Peaches and fruit sold cheap by basket or bushel
Local store advertises cheap peaches and fruit with prices beating Chicago. Canned goods offered in fall line. Nuts and candies advertised. Five and ten cent counters touted with attractive goods.
19 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1886
Page
1
Local store advertises cheap peaches and fruit with prices beating Chicago. Canned goods offered in fall line. Nuts and candies advertised. Five and ten cent counters touted with attractive goods.
The Great Strike at the stock yards ends as workers accept Packers terms after a mass meeting at Germania hall. Knights of Labor delegates Barry and Butler push the policy of ten hours for workers while Armour and Swift plan to hire new men to resume operations. The convention debates telegraph ownership, labor congress planning, and anti-convict labor resolutions as industrial tensions and regional strikes ripple through Chicago and Pennsylvania.
At a Congregationalist meeting in Andover Smyth of Andover Theological Seminary explained probation after death and the difference between doubt and faith. He urged churches to support ministerial training and noted inferential theology while defending academic freedom among faculty. Other reports include a railroad dispute in Pennsylvania and various local incidents from Oct 1.
Readers report a large anti prohibition gathering in Chicago with delegates from Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, New York and more. Leaders urged unity between liquor interests and temperance factions while criticizing prohibition by law as a gateway to upheaval.าท
A dated report discusses racial policy within the Episcopal church, opposing missionary segregation and proposing a joint board of missions in Washington for colored people. The debate covers establishing an appellate court, with various figures arguing for and against, alongside unrelated school court rulings and other items from Oct. 1 to Oct. 16.
The town reels from a large blaze starting near Chapman and Sons on the south side. Fire spreads rapidly through Gilbert's Boot Store, McConkey House, William Campbell hardware, Ashmore and Harbour brick block, and more, with panes, powder explosions, and chaos as residents flee. Insurance coverage uncertain, crews set to guard perimeters, two arrests noted, total loss estimated well over 100000.
Salisbury, the county seat of Wicomico, suffered a devastating Monday night fire that nearly destroyed the town. The loss is estimated at 61,000,040 with only two stores remaining. Women and children are sheltering, many men camping out, and aid from nearby towns is limited. Safe houses across the river provide refuge for the vulnerable.
A Galveston relief report details a tugboat mission with $1,001 in provisions to Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou. It records 102 dead, 64 colored and 38 white, with 61 bodies recovered. Survivors occupy cow houses, awaiting aid as search continues.
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