Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1894, Part 10

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
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Location, northwest corner of Twenty-ninth and Church streets. Rev. M. D. Connolly. Rector ; resi- dence, 1628 Church street. Rev. William O'Grady, Assistant.


Services on Sunday. Masses and religious instruc- tions at 7, 8:30, 9:30 and High Mass and Sermon at 10:30 A. M. Sunday School at 2 P. M. Vespers, Bene- diction and Sermon at 7:30 P. M. Masses on week days at 6:30 and 7 A. M.


St. Boniface's Church (German)


Location, south side of Golden Gate avenue, be- tween Jones and Leavenworth streets. Rev. Leo Bruner, Franciscan Order, Rector; residence, 123 Golden Gate avenue.


Masses on Sundays at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10:30 A.M. and Vespers at 7 :: 0 P.M. Mass on week days at 7 and 8 A.M. Catechism, Sunday at 9:15 A.M., under the charge of the Sisters of St. Dominic.


There is also in connection with the church a paro- chisl school conducted by five sisters and one teacher.


St. Teresa's Church.


Location, cor Butte and Tennessee streets' Potrero. Rev. P. O'Connell, Rector. Rev. Aloysius Petinelli, Assistant.


Masses on Sundays at 7: 30, 9 and 10:30 A. M.


Church of the Holy Cross.


Location, NW corner Eddy and Scott streets. Rev. John F. McGinty, Rector ; Rev. Joseph McQuaide Assistant; residence, 1820 Eddy street. Masses on Sundays st 7, 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 A. M. Sunday School immediately after 8:30 M&88.


St. Brendan's Church.


Location, northeast corner of Fremont and Harri- son streets. Rev. John F. Nugent, Rector ; residence, 320 Harrison. Rev. J. J. Gannon, Assistant.


Daily masses at 7:30 A.M., and on Sundays at 7:30, 9 and 10:30 A.M .; Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 P.M. Sunday School at 9:30 A.M., taught by the Sisters of Mercy. Masses Sunday at 6 A. M. and on week days at 7:15 A. M. at Sisters of Mercy Chapel.


Yglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe.


Location, north side of Broadway street, between Mason and Taylor. Rev. A. M. Santandreu, Rector ; Rev. James Viladomat, Assistant. Pastoral resi- dence, 908 Broadway street.


This church was organized for the benefit of the Spanish and Portuguese residents.


Services are held in the Spanish language at 10:30 A. M., on Sundays and Festival days. Masses at 7, 9 and 10:30 A. M. Vespers at 7:30 P. M. Masses on week days at 6:30 and 7 A. M.


Sts. Pletro e Paolo Church.


Location, northeast corner of Filbert and Dupont streets. Rev. Raffaello de Corolis, Rector ; Rev. Cheru- bino de Romanis, Assistant ; residence, 1600 Dupont. Mass at 7 A. M. Maases on Sundays and Holy Days &t 7, 9 and 11 A. M.


St. Francis of Assisi Church.


Location, southweat corner of Sixteenth and Do- lores. Rev. Richard P. Brennan, Rector.


All Hallows' Church.


Location, east side N street, South, near Rail- road avenue, Sonth San Francisco. Rev. Timothy Fitzpatrick, Rector. Masses on Sundays at 7:30 and 10 A.M., and on week days at 7:30 A.M.


Church of St. Charles Borromeo.


Location, northwest corner of Shotwell and Elgh- teenth streets. Rev. P. J. Cummins, Rector ; Rev. Patrick E. Mulligan, Assistant. Masses on Sundays at 6:30, 7:30, 9 and 10:30 A. M. Sunday School im- mediately after the nine o'clock mass.


Sacred Heart Church.


Location, south side of Fell street, between Web- ster and Fillmore. Rev. James Flood, Rector ; Rev. M. Lagau, Assistant ; residence, 546 Fillmore.


Star of the Sea Church.


Location, northwest corner of Point Lobos and Eighth avenues. Rev. J. P. Coyle, Rector.


