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Newspaper
Fremont Weekly Freeman
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1853
Page
2
An 1852 Ohio act authorizes railroad directors to sell mortgage bonds and other securities, with limits on director purchases at par value. It also allows increasing director numbers to thirteen, and requires majority stock vote for changes. The act includes later notes from 1964 and references Sabbath train debates and moral concerns about Sabbath rail service.
A late night scene centers on a busy printer, exhausted yet steadfast as dreams of home float through his mind. A telegraphic despatch reports wrecks near Elmore, while news from Port au Prince details yellow fever deaths and American victims. Social Hall vocalists perform, the legislature meets little, and local notes cover taxes, a Fremont House anniversary supper, and a theft inquiry at the treasurer’s office.
The Freeman apologizes for printing defects in prior issues and promises improved quality. It notes patient labor during the commencement, vows candid fair politics, and aims to avoid personal abuse, seeking acceptance of plain sense and fair presentation by readers of all parties.
An energetic movement to construct a trail road from Fremont to Defiance gains support. Citizens along the route back the project with substantial promises of deeds and material aid. Plank roads connect Fremont to Rome Tillie and Green Springs, with a McCadamised route Bellevue to Maumee River via Fremont.
The piece laments the Cuba annexation debate, criticizing politicians and Cass’s resolutions on noncolonization while warning of dangers to the United States. It notes a Monday fire at Dr. Wooster's Drug Store started by Josephorus and mentions the Cincinnati Gazette listing many deceased workers in the year 185?.
The Democratic State Convention released nominations for statewide offices including Governor Wat. Mevitu Bankfield and Attorney General George W. McCook Wis. Several other posts were announced with various names and locales such as Bliss Allen Breslin Seneca Trevitt Frank Railroad Move and Thomas Bart Richland. A Milwaukee railroad event and a Richland passenger train stop are noted alongside these nominations.
Fragmented notice discusses Rev T J Dawkins book, praising its four parts from youth guidance to ancient history, theology poetry and animal magnetism. Notes limited copies, subscription offers, and a Democratic State convention result. Mentions a jailed or distressed woman at Blackwell’s Island asylum and a shipwreck tragedy.
Professor Gleason a renowned anatomy and physiology lecturer will give a free introductory talk to Fremont’s Ladies and Gentlemen at Social Hall starting Saturday evening at seven o clock. The illustrated session features the largest anatomical collection in the United States with five French mannequins two hundred skeletons and models of face eye ear windpipe lungs heart brain and more than 500 oil paintings.
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