12 Jun 1888
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1888
Page
1
We offer a wide Grocery, Fruit, and Confectionery selection with prices lower than any store outside Chicago. Our space allows quotes but few prices, and we act as agents for slug Shot Sure Wop on Potato and various bugs.
A fragmentary notice states 4A Kepilue Coblope Grain of Gijengo UL is at the Brewster fowae for a few days. It mentions people troubled with corns bunions and other ailments. It promises painless operations with no word of risk.
A flurry of rumor and strategy from Columbus and Washington outlines pressure on party leaders. Blair Reid and Blaine figures push Beraker and Foraker for the Chicago ticket while Logan and Alger ties shape Michigan and Illinois voting blocs. Delegation preparations for California and Ohio progress amid district nominations and veteran lobbying.
Washington City June 1 Cox called Nevada a rotten borough during a tariff speech. Woodburn issued a sharp personal reply denouncing Cox and outlining corruption, likening him to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The clash touched on Irish references and political insults as the House considered tariff debate limits.
Old resident Fair Chance Humbert reported masked robbers entered at midnight, bound and burned him seeking money. He fought free, raised alarm, neighbors formed a posse, suspects fled, pursuit continuing locally with threats of Western dust bowl justice.
Dispatch reports the Big Four desperadoes located in an empty house near Muddy Creek a mile from the train robbery. A patrol detachment surrounded the house under Chief Gill, expecting a fight as the robbers are heavily armed. Two more suspects were brought to the city for questioning.
The June 1 era recounts a domestic shooting in a small confectionery area, a banker murder case linked to an ex-lawman suspect, a Georgia golden wedding, a Florida cabbage fortune, and numerous minor crimes, arrests, and weather notes. Also noted are locust hatch forecasts, a dynamite bomb find, and a poll parade for an eight-hour law.
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