Out of the past
July 29, 1896
The Anna oil well has been the source of considerable trouble to the operator drilling it for some time. It was finally decided yesterday to shoot the well and clean it out before drilling further. Since then all the casing has been removed except 15 feet which seems to have disappeared entirely. Work of cleaning out has not yet been completed, so as to know what the result of the shot has been -
The candle that has been burning in Ed Pfaadt’s grocery window burned out at 14 minutes of three this afternoon. It had been burning just 91 hours and 46 minutes. Of the hundreds of guesses made, Thomas Stewart, of Maple Street, claims the honor of coming nearest the exact time, his guess being 90 hours. He will accordingly have the privilege of selecting a prize, a bicycle, a suit of clothes or a dress.