10 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1886
Page
1
Five carloads of melons apples coffee and sugar advertised with boasts of freshness and low prices. The notice highlights canned goods candies and nuts and claims home roasting of coffee and citywide delivery with loaded counters and several bargain claims.
Aug 1 reports from Minwauknne and Marquette describe widespread forest fires across central northern and northwestern Wisconsin and surrounding Michigan. Tens of thousands of acres burn as flames threaten Spencer Colby Prentice and other towns while crews battle the blaze. injuries and deaths are feared though not yet confirmed.
A crowded hearing on the Tlargos versus Commissioner Syules War resumes with Col Hob Ingerwell leading allies defending Mr. Squire. City Chamberlain Eving Hae testifies about letters and conversations in 1846 to 1885 linking Squire, Flynn, Thompson and Mayor Grace. Prosecution closes case. defense absent as adjournment follows.
An international jury was named to award prizes for Percheron Morea at the Sinois State Fair in Washington City with representatives from the United States France and Canada. Georges Loring M de La Motta Ryne and Andrew Builth were appointed after recommendations from agricultural ministers. The exhibition will be held in Chicago. Prisoners Attempt Escape in Detroit and a bathing accident in Toronto left a baseball player dead. Financial embarrassment hit Quintan Nipiac Fertilizer Company in New London with Liabilities over 211000. A Ridgewood riot caused 120000 in damages and several factories in New York suffered arson and destruction.
Proceedings in Moulay criminal court focus on Anarchist press editor Spies and key witnesses. Witnesses describe Haymarket gathering, dynamite concerns, and police action, with cross examination detailing connections to The Arbeiter-Zeitung and related threats amid labor unrest.
The will of John Tilden or Tilden’s fortune totals about 7 million dollars. He leaves most assets to charitable and public uses with relatives receiving approximately 100 each. Trustees must establish libraries in New York Yonkers and New Lebanon and fund religious and educational institutions. Libraries are expected to cost around 2,000,000 with a 1,000,000 for religious aims. The New York Library will be housed in a Granwrey park mansion.
Aug 14 El Paso Tex dispatch reports heightened turmoil over the Cutting case with claims that Governor Maceyca ordered Paso del Norte authorities to decapitate the prisoner and send the head to American troops if unrest breaks out. United States officials reportedly ordered home from Mexico while promises to press charges in related murder cases are reiterated.
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