Advantages and Dangers of Building cooperative associations
At a Philadelphia gathering, the rise of cooperative pacing and loan associations drew attention. The piece notes they total over 700 in the city, with loans reaching about 7 million dollars in a year, and thousands of dwellings built through them. It warns that when controlled by speculators they impose burdens via high premiums and foreclosures, while properly run groups can aid the industrious poor by enabling long term, small installment loans and profit sharing. It discusses legal rulings on usury and legislative changes aimed at preventing abuse, urging courts and lawmakers to guard against oppressive lending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Social Science Association
Philadelphia
Daily Press
Scriber's Magazine
Baltimore Permanent Building and Land Society
Silk Industry Shows Growth and Global Trade Interest
The silk industry in the United States expands with immigrant master weavers from France and England. Imports of raw silk rose 50 percent in 1875, production reached 1,435,782 pounds valued at $27,158,071, and about 280 firms operate nationwide with 3,000 workers. China leads raw silk, while American goods gain world market prominence despite mulberry cultivation challenges. European crops declined, pushing prices up in both markets. J Royal Times.
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France
England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Union
Kina
Italy
India
Japan
Germany
Switzerland
Belgian
J'roy
Unfeeling mother drives daughter to asylum again
A distressed young woman named Margaret, ten months ill from religious excitement, pleaded with her mother on Cass street not to send her back to the Jefferson County Asylum. The scene at the county jail moved bystanders as the mother declared it better she die than stay ill, while the reporter urged aid against the impending transfer to the asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Jalil
Cass Street
Jefferson
Margaret
Heaven
Hnme
Chicago Courier
Curious Old-Time Laws and Customs in Concord and Concord’s Past
A travel note from Haverhill recounts Puritan customs in Concord, detailing Sunday observances, seating rules, long sermons, and church discipline. It contrasts early colonial life with modern times, noting shifts in dress, alcohol use, and social regulation, plus data on mortality, wealth, and transportation from 1727 through the Revolutionary era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Haverhill
Mass
Plymouth
Concord
Dover
Portsmouth
Hampton
Seacoast
Massachusetts
Mary Thompson
Robert Green
Apprehension about sickness lines a peculiar old lady
A humorous sketch mocks Mrs Bragg who tracks every new disease in death and illness statistics. She suspects every ache, collects medicines, and riches physicians with a steady, if morbid, annuity. The piece contrasts imagined ailments with real risk, urging calm and faith amid health fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bragg
Palin
Bolus
Jin
Ines
Mrs. Brogges
Kats
Thorn
N.Y
A Marriage in the Surf at Narragansett Pier
A correspondent chronicles a seaside romance in Narragansett Pier where a Baltimore heiress elopes with a young lover. After family conflict and a spy, the couple wed briefly in the water before returning to Baltimore. Expect a grand wedding unfolding in October at Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Pier
Baltimore
Pater Faintufa
Clersyman
Twain
Othe
Providence
Buck
Iter Cor
Providence Journal
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Onc
Baltimore Sun
New Hampshire
Perxeybovanta
Paris
Alextatz
Milan
Deseribes
Michel Bruniovanowiich
Joblinowitel
Michel
Michel Brankovanowitch
Pall Mall Gazette
Texas
Cam
King’s Ranche
Nueces County
Kansas
Outfit
Africa
Newfoundland
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