The Knight Pythias
January 8, 1898
Summary
A fraternal and burial society headed by Planet editor, John Mitchell, Jr., looks for new members.
Transcription
N. A., S. A., E, A. & A.
Pays Sick Benefits of from $300 to 4 per week; Burial Benefit of from 25 to 500 and Endowment of 150,00.
This chivalric order is steadily growing throughout this country.
SPECIAL DISPENSATION, having been granted by Supreme Chancellor, James C. Ross, able bodied men of good character can find no better opportunity than now to join the organization. Men living in sections of Virginia where there are no lodges of the Order should form clubs and communicate with the Grand Lodge officers as to their desires and inventions.
For further information, as to cost of joining and other usages of the BLANK Knights address.
John Mitchell, Jr.,
GRAND CHANCELLOR,
311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va
Pays Sick Benefits of from $300 to 4 per week; Burial Benefit of from 25 to 500 and Endowment of 150,00.
This chivalric order is steadily growing throughout this country.
SPECIAL DISPENSATION, having been granted by Supreme Chancellor, James C. Ross, able bodied men of good character can find no better opportunity than now to join the organization. Men living in sections of Virginia where there are no lodges of the Order should form clubs and communicate with the Grand Lodge officers as to their desires and inventions.
For further information, as to cost of joining and other usages of the BLANK Knights address.
John Mitchell, Jr.,
GRAND CHANCELLOR,
311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va
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Lower Right Quadrant
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Cali Hughes
Citation
“The Knight Pythias,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed October 9, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/223.