Fidelity Life Association Celebrates 45 Years of Growth
This retrospective recalls Fidelity Life Association founded by Dr. George W. Clendenen in Fulton Illinois in 1896. It traces early struggles, charter success, rapid growth, and milestones through 1941, noting assets surpassing 11 million dollars and a 58 000 member roll as the fraternal insurer expanded across eleven states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. American
Wes
Times
Grandma
Grandpa
New York
Fulton
Ilinois
Mississippi
Chicago
George W. Clendenen
Springfield
Illinois
Prairie State” Capitol
Fidelity Life Association
Mystic Workers of the World
Edmund Jackson
Modern Woodmen of America
Middle West
W. H. Clinton
Paris
Tig
G. W. Clendenen
P. T.baker
Danville
A. C. LeBaron
Sharon
Wis
Geo. B. Robinson
A. W. Bastian
Kansas
New Heighs
The Proposal Turns To A Dog Purchase
After months of quiet admiration a man asks for companionship and the woman replies by suggesting they buy a dog together. The scene ends with her eager agreement to help choose the pet.
Labor Woes and Poems From Sharpe Carrol
A Sharpe S A Ys column mixes a farmer’s labor trouble with boy hiring, a plea for unity, and satirical verse. It blends complaints about hired help for cinders, union talk, and a Sunday afternoon poem about buses, cars, and school life at Thomson School.
The King’s Position In Bucking ham Palace
A new recruit reports the ship’s position to an officer. After a long absence he shows a paper with the position. The officer salutes, explaining he saluted the King, not the recruit. Based on the position, they are now at Buckingham Palace.
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Buckingham Palace
Boy's answer at school picnic sparks lunch remark
Tommy explains to his mother that the class carried its own lunches, prompting the line about the teacher’s workload. The exchange captures a schoolyard humor moment from a returning student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Fidelity Pays Claim To Pioneer Morse Nurse of Civil War Era
A claim on the life of Mrs. Permelia A. Morse of Kansas, a Civil War nurse, was paid by Fidelity Life. Read about her pioneer activities in Kansas, Lima memories, and her interaction with the James brothers as she fed travelers and soldiers. She died at 91 and left four sons, two daughters, and extended family.
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Mllnois
Asm
Iowa
Misouri
Kansas
Michigan
Clendenen
George Howe
Edmund Jackson
Robert Cowan
George Levi
Klondyke
Thomson
Savanna
Republican Party
Thomas Dewey
Europe
England
Permelia A. Morse
Fidelity Life Association
Katens
Morse
Jame Jones
Lima
Ohio
Enlarge Shimer Library Stacks at Frances Shimer
The Campbell Library at Frances Shimer College in Mount Carroll announces enlarged stacks funded by Mr S J Campbell and family in memory of their parents. Librarian Misa Lois Engleman says wall stacks crowded. new stacks placed in the main reading room with help from a Carnegie Corporation gift. Last year Campbell provided equipment for atlases dictionaries and large volumes.
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Campbell
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll
Misa Lois Engleman
Frances Shimer
S. J. Campbell
Shimer Library
Engleman
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Hertofore
The Musician Expresses Joy in Creating Music
A musician states that composing music gives him pleasure, possibly more than performing it. The quote reflects a focus on the act of creation over public performance.
Hidden Movement Sergeant Commands Recruits
Dialogue shows a sergeant ordering a recruit to mark time while the recruit protests his boots are too big and asks for permission to adjust them. The exchange captures military drill tension and uniforms issues conveyed in terse language.
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R. R
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Fidelity Life Assn
Mr. Jackson
Jesse Ford
What Cheer
Jackson
Delmar D. Darrah
Jesus of Nazareth
Scottish Rite
Bloomington
Sharpe
Ang
Lal Lana
Tim
Web
Sharpe Carro
Walter C. Below
Fulton Community Coliseum
Ant
Fidelity
Eral
Shimer
Ments Monthly
Tion
The
Home Office
Life Association
Ill
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
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