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Newspaper
Wisconsin Workman
Location
Sauk City, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
3
Notice from Sackerry Wisconsin dated December 1 1898 requests changes to ad for the FOEMEE and new address and lodge number. If the workman is not received by the 8th readers must notify at once. All communications for pebbetick should be received by the end of the month.
The record lists membership counts and changes by month for Oct 1806 through Sept 1898 including new admissions, reinstatements, suspensions, deaths, and withdrawals. It also shows Beneficiary Fund payouts from Sept 1896, total disbursements through 1996, and related balances. Other figures reference the Fatal Relief Fund receipts and War Relief Fund allocations with scattered dates and amounts.
Reports on multiple rulings involving fraternal benefit societies. Key issues include assessment rights for reserve funds, court vs state auditor oversight, validity of beneficiary designation, and expulsion and reinstatement powers. Courts uphold enforceability of by laws, waive penalties, and determine proper beneficiaries under varied by law and charter provisions.
The article urges ongoing personal solicitation to recruit members for the Mutual Underwriting Workman movement. It stresses that friends should invite rather than force, notes many men respond to cordial invitations, and highlights deputies as essential, arguing that trained deputies achieve better results than members alone. The piece uses Wisconsin examples of deputies reviving dormant lodges and emphasizes three key factors: an able Master, effective deputies, and willing, supportive members.
A fragment notes Wisconsin owes much credit for renewed ownership to the work of the Gapatien in the field though it warns that their week must be directed and that most.
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