Vast 3020 Candidate Modern Woodmen Initiation in Chicago
The largest class of three thousand plus was initiated at the Sev enth Regiment armory in Chicago. About 5,000 Woodmen attended from the city and surrounding towns. The affair ends a membership drive begun August 1. Chicago led with 245 new members, Fort Dearborn 149. Fortunes of lodge officers remain fixed by by laws. The Washington camp in the District of Columbia tops with 500 members. The head clerk’s office reported 16 000.75 in certificate fees through October. Louisiana Masonic Widows and Orphans’ Home approves cottage plan costing about 15 000 to be ready next spring. Idaho and New York restore fraternal relations. California lodge circulates suspensions and expulsions to subordinates. East Orange Jersey Commandery honors Sir John Cassidy by conferring the order of the temple on his four sons.
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Woodmen of America
Seventh Regiment Armory
Chicago
Fort Dearborn
District of Columbia
Washington
Board of Trustees
The
Masonic Widows and Orphans’ Home of
Louisiana
Grand Lodge of
Idaho
New York
Masonic Standard
California
Grand Lodge
Jersey
East Orange
N. J
John C. Cassidy
Order of the Temple
Masonic Debate on Smoking at Lodge Meetings
A Florida Mason compares smoking in lodge rooms to irreverence during rituals and urges respect for those opposed to tobacco. Arkansas Grand Royal Arch reports 83 chapters with 3,231 members. England recognizes Valle de Mexico the prospect of broader recognition rises.
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Louis C. Massey
Florida
Grand Royal Arch
Arkansas
Grand Lodge of
England
Grand Lodge
Valle de Mexico
Mexico
Ritual Work and Brotherhood in the Ancient Order of United Workmen
An article urges lodge officers to learn rituals without books and reflects on member confidence and duties. It notes jurisdiction expansion into Indiana Wisconsin Utah Nevada and Maryland and states about 20 million dollars have been paid to beneficiaries since A O U W began in New York. It advocates visiting and supporting ill members to ease distress.
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Nebraska
Indiana
Wisconsin
Utah
Nevada
Maryland
Supreme Lodge
New York
Fraternal Camp Meetings Encourage Winter Activities
The Pacific jurisdiction has over 100000 members and a reserve fund of $1000000. Visits between camps foster fraternal feelings and better acquaintance. The Sovereign Visitor urges debates recitations statistics storytelling singing whistling acting husking and spelling bees and other novelties to brighten wintry camp nights.
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Pacific
Sinking Northwich Homes From Endless Brine Pumping
In Cheshire England the salt district has seen land subsidence due to continuous brine extraction. Houses sink with the land and in Northwich many streets show only roofs above ground. Residents live in underground rooms with added upper levels for light and air while roads are leveled by government efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt
Cheshire
England
Northwich
Guaranteed Mi-o-na Stomach Remedy Promises Cure
A Columbia pharmacy offers a money back guarantee with every Mi o na stomach remedy box. It claims ordinary dyspepsia tablets only digest food while Mi o na strengthens the digestive system so the stomach can digest food itself, preventing reliance on further medicine. Each box costs 50 cents and is said to provide complete cures or a refund.
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Columbia
Kingston As It Was Wild Life In The Early Days
FP A Ober recounts Kingston and Port Royal from Jamaica's early colonial era. He describes Port Royal’s pirate revelry before the 1692 earthquake, the 1692 disaster, the founding of Kingston, and the island’s landscape markets churches and social mix including British officials and enslaved communities.
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A. Ober
Jamaica
New York
Indian Island
Kingston
Port Royal
Liguanao
West Indies
Columbus
Penn Venables
Bay of St. Ann's
St. Jago de la Vega
Spanish Town
Tortuga
Haiti
Henry Morgan
Song
Taffy
Cartagena
Porto Bello
Panama
Charles II
England
Sir Henry
Green Bay
Lewis Galdy
France
Savanna la Mar
Westmoreland
Jamaica Institute
Rodney
de Chasse
Blue Mountain Peak
Newcastle
CiInehona Gardens
Coffee Country
Boca del Agua
Roaring River Falls
St. Anne's
Kingsson
la Vrade Garden
Llngston
King Street
Victoria
Treasury
Kingston Parish
Benbow
Downing Street
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
D. A. Chalmers
Chichester
Josef Driat
Woodmen of the World
Columbia Pharmacy
Citizens National Bank
Phaw, Jenkine & Wm H
Jenkine & Washington R Ptate Bank of Low Firat National and
Firet National Harr
J. J. Kellogg
South Side Square
W. M
Butterfield
Crafi's
Lowe
Schuyler W. Livingston
Law Money Abstracts
Grrier
Northwest Corner Square
Eicher & Eicher
Washington, Iowa
Charles A. Dewey
Notary Public
Iowa
W. A. White
A. J. Wilson
C. O. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Lawyers
FICE
Washington County Savings Bank
W. M. Keeley
Edmund D. Morrison
West Main Street
Henderson
Thorne
Court House
P. J. Hanley
J. B. Crail
BANKS
Citizens Savings Bank
J. A. Cunningham
A. A. Anderson
Arch McCully
F. Brown
Moore
Anderson
D. J. Palmer
K.P, Brown
J.T. Anderton
A. Llarvey
W. A
W. W. Wilson
Washington County
Do & General
Dr. D. Arthaud
Osteopath
Kirksville
St Office
Dr. W. M. Terry
West
Washington Street
Ray H. Dean
G.glabbes
Cook & Sherman
D. G. Knottnerus
North Side Square
J. W Teeter
J. H. Lathrop
Teeter & Lathrop
Casey's
Hotel Colenso
STAAL
Creene Eares
Sun
Mall
Pax Press
Express
Weerhound
Knoxville
Sun Hart
St A
CG. B
Famers & Merchants
State Bank
BE. G. Mason
Sutherland
K. R
Chas. Brown
Brown
Casey Bros
D. F. Macon
Milwaukee
Brighton
Lonn
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
F West Boun
Vinson City Mail
Win Cities Limited
Bm. Anes
East Bomn
Peoria Express
Peoria Limited
Vestibals
A J Mor
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis, Mini
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