Docholliday
It was 1884 in Colorado, USA, and Doc Holliday, an infamous degenerate, gambler, gunfighter, sometimes deputy of the law, posse member (and award-winning dentist,) was ill, probably with the tuberculosis that eventually killed him, and owed $5 to a man named Billy Allen which he could not repay on time. Allen threatened to beat or kill him if he did not somehow make repayment. This lead to a confrontation in which Doc shot and injured Allen, (and was then arrested, put on trial, and acquitted by a sympathetic jury.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That simple $5 debt caused a lot of trouble in 1884, and today small loans can still cause a lot of grief. We hope that Zidisha loans do not.
$5 in 1884 would be the same as between $120 and $130 today. $130 has been uploaded to this account. What good can $130 do this year?
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From August 14, 2015 to August 14, 2016 this account helped to fund 17 successfully repaid loans.
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From August 14, 2016 (which is the 165th anniversary of Doc's birth) this account has helped fund loans to -
Purchase pain killers for dentistry in Bawku, Ghana
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On the first day of summer 2017 this account was turned over to automatic lending.