Masses each Sunday at 8 A. M. and 10 A. M., daily at 7:30 A. M., Sunday School at 9 A. M.


St. James' Church.


Location, northwest corner of Twenty-third and Guerrero streets. Rev. P. R. Lynch, Rector; Rev. P. O'Connor, Assistant. Pastoral residence adjoining the church.


Masses: Daily, 7 A. M .; Sundays, 7, 9 and 10:30 A. M. Vespers Sunday at 7:30 P. M. Sunday School st 2 P. M.


Monastery.


St. Dominic's Monastery, corner Bush and Steiner. Very Rev. Fr. Alphonse Riley, Prior.


Masaes on Sundays at 6, 7, 8, 8:45, 9:30 and 10:30 A. M. On week days at 6, 6:30, 7 and 8 A. M., Rosary, Sermon and Benediction Sunday Evenings at 7:30. Rosary and meditation every evening at 7:30. Rosary Procession every first Sunday of every month &t 7:30. Holy Name Procession every second Sunday of every month at 7:30.


Chapels.


In addition to services held at the different Roman Catholic churches throughout the city, religious exer- cises take place regularly at the following institu- tions: St. Bridget's Chapel, attended by the clergy of St. Bridget's Church, 3118 Fillmore street; Pre- sentation Convent Chapel, Powell street; St. Rose's Convent, corner Steiner street and Golden Gate avenue ; Sacred Heart Convent, corner of Taylor and Ellis streets; St. Mary's Hospital Chapel, corner of First and Bryant atreets ; Magdalen Asylum Chapel, Potrero avenue, near Twenty-first street; St. Vin- cent's Orphan Asylum, South San Francisco; Sacred Heart College, corner of Larkin and Eddy streets ; St. Francis Technical School, corner Gough and Geary streets; Academy of the Sacred Heart. Franklin and Ellis streets ; Hospital for Incurables, Park Road.


SWEDENBORGIAN. First New Jerusalem Church.


Location, O'Farrell street, between Webster and Fillmore.


Services are held every Sabbath at 11 A. M. Admin- istration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the close of the morning service on the first Sun- days in February, May, August and November. Sab- bath School at 9:30 A. M.


Second New Jerusalem Church.


Rev. Joseph Worcester, Pastor ; residence, 930 Val- lejo. Meet at Druids' Hall. 413 Sutter street. Ser- vices at usual hours.


UNITARIAN. First Unitarian Church.


Location, southwest corner of Geary and Franklin streets. Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D. D., Pastor ; resi- dence, 1609 Larkin street.


The public religious services of the church are held on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.


Other ministrations of the church are carried on by the Sunday School, which numbers about three hun-


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dred teachers and scholars; the Society for Christ- ian Work, with a membership of one hundred and twenty-five ladies ; the Channing Auxiliary, with a membership of one hundred and forty ladies; and the Onward Club, a society of young people, with a membership of sixty. The object of these societtes is religious teaching, the care of the charities of the church, the cultivation of religious studies, and the distribution of religious literature.


Second Unitarian Church,


Location, corner Twentieth and Capp streets. Rev. Leslie W. Sprague, Pastor, r. 2610 Folsom. Services 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M,


UNIVERSALIST.


First Universalist Church.


Rev. Q. H. Shinu, Pastor. Scottish Hall, 111 Lar- kiu. Services at at 11 o'clock. Sunday School at 12:30.


MISCELLANEOUS.


The Mariners' Church.


Location, northeast corner of Sacramento and Drumm streets. Rev. Joseph Rowell, Pastor; resid- ence, 1416 Sacramento street.


This church finds a wide field for usefulness, in the usual church services, a large Bible Class for seamen and strangers, a free reading room, monthly meetings of the S. F. Marine Temperance Society, and Sailors' W. C. T. Union. Prayer meetings daily at noon and on several evenings during the week,preaching on the Sabbath, and personal labor on the Sabbath and dur- ing the week at the U. S. Marine Hospital, distribu- tion of bibles and tracts on shipboard, boarding houses, and elsewhere, and missionary labors about the streets, wharves and shipping, and on board sea- going vessels. Itis an undenominational missionary church.


