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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1886
Page
3
A fragment shows an ad for Pride of Cameron with claims of superior quality and exclusive Buried Bros. cures for piles. Includes medical ads for Dr Bosanko’s piles remedy, a 1886 school board election notice in Freeport, and various local goods and patent medicine pitches.
June 1 in Slaveland Ohio reports a Knights of Labor convention demanding land reform, voting rights, a national election holiday, labor protections, and limits on child labor. The gathering debated boycotts and strikes, with a plan to form a committee on labor legislation, while tensions with the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers were noted. A separate item cites a Bell Telephone injunction against the Southern company, and a separate accident in Iowa leaves three dead and one injured after a Midland train strike.
The report notes Frederic Kateau's appointment as Ulshop at Green Bay. It also mentions various short items including a strawberry grower near Centralia tallying 600 crates picked from two acres and expecting 200 more next week. Several other brief entries cover politics, crime, maritime orders, and local commerce.
Simon Davis, orchestra head in a Brooklyn theater, demonstrates exotic percussion and new pedal operated devices. He describes a belly instrument and a chromatic xylophone built from steel bars and straw ropes, plus a champagne pop imitator, as city audiences react to unusual sounds from the pit.
A Detroit reader condemns a married man who preaches virtue while abusing his wife and children. The piece mocks his cheerful front, detailing his cruelty, financial stinginess, and public pretenses, contrasting private misery with outward bravado.
A long excerpt contrasts the Old Fashioned Man with a modern era, noting his hypocrisy and stubborn labor behavior. It then reports Joseph J. Wooks on 1880 strikes and lockouts, detailing industry counts, wage disputes, success rates, and overall impacts on workers and production.
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