The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-27
DEATH OF MISS LODE REED.
indianapolis Girl Who Was a Valued
Worker for Temperance.

The announcement of the death of Miss
Lode Reed. Of this city. came suddenly yes
terday from Urbana, o., to relatives. Miss
Reed was national worker in the cause Of
temperance. and she was the familiar friend
OF such women as Mrs. Zerelda q. Wallace,
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Miss Frances Will
lard, Miss Marie C. Brehm, Mrs. Helen NJ.
Cougar, Rev. Anna b. Shaw, Lady Henry
Somerset, and Miss Mary G. Hay. With the
latter there was a close intimacy and at
one time the two noble workers OF the cause
kept house together Miss Reeds figure was
that of one whose body was a quarter OF d
century back, but her spirit was of growth
and progress always. She was rather short
and slight Of figure with black hair which
she wore in waves pushed back from her
brow. Quiet and unassuming in manner
1t was her undaunted courage, fine executive
ability and strong Christian character which
won for her a place among the notable
women Of the State and of the country.
Miss Lode Elizabeth Reed, A. NJ, was
born May %. 1847, at Urbana, o.. from
which place her parents moved to Month
cello when she was five years old. Her
father was Judge Alfred Finch Reed. She
acquired a classical education In the high
school of her own town and at the Meth
and female college at Valparaiso, where
she graduated with the highest honors in
1867. For ten years she taught at Monticello
and Attica, being principal of the high
school in the latter place. Being in Urbana
at the time Of the crusade, she received
through it her call to temperance. In 1881
she became corresponding secretary OF the
W. c. I. U. of Indiana and remained in
the position for thirteen years. She was
also for ten years superintendent or the
scientific temperance instruction depart
ment, and led the campaign which secured
that law for this State. For many years she
has been press superintendent Of the Ma
tlonal w. g. Il. u. and editor of the Nationa
w. &. I. u. Bulletin. She was one OF the
founders of The Organizer, the State w. &.
4. U. paper Of Indiana, editing 1T for more
than twelve years. In these papers she
ably and successfully advocated prohibition
winning favor and adherents to the cause:
At the time Of her death she was editor OF
the Organizer Bulletin at Urbana, ..
1t was strange that she should return to
Urbana to lay down her life work, the same
place where she entered the reform field II
was Miss Reed, more than any other one
woman, who planned and put in successful
operation the temperance reform work of
this State. She served as a member Of the
board of managers of the Hadley Industrial
School and served in many instances where
her wisdom was relied on. At the time that
Governor Matthews signed the law Tor
so dear to her, he presented her with the
pen. she published book called Thumb
nail Sketches which were brief biographies
of all prominent persons engaged in tenn
perance work She had a ready pen to say
good of fellow workers. and many para
graphs, never signed, were written by her
for others. She was the editor Of the
Worlds w. c. T. U. Bulletin and Organizer
Bulletin, and the last issue, now in press,
was from her hands.
A letter was received in this city Satur-
day from her, in which she said she was ILL.,
but expressed no fear. Miss Reeds sister
Mrs. John A. Barth. left yesterday for
Urbana; no funeral arrangements had been
made. She may be brought to this city or
taken to, Monticello to be laid near her
father. she leaves four half sisters and one
own sister, Mrs. c. B. Jones, of Norton,
Kan, formerly of Lafayette.