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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
ANSWERS EVERY CALL.
Rock Island People Have Found that
This Is True.

Efatt tItRt
This Is True.
A cold, strain. sudden wrench.
A little cause may hurt the kid
neys.
Spells of backache often follow.
Or some irregularity of the urine.
\ certain remedy for such attacks.
A medicine that answers every
call.
Is Doan's Kidney Pills, true spe-
cific.
Many Rock Island people rely on
it.
/ Here is Rock Island proof.
Phillip Schikan. 1920 Fifth and a
half avenue, Rock Island, H., says
Il have taken Doan's Kidney Pills
off and on for six years and from
my experience, | consider them the
best kidney medicine in existence.
suffered from a weak back and there
was a dull, dragging pain through
so bad off that | could hardly get VI
from a sitting position and was
| caused no end of annoyance by irrcg-
| ular passages of the kidney secre-
tiOns. Having Doan's Kidney Pills
recommended TO me. | procured a
supply from the Harper House phar-
macy and their use completely re-
moved my trouble. On few occa-
sions since when severe cold has
brought on an attack of backache,
have taken Doan's Kidney Pills and
they have never failed to give tho
desired relief"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster-Milburn company. Buff.
alo, n. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09

The Lymans Sunday.-The famous
twin comedians. the Lyman twin
brothers, will appear at the Illinois
Sunday. matinee and evening, in The
Prize Winners their latest musical
comedy success. This excellent com
pany, with its beautiful ccsnc equip
ment. numerous wonderful mechanical
and electrical effects, together with
one of the strongest casts today in
musical comedy. comprising pretty
chorus. Wonderful dancers and clever
comedians, producing original novel
ties, will give one of the most pleasing
entertainments of the season. The
costuming is superb, and, together with
the dazzling effects used in the nu-
merous specialties, including the poppy
girl dance, the country maidens, and
the charming daisy girls, you are sure
of an ovation seldom seen here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09

The Girl From U. S. A large
company of talented singers and clever
players with one of the best equipped
and attractive chorus organizations on
the road is promised in the perform
ance of The Girl From the L. S. A., :
which will be seen for the first time
here at the Illinois Saturday. Sept II,
matinee and evening. This musical
drama has a long list of successes 10
its credit this season, and comes with
a glowing reputation for its mirth-
producing qualities and strong situa-
lions. Its musical numbers are pro-
nounced popular and tuneful by the
press. and its production has been
described as noteworthy effort in
scenic art
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
GINGER Ale
Our Ginger Root Comes
From Jamaica

we make the extract in our own
factory.
We use the best table sugar. For
every ounce that NC might use of
Saccharlne we must employ twenty
five pounds of sugar.
but sugar Is 81 per cent nutriment.
II produces more energy than wheat.
Saccharine has no value at all
except to makers on account of its
cheaPness. You may get a '..saccba-
rine ginger ale" unless you specify
sparkling Iydrox. En-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
The Road to Success

has many distractions, but none so
desperate as poor health. Success
today demands health, but Electric
Bitters is the greatest health build
er the world has ever known. 1t COM
pels perfect action of stomach, liver.
kidneys. bowels, purifies and en-
riches the blood, and tones and in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
ADJUSTMENTS
ILLINOIS THEATER BOOKINGS.

ILLINOIS THEATER BOOKINGS.
with Homer Ii. Mason.
Sept. S--"Thorns md Orange Bios
sons
Sept. 3--'.Thc CoIorcd ArIstocrnts."
Sept. II-"Girl of the u. :. A." mat
inec.
Sept. 12-Lyman Twins. matinee.
Sept. It-..Thc Yankee Doodle Detcc-
tive"
Sept. IS--"Wizard of Niseiand, mat
incc.
Sept. 19-Pnpkc-kctchci Fight Pict-
urcs.
Sept. .::-Mahara's Minstrels.
Sept. 24-"Thc Hue Mouse.
Sept. 25-"Janc Eyre" matinee.
Sept. 26-"Prince of Tonight mat
inec, with Henry +. Woodruff
Sept. cS-Shubcrts "Mcrry Widow
Remarked"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
Sheep market opened shade high

Sheep market opened shade high
err
Hog market closed weak at early
advance. One load sold at $50
Light S.0o@S.45. mixed and butch
ers 7.65 q $50, good heavy 1860
$50, rough heavy 1855.
Cattle market closed 10c and 15o
higher.
Sheep market closed strong.
Northwestern receipts Minneapo.
lis. today 452, last week 1876. last
year 392. Duluth. today 453, last
week IS, last year Az.
Liverpool opening cables Wheat z
to " higher, corn u lower, Y up.
Liverpool closing-Wheat Is lower
to " higher, corn u higher.
New York Stocks.
New York, Sept 9.-Following arr
the quotations on the stock market to
day:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09

Electric Bitters if weak, rundown or
sickly. Only SOC. Guaranteed by
all druggists.
Evening star., 1909-03-12
Precautions Too Late.

