09 Jul 1852
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Democrat
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1852
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text from a newspaper page mentions theater and court items with numerous garbled names. Readable parts indicate references to individuals, a law notice, and a possible theatre event, but details are obscured. The piece lacks coherent facts to identify a single event or outcome.
The provided OCR text appears garbled with mixed letters, partial names, and random phrases. No coherent events or identifiable entities emerge to summarize into a proper news item or record.
A vivid, period appraisal argues hotel and villa buildings will outdo earlier 1850 designs, offering opulent suites, private baths, greenhouses, and carriages. It notes high costs, shifting fashions, and a growing middle class seeking comfort while balancing budgets in urban life.
A lengthy argument advocates building mixed use hotel inhabited blocks with shared public rooms, libraries, and services to comfort both rich and poor. Proposes multi-story family dwellings above commerce, central grounds, extensive ventilation, water, and fire safety, run by a vigilant superintendent and matrons to house thousands.
A three and a half year old named John Keanen vanished from his home and endured a five and a half mile search through ploughed fields woods and swamps. He survived two nights in cold damp conditions with lacerated feet and near starvation before being found near the boundary line between Seake ik and Rehoboth. He showed a strong desire to return to his mother and described the cold night as well as the long difficult journey through a swamp possibly linked to a nearby death trap from forty years prior.
A massive Amazon water lily, centerpiece of the New York Horticultural Society show, astonishes visitors with leaves nearly six feet across and a towering leaf stalk. Exhibited by Charles Cope of Philadelphia, the plant features a seven foot stalk and a wide green disk, drawing praise for its size and historic horticultural significance.
The Te Bondon Times cites two euchred accounts from official and resident sources about the Callies. An officer claims they are dark brown, tall, and brave but accuses colonists of cheating and abuse. He argues extermination with rewards as the only solution, claiming millions of Exeters Ha! supporters and barbaric natives require decisive action.
A group of sixty believers in the Spiritual Philosophy, from Northampton Mass, Hookerlyn and Auburn NY, bought 9009 acres forty miles from Kanawha steam navigation head and fifty miles from Charleston. They live in a faith aligned with A J Davis teachings, share no common property, and seek spiritual and material progress within a single community led by reasoned testing of spirit guidance. Rev W W Herds of New York will edit a weekly paper for the society in Cincinnati Gazette.
An old farmer attempts to reform his household by offering each child a sheep if they give up ram and indulgence. Jonathan and the others accept reluctantly, each agreeing to forgo the lust of drink and appetite. The demon is banished, bringing joy and lasting happiness to all involved.
An old ruling by Judge PT, famed for practical mastery, addresses a criminal who hid beer and the value of stolen goods. The jury seeks guidance on whether value at wholesale or retail price determines petit larceny versus grand larceny, and the judge notes no state could allow possession at less than the retail price.
A gardener describes turning currant cuttings into tree forms begun in 1831. Leaves are removed to a height, new growth emerges, and later side limbs trimmed to two feet. When fruiting, the plant is productive with large fruit, fewer pests, and ornamental value, suggesting rows of tall, straight, treelike bushes planted five feet apart.
At a centennial celebration in Dangerm Muse, George Peabody of London proposed a twenty thousand dollar trust for Danvers. Twelve trustees will manage funds for land purchase and a building near the Old South Meeting House, with the remainder directed to a free public library and library formation. A public meeting was planned to thank the donor.
A Rus Road Meeting at the Come House drew robust county attendance. Citizens voiced firm resolve to build the road, with steady progress toward subscription targets. By press time 940,060 in stock had been subscribed, and books opened Tuesday, awaiting further funds to start immediate operations.
The text discusses the Duke of Wellington and Arthur Wellesley born in the same year, tracing military careers from the Indies to high ranks. It notes the family’s Irish roots, the parish of Mornington, and suggests a common origin with the Wesley family, though cast as uncertain. It mentions name changes from Wisley to Wistey and then Wellesley amid English emigration.
The Directors of the Pacific Railroad sought a sound New York contractor firm to build the full line from the western Stay Par region, at an estimated $24,000 per mile. The total project would run about $6,000,008, funded one third cash, one third in stock, and one third in state bonds, with land charges and offices excluded.
Editor Crockett of the St. Louis Intelligencer writes from California about astonishing natural phenomena and vast mineral wealth. He notes a temperate climate with rare thunder and lightning, contrasting with extreme heat in the morning and late day as temperatures soar.
A group of thirty to forty people, part of the Pleine for California, have sailed back to St. Louis in destitute condition on their way home. Several have lost relatives to cholera and other diseases, and one family mourns a husband and father. There are reportedly hundreds more who are discouraged and plan to return, per the Chicago Journal.
The lungs contain vast nearly sponge like air holes numbering about 170,000,000 with a surface area far exceeding the body. Each cell has a network of blood vessels ensuring every blood portion contacts air. From this vast arrangement we see the need to supply pure air with every breath.
A clergyman in the Pilgrim era offers a candid Thanksgiving remark thanking the Disposer of events for fisheries success, while noting recent post season failure among fishermen. Passengers arrived in Chicago from New York on Sunday evening via the Michigan Southern Railroad, a forty four hour route, twenty seven hours and fifteen minutes from Buffalo. From Monroe to Chicago the trip took nine hours.
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