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Newspaper
Fremont Weekly Freeman
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1851
Page
2
An array of scattered excerpts covers diplomacy with Vienna and the United States, naval observations near Salina Cruz and Ventosa, budget shifts in Madrid and Vienna, and culture notes from Berlin, London, and Paris. Topics include ministerial changes, rail and harbor improvements, and various royal and scientific highlights.
Late Oregon papers report capital location at Salem pententiary at Portland and university at Margerille. Gold from Scott’s Bur Kinmath river valued 250 to 540 found. Oregon has heavy rain and storms with substantial river rise. A lynching occurred at taieaatin Evang He accused of hotel theft and suspended. evidence criticized. Irish exchange at Westminster Bridge leads to a name confusion joke.
The Boston Traveller reports from the Cape of Good Hope that Kaffir and Hottentot uprisings threaten English rule. Rebels attack Fort White Fort Beaujots and nearby towns with massacres and loot. Gov Harry Smith raises levies as colonial loyalty wavers and farms are torched. Nearby Boer and colonial forces clash with fluctuating fortunes.
The Freeman reports a county meeting urging Sandusky residents to subscribe $56,000 to a Toledo Nor walk & Cleveland Rail Road stock and issue bonds payable in 10 to 20 years. It notes stock totals raised locally and warns the county must act now to secure an Eastern and Western line, with officials certifying safety of county credit.
Judge Wade defends Whig ties while denying abolitionist charges, stating opposition to the fugitive slave law and slavery expansion. The text argues Wade aligns with Free North views, viewing slavery as an evil to be repealed, and outlines fiscal notes on a proposed railroad subscription, claiming long-term county gains offset debt.
An 1851 Fremont notice highlights the Wadsworth Family minstrels from Lake County, praised by the Elyria Courier for their musical skill and sacred and secular repertoire. Five members perform with a Melodeon at the Presbyterian church this evening, offering a rare musical treat for Fremont and vicinity.
Clerks and trustees must keep a separate box and poll book for railroad subscription votes. A return must be made to the county Clerk within the same period as elections for state and county officers.
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