Reginald Blackall, Mr.. Harnacks as
sistant at the London Hospital came into
the department in 1899. Two years later
both his hands became affected. He had
taken some precautions, because his col
leagues had begun to suffer, but his pre-
cautions We're too late. AS in the case Oi
his two colleagues. despite all attention
the disease has been progressive. De-
composition of several of the nails oc-
CURED, and two of them had to be re-
moved. The condition of his fingers has
steadily gone from bad to worse. and al
the present time he has two fingers or
the left hand badly liberated. and fol-
thirteen weeks has been unable TO ust
this hand. These ulcers partially healed
mp. but the recent cold weather caused
them TO break out again.
Ernest Wilson. second photographer a
the London Hospital said: Il came into
The department owing to its growth tt
work with Mr.. Harnack. The screening
work was extremely heavy, and conse
auently my hands were always exposed
After about two years assesses began
20 form under several of my finger nails
and The typical mottled appearance will
acute Inflammation. now known as X-raN
dermatitiS. manifested itself.
Evening star., 1909-03-12
The Country Going Dry.
From Golfers.


out of existence in the United States.
adding 32IOO square miles in area and
i.:O0,oOo in population to the dry terri
tory. Beginning with January |. 1909.
there will be eight prohibition states Dur
ing the year there will be legislative fights
in nine other states for statewide pro-
hibitiou. Washington and Idaho. both
now marked wet will go local option
at the next legislative sessions of the two
states. At the next session of the legis-
lature OF Tennessee majority of the
members talready elected) are pledged to
vote for statewide prohibition. Gov. Pat
terson will veto the bill, but in that state
q mere majority of the legislature can
override the governors veto.
Evening star., 1909-03-12
MARTYRS TO X-RAY
Many Scientists Suffer From
Use of Process.
LOSE USE OF THEIR HANDS
Victims Were Unaware of the Lurk-
ing Dangers.
THE BONES BECOME DISEASED
Pioneers Are Largely the Sufferers.
Worked in Ignorance of Need
for Any Precaution.
THE BONES BECOME DISEASED
Ore-ssl Csblegram TO The Star.

0rs-ssl Cshlegram 10 The Star.
LONDON, March 9.-Despite the cases
Of Mr.. Hall Edwards of Birmingham. Mr..
Ernest Harnack of London and others,
who have lost the use of their hands,
owing to X-ray dermatitis. little Is
known of the extent OF the scientific mar
tyrdom caused by %-rays to those whose
work has entailed exposure to them.
Although it is now possible to manIpu-
laie tho N-ray apparatus without any
danger to the manipulation, when the pro-
cess became known the enormous amount
of harm which the X-ray could cause was
unsuspected. The injuries manifested
themselves slowly, and for many years
scientists continued to expose themselves
10 the rays without any suspicion that
they were contracting a terrible disease.
The manipulation Who now takes ordi-
nary precautions is immune from A-ray
drrmatitis, but the pioneers have paid for
their immunity, literally. with their own
hands and fingers. Medical men, radiog-
rapherS and assistants. manufacturers OF
N-ray tubes and their employees. who
worked in ignorance of the need for pre-
cautions can now show hdeous, leprous-
looking StumpS where once they had
hands or fingers. They suffer constant
pain, and they know that not even the
surgeons knife can cure them Some
of the victims have lost, with the use of
their hands, their means of earning hV-
ing, and they are not all wealthy men.
Evening star., 1909-03-12
Medical Men Not Only Sufferers.

