council of St Louis plans open meetings for members and male friends on the last meeting night every second month.
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Order of
Tosti
Charles N. Mann
Francis Shunk Brown
Land Title and Trust Company
Order of Tonti
Royal Arcanum
Bro
J. J. Jameson
Grand Council of
Virginia
Staunton Council
Washington
Mount Vernon
R. E. Lee
Carr Lane Council of
St. Louis
Grand Council
W. J. Willisans
American Legion of Honor Membership Rises in Several States
New York leads in initiations ahead of Brooklyn as factions hustle to maintain standing. Missouri reports 2700 members with a gain of 350, while Massachusetts lists 4706 members and Maine shows 375.
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American Legion of Honor
New York
Brooklyn
Missouri
Order
Massachusetts
Mains
New Ee
A Narrow Escape on a Mountain Trail Rescue by a Comrade
In fall 1877 a scout from Camp Brown traverses the Hattlesmoke to the Plante river toward Yellow Stone. A cliff edge and a sudden shot spark a harrowing fall. Lee steadies the rider with calm strength, guiding the horse to safety as another shot reveals a mountain lion. W. P. Coulter.
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Brown
Hattlesmoke
Plante River
Yellowstone
Goons Creek
Clear Creek
Namei Les
Jeanne
Lee
Thad
W. P. Coulter
Death of Paul Jones and National Obsequies
Paul Jones drew a simple will on July 15 with Robert Morris as sole executor. He died shortly after, a queen’s physician present, and was buried two days later amid tributes by the national assembly. Bolly Elliot Seawell recalls his life and fame, honoring the admiral’s service to liberty and the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Gouverneur Morris
Robert Morris
Jones
Daptain
National Assembly
United States of Americas Iine
Paul
Agof the Great
Conde
Bolly Elliot Seawell
He Came Back and Answers Question on Duty
The Detroit Free Press fragment suggests Hi ins discusses a return and the spirit of old Stubbs materials. It notes questions asked and whether he answered, with a remark about perpetual Fourth of Duty and where he is now.
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Hi Ins
Stubbs
Teas
Varied Victorian Gossip and Brief Biographical Snatches
A collage of short notes covers ex empress Eugenie settling at Cap Martin, a Minneapolis attorney linked to Bill Nye, Lord Beaconsfield's fateful life span, public organists and prodigies, De Giers pension, Eva Cook’s veterans work, Matsui the 27 year old secretary, Tarsney’s conundrum on Napoleon, John Wesley’s Georgia colony, Kuylath’s grief and a dead wife portrait, James Kemp’s Salvation Army link, and Ibsen's precise, lengthy writing routine.
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Eugenie
Cap Martin
Nyse
Minneapolis
Harry Hayward
Bill Nye
Lord
Beaconsfield
Joseph Barnby
de Giers
Mme. de Giers
Eva T. Cook
Gloucester
Woman’s Relief Corps of
Massachusetts
Matsui
Washington
Imperial University At
Tokyo
Miyaoki
Berlin
Tarsney
Missouri
Abbott
Napoleon
John Wesley
Ogiethorpe
Georgia
Logansport
Ind
James Kemp
Boston
Salvation Army
United States
Ibsen
HORSES AND HORSEMEN REPORTS AND RACING NOTES
A collage of horse racing items and figures. Old Jack nickname for Carbine in Australia. Toledo mayoral candidate George H. Ketcham noted. Jockey Kinney killed in San Francisco race. Allibel sold to England by Miller and Sibley. Buffalo driving park plans a Hal Dillard versus Robert J. match. Many starting machines patented in Australian colonies. Morgan likened to England’s hackney. Boer ostrich speed noted. Core ideas on race horse footing and balance. Kansas City plans Ryland T. versus Alix at August meet.
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Australia
George H. Ketcham
Toledo
Kinney
San Francisco
Miller & Sibley
Franklin
St. Bell
England
Buffalo
Hal Dillard
Robert J
Morgan
America
Bob Stewart
Kansas City
C. W. Williams
Galesburg
Ryland T
Alix
O0DS AND ENDS
A mosaic of old lines notes numbers and claims from a period piece. It cites 13 000 000 men of military age in the United States and references tea from Natal first grown in 1881. It mentions rubber sap yields and a view on gold and silver in the sea. It also mentions dental health brushing leather and learning Japanese phrases.
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United States
Natal
India
Hercules Robinson Returns to Cape Colony as Governor
The article notes Cecil Rhodes and his empire aims in Cape Colony, recounting the removal of Sir Henry Loch and the appointment of Sir Hercules Robinson to succeed him. Robinson, born 1824, has governed Montserrat Hongkong Ceylon New South Wales New Zealand and Cape Colony previously and will take office in June with a salary of 40000 dollars annually.
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Hercules Robinson
Calpe Colony
United States
Cecil John Rhodes
Caps Colony
Rhodes
British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
Matateles
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Henry Brougham Loch
Cape Colony
South Africa
Henry Loch
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
Montserrat
Hongkong
Ceylon
New South Wales
New Zealand
Hercules
Captain Shoemaker's Career as Revenue Marine Chief
Captain Charles F. Shoemaker becomes the new chief of the revenue marine service. Born in Glendale Indiana on March 27, 1841, he grew up amid frontier life and Indian conflicts. A former Annapolis acting midshipman, he joined the revenue service, served during the Civil War, and later reformed and overseen life saving districts, expanding efficiency and stations.
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Revenue Marine
Charles F. Shoemaker
Revenue Marine Service
William R. Showmaker
Ordnance Department
United States Army
Glendale
Shoemaker
Plains
Jock" Monroe
New Mexico
Annapolis
Revenue Serviee
Lewis Cass
Mobile
Alabama
Conte
Aieutenant
Atlantic
Hingsley Harem Favorite Curiosity Prompts Translation Claim
A curious note suggests that the favorite book in the Turkish harem is a translation of Kingsley’s Westward Ho. The claim pairs ancient travel fiction with Ottoman seclusion, but the assertion rests on uncertain sources and stylistic parallels.
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Hingsley
Kingsley
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Knights OF Pythias
Chicago
LI Hung Chang
Count Ito
John W. Foster
Mutsu
China
Japan
Stephen B. Elkins
County
Ohio
Territory
Dees Jounson Bod
Congress
Camden
Richard P. Pettigrew
South Dakota
Pertlerem
Vermont
St Luciow
Toru
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