27 Aug 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1886
Page
1
The store boasts fruits by the quart and carload, fresh melons twice weekly, apples by the peck or carload, teas from 20 cents, and roasted coffee. It stocks green coffee, sugars by the carload, white fish and canned goods, van talked nuts, and battered candy. Free delivery across the city via the Gregory line.
The Illinois Democratic state convention elected a temporary and then permanent organization led by temporary chair Duncan. Delegates debated contests for state central committee seats, elected Alfred Arendorf James A. Irwing W H. Greop and others to committee posts, and approved a platform backing national administration, gold and silver standards, debt repayment, and labor protection. John J Curran became adviser from the Second district as the convention adjourned.
The Michigan Republican State Convention reassembled and adopted a platform endorsing labor, arbitration laws, temperance local option, and war veterans pensions while opposing convict labor competition and foreign contract labor. The ticket chosen includes Cyrus J. Luce for governor and James McDonald for lieutenant governor, with many state officials named and Junius McMillan elected state central committee chairman.
Delegates gathered at Hallinbene Pennsylvania August 27 for the Prohibition convention. The campaign finance committee announced bids totaling $10,000 with over 36,000 pledged. J H Hooker of Washington and Rev Palmer addressed the gathering, HOoker noting that colored voters are allied with the movement.
At Waco Texas on August 27 the Republican state convention announced the gubernatorial ticket led by A M Cochran of Dallas with Lock McDaniels as lieutenant governor and W H Burkhardt as supreme court justice. The platform urged prohibition amendments, opposed convict confinement, denounced monopolies, and supported Blair educational policy while pledging organization retention for a 1834 Republican victory.
A scrambled report covers Bulgarian prince Alexander’s deportation, German and Russian reactions, and British parliamentary debate. It notes Alexander’s possible return to Darmstadt, storms over the Sofia coup, and international indignation, with emphasis on figures like William II, King Milan, and Chamberlain.
Co of Hilabane and Vogelor Co clash over a trade mark of St Patrick's Ol de sobiecttin with a medieval preparation. Enjoined from using St Jacobs Ol. August 27 reports a volatile mix of international updates, labor strikes, executions, and municipal changes. The dispatch blends trademark actions with war talk, railway labor tensions, and civic appointments across New York, London, and Glasgow.
A report from Washington outlines President Grover Cleveland's nomination of James Matthews of New York to be recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, replacing Frederick Douglass. The move triggers constitutional questions and potential real estate upheaval, while a New York interview quotes Cleveland stressing the pick as the best available man, regardless of race, amid shifting party dynamics and national unity.
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