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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1904
Page
3
Acme Harvester Company of Peoria resumes operations after months of closure due to financial difficulties. The firm was turned over to a creditors' committee and bankruptcy proceedings were begun by several creditors, leading to the decision to restart with a workforce in the hundreds.
Richard Webb a fireman in Manitowoc Wis ate eighteen raw eggs on a wager. He became violent after the feat and required five men to restrain him. A doctor used a stomach pump and Webb is in critical condition.
A sensational price drop described as an 8 percent decline in wheat yesterday after early trading. The report notes sharp movement in the market with traders reacting to unsettled supply expectations.
Representatives of Armour & Co. are credited as the largest wheat holder in the Chicago market. The May option declined from 92 percent to 89 cents, signaling shifts in futures pricing.
Joseph Keiger, a prominent Bedford, Indiana figure, was arrested in Loursville Kentucky on charges of complicity in the Sarah Schaefer murder and taken to Jeffersonville penitentiary to prevent mob violence. A London Standard note follows about an absent minded professor and a startled studio door event.
Miss Edna Webb is on the sick list. Cream puffs and six kinds of macaroons at Johnson's bakery tomorrow. Conner & Schilling advertise goods. Deeds of Brighton attend court. Various residents travel for business and visiting, including Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, Miss Nelson, and Mrs. Stewart. Services at Trinity Episcopal church Friday and Rev. Paul addresses at Second United Presbyterian church.
Classified notice offering on crop payments several choice farms for rent or sale. Request a mailed list from John Mulhall in Sioux City, Iowa. Contains a postal code 92-266 for reference.
Father Jacobsmeier travels from Rock Island to Pleasant Plain to perform the wedding ceremony of Mr. John Kurtz and Mrs. Clara Peck tomorrow morning.
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