Berryville Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213
A Knights of Pythias lodge that, with Eastern Star Courts of Calanthe No. 239, announced a second annual picnic at Bell's Grove, east of Berryville, in the People's Journal of August 1921.
What the sources support
The People's Journal of August 1, 1921 announced that Berryville Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213 and Eastern Star Courts of Calanthe No. 239 would hold their second annual picnic in Bell's Grove, a quarter mile east of Berryville, in August 1921.
See the source and its limits
The People's Journal of August 1, 1921 announced that Berryville Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213 and Eastern Star Courts of Calanthe No. 239 would hold their second annual picnic in Bell's Grove, a quarter mile east of Berryville, in August 1921.
What the source supports
That both numbered bodies existed by 1921 and held an annual picnic together, which the notice counts as its second.
Uncertainty
The wording is a transcription of the People's Journal, which condenses some entries; the newspaper OCR was not re-read for this claim. The printed page was not recorded. An announcement, not a report that the picnic took place. Neither body's charter date, membership or meeting place is stated, and the notice does not describe the Courts of Calanthe as attached to the lodge.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 1921 picnic notice.
People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 August 1921, Vol. XXV No. 294
G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1921-08-01 (publication)
Locator: Picnic notice, printed page not recorded
Relevant passageBerryville Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213, and Eastern Star Courts of Calanthe No. 239 will hold their Second Annual Pic-nic in Bell's Grove, 1/4 mile East of Berryville, Va., August 1921.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
The People's Journal of April 1, 1924 carried an item on a Knights of Pythias annual celebration at Zion Baptist Church, accompanied by the Court of Calanthe and visiting lodges, which the reading notes date to Sunday, March 23, 1924.
See the source and its limits
The People's Journal of April 1, 1924 carried an item on a Knights of Pythias annual celebration at Zion Baptist Church, accompanied by the Court of Calanthe and visiting lodges, which the reading notes date to Sunday, March 23, 1924.
What the source supports
That the Knights of Pythias and a Court of Calanthe marked an annual celebration together in 1924, at a church and with visiting lodges.
Uncertainty
The wording is a transcription of the People's Journal, which condenses some entries; the newspaper OCR was not re-read for this claim. The printed page was not recorded, and the notes do not record whether the item announced the celebration or reported it, or how the paper worded its date. The item as transcribed gives no lodge or court numbers: reading it as Lodge No. 213 and Courts of Calanthe No. 239 rests on the 1921 notice pairing those two bodies in the same paper, and is probable rather than established.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 1924 item.
People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 April 1924, Vol. XXIX No. 326
G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1924-04-01 (publication)
Locator: Item among the issue's institutions, printed page not recorded
Relevant passageKnights of Pythias annual celebration ... at Zion Baptist Church, accompanied by the Court of Calanthe and visiting lodges.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. The August 1921 notice pairing Lodge No. 213 with Courts of Calanthe No. 239.
People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 August 1921, Vol. XXV No. 294
G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1921-08-01 (publication)
Locator: Picnic notice, printed page not recorded
Relevant passageBerryville Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213, and Eastern Star Courts of Calanthe No. 239 will hold their Second Annual Pic-nic in Bell's Grove, 1/4 mile East of Berryville, Va., August 1921.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 213.
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