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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1909

Page

8

Local notices and social notes from Brighton and Palo Alto

Dr M Claude Terry leaves Palo Alto for a extended visit. HW Sweet and wife return to Shington after caring for Baxter Ingham’s. B Crail, Washington dry goods merchant, dines with Jim Crail in the city and is urged to cut into the woods for a week to sharpen his appetite.

M. Claude Terry Palo Alto Cal Brighton Enterprise Sweet Shington Baxter Ingham’s Ingham’'s California Brightonterprise B. Crail Washington Jim Crail Ainsworth Clipper

TES Versus the Pirates A Lively Indoor Baseball Game

Last evening at the Commercial club gym two teams named Cubs and Pirates played nine innings. Captain Earl Corbin led the Cubs and Captain Will Crooks the Pirates. The Cubs won 27 to 17 with Corbins unassisted triple play highlighted by the action.

Cubs Pirates Earl Corbin Will Crooks Capt. Corbin Crooks

Era of low mortality shown in 1908 mortality rates

Census Bureau bulletin reports 1908 death rate at 15.3 per 1000, lowest on record, with rural 14.0 and urban 16.5. Registry area covers 45 million people, including 15 states and 74 cities, noting infant deaths and foreign-born proportions, and comparing with England and Wales.

Census Bureau Bulletin Cressy L. Wilbur Durand Nagel Department of Commerce and Labor Wilbur United England and Wales London United States Census Bureau E California Colorado Connecticut Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont Washington Wisconsin District of Columbia Ohio United Mion England Paris

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief

An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion and stomach distress in about five minutes. A 50 cent case digests food, prevents fermentation, and relieves sour stomach heartburn belching and nausea with no lingering food in the stomach.

Inscriptions by Eliot for Union Station tablets

Harvard's Charles W. Eliot drafts tablet inscriptions for Washington Union Station. The verses honor fire and electricity as forces shaping life, progress, and communication, with lines on freedom, imagination, and truth guiding human endeavor.

Harvard College Charles W. Eliot Union Station Washington City

Copy This All Newspapers Should Copy The Reminder

A block of promotional text urges newspapers nationwide to replicate a health testimonial about Root Juice and Foley's Urine Laxative. It includes claims of curing stomach and kidney ailments, back pain, constipation, and liver trouble, with named sellers and locations.

L. FL Pratt South Bend Ind J. B. Lemmon F. G. Frits Oneonta N. Y Foley Lemmon’'s Pharmacy McElhinney Drug Co

Weaver Preaches Faith Healing in Des Moines Talk

Former Iowa congressman General J. B. Weaver of Colfax, a temperance lecturer, urged faith healing and literal scripture power at the First Christian church. He said Iowans are tired of liquor regulations and many are in favor of constitutional prohibition as he travels the state.

Iowa Des Moines J. B. Weaver Colfax Weaver

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