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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1853
Page
2
The text outlines township governance obligations including fines for officials who fail to serve, bonding requirements for treasurers and road supervisors, appointment procedures for vacancies, fee allowances for officers, and detailed tax and road fund handling. It also describes election site control, cemetery funding, and debt collection procedures, plus repeals of prior acts.
The letter page rebukes Bart lett and Shrenk over liquor policy and accuses a liquor seller of ruinous deeds. It argues for moral action, predicts punishment in afterlife, and condemns continued demand for intoxicants. Also notes O L Nims and Buckland & Co. adding goods and medicines.
The result in Huron and Sandusky counties approves the sale of stock in the Toledo Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad. The piece notes Sandusky County favoring the move and predicts the stock will rise above par within a year, linking the East to the Northwest and promising strong returns for the road. It also lists Freemont town officials and praises their likely impact on local governance and public welfare. The Sandusky City school meeting endorses raising the superintendent’s salary to 1000 dollars per year to retain capable leadership.
Fremont citizens praise Engine Company No 1 after a 4th inst parade. The Sanducky Democrat notes their beautiful machine and disciplined officers, and records a swift response when a board kiln fire alarm sounded. The company quickly moved the engine over the river and extinguished the blaze.
The Sandusky County School Examiners call teachers to a meeting on west Tuesday and the four Tuesdays after. They note that certificates can only be earned while the Board is in session.
The Whigs of York township elected their entire ticket this spring, defeating Democrats and Freesoilers. Labor and wait for the promised good time. J P Haynes & Son seek arrivals of new goods. Ba McLelan & McGee received wall paper stock. The T L Hamer under Capt Gould returned from Cleveland with snow loaded for the port.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer emphasizes ignorance as the root of poverty and crime, noting it fills poor houses and harms women and children. It argues temperance alone fails without education and urges forcing offspring to attend free schools to yield greater benefits and reform society.
Legal proceedings before Judge McLean scrutinize a motion to enjoin the Junction Railway from Sandusky to the Maumee River from crossing Sandusky Bay by a causeway and drawbridge arguing it would obstruct navigation and violate the 1787 Ordinance. Reading of papers and counsel names follow. Cincinnati notes mention a Jackass versus bull dogs bout and local expenditures. Pennsylvania repeals track width law. Granite State arrives Detroit. Toledo flour shipment. Dr. Ackley named Cleveland Marine Hospital surgeon. emigration to New York down vs 1861 62. Col Levy caught in mail theft.
Reports from the Pacific include the P M Steamship Tennessee ashore near Tagus Beach in Bolian s Bay with 100 passengers, all safe, mails preserved, and no officer fault due to dense fog. A reward is offered for Joaquin in Mariposa, while diggings on the Yuba river yield large gold finds. Quartz mining is expected to rise. San Francisco business is dull. A gambler’s trick with lead imitates gold, punished in Mariposa. Telegraph news from Washington notes cabinet changes and naval secretary Dobbin. Dr John Dunham dies. Chautauqua lectures travel New York. editor mocks philanthropic ladies traveling for money.
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts Shelley's early marriage to a Westbrook heiress, her estrangement, and the couple’s move to the Lake District aided by Norfolk. Calumny, loneliness, and fever, then the wife’s death by drowning. The tale notes the grave misfortune and the nameless grave and the faded memory of the young wife.
A seashore excursion ends in misfortune as a fogbound boat fails to find land. A father recalls guiding his lost son and a maiden to shore by the boy's voice. Both die within weeks, leaving the narrator with a haunting chorus from the grave.
A local notice from Fremont dated April 14 1853 states that School Examiners of Persone apply for an action and will not entertain attention at any other time. W Glick signs with Dr Brainard.
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