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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
8
New York reports a government thermometer at 4 below at 5 am, beating all January cold records since 1875. Suburban readings reach 8 to 32 below. windless relief to 2 below at midnight. Icebound rivers halt rail service, ferries fight drift ice, and mail delivery slows by six to ten hours.
January cold wave chills Philadelphia with 2 degrees below zero and subzero readings across the state. Suburbs report 4 to 10 degrees below, trains delayed by frozen switches, hospitals report frostbite but no deaths, and the Delaware river and Delaware bay ice up. Coal mining is seriously hampered from Locust Summit to Wilkesbarre as pumps and breakers fail in bitter conditions.
New Haven records show the temperature at 6 below zero, with Danbury reported at 26 below. Rail traffic on the New York New Haven and Hartford line was delayed due to difficulty in making steam.
Reports from New England show intense cold with Salem harbor frozen for first time in fifteen years. Keene New Hampshire records 32 degrees below zero the lowest in fifteen years while other towns drop to 48 below and Woods River Junction hits 86 below. Trains run two to six hours late.
In Troy New York on January 6 the coldest in the area's history was recorded with exposed spots reporting 32 degrees below zero and other locations at 22 below.
Albany New York January 6 twenty five degrees below zero marked the lowest temperature in twenty eight years as a severe cold snap hit the region and chilled the city.
A string of fires devastates Overbrook Kentucky wiping out five stores with losses totaling 260000. Other items note deaths resignations burnings and a campus mill fire across several states and cities.
Captain Frederick Pabst stunned his family by gifting each of his wife and four children stock worth 1,000,000 dollars from his brewery on Christmas. The estate is valued around 12,000,000 dollars and he carried 165,000 dollars in life insurance, including 100,000 in one company.
The frozen body of Edward Edmundson, a traveling salesman from Greenfield Tennessee, was found on Prairie avenue in St Louis. Police believe he went to sleep and froze to death, unnoticed, in the cold west city area.
Official forecast up to 8 pm calls for rain or snow in Illinois and Indiana with rising temperatures and brisk southerly winds. Lower Michigan expects snow with warming temperatures and brisk southerly winds. Wisconsin sees snow with warmer in the east and brisk southeast winds. Iowa expects rain or snow with warmer east and colder northwest, and risk of southerly winds.
Hogs receipts 40,000 with sales 4.00 to 5.07 for various grades and averages near 4.70 to 4.90. Cattle receipts 7,000 with steers 5.50 to 6.00, cows 1.25 to 4.50, calves 3.00 to 6.75, and other categories listed. Sheep receipts 13,000 with western ewes and yearlings 2.50 to 6.40, native lambs 2.50 to 6.20. East Buffalo stockmen quote steady to strong markets with 15 car cattle and 40 car hogs reported. sheep and lambs steady.
A prisoner tells his jailer a futile request to relay a plan for freedom. The jailer visits the prisoner’s wife who feigns death, enabling a chain of misdirections. The ruse leads to pardons, service at the castle, and a lasting alliance with noble families.
A head on crash near Milford Kansas between the Rock Island California and Mexico Express and a cattle train today leaves twenty dead and many injured. Relief trains carry the deceased. seven identified including Gail Fuller of Blacktown Iowa. Mollie Fuller among the injured.
A major blaze last night leveled the Rand Block in Burlington causing about 250000 in damage. The Wyman Rand Dry Goods Paule Jewelry and Richtey Company were destroyed and the total insurance is not yet known. Losses are expected to exceed coverage.
A short tale reports Mrs. F. L. Wilson airing her husband’s suit when it vanished overnight. No trace of the missing garments has been found as rumors spread of a possible needy person taking them.
Miss Ripley who plays Lady Macbeth in John Griffiths scenic production of Macbeth at the Graham Friday will be remembered by Graham patrons as the leading lady in Pudda head Wilson at the Graham two seasons ago. A very clever actress.
The license to wed was issued this afternoon to John Harris and Miss Ettie Turman, enabling their marriage proceedings.
Local notes show the Twinar family returning from Saulsbury Tennessee and visiting relatives. A J Hoyt and son Glenn head to Randolph Kansas to visit parents. George Shaner gains a new mail wagon and makes the first trip today. Joe Anderson departs for Burr Oak Kansas for a brief visit. Grace Robbins visits relatives in Winfield. Will Smiley of Ainsworth stops by on business. Ed Dougherty and daughter Lucille return to Red Wing Minnesota after a brief stay.
Jan 6 notes from Ainsworth record Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Adams with relatives in Washington. Keota resident Lee Stewart visits. Mrs. J. A. Crawford improving. Families from Woodhull and Washington also noted. A. J. Petersons return from Woodhull. piano delivery by Elmer Erdice. KE Peterson injures hand unloading coal. Jesse Marr returns from Chicago with Mrs. B. F. Martin.
On Thursday evening a joint installation will be held in their hall at 7 30. All members of these societies are urged to be present.
The Springfield Republican notes a short lived republic of Louisiana from October 1768 to July 1769. Led by Lafreniere, it declared independence from France and formed a constitution, then was crushed by a Spanish fleet of 24 ships and 2,600 soldiers. Lafreniere and four others were executed and the papers burned.
Mrs Nuritch questions the bracelet's material and insists on refined gold. The jeweler confirms the claim, while Mrs Nurich emphasizes her dislike for anything not refined, as reported by the Philadelphia Ledger.
A meditation on work as the soup that sustains life while fame and oblivion define the roast and dessert. The tone suggests restraint, stark realities, and a caution against false cordiality in human affairs.
Wanted groupies by A G Wilson over Klein Rioting store inquires to L Smouge. For sale a new property in North Washington and 120 acre farm in Jackson township with livestock considered. See W W McFarland. Furnished rooms for rent above Crown Cafe with furnace heat hot and cold water and bath access.
Mr. Albert Koch of Toledo Ohio who travels in the interests of the Perfection Shirtwaist Co called on his trade in this city yesterday and left last evening on No 4 for Illinois.
Mayor Alberson City Attorney Butterfield M P Miller Roy Emry J D Glasgow and Sam Barden traveled to Galesburg and Monmouth to study paving durability under different methods. They returned today and will discuss the additional proposed paving in the City Council session tonight.
Hogs estimated receipts 45000 remaining from yesterday 5147 prospects five lower than yesterday light 430 to 480 mixed packers 445 to 8490 heavy shipping grades 445 to 8405 rough 445 to 460 cattle 23000 prospects slow sheep 20000 prospects steady.
Official receipts yesterday 41 254 shipments 9 568. Estimated receipts today 50 000 tomorrow 33 000. Hog market slow 10 lower than yesterday. Light 84 60 to 4 75 mixed packers 4 30 to 4 75 heavy shipping 4 40 to 4 95. Pigs 3 80 to 4 30 porkers 4 50 to 4 60. CATTLE receipts 23 000 market steady. beeves 3 20 to 5 75, cows and heifers 1 25 to 4 50, stockers 2 00 to 4 10. SHEEP receipts 20 009 market steady to 10 lower. natives 2 75 to 4 50 western 2 50 to 4 45 yearlings 4 25 to 5 50 lambs 4 50 to 6 25 western lambs 4 00 to 6 20.
In Chicago on January 6 the market showed hogs slow but generally steady with heavy loads at 85 09 and light 4 30 to 4 75. Mixed packers brought 4 40 to 4 90 while heavy ship’s grades ranged 4 40 to 4 95. Cattle steady, sheep and lambs slow but steady.
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