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Citizens’ League No. 3 (Lega Cittadina No. 3). As the names of the societies show, many of
them had a strong regional identity.
When the membership of some societies grew smaller, they decided to unite and
created the United Tuscan Beneficial Societies (Società Toscane Unite di Beneficenza) and
The Sons of Italy Beneficial Society (Società di Beneficenza Figli d’Italia), which was
organized in 1918, and combined Beneficial Society of Italian Hunters, Tuscan Brotherhood,
United Tuscan Beneficial Society, Dante Alighieri Beneficial Society, and Society Pietro
Micca of Piedmont.
Figure XXVI. Front page of the bylaws of the
society of the Daughters of Italy established in
South Range in 1919 [Northern Michigan
University Archives].
There were at least three societies in Trimountain: the Society of Royal Carabineers
(Società Carabinieri Reali), the Italian-Tuscan Society (Società Italo-Toscana), and the
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