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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1904

Page

3

Conner & Schillig Advertise Good Goods and Cakes

Local notes show Conner & Schillig promoting Good Goods and homemade cakes at Crown Cafe. Various residents and visitors from Talleyrand Delta Ottumwa Chadron and Keota drop by for visits and social events. Community updates include travels to Indianola Oskaloosa and Descriptions of church circle meetings and opera attendances.

Crown Cafe Tf J. Vogle Talleyrand Rev. Thorne Wilton Wm. Wells Dublin Miss DeMarce Delta DeMarce Plasant Plains Missionary Society D. D. Foster James Foster Philip Thoma Haskins J. M. Wright Lenox Keota

Runaway Traction Car Wrecks in Pittsburg

Traction car No. 2004 on the Knoxville and Mount Oliver line ran out of control on Monastery Hill slid off rails after colliding with two wagons and wrecked at the hill’s foot. Conductor Edward Kedlinger motorman Nicholas Jacobs and four passengers were seriously hurt, eight others slightly hurt. All will recover. Slippery rails blamed.

Pittsburg Knoxville Mount Oliver Monastery Hill Edward Kedlinger Nicholas Jacobs

Death of Henry O Shepard in Chicago

Henry O Shepard aged 55 died at his home 342 Ashland boulevard after several weeks illness. Born in New York, he came to Chicago in 1872 and in 1881 founded the printing house of Shepard Johnson later forming Henry C Shepard Printing Co publishers of Inland Printer nationwide.

Henry O. Shepard Chicago Henry O. Shepart Ashland Boulevard Mr. Shepard New York Shepard & Johnson Henry C. Shepard Printing Company Pubishers Inland Printer

Oil Strike Sparks Rush Near Rawlins in Fort Steel

Oil excitement grips Rawlins Wyoming as J. T. Anderson and Nels Johnson announce a big strike east of the city in the Fort Steel district. Prospectors stake land in all directions and a wild rush to locate oil lands follows the discovery.

Wyoming Rawlins Wyo Fort Steel J. T. Anderson Nels Johnson

Ex Empress Eugenie Not in Ill Health in Paris

Those attending the former empress at the Hotel Continental deny US reports that she is ill. The empress is not confined to her hotel.

Eugenie Paris

Death of Princess Mathilde in Paris

Paris January 2 Princess Mathilde only daughter of Prince Jerome Bonaparte died at 7 o clock this evening at her residence in Paris. The death ends a brief illness and follows a life closely connected with European nobility. Her passing leaves a placeholder in Bonaparte lineage and immediate family.

Mathilde Paris Jerome Bonaparte

The Angora Cat Vision Mystery

The Angora cat is peculiar for its vision. When its fur is completely white the cat is blind, but with any tint of color vision is normal. The same unexplained phenomenon is seen in Mammoth Cave fishes that lack eyes.

Mammoth Cave

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