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Order of Pythian Sisters Dispensation

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Charter for the Pythian Sisters Temple No. 198 in Grinnell, Iowa, giving the names of the founding sisters. On the original document you can see that "Pythian" is printed over the word "Rathbone" which was an earlier name for the Pythian Sisters. The names of the founding sisters are: Bessie D. Paine, Bessie M. Fraser, Lulu F. Scott, Madge Douglas, Luella Adams, Verbena Rollins, Blance Mason, Stella Mason, Nellie Wasco, Marie Kutish, Eunice Bryan, Anna Buchanan, Margaret Scott, Alma D. Wilson, Georgia Scott, Mary J. Jacobs, Lena K. Jacobs, Mary Stark, Lena Bodine, Anna Vogt, Sadie Evans, Della Tyson, Grace Alexander, Grace Fuller, Lily Satchell, Katie Payne, Ida Baughan.
Title Order of Pythian Sisters Dispensation
Index Date 1905
Date Issued August 3, 1905
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Traci Latham
Topic Order of Pythian Sisters
Topic Women -- Societies and clubs
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword 1900s
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Organizations
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre miscellaneous document
Extent 1 sheet
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:20219
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/20219
Access Condition Copyright to this work is held by the author(s), in accordance with United States copyright law (USC 17). Readers of this work have certain rights as defined by the law, including but not limited to fair use (17 USC 107 et seq.).
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