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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1853
Page
2
A tale of Sandusky schools and officials unfolds with praise for Barnsey and Cowent, calls for a dedicated superintendent and a female educator, and questions funding for premiums. The piece also recounts a brutal prize fight featuring Yankee Sullivan and Morrissey lasting 55 minutes, detailing their builds, ages, and weights.
A mixed page of puzzles and fundraising appeals begins with a problem about apportioning a ship’s loss among contributory interests after 2980 worth of cargo and 572 in damage were thrown overboard. It also offers algebraic challenges to algebraists, requests for journal subscriptions, and a long Christian benevolence appeal led by Mr. Pease urging support for Five Points reforms and relief for destitute children and textile workers.
The Forest City Democrat charges a stupendous election fraud in Perry county during the recent election over moving the seat of justice from Somerset to Lexington. It cites illegal voting, vote buying along rail routes, and aliens and boys casting ballots, claiming thousands of illegal votes and urging purge of the ballot box amid a Democratic victory questioned by the report.
Mrs Emma R Coe lectured about Women's Rights on Saturday evening in Dayton before a large attentive audience. Report notes she is graceful and poised and capable of handling arguments, remarking that some of her sex manage their husbands.
The Ladies Paper debuts with sixteen pages of content including an original story by Alive Cary. It condemns Women’s Rights Conventions while praising female labor, argues for wage parity with men, and promotes modest domestic virtue.
The piece extols Winchell as a master of human nature and language with unmatched expressions of faces and humor. It lauds him as a mature, intelligent gentleman and ventriloquist who charmed audiences, hoping for another visit when weather improves.
The N. Tribunne reports figures from 1844 to 1891 on railway disasters presented to the Bartisin Associations for the Advancement of Science. It states 7,014,109,409 miles traveled by passengers and 17651 months of travel, implying a passenger death every 40,029,905 miles. At 20 mph, one would need 218 years to be killed by all accidents, and 49.5 years under company control. A Kinglish plan railroad would take 614 years to travel, with each passenger killed in about 228 years.
A long, lurid eyewitness account describes mobs roving from New York to St Louis after a Sullivan versus Morrisey bout. Reported acts include looting, rail-car blockades, hotel assaults, and public disturbances as “sporting men” and rowdy crowds terrorize towns, with police and officials drawn into the episode.
The report lists awards across cattle classes and other exhibits at the Second Annual Sandusky County Agricultural Fair of 1833. Winners include Jore'h Gibbs, LaQ Rawson, John Moore, and Lewis Wright among many, with premiums for calves, cows, heifers, bulls, sows, pigs, and other livestock, plus textiles and manufactured goods.
Anan or Tonse and a fire last night destroyed part of the Cooper house at Cooperstown with some furniture saved. The Vermont Senate discussion notes Whigs and Free Soilers amid political division. In updates, Homan J. Redfield is appointed lector at New York after Bronson’s removal, and Brodhead becomes Naval officer with Ruitle becoming Sub Treasurer following Dix’s resignation. John L. O Sallivan, a Free Soil advocate, is appointed share to Portugal.
A traveler's rights case in Ohio upholds full payment for ordinary baggage yet denies $2000 worth of property without prior declaration, awarding $500 for the trunk and contents. The piece also criticizes New York police for neglecting a pre election day brawl, describing corruption and Deputy Sheriff influence, prompting questions on law enforcement integrity.
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