16 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1886
Page
1
Large city store advertises wide fruit selection including peaches melons and apples with per quart per peck and carload options. It promotes tea coffee and sugar pricing, canned goods candies and nuts, home roasting coffee, and delivery within the city plus bulk discounts claiming unbeatable world beating prices.
Huge storm reports confirm hundred dead and many missing as relief parties aid Beaumont and Orange. Choicest details cite Maj. Sanford’s family, wrecked houses, and the L Q C Tamar saving survivors and crew. Louisiana and Texas cities report widespread devastation and urgent aid appeals.
A devastating gale struck Buffalo New York on October 14 sweeping away the lakefront and island structures. The floodwaters rose six to twelve feet destroying property along the river and harbor with losses around $500,000. Dozens are homeless and victims are aided by charity, the city suffering widespread destruction including burning factories and damaged docks.
Knights of Labor pressure Armour & Co. amid a mass resignation at the packing houses. 1800 new workers report to the yards as conflict over the ten hour rule sharpens. Barry meets Armour and Allerton. no compromise found, possible boycott of Chicago beef and pork considered. Pinkerton guards and threats of violence cited. packers blame the ten-hour system while pledging equal responsibility among firms.
Reported disorder at a convention in Minneapolis with threats and knives, as officers and organizers faced demands for money and alleged misconduct. The scene included rail yard disturbances, freight cars, and tense exchanges involving managers, law officers, and unions.
An arrest notice says Frank Bentley is sought for embezzling about 60,000 from Pall than Company and vanishing. Details trace prior roles at the Palace and Drauch factory, with stages in Detroit and Chicago, leading to a winding path and a 8,500 misappropriation charge from Rocky River Ohio. Bentley's whereabouts remain unknown as warrants issue.
A tumultuous sequence ends in a fatal shooting after a quarrel at a hotel in Evansville Indiana. Linway McKinley threatened Linmarin, bought a revolver, and then shot him. Aged widow Kathen Greenwell is reported murdered by hogs in Ulad, with strange details of a hog-attacked scene. An anarchist meeting in ChayeLash, Olid, Od 1k Med, Parsona district was blocked, with Mrs Varsous traveling to New York. Trials unfold in Stevens Vinay Wisconsin and New York for various alleged crimes, while political tensions roil Bulgaria and Prussia.
In a December dispatch from Vestox New York and Washington report Blaine discussing prohibition in Pennsylvania Maine and New York. He comments on Republican and Prohibition party stances and recalls Saymour Delavan dialogue. The piece also covers President Cleveland leaving Washington for a fishing trip and Theodore Roosevelt's mayoral nomination in New York with related city politics and race results.
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