Full Stock of Cook and Heating Stoves and Boilers
We are now receiving our full stock of cook and heating stoves, furnaces and steam boilers. The firm assures the public that this is the last and most complete stock of these goods ever shown.
31 Oct 1887
Page 1
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1887
Page
1
We are now receiving our full stock of cook and heating stoves, furnaces and steam boilers. The firm assures the public that this is the last and most complete stock of these goods ever shown.
Three thousand barrels of Michigan and New York apples on hand and in transit. Baltimore fresh oysters and fresh celery. Wide selection of candies, nuts, dried fruits, coffees, teas, sugars, and canned goods. California canned goods newly arrived. Largest store outside Chicago in the state with best clerks.
The Vernon, a Chicago bound propeller with twenty two crewmen and up to twelve passengers, sank in a fierce gale near Manitowoc. Captain Moran of the Superior and Captain Cammerford of the Blazing Star recounted bodies, wreckage, and frantic signals in a harbor-bound rescue that yielded no survivors.
The Chicago Times nearly sells to Clinton Snowden J J West for a nominal 1,000,000 dollar price, to benefit heirs Mrs. Chapin, Mrs. Farrand, and Anson Storey. Mortgages on the Times building and estate totals about 1,245,000 dollars. Purchasers remain unnamed but connected to The Mail. Snowden to be editor with independent stance. Also reports on David Morgan’s death, Oberly criticized, and various other brief items.
A Chicago rumor links Rudolph Schwab and others to the Haymarket bomb plot. Debates over clemency surface as advocates urge mercy for condemned anarchists like Schwab and Fielden. Authorities and clergymen discuss trials, possible commutations, and the threat of further violence.
In New York on Oct 31 a Knights of Labor meeting in Union Square protested alleged bullying of condemned Chicago anarchists. Up to 2,000 attended, with Machinists Progressive Union No 1 among speakers T C McGuire and James Quinn. Resolutions urged immediate release and a committee to seek a stay from Illinois Governor Oglesby if needed.
Our stock of Builders' Hardware and House Furnishings is among the best with prompt and courteous attention from staff. Local shop offers reliable service and quality goods for great home improvement.
An old advertisement claims decay in vegetation and the human system when blocked by decayed matter poisons the blood and brings gloom to a household. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a remedy to remove waste and let Nature rebuild.
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