Medical men, however, are neither the
only nor the greatest s, ferers. The public
has already heard something of the in
juries sustained by the photographers and
their assistants i'll hospitals, and notably
of the case of Ernest Harnack. Mr.. Har-
mack until lately photographer at the
London Hospital. was one of the first pio-
neers of the N-ray process in England.
His duties involved the constant exposure
of his hands to the rays, with the re-
suit that al the present time. with the
exception OF his thumbs, they are mere
useless stumps. Despite repeated opera
tions, fresh developments are continually
occurring. as is the case with every suf-
ferer from X-ray dermatitis.
No means have as yet been found for
coping with the disease effectually. As
fast as cure has been effected in one
of the injured parts the disease breaks
our again. in many cases in new form.
Mr.. Harnack has been unable to wash
and dress himself for several years,
though. of course, as soon as the disease
manifested itself in its virulent form he
had 10 relinquish all work, and has not
manipulated the X-ray apparatus for
eighteen months The London Hospital
authorities. in recognition of the injuries
he sustained and of the devoted work
he has done. pensioned him on full salary.
Evening star., 1909-03-12
Death From Blood Poisoning.

y tellow-apprentice of mine named
Alfred Abbot. was terribly affected by
N-ray burns His fingers split I'm sew
cral places. and in cleaning one of the
mercury tubes of the apparatus he con-
tracted blood poisoning and died within
few hours"
An exceedingly bad case is that of
William Milliar. experimental glass blow
er 10 Mr. 4. 6. COSSar talSo a sufferer,
"f harrington road. Mr.. Milliar whose
right hand presents a terrible appearance
was one of the first TO make X-ray tubes
Consequently. to get the correct degree
Of exhaustion, he was continually ex-
posing his right hand to the fiourescent
screen. The skin of the hand became
much redeemed and infiamed. Ulcers
broke out and the bone of the middle
finger almost to the wrist became dis
"a Sed.
He tried all sorts OF remedies until
three and half years ago, when DIR.
PearCc Gould removed the finger with the
bone almost to the wrist The ulcers
Were skin grated from skin taken off his
arm and subsequently healed. Shortly
afteTward four or five small ulcers broke
ont in other parts of the hand. and
eighteen months after the first operation
these were grated. and have not broken
down up to the present, though the whole
of the CRAFTS are still causing great
amount of anxiety.
Evening star., 1909-03-12

:59c Granite Iron
Rice or Milk Boil
ers. with long handle
snpint snd egxer; size. soc
Soc Bath Seats OF
selected stock and
strongly made. with
extra strong nickel
s9s ed hang lYc
45c Oval Willow
Nj ket Baskets,
with attac he'd Gov
ers and strO ng
h a n d | es: Dr.
Evening star., 1909-03-12

29c Foot Tubs Of
extra grad . tin.
neatly painted in
side and outside.
s t T q n 9
h an d | g 8. n zc
good size. u u W
Evening star., 1909-03-12
lH[0usefuIpmishings

29c Wash Boards ,
"f Selected stock
and covered two
sides; fam I'm
lily size. u w
29c Granite Iron
Brunswick Sauce
pans. with long
handle and cover: s
sItss sns 6 pint Wc
39c Granite Iron
Tea Pots. " b
cover and handle: s.
Iizs ? ! n t 2Sc
49c Granite Iron :
erliu Seamless
Saucepans, " / I h
long b ndle and I
cover, 10 OM>
pint size. 80. @SS
25c Water Pals :
or Buckets, extra
triple-cOated galva- =
niZed iron. strong .
b o { t o IN g. riveted
handles: 10 n Er
quarts. ....... II OS
Evening star., 1909-03-12
Operations on Both Hands.

i underwent operations on both hands.
but the benefit of this treatme was only
temporary. as later the bone of the mid
die finger OF my right hand showed
marked signs of disease. After enduring
great pain this was removed TO the third
JOINT by Jonathan Hutchinson. jr., in 1906
Recently several ulcers and decom-
posed finger nails have entirely incapaci-
tated mo, and ! have been unable to re-
sumo my duties since November"
Mr. +. w. Read was employed i'm the
electrical department of the Medical Sup
ply Association. Gray's Inn road. He is
now III the Middlesex Hospital for opera :
tion. lie said: Il have been employed
Tor eleven years in the X-ray process.
beginning with the firm of H. W. Cox
on" of the pioneers of the X-ray process
IN England.
My present burn is. roughly eight
years old. Hall Edwards. whose hands
were AT the time affected, prescribed for
me. The worst of the injuries were re-
ceived while giving public demonstrations
OF the work. The first symptoms were a
violent Inflammation and the appearance
of blister which grew rapidly in size.
The burn was OH the back of the right
hand My left hand has since become
affected. The pain is intense
Evening star., 1909-03-12

size. ......... u ~
4c Challenge Brand
Toilet Paper. large
rolls of perforated
tissue. not more than
six rolls to u Gus
toner at this price.
Tol1. P + r &c
29c Cha mber Pals.
extra de tin,
neatly painted in
side and ontside.
with strong handles.
and complete with
sGser;; sIse lo.qt. l7c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
TAKE IT IN TIME.

