03 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
1
The advert boasts bulk snus sales by carload and a broad stock including white fish mackerel trout and salt mixes. It emphasizes affordable counters and a full grocery line, inviting customers to shop the shop for all needs in the city.
The Charleston area endures a devastating earthquake with 35 official deaths. City streets lie under debris, brick houses toppled, and widespread damage from Market to East Bay streets. Officials report loans and federal aid discussed to rebuild as residents cope with fear and displacement.
Reports from Charleston South Carolina describe a railway quake along the South Carolina and Northeastern line. Ground undulated into rolling hillocks, rails warped, and bridges crooked. A freight train near Jedbury lurched as engineers braked. Summerville saw detonations every ten minutes and wells rising. Ashley River area disclosed fissures, mud spouts, and blue gray sand. Local residents feared for their lives.
A chaotic night near the Chesapeake coast follows a strong earthquake and atmospheric disturbance. A revenue cutter anchor and shipboard crew describe alarms, strange lights, birds in panic, and a long tremor that rattled windows and clocks while observers on shore and in a lighthouse recount their frightful experiences. Local relief efforts in Charleston and other cities mobilize resources as aid groups report donations and organized aid drives.
A Philadelphia council meeting considered appointing a committee to investigate Mayor William H. Smith amid accusations of aud money misuse. The resolution seeks a special inquiry into alleged checks drawn to private banks and other linked acts under his tenure. The case includes planned articles of impeachment if proven.
The report outlines a heated party convention with factional battles, key delegates, and potential nominations. It notes chair election, platform disputes, and threats of walkouts as factions BRAGG and others maneuver for influence amid statewide political tensions.
Chicago hosts a meeting of Hinets anti-saloon group to unify Republican stance on temperance and consider sending delegates to the national conference in Chicago on September 10. The gathering, after organizing, urged the party to oppose liquor power and support temperance measures. Attendees included Ramsay, Case, Woodward, Hill, Bartheurt, Brown, Covey, and others.
In Havaranail Ga a Republican postmaster infuses to sueronduc positions and Wilson, refused oil to George Wo Linn, was forcibly ousted from his alley by Special Inspector Simpsun from Atlanta. Simpsun and law escorted him from the offices with threats of removal if he did not obey orders.
A heated debate on Buxton's Wrond amendment split 285 to 123 in the Parlin council with the amendment approved and the report stage later scheduled. Churchill opposed adjournment, Parnell sought Friday report stage, rejected 224 to 181. Gladstone sided with the minority on Sexton, Harcourt abstained. Accusations flew as Tanner clashed with Colomb, then the clash cooled.
A forged dispatch recounts Prince Alexander of Bulgaria praising the czar for Russian help while Russia warns against Bulgaria’s return. The Balt Baltimore & Ohio railroad enters Jersey City, causing rail chaos and potential fare cuts. Cincinnati’s C&O rail line was sold to a bondholder group. A Syracuse paper goods store was gutted by fire, $50,000 loss.
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