24 Dec 1852
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1852
Page
1
Mrs Wicks seeks a two dollar half and a new pair of scissors to ease blistered hands from sewing for her family. A neighbor suggests husbandly aid through frugality, urging cutting household costs and avoiding vanity to fund essentials, while Mrs Wicks secretly enjoys her new tools.
The note speaks of a joyous season of family gatherings by the hearth and home, wishing bright and happy reunions for the readers on this anniversary.
A detailed preview of the coming World’s Fair in New York describes aims to unite art science and industry across continents. It outlines the Crystal Palace design by Carstenson and Gildemeister, its dimensions and ironwork, and notes expectations of prizes for McCormick and local manufacturers alongside notices for Graham’s Magazine and other periodicals.
A meeting at the president’s office on the 11th endorsed a road linking Freeport with the Chicago Road. About 218,000 in subscriptions, plus prior funds, total around 63,000 from town citizens. President D A Knowlton and the directors are praised for leadership. stock books remain open as construction is planned with expected early activity.
A Wednesday meeting promised to publish proceedings to curb shin plasters in the community. Massachusetts election returns show Whigs winning most vacancies across districts including Scudder in the 1st, Crocker in the 2nd, Edmunds in the 3rd, Upham in the 6th, Wentworth likely in the 8th, Dickinson in the 10th, and Goodrich in the 11th, with all three old districts reelecting Whig candidates.
A garbled extract blends a classic poem fragment about St Nicholas with a dense, errors plagued report of electoral results. It lists majorities for various candidates, votes for constitutional amendments, and total votes cast for representatives to the Legislature and presidential electors, including Washburne Wentworth and others, with totals around 148,883 to 154,207 and an abolition vote of 9,060.
Dramatic report of a major blaze in Sacramento begining Tuesday night November 2nd at 11 o'clock. Fire started near the Southern Hotel on J Street and, driven by a strong northwest wind, swept south of J Street and across to Front Street destroying many wooden structures. The Crescent City Hotel and other buildings burned. only a fireproof store of the Lady Adams Company and Sanford and Brothers survived. Heroic efforts by individuals saved a child from the Crescent City Hotel. Deaths blamed on the fire included James Dennis Stockton stage driver and several others. the total property loss estimates range from five to ten million dollars. San Francisco hospitals and the steamer Camanche provided aid. Sacramento editor Mrs Morse died en route. Doughnuts and coffee prices rose amid the crisis.
The text discusses Nyve and Sidon as ancient Phoenician cities on the eastern Mediterranean coast, describing their origins, regional geography, and historical roles. It covers Phoenicia and Palestine boundaries, early colonization, and the cities' prominence in navigation and commerce, including a note on Sidon as possibly the oldest son of Canaan.
The New-York Journal of Contineres quotes Mr Calhoun opposing Cuba acquisition by any strong power. He warned a conquest would risk slave and foreign populations. The piece also recalls a Suenca tribe superstition about freeing a bird at graves. Michigan Insurance Bank issues shinplasters, prompting caution as weak banks proliferate.
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