14 Sep 1850
Page 1
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Newspaper
Fremont Weekly Freeman
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1850
Page
1
A torn excerpt combines a race ad with moral admonitions and a shopper scene. It mentions Saturday events in Delaware and Pis— bees, virtues, and a shopkeeper and customer dialogue about cheap cloth. The fragment ends with a sales line quoting a clerk and a customer.
A clerk, Jacobs, is lured by a dry goods store into a heavy credit scheme run by Edwards. Spurred by promises of good credit and luxury, Jacobs buys a new coat, vest, and wife’s silk dress, plunging his family into debt. Six months later the bill reaches $120, prompting dismay, a crisis at home, and a harsh reckoning that ends with Jacobs quitting credit and learning the cost of indulgence.
Abstracted notes describe experiments with liquid sulphuric acid and heated metals causing sensations of cold or heat on exposed skin. Evacuation details include immersion in melted lead and iron, with references to a nine year old child’s exposure. Also reports by Scoresby on Atlantic waves, noting 43 foot height and 32 to 40 miles per hour velocity, corroborating Russell's earlier measurements.
Fragmented notes recount a New York visit by a famed singer who, after a street collision in Broadway, reportedly instructed her secretary to award seven hundred thousand dollars to a harmed pedestrian and ten thousand dollars to the man's widow if he died. The tale blends praise with garbled captions from Ohio conventions and editorials on party lines, ending with a local journalistic query about a singer’s mislaid handkerchief.
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