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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1867
Page
3
Fairfield County voters urged to convene in Lancaster on June 6, 1867 to elect four delegates to the statewide convention in Columbus on June 19 and to conduct other business. Also notes on local news items, deaths, and various notices.
A long column mixes weather lore with local business notes and notices. It mentions moon folklore, jewelry firms, the Republic party circle at Circleville with Gen Piatt and Cox Muir as speakers, and a Columbus daily praise of Langaster valley views. It also reports on builders, lumber firms, and Vorys & Brother making doors and sash. A Mt Vernon dispatch covers moulders striking over union issues, plus a New York egg consumption estimate, and a lengthy statewide Sabbath School convention notice urging delegates to Xenia for unity of the Sunday School Army.
A Boston notice reports Ned Nevins Newsboy or Street Life in Boston has reached ten thousand copies sold with orders for a fifteenth thousand. Rand & Avery confirm presses in operation and strong canvassing growth by Dudley S. Jones and Wych Bennett. An Ohio Sabbath School Union convention is planned for Trinity Church on February 12 and 18, 1867.
The article outlines a Building Loan Association in Liberty Township modeled after Cleveland and Toledo groups. It aims to aid small earners pay high rents by pooling savings to fund loans for building or buying homes, with monthly dues and a shares-based system that converts into equity and eventual ownership. It advocates widespread adoption to provide affordable, permanent housing and reduce rent burdens.
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