There is connected with this church a Bible Class and Sabbath School, numbering nearly one hun- dred teachers and scholars ; meets at 9:30 A. M. Ser- vices every Sabbath at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Prayer meetings every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 7:30 P. M.


Brethren,


These Brethren had origin at Plymouth, England, about sixty-five years ago, in which country they are generally known as Plymouth Brethren. They, how- ever, disclaim being called by any name that would make them sectarian. They simply meet to the name of Jesus. George Müller, of The Orphans' Home, Bristol, England, is among the first Brethren who came out in England. They meet in this city in Gospel Hall, 866 Mission street. All correspondence to be addressed to Charles Montgomery, 208 Bush street.


Advent Christian Church,


Location, Church street. between Twenty ninth and Thirtieth. Thomas Howell, Elder, residence, 20 Derby Place, off Taylor street, near Geary.


This Society was organized in 1870. Services are held every Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School immediately after morning service.


Christian Church (First) or First Church of the Disciples of Christ.


Location, east side of Twelfth street, between Mis- sion and Howard. Rev. M. J. Fergusson, Pastor ; residence, 670 Twentieth street.


Preaching every Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Sunday School at 9:30 A. M. Senior Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor 6:30 P. M. ; Junior Y. P. S. C E. 4:30 P. M.


Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. Auxiliary to C. W. B. M. first Thursday in each month at 2:30 P. M. Ladies' Aid Society every Thursday, 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.


West Side Christian Church.


Organized May 1, 1892. Location. north side Bush street, between Scott and Devisadero. Rev. W. A. Gardner pastor, residence 2520 Bush.


Seventh-Day Adventists.


Organized, 1871 ; place of worship, Laguna street, between Golden Gate avenue and McAllister street. Elder H. A. St. John, Pastor, residence, 121 Haight street. Frank Brown, Local Elder; residence, 914 Ls- guna.


Services every Saturday at 11 A. M., and Sundays at 7:30 P. M. Sabbath School every Saturday at 9:45 A. M. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 P. M. Mig- sionary Meeting, Thursday, 7 P. M.


Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ . of Latter-Day Saints (San Francisco Branch).


Organized 1863. George S. Lincoln, Presiding Elder- Meets every Sunday. Preaching at 11 o'clock A. M. and 7:30 P. M. ; Sunday School at 12 o'clock, in Har- mony Hall, 320 Post street.


Salvation Army.


Headquarters (Pacific Coast Division) J. J. Keppel, Major, 1139 Market street.


Corps No. 1, 632 Commercial street.


Corps No. 2, basement SE cor Sacramento and Kearny streets, The Lifeboat or Food and Shelter Depot.


Corps No. 3, 711%% Mission street.


Corps No. 4, McDonald Hall, 2417 Mission street bet Twentieth and Twenty-first streets.


Corps No. 5, Pacific street bet Kearny and Mont- gomery streets.


Corps No. 6, 1139 Market street.


Corps No. 7, cor Bush and Fillmore streets.


Corps No. 9, basement 210 Grant Av.


Corps No. 10, 837 % Geary street.


Meetings every night at 8 P. M.


Friends Meeting.


Services held every Sunday at 11 A. M., at the rooms of the W. C. T. U., 132 McAllister street. Room open during the week.


SOCIETIES.


Religious.


AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS .- Rev. Walter Frear genersl agent. Pacific office 7 Montgomery Av.


AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY .- (Pacific Agency.) Geo. Walker manager, H. P. Dunning, superintendent of Colportage. This society was organized in 1825.


Its depository, at 735 Market street, established in 1869, is also the depository of the American Sunday school Union and headquarters for publication of several denominational publishing societies.


CALIFORNIA BIBLE SOCIETY .- Organized Octo- ber 30, 1849. Depository, 1037 Market street. Meet- ings of the Board of Trustees are held by appoint- ment, on the first Tuesday of each month. Anuis Merrill, President; Wm. Abbott, Secretary.


