20 Oct 1887
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
1
A dealer announces a full stock of Cook and Heating Stoves, Furnaces, and Steam Boilers with the best and most complete selection shown to date. The message emphasizes readiness to supply the public with quality heating products.
The Knights of Labor held a nine day convention in Chicago with speeches by Governor Oglesby and Chief Engineer Arthur on labor policy, anarchist threats, and arbitration. Minneapolis saw a nine day printers convention and wage negotiations, while other labor movements and local events filled pages with reports on strikes, packing industry shifts, and a mysterious Wotan case.
Rain drenched Atlanta and Montgomery events as President and Mrs. Cleveland braved heavy rain at the exposition grounds. A planned review was canceled, crowds crowded stands, and a reception followed at private homes amid the downpour.
Fire destroyed fourteen Colwin business houses and post offices in Iowa, with an estimated 84,000 dollar loss. In California, a highway accident killed Turnuy Roves near Cisco while oiling an engine. In Indiana, the Foreign Missionary Society marked its twelfth anniversary in Indianapolis. Reports include a murder case near Gullitelh Virginia, a Kentucky racing executive named Lyeck White missing, a Western Union telegraph rate dispute, Bartol denying betrayal of Christian Scientists, and multiple legal proceedings in Cincinnati and Las Cruce involving bank and land frauds. Several accidents, trials, and ship alarm news follow from various states, including gas explosions in Pittsburgh and a missing steamer Jim Sheriffs.
Madison State Journal reports rapid progress on the Chicago Madison and Northern lines. Foundations for a Madison depot site are underway, with street sidewalks laid over tracks and boxcars in the yards giving a rail-yard look. Bridge and grading work continue at Dodgeville, with immense girders and pipelines planned, wages raised to 1.75 per day, and depots slated for Freeport and Rockford with modern designs and Sioux Falls granite. The Monroe Daily Gazette notes a carrier will switch to trains and end wagon trips as service expands toward Freeport.
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