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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1853
Page
2
A stream of comic vignettes, paradoxes, and social jests from a old newspaper page. It includes jokes about Millionaires and Poor Men, women voting, doctors, and a Madrid bullfight aftermath, with sketches of everyday scenes and pointed quips about advertising and society.
A long dispatch summarizes parliamentary exchanges on Dardanelles strategy and Russia Turkey tensions. It covers a Kingston Jamaica petition on Cuban slave trade, U S exhibitors at an Irish exposition, Austrian Italy and Switzerland tensions, and wider European affairs including France Russia and Spain. The report closes with notices from Canada and ships docking in Britain.
Postmasters receive fixed commissions after April last. For sums up to 100 dollars the rate is 50 percent, up to 800 dollars 40 percent, up to 2400 dollars 36 percent, and above 2400 dollars 15 percent. If mail arrives 6 PM to 5 AM, 60 percent is allowed for the first hundred dollars. Postmasters earning up to 500 dollars get 4 1/2 percent, plus one cent per free letter and two mills per newspaper not charged with postage.
The Fremont Journal argues the Whig name may fade but the party or its principles persist. It asserts protection to industry and internal improvements as policies, not immovable truths, and predicts future party shifts toward Democratic Republicans while insisting the core democratic principle remains unaltered.
Directors and stockholders at Norwalk approved a consolidation with the Junction Rail Road Company. The agreement outlines a plan to build 40 miles of railroad from Fremont to Fort Wayne or toward the State line of Indiana toward St Louis, to be started and completed as soon as practicable. Fremont hopeful this union will accelerate growth and progress.
A bold appeal questions heavy state taxes and capital flight to other states and Canada. It asks how funds are spent on costly offices and wages and condemns wasteful lawmaking. The piece declares refusal to elect officials who do not pledge tax relief and promises to expose facts and figures upon request. It notes the Islander steamer trips and a rail road stockholders notice elsewhere.
Citizens of Fremont meet at the Court House on June 13 to organize for the Anniversary of Independence. Stephen Buckland presides, J Heaton acts as secretary, with officers including Daniel Brainard and Juni Bell. Committees handle arrangements finance and merchant coordination for stores to close 10 AM to 3 PM.
Sandusky County Teachers Association members are asked to meet at Fremont Court House on Saturday July 2 at 10 p m to elect delegates for the State Teachers Association meeting in Dayton July 6 and 7. Chairman L W Booth announces the executive committee’s order.
The council selected B J Bartlett A J Dickinson John Youngman La Q Rawson Stephen Buckland Daniel Capper Henry Bowman Thomas Pinkerton J F Halta John L Greene to form the Board of Health for the coming season. Mayor A B Taylor and Recorder T P Finemoon urged swift action to cleanse the town as a sickly summer looms.
A letter argues for action by the city to improve streets and alleys, drain a stagnant pond near Market Street, and finish the Union School building before fall. It cites past filth and miasma as causing illness, praises four years of grading, and warns against neglect by the city fathers and citizens. It notes June and Curtis acquiring the Foundry, plans for steam engine manufacture, and comments on moonlit nights and local happenings including an omnibus tour and a balloon event in Sandusky City.
The Times describes the new prepaid letter envelopes produced for the Post Office Department. Paper, water lined with P O D U S initials, 500 envelopes per cycle, steam powered press, Washington portrait embossing, red rate stamps, self sealing material, packed in cases for shipment to Washington. About 100 workers, mainly women, plus strict anti forgery rules and private guards. Fremont Indiana Railroad stock subscriptions open at Findlay with local support expectations. Oberlin Times notes its discontinuation for lack of support.
The New York Times ridicules an Infidel convention in Hartford arguing the assembly shows delusions and disorganization. It attributes poor wit, religious skepticism, and dangerous aims, condemning their rhetoric as irrational and petty while highlighting their disruptive motives.
The Toledo Republican reports the Common Council of Toledo refused to authorize the Mayor to assign city stock in the Toledo Norwalk and Cleveland Railroad worth about 80000 dollars to Mr Litchfield of New York. A second resolution directed the Mayor not to assign the stock. Litchfield had contract to pay into the city treasury by June 10 but failed to comply, rendering the contract forfeited, per Com Register.
The New York charter amendment passed decisively with 96 574 votes for and 9 851 against. Opponents tied to frauds and plunder, but public outrage mobilized voters to approve a reform and dismiss corruptors from office.
The London Times reports a Jerusalem disturbance during Good Friday as English missionaries were expelled from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher after a scene involving Crawford giving a sermon outside the synagogue and insults to the Talmud. A Jew hurled a meat pie, leading to a clash with the Jewish defenders. stones and mud flew as all fled.
A survey of peculiar old newspaper practices notes how periodicals used three line summaries to frame titles for readers seeking status. It cites editorials on labeling, attribution, and the odd humor of a press system mixing local and national notices with inflated language.
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