CALIFORNIA STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSO- CIATION .- Meetings held at the call of Chairman Executive Committee. President, Rev. M. J. Fergu- son ; Secretary, L. L. Wirt, 735 Market.


CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATES. - President, Stephen S. Smith, 7 Montgomery avenue; Secretary and Treasurer, J. E. Ager, 508 Clay street.


CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS' RELIEF SOCI- ETY OF CALIFORNIA .- Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D., President; Rev. J. H. Warren, D. D., Secretary, 1316 Mason.


CENTRAL GOSPEL MISSION (Non-Sectarian) .- Corner Third and Stevenson. For the relief of the destitute and reformation of those who have gone astray. Sustained by voluntary subscriptions and donations. A. R. Sheriff and Mrs. A. R. Sheriff managers.


CONGREGATIONAL HOME MISSIONARY SO- CIETY .- Rev. J. K. Harrison, agent, 735 Market street.


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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BUILDING SO- CIETY .- Rev. H. H. Wikoff, agent, 1009 Green street, CONGREGATIONAL CLUB .- President, Rev. W. D. Williama ; Secretary, Rev. L. L. Wirt,


GENTLEMENS' SODALITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY .- Organized November, 1861, for the spiritual improvement of its members. The society is governed by a Director, who is one of the Fathers of St. Ignatius Church, S. J. Also by a Prefect and two Assistants ; a Secretary, Treasurer and other officers, as weil as a council of twelve consulters, elected an- nually. Its present Director is Rev. John Pinaseo S.J. Sodality meetings heid on all Sundays and holi- days at 7:30 A. M. In their chapel, basement of St. Ig- natius Church, on Hayes street, west of Van Ness avenue. Number of attending members about four huudred. For admission, application is made to the Father Director, 214 Hayes street.


The Sodality possesses a reading room and select library of over 3,000 volumes ; opened also to non- members on payment of a small fee, every Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 P. M., and on Monday, Wednes- day and Friday evenings from 7:30 to 9 o'clock.


LADIES' PASTORAL AID SOCIETY OF TRINITY CHURCH .- Organized 1873. Meets every Wednesday at Trinity Church, at 2:30P. M., in the chapel. The object of the society is to take under its care the destitute and friendless within the bounds of Trinity Church parish, to find employment for those requiring it, and to pro- vide clothing and assistance for such as may be in need of it; to visit and comfort the sick and the afflicted; to endeavor to bring to the church those who are neglectful of its services, and particularly the poorer and friendless classes; to gather children into the Sunday School, and to aid in providing active and competent teachers ; in short, to do all in its power, under the guidance and direction of the Rector of the parish, to advance the interests of the Church of Christ, and to extend to those around the privileges and blessings of the gospel.


METHODIST BOOK DEPOSITORY. - (Pacific Coast Branch.) The Book Concern was established in 1789 on a borrowed capital of $600.


The San Francisco Depository, 1037 Market street, street, between Sixth and Seventh. J. D. Hammond D. D., agent, was established in 1849, and entered its own present commodious building in 1877. Pacific Coast Agents for the Chautauqua publications.


PACIFIC PRESBYTERIAN UNION .- Organized Oc- tober, 1875. Incorporated May 7th, 1888. Composed of the clergy and laity of the several Presbyterian churches of the city.


The Union meets quarterly at the different churches. The Board of Directors meet on the first Monday of each month.


Sabbath Schools are maintained by the Union every Sunday as follows: At 427 Second street at 2:30 P. M., H. S. Blackwell Superintendent; Universal Hall, Pacific street near Powell, H. S. Blackwell Superin- tendent, services at 9:45 A. M.


Officers .- Edward Kerr, President; H. L. Van Winkle Treasurer : Alex Ross, secretary. Office, 14 Spear street.


