04 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1886
Page
1
C O D D STORE advertises vast fruit varieties by quart carload and by the peck for apples, announces fresh weekly melons, green and roasted coffee, and sugars bought by the carload. It touts candles and nuts as headquarters with mixed candy, and claims 106 counters stocked with groceries at any price.
Frantic reports from Charleston and nearby towns describe a fresh earthquake shock sapping confidence and causing renewed destruction. Buildings crack or collapse, telegraphy falters, and crowds flee to open spaces on Sullivan Island and in streets of Somerville and Charleston. Authorities warn of a potential tidal wave while relief efforts mobilize and message hubs report damaged hospitals jails and churches with hundreds displaced and awaiting aid.
Amid earthquake devastation in Washington City and surrounding areas, residents appeal for 15,000,000 in loans to rebuild as Guolandrad tents arrive from the war department but fall 600,000 short. The secretary of war may dispatch a government engineer to assess needs while Prof McGow explains seismic origins and discusses atmospheric theories and tidal implications.
A Cable News interview with Professor Dawson of McGill College discusses the Atlantic bed formation and earthquake patterns in America. Powell of the U S Geological Survey and other experts weigh the deep focus and widespread vibrations while awaiting more observations. In California another tremor occurs near Grass Valley and Merced around midnight.
In the House of Commons on September 4, debated supply bills and Irish question amendments. Parnell, Labouchere, Churchill, and others clashed over timelines, with motions withdrawn or altered amid calls for swift action and loyalty to the throne.
The town discusses the disappearance of Mrs Victoria Muorsine Beliting. Rumors sweep about her departure with a companion on a steamer, while relatives and a banker deny knowledge of her whereabouts. Authorities and family officials offer no confirmation amid speculation of elopement or travel to Canada for a religious retreat.
Rural Coke county town Parrottagills erupts over a rightful appointment amid rumors of adultery involving Goodall and a divorce custody dispute. Nearby, probate records reveal the George Howard will, detailing charity bequests and family shares, as fall harvest news swirls with fires, health scares, and political notes across Tennessee and surrounding regions.
A chaotic report from Shanty, Williamsrout, Va, describes a midnight blaze killing seven inmates as twenty fled in panic. bodies taken to Hughestown. In Indiana Emma Molloy attempted suicide by drowning after the funeral of her son. In Providence, Rev Charles L Goodell faces adultery charges in the Rhode Island Supreme Court, filed by Theodore W Foater.
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