Wisconsin Fraternity Founded 1902 Grows in Madison Era
A fraternal organization established in 1902 at Stoughton moved to Madison in 1914. It now has 23 000 members and about 900 000 in assets with first mortgage investments yielding over 50 000 annually. The group has paid nearly one million in death claims and operates with a nine member board of directors.
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Stoughton
Madison
Supreme Court
H. W. Adams
Beloit
J. W. Parsons
Antigo
R. H. Burns
Ladysmith
E. M Samdahl
Menomonie
Wisconsin
A. D. Campbell
Richland Center
Northwest
Oscar
Washburn
Wis
M.D. Larson
Beavers National Mutual Benefit Fraternal Insurance Plan
The Beavers National Mutual Benefit aims to operate nationwide as a fraternal insurance group with scientific governance led by H. L. Ekern. Dr. A. D. Campbell is grand commander, E. S. er as Grand Medical Examiner, and S. A. Oscar as Grand Secretary as it builds toward 500 new members. Policies include ordinary life, 10 year term, 20 payment life, and 70 year benefit, with reserves, automatic premium loans, and non-forfeiture provisions.
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United States
H. L. Ekern
Insurance Commissioner
Wisconsin
A. D. Campbell
E. L. Mason
Eau Claire
E. S. Hunt
Endeavor
S. A. Oscar
Beavers Take Over Home Defenders Insurance Group
The Beavers assume membership of the Home Defenders and set adequate rates. The fraternal insurer aims to become a leading American organization by adopting a liquor trade exclusion, aligning with modern thinking to improve mortality experience.
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Home Defenders
The
Beavers
America
Passenger consoles self with weight tale on bridge
An express nears a river bridge with a nervous old lady in a compartment. As the train crosses, she fears danger but quips that if the car sank she would have died with a clear conscience since her weight would have lightened the train.
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London Mail
Lemon Grass Harvest Spreads Across Malabar Hills
The Malabar coast in India hosts a yearly lemon grass harvest with oil used for artificial perfumes. Burned hillsides clear old grass, then six months later fresh crop is cut. Furnaces and stills dot the countryside as production resumes.
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Malabar
India
Three Great Life Questions in Education
The piece asks whether life questions are right or wrong, true or false, beautiful or ugly. It argues education should guide answers to reach proper physical and moral standards and implies failure to do so harms that aim.
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Wis
Guin and Bros
Flirt Duel Ends in Quiet Tie on Coast
A playful contest between a man and a woman, both ardent flirts, ends in a tie as they travel together to prove who can flirt longer and more boldly. The humorous exchange focuses on lighthearted rivalry and mutual amusement.
Queer Language Sparks Spat Across Papers
A sequence of brief newspaper quips includes a Detroit Tree Press quote disparaging a "queer language" and a playful exchange about paying cash down as "settling up." The Boston Transcript cites a spat line about marriage and a retort, while an ad for Dr Thomas' Eclectic Oil promotes its burn and emergency uses at 25 and 50 cents.
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Detroit Tree Press
Kidney weakness ad reveals Washburn testimony
A local advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills targeting kidney trouble. It features Mrs. Andrew Faulk of Washburn describing back pain, dizziness, and relief after using two boxes. Price 50c. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Andrew Faulk
Washburn
Christmas chairs and early shopping at City Drug Store
Advertises early Xmas shopping at City Drug Store with chairs now available. Also notes sale of the Mertens residence on Washington Avenue described as strictly modern and offered as a bargain. inquiries to W A Robinson.
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City Drug Store
Mertens
Washington Avenue
W. A.robinson
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Will
Rexall
B. A. Wiechmann
Washburn Times
Washburn Printing Co
W. A. Robinson
Gory Plain
Hill
Vale
Mem’ry
Ossian D
Gorman
Baltimore Sun
Edgar A. Guest
Des Moines
Bayfield County Bank
the Beavers Reserve Fund Fraternity
Beavers National Mutual Benefit
Mander
Boston Transcript
Thomas
Xmas-Hansen
P. T. Trowbridge
Santa Claus
Germany
WM. Goedeke
Guinand Brothers
Jewelers
Ashland, Wis
Bayfield
Western Vaudeville Managers Association
Edna Mayo
A. Holgren
Micheal Black
Nick Kurschner
4Th Street
WE Retail
H. J. Lewis
Bell Phone
Washburn, Wis
M. K. Sprague Lumber CO
Diamond Well Drilling Co
Times Office
Louis Mark
Gem Theatre
Bell
Washburn, Wisconsin
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