Insurance Agents Notice for Brown County Residents
A historical note from 1851 announces an agent for several insurers including Washington Mutual and Concordia Mutual. It invites inhabitants to contact him for travel expenses and policy arrangements, with details related to a dangerous misprint and formal abstentions.
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PIRE
A. Gilmann
Brown County
Washin Oanty Mutual
Gonsewe
Fustizemco Compania
Ution and
Orledne
To a Departed Sister and Other Verses
A mixed crust of verse and prose items. a lament to a departed sister set beside literary excerpts and humorous prose. The poem opens with intimate similes to sunlight and fragrance, then shifts to reflections on loss, memory, and heavenly hope. Interwoven are quotations praising Alex Mackay and Western Dispatch style essays on American progress and imperial balance.
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Boston Olive Branch
Denisin
Raffle and Moral Tales From the Deep South Excerpt
An extended excerpt recounts a Mississippi anecdote of a slave named Bill winning two raffles and securing his freedom through luck and daring. The owner profits from the bets, and Bill, after multiple throws, earns money that funds his prospects for eventual emancipation. A second tale features a clergyman and a fiancée named Patience, recounting a playful bet and blessing before marriage. The text closes with a reflection on debt, reciprocity, and prudent frugality urging timely relinquishment of wealth.
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Mississippi
Bill
Abel
Massa
Pill
Sox
Bil
Tisei
Snil
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