21 Jan 1887
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1887
Page
1
Local shop advertises mixed candy by the pound with various prices, dry goods, fruits, and household items. It highlights coffee, cigars, pipes, and a full line of dried and canned fruits and vegetables with free delivery and highest prices paid for country produce.
A Manominee area report to the House judiciary committee details a grim trade in young girls between Milwaukee Chicago and mining regions of the upper peninsula. Authorities describe child abductions and brutal tracking by dogs and bloodhounds. Proposals seek five year penalties, replacing the current one year for involvement.
In CurveLaANy Ohio a carpenter James Caba Jak and his family are struck by a brutal murder. Antonette, the wife, killed five children and mortally wounded two others before hanging herself, leaving the husband perplexed about the motive.
Three Pinkerton guards protecting coal sheds opened fire on street youths during a snowball fight. A 14 year old, Tommy Hogan, was shot through the right eye and died. Detectives Patrick Bheeney Samuel Niff and Daniel Cahill were arrested after the shooting. Mayor Cleveland demanded their removal, but police refused.
In a violent incident on Thursday two burglars engaged in a fight with policemen after attempting a robbery at a store. The suspects were killed in the exchange. one man fled but was caught. Police hold the attackers as burglars. the incident sparked a larger investigation into the failed crime and the surrounding pursuit.
A fantastical, chaotic display unfolds around the Ige Palace as a grand nighttime procession culminates in exploding fireworks, blazing chariots, and a palace fire. Crowds line the streets while guards, bomb bursts, and vivid lights illuminate the scene in a surreal public spectacle.
The Eagle reports Knights of Labor actions in New York and Brooklyn. A man claiming Branch 40 delivered grievances to Capt. Whit ing at the Brooklyn navy yard about pay and foreman quality, provoking a sharp rebuke from the officer. The piece notes broader labor tensions, evictions in Glentai gh and tenant negotiations, and a death in Iowa.
The Senate and House pushed through a wave of actions with confirmations of officials across states including Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. A career of appointments, committee votes, and proposed constitutional changes framed the day in Washington as judges and administrators faced pressure on pensions, taxation, and civil service reform.
A chilling report describes mass ice break up on a lake near Lake Iril Malay and Niagara territory, where hundreds of lives are endangered. Several vessels and men are missing, with rescue efforts ongoing as authorities note many are presumed lost. Two fishermen report distant, injured men and a single survivor tale amid chaotic scenes.
An advertised listing details chemicals, surgical instruments, crutches, galvanic batteries, syringes, trusses, supporters, shoulder braces, thermometers, pure toilet soap, perfumery, colognes, face powders, tooth brushes, combs, hair brushes, ladies bags, pocket books, purses, pocket knives, razors, scissors, feather dusters, chamois shine, carriages and bath sponges, paints, varnishes, painter supplies, machinery oils, all warranted and priced as low as usual for inferior goods.
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