13 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1886
Page
1
The C O D D store advertises as the largest and cheapest in the state offering peaches, apples, teas, coffees, canned goods, candles, and nuts at low prices. It promotes selling by basket or bushel and claims to beat Chicago prices with ready roasters and full counters.
A large crowd gathered in New York at the Bowery building on October 13 for a meeting of merchants and manufacturers. H Sargent of New Haven spoke on tariff reform, with many local leaders and figures in attendance including Lorett P. Whoolur, Orlando H. Potter, Anson Phelps Stokes, J M Constable, and others. The discussion focused on federal tax policy, duties on raw materials, and party reform, urging support for a tariff revision and accountability in Congress. The event closed with unanimous resolutions and calls for unity among Democratic factions.
KNLGUTS negotiating with Right Mours for Ning Howey pay. The Who Mond convention strikes on road to revise the constitution. Brakenian and others push for an eight hour workday settlement. Committees from Knights of Tabor related unions seek early adjustment of grievances. Trade unions claim half the packers union support, aiming for wage compromise and preserved eight hour standard.
Reports from Cleveland and other cities detail a labor convention debating revising the constitution, electing officers, and broad questions such as consolidating unions and expanding the executive board. Deliberations grew heated, with no firm decisions reached as delegates pressed plans to adjourn next Wednesday.
A verbose summary reports debates at the Kyphoopit Convention including church boundaries and potential realignment with Newark. It notes amendments to constitutional proposals, care for migrants, and a joint committee to study church governance and missionary care. A separate report discusses divorce canon law and its reception, with an order for October 14.
The article reports that a New Year ceremony in Beaton Now cites a Mead of the Figure and outlines plans for a parade with military marshals. President Yupronont will preside over Ost 28 ceremonies with an announced general order for the denomination of national bodies desiring participation.
The notice invites all organizations to apply for participation in the international parade, detailing required information such as name, location, and anticipated turnout. It lists appointed officials and notes preparations, including a milestone speech and a formal salute at the conclusion of the inaugural ceremonies, with a Paris dispatch indicating broad French representation.
A powerful gale from the north batters Galveston CaN, flooding the bay and washing over streets and wharves. Telegraph lines fail as tides rise and cotton bales are swept away. property damage looms and Houston reports large losses.
Fragmented OCR text reports a controversial captain, foreign affairs, and local incidents. It notes indictments of conduct in government, a race or athletic results with distances and placements, a factory fire causing substantial losses, prison break attempts, and regional administrative updates. Names, places, and dates are inconsistently captured, with scattered references to Cincinnati, New York, and Dakata. The piece mixes sports, crime, and public notices into a single crowded page item.
Governor A. A. Ploves submitted the annual Dakota development report noting a bonded debt of 438,000 and a total assessed value around 10,000,000. Population rose about 85,000 with rail expansion driving rapid growth. over 800 miles of track reportedly sold in the past year.
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