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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
7
The instinct of modesty in women often prevents frank answers to a physician’s questions and makes examinations abhorrent, causing women to endure disease that worsens as it progresses. The passage notes personal inquiries feel indelicate and coerce silence in medical care.
Chicago wheat for May delivery rose to a season high of 1.2914 dollars per bushel before weakening to 1.28 for May and 1.15 for July. Corn held steady while oats rose and provisions eased. In South Omaha, cattle receipts at 6400 were steady to 10 cents lower with varied price ranges for steers, cows, and calves. hogs valued around 6 to 7 dollars, lambs and sheep mixed higher.
Chicago stock market snapshot shows cattle receipts at 17.00 steady with western steers 4.75 to 5.75, stockers 3.60 to 5.60, cows and heifers 2.40 to 6.25, calves 5.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 27,000 with prices 6.85 to 7.40 for various weights, pigs 5.75 to 6.75, bulk 7.20 to 7.35. Sheep receipts 13,000 with natives 3.80 to 6.50, western 3.80 to 6.85, yearlings 6.25 to 7.50, lambs 6.50 to 9.15.
Lyle McGugin submits Rock Island Em ployes' Magazine noting next Sunday as Mothers' Day the second annual observance founded by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The issue urges railroad workers to honor the day with white carnations symbolizing purity, beauty, fragrance, love, and a mother's virtues, and asks churches schools Y M C A s lodges and businesses to participate.
W H Greer and wife of East Second street left today to visit his mother and brother in Kansas. They will go to Pasadena California to see a daughter then to San Francisco Hillsboro Oregon to visit a brother in law then Seattle for the exposition and return home in August or September. This is their first outing in thirty five years.
Mrs John Wilson and daughter Miss Emma of Atlantic Iowa recently stayed at the James George home in the city. They sailed for Ainsworth yesterday morning to spend several days at Thos Wilson's residence before continuing to Illinois for a family visit.
E D Dean traveled to Richland yesterday morning as a business courier. He was a passenger on the trip accompanying a client and handled service duties during the morning engagement.
Many readers are puzzled by Root Juice and its claimed cures. Testimonials report relief from rheumatism indigestion and female weakness as a natural tonic for stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The ad invites customers to Lemmon's drug store for more information and purchase.
The Jornal retracts harsh comments on Frank Dokes hit by a rock near Heights school. The notice explains a small boy threw at another object, not Mr Dokies, and vows no rocks will be aimed at teachers. The paper expresses strong respect for teachers and their daily duties.
Readers are reminded that sage has long been used to restore hair color and strength. Modern chemists offer Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur, a ready made preparation combining sage and sulfur, sold by druggists for 50 cents to 1 dollar per bottle or mailed from Wyeth Chemical Co New York.
Commencement week unfolds with baccalaureate on Sunday, joint banquets for seniors and juniors, open sessions by literary societies, a junior senior banquet, commencement exercises, a Friday picnic, and a Saturday return to normal. Also promotes a liniment for rheumatism with local sale details and a May church baccalaureate sermon by Rev Abels in Garden City Kansas.
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