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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1904
Page
3
Local rail notes report resumed work on extensive improvements by the Lackawanna and Baldwin locomotive orders for 30 engines at $500 each. Changes at stations and personnel shifts are noted along with a deadly incident and a civil suit for damages. Community notices include schooling, visits, moves, and a prevalent sentiment about Jersey.
An old travel advertisement promotes the Overland Limited service to California via St Paul and Union Pacific. It touts daily electric sleeping cars to San Francisco and twice weekly to Los Angeles, with a free folder and contact in New York. The piece blends travel hype with scattered local notes and a brief testimonial about Electric Bitters.
From Bedmerville to Lambertville and High Bridge reports note a major fire gutting a grange building and ongoing reconstruction. A new creamery near the railroad at Platofield, a shoe factory in Rich Bridge started up this week, while local injuries include a woman breaking her wrist from a tea spill and a man dying from pneumonia.
The Hackettstown region report lists payrolls at Lackawanna LegthorQo, marriages in March and January in Blairstown, Deerfield and Phillipsburg, plus local inquiries on canal plans and a burned cement office. It notes Augustus Giles’ government appointment, probated will of Nancy Johnson, News of new births and Bennedicts, and local industry like buckwheat cow feed in Barnesburg.
A jumble of local items reports James F. Stewart of Fateroon found dead in bed by his aged mother last Sunday. Ex-Governor George T. Werta on the mend but weeks before resuming work. Hoboken Italian barbers arrested for violating work rules. State Board of Advisors vacancy in April with Col J A Wildrick of Warren nominated. Tax assessors instructed in new law in Warren county on April 2. Ex-Busta or Martin of Bessex county seeks Governor's office. Cooperation between Pennsylvania and New Jersey on ash and Delaware floor protection agreed. Notable engineers visit Boonton reservoir by special train. plant inspected. A Paterson mother Mrs Ida Ogreewalle slays her four-year-old son in view of husband. Mrs Lilian Broon invites friends, declares fear of living, later dies in hospital. Fradhold merchants plan weekly sale to boost trade. Newark’s Jacob Warner discovers Prudential calendar model, plans marriage February 15. NJ farms number 134560 valued at 161,259,108. cannery workers 52,000. Adirondacks deer season yields 11,000 killed. ice on upper Delaware. NY Assemblyman proposes $5 fine for not voting. Louisville couple Thomas and Mary Groves to wed third time. Monodville tornado destroys town. 300 residents affected.
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