PRESBYTERIAN MISSION HOUSE. - 920 Sacra- mento street : carried on by the Occidental Board of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church ; organized March, 1873, and has for its especial field of labor the evangelization of heathen women on the Pacific Coast. It also sus- tains work in foreign lands and supports ten Mission- aries. Two hundred and twenty-seven auxiliary societies have been formed on the coast. fifty-seven of which are located in this city. The society purchased in June, 1876, the property at 933 Sacramento street for the purposes of the Mission Home. Daily school in English and Chinese is maintained, and Chinese women are in cases of persecution afforded shelter in the Home ; the largest number of pupils at any one time in the Home being forty-five


Officers .- Mrs. P. D. Browne, President ; Mrs. H. B. Pinney, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. L. A. Kelley, Corresponding Secretary ; Mrs. E. G. Denniston, Treas- urer; Miss M.Culbertson, Superintendent. Under this management is conducted the Occidental Chinese Mission Day School, 10 Brenham Pl., Miss M. Alex- ander, teacher.


SAN FRANCISCO CHURCH EXTENSION SOCI- ETY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- This incorporation is formed for the purpose of founding churches, of establishing Sunday schools and preaching places, and of relieving over-burdened churches in the City and County of San Francisco. Charles Goodall, President ; W. F. Gibson, Secretary; Robert McElroy, Treasurer; J. W. Whiting, Samuel Hancock, William Abbott, Joseph F. Forderer, W. F. Gibson, Charles Goodall,I. J. Truman, R. V. Watt and Win. Perkins, Directors, 1037 Market


SAN FRANCISCO PORT SOCIETY. - Organized March, 1860. Objects: The moral improvemeut of seamen and others connected with the sea, in this port, by aiding the American Seaman's Friend Society of New York, in sustaining the Mariners' Church of San Francisco, and in such enterprises connected therewith as the society may approve. Any person may become a member by paying $5 a year, or a life member by the payment at one time of $50.


Officers .- Ira P. Rankin, President : J. G. Jackson, Vice-President ; J. Rowell. Secretary ; J. G. Levensa- ler, Treasurer ; Ira P. Rankin. A. J. Ralston, William Perkins, George W. Gibbs, S. S. Smith, W.T. Romaine, J. G. Levensaler, Charles Ferris and J. Rowell, Directors.


SOCIETY FOR CHRISTIAN WORK .-- Organized Oc- tober, 1873. This society is connected with the First Unitarian Church ; and is under the auspices of the ladies of the congregation, every one of whom is ex- pected to aid in its support. The objects of the so- ciety are to relieve the sick and destitute, distribute clothing, seek employment for needy women, and assist the unfortunate in all practicable ways. Con- ributions of reading matter are distributed to the prisons, hospitals and asylums. The money needed for the prosecution of this work is obtained by the Sewing Society of the Congregation, which meets every alternate Monday at 2 P. M. in the church par- lors, to which all are cordially invited.


THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY .- Objects, to form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed or color; to pro- mote the study of aryan and other Eastern litera. tures, religions and sciences, to investigate un- explained laws of nature and the pshychical powers of man. Headquarters, room 35, 1504 Market. A free circulating library is located at the headquar- ters, consisting of Theosophical Books and Maga- zines, pamphlets, etc. The library is for use, and you are invited to avail yourself of its advantages, open daily from 9 A. M, to 5 P. M .. Monday and Fri- day evenings, from 7 to 10, Free public meetings and lectures are held every Sunday, 7.30 P. M., at Red Men's Hall, 320 Post St., San Francisco.


YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION .- In- corporated September 13, 1853. Reincorporated April 1,1881. Location, 232 Sutter street. For the attainment of the objects of this association there is provided and maintained: A library and bath rooms, free to all members of this association ; employment depart- ment for young men; monthly musical and liter- ary receptions ; evening educational classes. Mem- bership ticket, $5 00 a year. A reading room, well supplied with current literature, daily, weekly, pic- torial, secular, and religious papers, tree to all such as conform to the rules and regulations issued by the Board of Managers from time to time. The library contains upward of four thousand volumes. There is also a gymnasium connected with the institution.


