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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1912
Page
5
Residents and visitors are listed with movements and visits across Cambridge Nebraska and nearby towns. Notables include Mrs Joseph Behr visiting, Dr Luella Shaw treatment claims, baby born to Mr and Mrs E M McConaughey, Funston from Buffalo in Brighton, and several local social visits and shop ads at The Fair with prices on ware and fur, baskets, suitcases, and silverware.
Mrs. Peter Findley of Ottumwa arrives to spend a few days with Mrs. J. C. Bowie. Miss Anna Miller returns from an overnight visit to her parents in Perlee. Miss Hanna Eicher goes to Burlington to stay with the Ed Eichers. The Fair introduces a new glassware pattern. Oct. 22 a ten dollar round trip to Canora Saskat chewan offered to prospective land buyers. Winifred Giesler of Muscatine leaves after a week with her aunt Mrs. J. A Guest. Rev R H Park of Morning Sun preached at the Second United Presbyterian and returned home. Mr and Mrs Will Chilcote and daughter Marie return from Cedar Rapids. Bishop Frank W Warne preached at the Methodist pulpit and stayed with A Anderson before departing for Kansas City.
Fragmentary report notes Turkish mining and infantry losses after frontier crossing into Novipagar district. Details are unclear with garbled names and places and an editor's note requesting further word.
Mr and Mrs Milt Godfrey and friends left the Mrs Elmer Wells home for Siourney this morning. Mrs Peter Holan of Cleveland New Ohio endorses Foley s Honey and Tar Compound for her boy s whooping cough noting quick improvement. Lemmon s Pharmacy advertises the remedy.
In Ottumwa on October 21, about five thousand people attended the funeral of Prof Albion W. Stuart, longtime Ottumwa high school head. The service featured a forty-voice student chorus, brief testimonials from William McNult, and was conducted by Revs Johnson and Malcolm. Burial followed at Ottumwa Cemetery.
Reports from Chicago claim oil found in a local well contains a high gasoline percentage. Excitement grows as officials plan examinations to determine if the find has commercial value.
William Cullen Bryant championed Richard Henry Dana Jr s Two Years Before the Mast but publishers balked. Fletcher Harper finally bought the manuscript for two hundred fifty dollars plus twenty five copies, securing the book s early acclaim and U S translation without a large royalty for Dana.
Dr W A Evans of Chicago criticizes the high price of diphtheria antitoxin in the US. He notes the discovery by Von Behring and Roux, argues production costs are low, and cites examples of price disparities from state purchases to retail doses. He warns against profiteering as diphtheria death rate declines but remains a concern.
Dr. D. K. Sable, Pittsburgh police surgeon, warns a Paris discovered disease nicknamed dog mouth spreads through kissing poodles. He reports numerous women with similar symptoms linked to dog contact over the past year.
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