05 Mar 1896
Page 1
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1896
Page
1
A young woman, daughter of a prosperous white farmer, claims colored ancestry and wed a full blooded negro. Interracial marriage is illegal in Indiana, and they were arrested. She will test her claim in court to protect her husband and avoid jail.
The column compiles varied items including reflections on death and immortality, a mother’s influence, Cuban independence sentiment, humorous tributes to Billy Nye, comets observed by the Naval Observatory, state and local notices from Raleigh to Ashe and Rockingham counties, prohibitions in Iowa, and assorted personal anecdotes and editorials.
A critical column denounces money as a despot idol that corrupts virtue and provokes deceit, violence, and social strife. Citing the Orange Observer, it warns avarice tears families apart and threatens the nation with ruin and destruction.
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