24 Nov 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1886
Page
1
On the corner goods and prices from a local shop. Sugar options include 16 Ibs for 1.00 and 18 lbs brown sugar for 1.00. Winter apples sell direct from growers at 1.75 to 2.25 per lb. Candies and plour are advertised, with station numbers 67 and 69 Stephenson Street as the contact.
The Nineteenth Century club meeting in New York featured Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison arguing for strong mayoral power. He defended Chicago governance, criticized civil service, and urged reform ideas including direct mayoral appointment authority and a two-year term. Other speakers included Mayor Grace and ex-United States minister Wray D. White.
An Irish celebration marked the nineteenth anniversary of the Manchester martyrs at Cooper Union under Fenian Brotherhood auspices. Henry George and others spoke on land tenure and reform linking land to the people as a global principle. The event also noted the formation of the Prev Soil club and included speakers such as J B Archibald and J J Bealin.
William Reed, treasurer of the South Boston Horse Railroad Company, was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of 3500 and over-issues of stock totaling 104000. He confessed to cash theft of 865,000 and stock over-issues, began in 1881, and hid losses through Mexican Central securities. Bail was set at 860,000. Reed remains jailed after surrendering property and contracts to the company.
New Year Nov 4 reports the death of H M Hoxie general manager of Goulds southwestern railway system after an operation for gall stones. Hoxie, longtime rail career starter in Iowa politics, moved to Texas and rose to prominence. his death triggers memorials among townsfolk and over 1,000 railroad workers.
The dispatches recount political maneuvering around civil service exams and appointments in Wisconsin and New York. Senator Edmunds and Charles J. Miller confront the Dead President’s circle during a controversial visit at the Arthur mansion. A shift toward a unified national exam schedule aims to ease applicant planning. Delaney seeks reappointment as U S district attorney amid party realignments. Local provisions touch on Oakview, warehouse locations, and presidential reactions to property chatter.
Fragmented oblique OCR suggests the obituary of a Chariton rival figure, with mentions of family, burial, and a political or civic group. The text references the Rewunlsea of Charton and figures like Adin and Job Quincy Adanic, plus attendees at a public ceremony.
A detailed account of the funeral held at King’s Chapel for Quincy Adaly. The service featured a sermon by Dr. Barnell Johnson, hymns led by a temple quartet, and a burial at Mount Wallaston Cemetery. Family attendance was noted and ushers listed, with honors paid by local officials and church members.
A Ottawa dispatch reports on Lord Lansdowne’s tenants with rent refusals amid land reforms. It notes reductions in Lord Lansdowne’s Curry estate, while other properties kept or rejected cuts. Also covered are a London stage premiere of Lakme and labor politics in Dayton and Chicago, plus a Vermont death by self-administered poison and a South Carolina legislative session.
A Chicago and Alton train collision near Chicago in dense fog leaves multiple injuries and one fatality. Conductor Thomas Kelly dies after being crushed. brakeman Charles Arnhault is tossed from a car, with a Norwegian passenger August Foalk hor transporting aid and rescuing others. Survivor Logkhardt, a Kan homesteader, was spared but witnesses the wreck in subzero conditions.
Frauds in a forgery case outline John V. Dagg’s alleged act of marrying James Rigby and Maggie Mincer, with alderman McNuirney cited. Other notes: Detroit baseball club stays in the National League amid revenue sharing plans. Kansas City league era scrutiny of Cleveland club. Italy seeks European peace. Russia loan talks stall. Munkacsy banquet. labor coal talks in Philadelphia. Minneapolis revival of roller skating venues.
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