Minutes, 1910-1919.

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Minutes, 1910-1919.

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Minute book is a handwritten account of the business carried on at each meeting. If a paper was read the title is given and sometimes a short commentary. The queries, questions to provoke debate, were recorded and any response is paraphrased. Example queries are: "Is allowance for the wife a proper method of conducting a household?"; "What is the greatest question before the American people-immigration, liquor, races, corporations?"; and "Can the farmer lessen his hours of labor without detriment to his work and financial condition?" The farming, community and political news are discussed as well as ideas for raising money, improving the grange and the community.

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Evans Grange No. 35 (Marshall County, Ill.)

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Evans township organization that was part of the national organization, the Grange or Patrons of Animal Husbandry, that has as its specific goal the improvement of community through family involvement with community and specifically agricultural and rural issues. The Evans Grange No. 35 met semi-monthly. Della O'Wells was secretary until 1915 when Edna McAdams was elected to serve from 1915- 1917. Ellie Thiery was elected secretary to begin in 1918. From the description of Minutes, 1...