11 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1886
Page
1
SUGAR We are the only house in the city mint bug sugars by the carload. Can save money by buying your sweets from our jammed goods. Candies and nuts we are headquarters with fixed candy ten cents per pound. Our front counters are loaded with rectal articles. Cool delivered to any part of the city.
A Grant Exhibition in Norman Dratt Morons highlights the event with notable winners pictured. The livestock display, especially Percheron horses, drew public attention though the fair closed with expenses exceeding receipts by about $5,000. Generals and dignitaries attended as judges pressed the strengths of entries, praising the stock’s quality and the exhibitors’ showmanship.
Sept 1 reports detail Brighton Beach winners Annie Martin King Bob Minnie 88 John and others with times around 1:30 and 1:34 for mile heats, Gravesend offers late-wire placings including Tornado and Swift, Hempden Park Friday races crown Gosaip Jr and Arab Billet with speeds in 2:17 and 2:25 classes, plus Myrtle Pook and peers in pacing and trotting showdowns.
A balloonist jarred by a mishap, the balloon burst, and the basket fell to the ground, sparing a life with a narrow escape. In Boston, President Wade of the Mexican Central railroad arrived home, defending Mexican affairs from American press criticism and praising justice for foreigners. Also in New York, Dr Aveting and colleagues planned lectures, while local politics noted Knights of Pachor convention selecting candidates and reporting various rapid updates.
Fragmented OCR report details a sensational prosecution involving Barbara Promanan and George Tarman, with alleged plots to murder and a man named Conrail. It also recounts a Chicago poison-suicide case where a mother attempted to kill her children with corrosive sublimate after her husband’s death, leaving two infants in danger and prompting emergency medical intervention.
A long fragmentary report condemns Chicago actions and describes Charleston earthquake relief efforts. It mentions Mayor, local editors, and charitable funds, detailing aid from New York and London and noting a Danish trade issue and a schooner incident near Crowcaen.
Reports from August detail destruction from a hurricane near Cuba and adjacent coasts. Captain Ackerly’s steamer Kenilworth arrived, inland areas flooded, churches ruined, and many drowned or buried. A separate note covers a suicide and funeral, while other incidents include a worker killed by a fall, and a boy crushed by a pulley during an accident at the King Philip mill.
A chaotic report details mass destruction in Frigiteus regions with 200 settlements wiped, forty villages ruined, and a Christian exodus to safer provinces. Hunger looms as bishoprics estimate thousands may perish without aid. Charity groups pledge large funds for relief and reconstruction amid ongoing political debates and military movements.
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