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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
4
A passage analyzes the lodge as more than a club, stressing social companionship and community interest. It traces its influence across business and politics, noting rapid growth and lasting impact on destinies. It also cites historical use of the phrase man in the street in 1830 racing circles.
Dr N W Taylor, superintendent of the Illinois Western Hospital For the Insane, advocates violet ray therapy after observing sun baths through violet glass. Patients are exposed without clothing from sunrise to sunset, with direct skin contact, reporting soothing effects and transitions from violent to passive states in nervous insanity cases.
A Toledo dispatch reports doctors performing an operation on Joe Shops to cure a diseased brain membrane causing a wicked disposition. The first surgery removed diseased tissue and doctors say recovery is assured, expecting a complete behavioral change.
The speaker wanders each afternoon to the west before sunset to witness a changing sky. A new picture is painted by the sun, framed by light, shown for a short time, then withdrawn as the curtain falls and the afterglow fades.
Dr Ott presents a simple method to confirm life or death by applying candle flame to a hairless forearm in open air. A rapid swelling that bursts indicates air or gas and lifeless tissues. presence of liquid or exudation indicates life.
The quotation notes Aldrich’s joke on Job and the only proper place to have a bell between John and O’Reilly. It references a witty aside about names and punctuation in a literary context.
A brief quoted exchange from the New York Press features playful banter about a woman's commitment and a man's failings, framed in a cheeky newspaper voice.
A Winfield man presents a patent device in public display claimed to separate the good from the bad. The demonstration draws curious crowds as onlookers watch the contraption in action and discuss potential usefulness.
Ridgeway and Jones of Winfield exhibited the Little Star grain grader on the square, demonstrating its ability to separate good from bad grain and weed seeds. The machine, first sold last November with 350 units shipped by March, may lead to a stock company for manufacture.
The Whittier section of the literary department of the Fortnightly club will meet Monday afternoon at 2 40 with Mrs. McLogan.
Announcements report the marriage of Miss Sprague to Rev. A. L. Graham with home reception planned after August 1 in Keota. Social events include Miss Jessie Crooks’ farewell party, pre nuptial dinners for the Bachelor Maids, and a Presbyterian Ladies Benevolent reception at the Patterson home with about 125 attendees and a pink and white luncheon.
At two o clock in the afternoon the tally showed Beula Eichelberger leading with 31 340 votes Hazel Mount had 27 720 Norton 4 004 and Anderson 3 914 with results expected to rise before closing at six this evening The report suggests a large increase in total votes near closing time.
J. P. Thomas of the Iowa Land Co displays a framed glass-front case with sample oats wheat barley flax and speltz from Canada. The display promotes Canadian lands and contrasts grain varieties with those grown in Iowa.
The notice advertises scavenger services by Matt Jacobs contact number 537. It also states the Home Guards will not meet Monday evening due to the Carnival.
Miss Nina Alberson of Washington Iowa visits in the city at the Barnes home. Charles Keck Archie McCulley also visit friends here for the semi centennial celebration. Telephone Charley Hicks 680 for express service. Found solid gold baby ring. apply at this office.
Washington dispatch reports music plays key role in canal labor. West Indian laborers sing as they work and capable bosses who lead choruses boost output. A boss who set lyrics like Down, men, down inspires contentment and energy, outpacing rivals. Other bosses use Yo, heave, ho and tropical corpora tion practices to lift morale and productivity.
Several residents visit from Havre Vinton Crawfordsville and St. Louis. Travelers include Mr. and Mrs J A Booth Miss Ethel Barger and Miss Lena Maxwell. Attending weddings and lectures are noted along with Brinton family planning a new larger show in Chicago.
An old man admonishes his callow nephew that paying the fiddler is proper after debts, but warns that asking the fiddler’s price before the dance starts shows extra width between the eyes. Puck’s line frames the moral of prudent timing.
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