30 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1886
Page
1
A local storefront at 67 and 69 Stephenson Street advertises bargains across staples. Standard sugar 16 lb for 1.00, granulated sugar 15 lb for 1.00, white extra sugar 17 lb for 1.00, brown sugar 18 lb for 1.00, winter apples 1.75 to 2.25 per barrel, eight bushel bags also offered, assorted candies at 10¢ per pound, gum drops and handmade confections, large canned goods selection, roller flour at 85 cents a sack.
In New York City, Powderly backs labor candidate George as roiling debates unfold. Roosevelt tours multiple venues while Howitt warns of George’s fading appeal. Campaigns hinge on clergy endorsements, worker support, and GOP efforts at turnout amid heavy party rhetoric.
New York Governor Hill arrives in Iowa with Col. Rice and Alfred C. Chapin. In Philadelphia he addresses a large audience at the Academy of Music, defending Democratic policy, disputing Republican tariff claims, and denying intimidation by Blaine partisans.
The Lagro township affair involves a marriage elopement between Philly Fowley of Hittaboro Ohio and Mim Alice Hall, daughter of a local farmer, after objections from her Democratic father. A separate note discusses how partisan tickets in the upcoming election include positions on convict labor and a Knights of Labor influence in Cincinnati.
Latent of The Express Hobbery The amount stolen believed $120,000 as authorities, with Weir, manager of the Adams Express, saying we are sure of our man and refusing further questions. Suspects include railway and express workers amid a planned theft. several detectives seek confession. Other items note Sheridan’s court-martial decisions and Powderly’s labor lockout warning in Philadelphia mills.
The annual report of Commissioner Atkins on Indian affairs urges a division of tribal lands into severalty, replacement of tribal government with a territorial system, and continued government school support amid growing calls for rapid civilization and white settlement in Oklahoma. It also supports an allotment bill and census efforts to refine agency rosters and rations.
A distorted report from Amatietinam New York outlines disputes within the labor movement. It notes objections to private interest influence and calls for unity under Powderly leadership, with references to meetings, receptions for French officials, and postponement of events due to bad weather.
Readable fragments show Western Union Telegraph Company stockholders purchased a controlling interest in the construction firm building the buried telegraph conduit. Admission notes phased opposition, claiming the firm was propped by Western Union to justify buyout. Other items include Indiana Arbor Days guidance, a Savannah to Macon railroad contract, a New Orleans frost note, a Dustin bank failure update, and brief political survey quotes from Indianapolis and New York.
Frantic scenes unfolded as a fatal derailment near Portage prompted an inquest postponement due to several jurors citing political business and absence. Witnesses described Hankey’s distraught conduct and Wells’s erroneous switch claim, while crews and residents gathered at the wreck site amid burning debris and scattered belongings. Names such as Bishop Whipple and Mrs Beberer appear among the victims or mourners as the number of dead and wounded slowly clarifies in the wake of the tragedy.
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