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MEMBERS OP TUB NEBRASKA STATE HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY WHO RECENTLY MET IN CONVENTION IN OMA HA. Flashlight ITioto br a Staff Artist
H. C LINDSAY, NT.W CLERK OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF NEBRASKA.
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DR. A. P. WELLES, M'COOK. Neb., NEW
PRESIDENT OF NBBKA8KA STATU
HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY.
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HJL AND MRS. JAMES BLAIR OF LINWOOD, Neb.
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EBRASKA practitioners of th
Hahnemann school of mfdlclno
recently held a very pleauant,
profitable session of their stata
society In Omaha. It was largely
attended, and a very Interesting, from a
scientific point of view, program was car
ried out during the three days the doctors .
were In town, and the customary banquet j
was held just to show that the good things
are not despised by the men of medicine.
Dr. A. P. Welles of McCook, Neb., was
chosen to be president for the comlnj
year. Dr. Welles has been prominent la
the councils of the society since Its or
ganization, and has held a number ot
offices under that to which he has just
been elected. '
During the same week that the doctor
were here the Order of H;intern St:ir held
Its state meeting at Masonic temple la
Omaha, and a series of sessions of great
Interest to members of the order wera
had. Many delegates and visitors wera
present, and during the time of the meet
ing the secret work of tho order was ex
emplified by special teams, and chapters
from out in the state gave exhibitions of
special work. At the election of officers
for the ensuing term, Mrs. Mary E. Hag
gard of Nebraska City was chosen to be
grand matron, the highest honor the order
can bestow on one of its members.
Harry O. IJndsay, who has Just been
named a clerk of the supreme court of
Nebraska, is an attorney from Pawnee
City. He has been prominently identified
with state politics for several years post,
having been chairman of the state repub
lican committee for the last four years.
Mr. IJndsay has shown, much executive
capacity In the management of state cam
paigns, and stands high in the esteem of
those who know him best.
Tha election on Monday of Mrs. Mary
Glrard Andrews as president of the Omaha
.Woman's club gives an additional honor
to one who has for a number of years been
One of tha most prominent women of tha
City. Since the organisation of the club,
aleven years ago, Mrs. Andrews has been
one of Its most active members, she having
organized and led tha department of ethics
nd philosophy, hi addition to participating
tn tha general work. An ordained minister
Of the Unitarian church, she has had sev
eral Important charges, both in Nebraska
and Iowm, ona of which she kolds at pres
ent Sha has also been a prominent worker
In tha Women's Christian Temperance
fen Ion and tba Suffrage association of tha
Wttj. and the stata, having served two tense
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MRS. MARY E. TIAOOARD, NEBRASKA!
CITY, RECENTLY ELECTED (J HAND
MATRON O. E. 8. FOR NEHRAHKA.
as president of the local union and for tha
past two years been chairmun of the
Omaha Woman's club's committee acting
in conjunction with the other women's or
ganizations of the state to secure a more
equitable property rights law for women.
Mrs. Andrews will accompany the N ,
braska delegation to the biennial conven
tion of the General Federation of Women'e
clubs at St. Louis, and will enter upon the
duties of her new office at tho expiration '
of the present club year. May 21
On Tuesday, February Hi, 1904, Mr. and
Mrs. James Blair of Linwood, Neb., cele
brated their golden wedding. James Blair
Is of sturdy Scotch-Irish parents and a na
tive of Pennsylvania. Mary Ann Browa .
was born of Scotch-Irish parents In Lon- 1
donderry, Ireland. She came to this coun
try when 20 years old, and four years later
on February 16, 1854, she and Mr. Blair
were married In Venango county, Pa. Ia
1857 they migrated to Missouri and a year
later, 185.8, to Nebraska, locating about
eighty rods east of their present cozy
home. When they settled here there was
not a white person from Salt Creek to
Kearney. Mr. and Mrs. Blair, being tho
oldest settlers In Butler county, can tell
of some thrilling experiences with the In
dians and privations suffered during pio
neer days. Nine children have been born
to them, six of whom are living. The old
est, Mrs. Isabella Howie of White Owl, S.
D., was not able te be present at the aa-
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REV. MARY CIRARD ANDREWS. WHO HAS JT'ST BEEN ELECTED PRESI
DENT UP THE OMAHA WOMAN'S CLUB.
nlversary celebration. The five present
were S. B. Blair of Council Bluffs, la.; R.
J. Blair of Alliance, Mrs. Murth.i Daven
port of Ortuvlf, Mrs. Minnie Lucke of
Norfolk and 1 J. Blair of Linwood. A
notable feature of the occasion was that
A. B. (Jurfield of Octavia and P. P. Oar
field of favld City, nephews of Mr. Blair,
were guefts at tho original wedding, and
also the fiftieth wedding anniversary.