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- Staple and ribbon bound booklet published by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows to campaign for Detroit to host the 1898 meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The booklet contains photographs of Detroit buildings, streets, and sites, as well as articles on its suitableness for conventions, Belle Isle, the St. Clair Flats, Put-in-Bay, Palmer Park, Windsor, Mt. Clemens, Fort Wayne, Grosse Isle, and Oakland County. A section near the end provides background information on Michigan Lodge No. 1, Wayne Lodge No. 2, Oliver Branch Lodge No. 38, Washington Lodge No. 54, Detroit Lodge No. 128, Sides Lodge No. 155, Columbus Lodge No. 215, Riverside Lodge No. 303, Western Lodge No. 370, Eastern Lodge No. 387, Jonathon Lodge No. 394, River Rouge Lodge No. 410, American Eagle Lodge No. 441, Michigan Encampment No. 1, Enterprise Encampment No. 17, Ingersoll Encampment No. 29, Germania Encampment No. 45, and Canton Detroit No. 1 Patriarchs Militant. The booklet closes with messages from Governor Hazen S. Pingree and Mayor William C. Maybury to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows urging them to select Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Small, 32-page booklet bound in a brown paper cover containing the constitution and by-laws of the International Order of Good Templars of Michigan. The booklet was printed by William Graham's Machine Printing Presses. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Peninsular herald, "a family newspaper, devoted to temperance, literature, general intelligence, and moral improvement," published in Detroit by J. Russell and Son, and a list of prices of lodge supplies sold by John Evans, the Grand Worthy Secretary from Bellevue, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society