The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-06-16
Wisconsin Odd Fellows Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
What is it Z?

Every Odd Fellow in the State is ask
ing this question, and not alone to this
State, IS the question confined, but every
State IN the Union is making the same
| inc airy. Every mail brings such vast
amount of letters 70 Grand Sec. Hills,
(who is Sec. of the ms. Go. asking this
question, that the directors have deem
ed 1t advisable to answer and explain
,rliqt Il Is, an3 what its peculiar adVan-
tages 10 Odd Fellows are.
1t IS Life Insurance company. char
tered by the I.e@islatur8 Of this State.
exclusively Cor Odd Fellows, their wives
and dauchters. aRd the widows Of ODD
| Fellows. and under the auspices OF the
Grand Lodge Of Wis. l5afords a chan
mel OF cbeap and safe insurance, that as
| topishes every ere wAo examines Its
workings. and mode Of doing business.
We have 3 clasees CT insurance VIZ,
| Glass. "a - which is unlimited as. to
| numbers. class go which is limited to
| ] geo members, class "Rebekah also
| limited to 1000 any Brother ia good
| health. and in good standing IN his Lodge,
| can ioin either classes "a or B upon
the payment Of $500, end agreeing TO
pay 81. upon the death OF any member
| In the class, or classes 20 which he may
! belong within sixty days after being
notified of such death, Any such broth,
er rho is in either class ~" CIR b, >
can apon the payment of IS. become a
member of class ."Rebckah. ?" also any
wife in gooL. health OF any Odd Fellow
/ IN good standing, or any unmarried
| daughter Of any such Odd Fellow Of the
age Of Is years or upwards. and any
widow Of any Odd Fellow. who was at
the time of his deatsin good standing
in any Lodge, 10 this State, can join
class ''Rebekah" upon the payment Of
$500
Upon the death of any one insured in
either OF the above classes, their heirs
are entitled TO receive an amount equal
to one dollar for every member Of that
class at the t;me Of their death.
We have made careful examination
OF tie number o. deaths which have &C.
CURED amcaq the Odd Fellows in every
state tor the past 20 years. and find the
avetIge number in this State to be FIVE
in 1000 per. aunusn, which Is only J OF
one per cent Should class "a. reach
$50 members there would be liability
Of 90 deaths during the year, Or in class
b, " OF "Rebekah" at 1000, there
would be liability Of being called upon
/ lor SLIGO I've times a year!
/ Now take any OF the mutual Insur-
ance Cos. yearly reports land you will
/ Gnt they are all about the same as the
/ one we obtain the following items from
| Policies IN force as end ofthe year, 81 543,
whole numter Of deaths $40. This is
less than 6I-IUJ OF ] per cent, divide
o. 543 by 375 and you find on our plan
OF insurance It would cost each member
only 5Ij6, 81 year and every deceased
brothers family would have received 500,
543
How much did they receive and what
did Il cost them.
The lowest $500, the CHEST $780,
200. st oar rates it would have cost for
/ tie 500, Oaiy 90 and for the $50. 200,
/ Si0!.0Ji Their forrest rater for this so,
/ O0U would be at the age of 30-$45S. 90.
aye 40-SG52 90, ace 50-S953. 90, age
I GU-SI ,565,00 IFdh as 1t costs one
brother 40 more Htan aaotter
We do not war with aag Insurance COM
pany and when their agents tell US that
the Odd Fellows Insurance company is a
Myth '.Fapor' Rope Of Sand
and ask why we can insure 50 cheaply
when experience tells them aud the re-
cent failure and bankruptcy Of old Euro
pean Life companies 90 10 show that
their rates are as low IS any company
can insure and sustain themselves, we
| answer: We pay nothing for rent and
Office expenses we pay no physician
or medical examiners fees. We pay no
salaries 20 officers ana employees. .
We pay no commissions to agents.
In lac5 We DO not pay single dollar for
! salary or com enSatIon to any officer Or
agent Of the company.
The interest Oh the s. we pay in, can
only be used FOR expenses, this Is, and
viii always be ample to cover all our ex-
I penseS.
Now brothers. few words with you
/ before | close. / on can get insured ia the
/ obi Fellows Insurance Company If you
are in good health and in good standing
! in your lodge, by paving to the Secretary
| OF your lodge S., who will fill out your
application, free of charge, and forward
1t 20 the Grand Secretary L. 3. Hills,
/ and from him you will receive a certili
cate OF membership and copy Of our
charter and bylaws. Il your health will
not allow yGu to be insured, get insur-
ance on the life Of your wife and daugh
ters. Do act lhiul you can make a bet
! ter investment OF yoCr money. Sep
pose class "isebekah has 1000 members
and the widow Of means belonging to it,
invests IN q savings bank 50 year, for
i five years, and then dies, she has secured
by the savings bank so and little in
/ terest, and the Ola Fellows Insurance,
for the same amout5 invested. give her
lit5le ones 81 coo. Again, suppose class
~ has reached 5000 members, and
the father has invested S25 per year, fer
five years, in q servings bank, and then
dies, he leaves il, ,nc bank 1928 90 and
the accumulated interest-his family
ge5s s., 900 from the Odd Fellows?
We ask which is the best paying invest
ment2
LESS than 50 cents per week will keep
up all your assessments when class ~
reaches 5000 members. and less than 10
cents per week in either Of the ether
classes.
Could we not, by saving little each
week, die far happier to know that our
loved ones are not cast 1Eyon the cold
charities Of thia world The death of pa
rent Or husband is sufficiently sorrowful
event, without having it aggravated by
present or unprecedented want tits re-
let TO the bareaved 20 know they are left
/ with means of support. How many fam
lies have said. what should We have
! done now bat for this life insurance ?"
Wives, mothers cad dauhgtelsit is for
you and your dear childrenS' benefit, that
the Cod Fellows have organized this in
suraucc company; Its benefits are fer you
and yonrs, and 1t behovesy og,, therefore,
to encourage rour husbands and fathers
to insure their and your lives in tue Old
Fellows Mutual Insurance Company
without delay, while they and you are in
good health.