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Newspaper
Oshkosh Record
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1887
Page
5
OshkoshWisconsin society notes report a change of name to Ossinoxi Recoup and Saturday publication with local news and union party support. Holiday gift lines expanded with ten percent off through December 14. Union meetings and dances scheduled at Union Labor Ball. Kemp's Balsam advertised as cough remedy with guarantee.
The Militia of the City mourns John V Perry age twenty two who died Thursday at his father William Perry's Elm Street residence. He was a popular member of Company B and the funeral is set for Saturday at nine from St Peter's Catholic church with Company B escorting the remains from the armory at eight to the cemetery.
J E B Holden Co and J Q Stienecks advertise vast Holiday Gift Book selections at The Popular 87. Juvenile and miscellaneous titles are featured with special inducements for the next 80 days, inviting customers to call for prices.
The Union Labor party promotes equality and education for all, arguing current governance favors monopolists and corporations. It claims to stand for justice, better government, and the interests of workers across trades, urging adoption of its platform and cooperation with Kncorp.
A political letter argues readers should seek both sides of any issue to avoid prejudice. It praises the Labor Party as a law respecting body aligned with American values. The author claims the Labor Party seeks orderly governance, rejects mob rule, and supports workingmen as embodiments of justice.
The piece criticizes an editorial framing of a North western state Union Labor party convention. It accuses the editor of bias and withholding facts, noting the convention rejected a resolution in favor of anarchy and condemned it by unanimous vote, yet the editor omits this in order to prejudice labor organizers and workers.
A lengthy defense argues the Knights of Labor promote law and order, arbitration, and principled voting over party aims. It contends the press mischaracterizes the Order, denounces monopolies, and links wage suppression to capitalist manipulation.
Delegates from thirty one states gather to condemn wealth monopoly and low farmer prices. The platform calls for land reform, public control of transportation and money, worker protections, arbitration over strikes, direct Senate elections, and exclusion of Chinese labor. The document advocates a national labor party uniting workers across nations.
A faded notice lists Milwaukee and Rah land service with stops including Menasha. It notes trains at 5.50 price and dining car meals at 75 gert, under agent H. L. Bacon.
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