A Prayer Meeting, to which all are invited, is held at the rooms every day at 12 M. Bible Classes, Satur- day noon. Services in the large hall of the associa- tion every Sunday at 3 P.M. and every Monday at 8 P. M. Both services exclusively for young men.


The association has a large and handsome building on Sutter street, between Kearny and Grant avenue, owned by them and free from debt. The reading rooms are open every day from 9 A.M. to 10 P.M.


A new building is in process of erection at NE cor of Ellis and Mason, which will be occupied about September 1st, 1894.


Officers .- George W. Gibbs, President; H. J. Mc- Coy, General Secretary ; John F. Merrill, Treasurer : Wallace Smith, Librarian.


BRANCH ASSOCIATION .- A branch of the association, known as the Twentieth Street Branch, is located at 2319 Mission street. A complete branch of the asso-


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ciation in all departments is carried on at this point. The building is attractively furnished and fitted up. C. S. Holmes is Chairman of the Executive Com- mittes of the branch; Doctor W. Z. King, Tress- urer, and Mr. Robert S. Boyns, Secretary. They also have s fine gymnasium, parlors, reading-room, library, hot and cold shower and tub baths, dressing, reception rooms, hall, etc.


German and desf mute branches are also located at the main building of the association, 232 Sutter street. The Street Railroad Branch, for young men engaged on cable car lines, is located at the corner of Fell and Baker streets.


YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION .- Organized September 9, 1877. Incorporated February 1, 1878. Number of members, about two hundred and fifty. The objects of the association includes the establishment of an industrial department for desti- tute women, a reading room and library for women and girls, the furnishing of advice, sympathy, tempo- ral aid and encouragement to friendless and homeless young women arriving or residing in the city, and the extension of moral and religious surroundings to all families needing such ministrations.


The association is located st 1221 O'Farrell street, and consists of library, reading, sewing-rooms and a home for self-supporting girls. The library contains over one thousand volumes of well selected literature, and the reading room is copiously supplied with the choicest periodicals. A branch of the association, known as the Howard Street Branch, is located at 514 Howard street. Lunch rooms, sewing. dressmaking and millinery classes were inaugurated for working girls April 20, 1891. Another branch was established st 116 Davis street, October 24, 1892, where a large and cheerful hall is occupied as a lunch room, and lunches are furnished to working girls employed in the vicinity.


The monthly meeting is held on the first Friday of each month. The annual meeting is held on the first Friday in January.


Officers .- Mrs. L. C. Redington, President ; Mrs. Wm. O. Gould, Vice-President ; Mrs. Geo. W. Prescott, Second Vice-President ; Mrs. J. F. Merrill, Third Vice-President; Mrs. P. D. Browne, Fourth Vice- President; Miss H. Van Winkle, Recording Sec- retary : Mrs. Geo. P. Thurston, Corresponding Secrs- tary ; Mrs. I. H. Morse, Treasurer.


N. GRAY & CO., UNDERTAKERS, 641-643-645 Sacramento Street.


Benevolent.


AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR .- Organized in 1878, and incorporated under the laws of Massachu- setts. and is under the supervision of the insurance laws of the vartous States. Its special object is to give aid and protection to members' families or other beneficiaries that may come under its laws, upon the assessment plan, in sums from $1000 to $3000, payable at death ; to relieve its members in case of disabili- ties, by advancing on their certificates from $4 to $12 per week. It has a guarantee fund of $500,000 to in- sure full payment of death claims; the surplus at the close of each year being divided pro rata among the members. It has twelve hundred Councils throughout the United States and Canada, with & membership of sixty-two thousand. It disburses, an- nually, nearly $3,000,000 in payment of death claims. having disbursed (since its organization) over $27,- 000,000. The organization is managed by & Supreme Council, with headquarters at Boston, Massachusetts.


The Grand Council of California was instituted Au- gust 8, 1881, and meets biennially on the first Tuesday of May. Grand Secretary's office, 46 St. Ann's Building, 6 Eddy street, San Francisco.




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