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Arch died. Lucian, again mixed up in some shady gunplay, fled north with Mary. Arrived in Detroit, Lucian decided he would be safer across the river in Windsor, Ont. But Canadian law permitted the immigration of no slaves. So Lucian Fletcher married dusky Mary, settled down in Windsor's Negro district. In 1861 the Canadian census recorded the Fletcher household as consisting of Lucian. "one washerwoman, Mary Fletcher," and four pickaninnies: Sally. Moses. Maria, Sampson. Shortly thereafter a tax list reported Mary as "Mrs. Fletcher, widow and free-holder...
...mortgagees: Mortgages are now a safer investment than at any time in the past 15 years. But: "If I owned mortgages today ... I would sell them or trade them for slim equities in small single-family homes or duplexes...
...argument of his opponents was interrupted except by a few simple questions from the Bench on matters of information. Only lawyer to be ribbed by the Court was Mr. Wood. In the fervor of his argument, his voice rose, his arms flailed. Mr. Dickinson dodged to a safer seat. Finally Chief Justice Hughes leaned forward: "Mr. Wood, would you mind lowering your voice...
...Contrary to the usual opinion, women are safer drivers than men. Twice as many of the latter have licenses, but they also cause 70 per cent of the serious accidents. Men drive faster and more, but are more dangerous...
...some districts," was lax in reporting forced landings, blamed more than 80% of crashes on weather or plane personnel. U. S. airlines, though deeply in the red as a whole, still spend great sums on new safety equipment, are chiefly responsible for making U. S. air transport five times safer now than...