29 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1886
Page
1
An old notice promotes FLOUR-Good Botler Flour priced at 85 cents per sack. It mentions the workers and locates at 67 and 69 Stephenson Street with emphasis on the sack and price.
New York reports a grand dedication of Bartholdi's Liberty statue despite unrelenting rain and fog. Thousands line avenues to see the procession, with about 1,000 in the parade and French dignitaries along with U.S. officials in attendance for the pedestal dedication and pageantry.
The narrative covers the delayed flotilla ceremony for the Statue of Liberty with fog and a grand sea pageant. It details the arrival of ships led by the flagship Tennessee, the French envoy Bartholdi, and President Cleveland's procession, plus remarks by French and American officials. A devastating Milwaukee rail disaster follows, describing a wreck, fire, and mass casualties with vivid survivor accounts and missing persons.
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