Three fraternal insurance societies organized on the plan of the Foresters' courts:
established in Massachusetts, 1879, with membership confined to the state, and one court at Providence, Rhode Island;
established in Chicago, 1883, and extending into 26 states and Canada, with an official organ "The Catholic Forester," published at Milwaukee;
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