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Wisconsin lodges push amplified form ushering growth
Chief Deputy H E Smith reports from July 20 to August 20 1902 in Oshkosh Wisconsin on medical exams and lodge initiations. Baraboo Lancaster Platteville Milwaukee Portage and Black River Falls show rising classes and larger attendance as the amplified form draws interest. Officers urge lodges to stage five or more member classes and promise equipment and instruction, aiming for a 50 percent gain in late 1902.
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H. E. Smith
Oshkosh
Wis
Baraboo Lodge No. 85
Baraboo Brothers
Lancaster Lodge No. 56
Wallipalooloo
Platteville Lodge No
Milwaukee
Portage Lodge No. 19
New Richmond
Milwaukee Brothers
Dougherty
Phillips Lodge No. 57
Baxter
Lancaster
Budd
Platteville
Berger
Oconomowoe
Carson
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
Brothers of the A. 0
U. W
H. £. Surry