20 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1885
Page
1
A prominent official vows to reveal endorsers if a controversial appointment leads to public scandal. The treasury reports a scarcity of one and two dollar notes due to halted printing, with small notes replaced by silver dollars and fractional coins. as of Aug, unavailable assets will affect the public debt and cash totals.
The eleven-year-old son of Patrick Shea suffered a severe injury at the Lake Angeline mine when he rode a hoisting wire rope and was drawn into the sheave. Warned repeatedly to stop, he did not heed. Doctors expect the boy to recover.
A C McComb of Bozeman Montana visits his father in Wisconsin and praises the far west. McComb is a high school professor and involved in real estate and loans. Rideout family returns from Norrie where he ran a saw mill. W B McComb resigns from Traake Store to seek fortunes in Bozeman. The Methodist parsonage nears occupancy with credit to contractor John Mc Murdo and supervisor HD Hardecker.
The Western Export Association dissolved and transformed into the American Spirit Company with 67 of 75 members present. Distilleries will be urged to join the new chartered pool to tighten production and price controls, replacing looser rules of the old body.
Wheat rose with limited volume as oats and corn moved variously. oats firm on cash and futures, soybeans steady. Wheat and oats led activity, hogs and pork futures edged higher, pork futures mixed. overall session closed above yesterday with firm cash tones and scattered price shifts across grains and livestock.
Ohio Democratic state convention approves Gov. Hoadly for renomination by acclamation after a long session of resolutions and credentials. Geor ge W Geddes and others push the platform pledging support for Cleveland administration and anti corruption measures.
Reports of street clashes during labor disputes spread from Shenag-Hlouh to Memphis with Hungarians and Poles clashing at Li ly Co. colliery. In Wabash and Milwaukee areas, strikes and voting issues paused as authorities warn no immediate trouble, while Newark and Albany census notes provide context to a tense national climate.
Reported on a Light House Squadron camp near Oconomewoe with 1 000 visitors on Wednesday. A six hundred strong Aurora group visited Devil’s Lake Tuesday. Racine citizens seek a special election to decide license issues. Milwaukee reports a wild steer rampage. Letters and race chatter involving Racine figures surface. A storm causes damage in Greenwood and Clark County while an iron drill is hurled into Black River. Congregational Chapel roof and fences damaged. crops harmed by wind. Patriarchal Circle of Wisconsin convenes in Milwaukee with delegates from multiple states to form the Patriarchal Circle Mutual Benefit Association of America. In Chippewa Falls W N X reports six days of events. La Crosse sees the first new wheat sale at 76 cents per bushel. Eau Claire reports no demand for a liquor license election. Local grain fields attract sportsmen, prairie chickens noted west of La Crosse. Sept 7 reference to camp.
Reports from Dalton Georgia describe a midnight Ku Klux raid by about fifty masked men who dragged women from Mrs. Jane Kidd’s boarding house, torturing and beating several. Tom Carver was beaten to death and Armstead gravely injured while others were warned to flee. Local crews could not identify the assailants as the mob enforced its menace. In Wisconsin a separate scene near Groceriton involved mortgage foreclosure on Dugar Wood stock with clashes before an amiable settlement. Baseball scores from American and National leagues accompany the dispatches.
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