CHARITY WILL REASSUME ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE

Rummage Sale Today Will Benefit Lincoln Educational Institution for War Orphans

The victory rummage sale for the benefit of the Lincoln Educational Institution was held today at 833 Chestnut street. The Institution was organized at the close of the Civil War by the late Mrs. Bellangee Coxe [sic] to provide for the sons of northern officers killed in that war. Afterwards it became a home for Indians and later was opened for all orphaned boys. The home will now reassume something of its original character, in that it will care for small boys who have been made orphans by the war and the influenza epidemic.

Among those who are interested in the sale are Mrs. George W. B. Roberts, president of the institution; Mrs. Robert C. H. Brock, Mrs. Daniel Baugh, Mrs. James I. Dimond, Miss Emily De Coursey, Mrs. Horne, Miss Mary K. Gibson, Mrs. Joseph Sullivan, Mrs. Elisa Hancock, Miss Weber, Mrs. Owen Roberts and Mrs. Carrol S. Tyson, Jr.

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Courtesy of the Evening Public Ledger, 1919-02-05.