Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1920 — ODD FELLOW ORDER OVER CENTURY OLD [ARTICLE]

ODD FELLOW ORDER OVER CENTURY OLD

On next Monday the 101st anniversity of the establishing of Odd Fellowship in America will be observed throughout the United States, as on April 26, 1819, at Baltimore, Md., the first lodge was instituted in this country. The number of lodges in the United States on Jan. 1 1920, was 27,329, and the membership 2,601,451. During the year of 1919 the sum of $7,168,305.97 was expended for charity and bpnevolence purposes. The net assets of the grand and subordinate lodges amount to $65,446,046.52 —$5,000,000 of this sum being invested in Liberty bonds.