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Heirs Rights and Town Law Clash in Obscure Notice
A Waterloo item outlines the new code of town probate, detailing surviving spouse rights, exemptions, and limits on leaving property to churches or schools. It notes administration costs and warns against invalid devises to corporations while reporting a local street incident where gamblers were stopped by an Oliver, sailors and a mayor, plus agricultural yield figures for 1828 and 1890s crops with government estimates.
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Waterloo
Town
Rporrtion
Oliver
Reynolds
Etreet
Armstrong’ Journal
Prof. Gates
Chicago
Sibley
Thureday
New Falls
Sibtey
Ig Tyan
Givain