Freedom Won On Mississippi Steamboat Poker Scene
An incident aboard a Mississippi steamer before the war shows a planter attempting to buy a slave woman Ninette and her son Tommy. A high-stakes raffle raises funds to free them as Judge J and General K help secure release. The crowd funds a $50 subscription for the newly freed pair.
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General K
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Tommy
Ninette
Tom
Connecticut Law Dedicates Wives Property in New Marriage Era
The late session of the Connecticut Legislature enacted a statute granting wives full ownership of property they acquire after marriage or earn separately. Wife owned property remains her sole property and creditor claims against her do not affect her husband. Survivor may inherit one third or one half depending on children. optional life use of one third by will.
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Ross
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Hadley H. Wickham
Charles Gard
Wickham & Gard
Athens
Court of Common Pleas
Mary J
Mar J
Rome
Siler Ickham &G
Emuert Tompkins
Indian courting season opens. camps break near towns
The Indian courting season will begin in about ten days as Captain Sam notes. Indians will move from camps to the hills until after the spring fandango, a principal holiday during which neither men nor women will labor. A Philadelphia Press aside notes Rascality in Indian appropriations. Hayes attends to related matters. A minister ends a topic with I make it spades in a gallery quip.
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Plute
Austin
Reveille
Fessenden
Maine
Committee of Finance
Congress
Hayes
Philadelphia Press
August Flower Special Notice Herbal Patented Remedy
The notice touts August Flower as a remedy for dyspepsia and liver ailments claiming over 75 percent of Americans suffer symptoms like sour stomach sick headache habitually constipated palpitations heartburn and yellow skin. It urges readers in Athens to buy a 75 cent bottle or a 10 cent sample and promises relief after two doses.
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Dom Plata
United States
Athens
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