The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-21
I'hiISBeatS ThemAN!
Progressive Benefit Order.
Incorporated May l2, 1890, under the Laws of
Massachusetts, and have issued now over
$4,000 CERTIFICATES.
A Fraternal and Beneficial Order, or
ganized and conducted the highest
paying the following Benefits:
800 a Year and $40 Weekly
Sick Benefits.
NO Medical Examination REQUIRED.
Ladies and Gentlemen Admitted
on Equal Terms.

THE PROGRESSIVE BENEFIT ORDER de-
sres to call your attention to the best plan so far
devised lUhereby small sums be systematically
Invested and provide such sure and satisfactory
returns.
This order was organized by well. known citi-
zens of Massachusetts. 1t is chartered under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
most exactng OF any state in the Union with re-
of other Orders, and aided by expert life-insur-
ance men, the incorporators are enabled to offer
to the public an Order which combines the good
qualities of its contemporaries and avoids their
errors. Thus the Progressive Benefit Order pre-
sents safer, better-paying plan for the invest
ment of small amounts than has ever been de-
vsed by any other Der, oorporaton in the country.
is easily 1tderstood it is safe and reliable. It's
payments are absolutely certain.
Its motto is Friendship. Protection. and Pro-
gress and it unites in fraternal bonds all persons
in Class A, who are In sound health, mentally
and physically, who. are of good repute and Of
reputable callings.
The affairs of the Order are conducted wisely;
the supreme officers are bonded; politics and
sectarianism have nothing to do with the ritua
the reserve and other funds are jealouslY guarded
and aTy @ Of the Int { al
gether one; Glass A is divided into four grades.
with assessments to suit the pocketbooks of
THE COST OF JOINING GLASS "A'Y will be
and the Assessments Of 500 or less, as per table
of rates. The assessments for the first year so
we calculate will not exceed twenty, and we be-
leve fifteen will suffice, in which latter case it
1Ui cost but $3.50 for endowment certificate pay
ing you 500 at the end of the first years assess
ments, and insuring from one to five weeks sick
benefits at $40 per week, after siXty-seven days.
membership. to all so unfortunate as to require
same, the amount drawn to be deducted from
the amount due at the end of the year. with n-
terest at 8 per cent. Should member die, the
family or heirs can pay the assessments until the
maturity of certificate, and then draw the full
- ~
bers. at the expiration of the first month, may
apply for another certificate: in which case they
viii draw 500; $75, $50. or $25 every month, after
HOW, CAN SUGH AMOUNTS BE PAID FOR
so SMALL AN INVESTMENT? is a question
often asked. Not by members of similar organi-
zations who, readily join us being glad of the
tiated. In explanation, we would state that, in
order to pay the amount of your certificate. you
do bs yTur vo ad on
revert to the Order. Then, again, we look to
each one joining to bring in his friends, thus in
creasing our membership as well as our funds,
without which no success could be assured. This
is pure business transaction, like any other
| again, make from to 500 per cent. and get rich.
| We won't pay 500 per cent, but will assure 100
Nc E s4s TSRF qs sXNk xs SYSTEM can
| be found than that offered you by this Order;
monthly assessments which will ,a average about
10 cents per day returning you 500 at the end OF
| the year, and providing well for you in case OF
| sickness during this time.
| its certificates in ONE YEAR. Members do not
have to wait two FIVE, or seven years, or die in
| order to receive the benefits. Now as to
THE RESERVE FUND.-Fifty per cent. of
each assessment is deposited with the State Treas
urer of Massachusetts (after its conversion into
| guaranteed bonds and first-mCrtgage securities)
| for the purpose of protecting those who come
later into the Order, and OF equalizing, as far as
| possible. the number of assessments TO be paid
| by each member. No part of this fund can be
drawn during the first year Immediately follow
| ing the foundation of the Order, and then not
| more than one-twelfth of the amount on deposit
| In any one month thereafter.
ASSESSMENTS VIII be called as needed for the
| Supreme Treasury. and each member who fails
| TO pay his or her assessments within thirty days
but can be reinstated within the next thirty days
| 10y the payment of all assessments due, with a
| fine of % per cent, added thereto
| fair Investment, we would ask you TO come and
Join ls-the earlier the better for Dou. If incon-
! venient TO attend meeting 10 join membership
blanks can be had on addressing the Secretary or
from any member of the Order. These must be
filled out bU you with your name and address,
| found of good moral character. steady habits
aud competent 70 earn livelihood, you viii be be
| eligible TO membership. III not accepted fee will
IS soMRTHING 5GsisFin n 10 TO THINK ovER,-The An,
| cient Order of United WOrkmen paid its average
beneficiary on life duration OF eight years 81 ,9lC
for $50 paid in. Isn't that proof enough Of ouI
| pldn9
The American Legion Of Honor paid it's aver
age beneficiary $4,000 for SIG paid in on an aver
age llIe duration Ol tnfeehIu LhTce-quhflefye years
Don't this experience SdtiSfU BOit, HlU Jrtead2
| ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS cost S33 per an
| mum in the thirty insurance companies in the
| United States. Cost s. per annum in the Frater-
| nal Death Benefit Cooperative Assessment Asso-
| Citations. Please note the dlBeFence fll cost. In
! the Fraternal Associations you get the maximum
| of benefit for the minimum OF cost.
This is net cost protection. Ours is the grandest
| and most permanent treasury in eXiStence-the
| PocketbooRs of our members.
| THINK OF THIS.-I. o. o. f., /. o. X. NJ, X
| of p. have never defaulted They pay sick bene.
| fits and funeral benefits at death.
| CHARTER OF INCORPORATION GRANTED
BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF
hASSACHU USETTS.
BE IL knOlen that, 1OheredS,
Thomas Dayey, John X. Wightman, Lewis a
Drake, Richard III. Archibald, William A. Baker
William w. Pratt. and Monroe II. Qnimby have
associated themselves with the intention of form
ing a Corporation under the name OF the PRO
gressiVe Benefit Order" for the purpose of pay
Ing endowments, sick and death benefits TO its
members, and have complied with the provisions
of the Statutes of the Commonwealth in such
cases made and provided, as appears from the
certificate of the officers of said corporation. duly
approved by the Insurance Commissioner, ano
recorded in his office,
Now, THEREFORE,, /, Henry B Peirce. Secre
tary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, &c
hereby certify that Il. Davey, j. X. WiRhtman
H. A. Drake. II. II. Archibald, w. A. Baker. w
w. Pratt, and M. Il. Quimby, their associates anC
successors, are legally organized ana established
as, and are hereby made an existing corporation