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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
2
Local items describe sales and goods at The Fair including Kentucky coal, Nut and Lump, and a crate of Victor White and Gold dinner ware. Several social notes cover visits, visits from relatives, and upcoming basketball games at the Commercial gym with related local business chatter and promotions.
Investigations in Philadelphia and abroad report electricity as a superior anaesthetic with no heart risk, potentially revolutionizing surgery. The research cites Dr Louise G. Robinovitch and Stephane Leduc, noting experiments in animals and planned hospital trials at Philadelphia General Hospital.
About 00 workmen at the largest rubber shop in Naugatuck Connecticut organized to discourage the use of butter as a remedy against food extortion after a price hike to hh cents for choice butter.
John O'Keefe notes Cleveland workers the rise in beef costs prompts a 30 day meat ban and ponders food alternatives. The piece mocks trusts controlling meat and even suggests sawdust as a meal while lampooning market forces and farmer profits.
The Poinsettia club meeting is postponed this week. Socials at Second United Presbyterian Church and at households on Ft Madison St feature dinner, games, and prizes. I O O F lodge hosts initiation with visitors from several towns. Rebekahs serve supper and refreshments. WCTU meets at Mrs. John Taylor’s. Chapter J P and O men’s meeting at Mrs Crooks. St James Literary Club to hold a debate program.
Data from Northwestern and Harvard indicate the Johannesburg comet is a solar system stranger with a parabola orbit. The tail appears double due to an optical illusion while the true orbit may be an extended ellipse. A lecture by Prof Herring on Thursday at 8 PM at First Church of Christ Scientist is free.
A physician developed Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets to treat acute indigestion and chronic dyspepsia. The tablets soothe inflamed stomach membranes and aid digestion, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available in 25, 50 cent and $1.00 sizes at The Rexall Store Cook Sherman corner.
A sale of household woods will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 59 o clock at the northeast corner of the square in Macon. Auctioneer is Db. FE. Macon. Hots
Friends of Minnie Conner circulate a petition supporting her Republican bid for County Superintendent for the next term.
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