Just as Scores of Lancaster People
Have.
Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect the aching back.
Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely
follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills relieve back
ache.
Cure every kidney i'll.
Many people in this locality re-
commend Doan s Kidney Pills
Here's one case:
Mrs. Mary McDermott, S. Iowa
Street, Dodgeville, Wis, says; II
know that anDo's Kidney Pills are
a reliable kidney remedy. For some
time l suffered from pains in the
small of my back, accompanied by
severe headaches. Duan's Kidney
Pills were finally brought 70 my at
tention and I procure a box. They
drove away the pains and restored my
kidneys to their normal condition and
as the result am now feeling much
better in every way
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
SAVE US FROM HYPoCRITEs.

Of all the contemplate and con-
scienceless hypocrites whose machina-
tions have come to light. one of the
worst seems to be the piousfa faced
Phil Allen, the Mineral Point bank
wrecker. This man had been secretly
stealing the funds of the bank, and of
his most trusted friends, for years.
Taking advantage Of the confidence
which everybody in that part of the
country seemed to rep0ae in him, he
accepted the savings of widows and
orphans, of decrepit old men and
women, which they brought to him
for safe keeping, many times without
a scratch of a pen given them to show
the transaction. aud deliberately stole
it from them to use in his specula-
tions, while they are now rendered
destitute in their hour of extremity.
In his case religion seems to have
been used merely as cloak to cover
up his rascaIity and to obtain the
sacred condolences that he basely be-
LTnN6u. 4 u6 VI LuO Jul
rency, at Washington, states that
Allen violated the statutes in almost
every way possible. and even forged
the name of his pastor. Rev. J. W.
Bond, to note for 5000. 1t is now
claimed that the amount Of paper he
forged may reach FIVE hundred thou
sand dollars.
On his way to prison one of the
points about which Allen seemed
most anxious to know was whether he
would be permitted 20 conduct
religious services in the Jail. Such
monumental gall and hypocrisy upon
the part of a man who has wrecked
numbers of homes and lives. as we'll
as the bank of which he was the
manager and a trusted officer, and
who has thrown burden Of distrust
and depression upon his town from
which it will take years to recover,
is disgusting in the extreme.
Phil Allen is deserving OF no
sympathy, and retribution in his case
should be swift, sure and severe.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24

except campaign material for the
politicians to. use in advancing their
own claims, and many thousands of
dollars of the peoples money was
thus wasted The governor wisely
decides that special session is not
needed badly enough to justify
another wrangle-fest at public ex-
pense. The fact is we have too many
laws now without burdening the
statute books with further i'll con-
sldered enactments for the glory of
ambitious statesmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
Additional Local

Peter Quick was here from Ellen
boro yesterday.
L. E. Wilkinson. of Flora was
in Lancaster yesterday.
w. F.. Rollins. of Montfort. was
in this city on business Friday.
j. g. johnson of 7Blanchardville,
had business here last Wednesday.
WIN. Hahn and daughter, of
Sitter, were Lancaster visitors Satur-
day.
Chris Grebe and Jos. Brookens
were over from Bloomington We'd
nesday.
Millinery at less than cost be-
ginning Saturday, Nov. 81. Sale
lasts 10 days.
Great millinery sale, beginning
Nov. 81 and lasting 10 days, at Mrs.
F. G. Burr's.
w. J. Brennan. executor OF the
estate of his fatherin- law, thu late
T. o. Drinkall, of Platteville, is ar
ranging to dispose of the large stock
of drugs etc. which was owned by the
deceased. at private sale. in any
quantity desired by customers, either
wholesale or retail.
We print upon another page of
today's Herald the detailed announce
neut of six auction sales which will
take pace in this vicinity during the
next two weeks. At each of these
sales more or less stock is offered for
sale and at two of them the property
for sale is only all stock. They
will take place on the following date :
Henry Knoke, Dec. 1 Chas. Sendle-
bach. Dec. 2; Writ Kilby, Dec. 5; E.
J. Eastman, Dec. 4; Alfred Duncalf,
Dec. Z; VIM. Ward. Dec. 9.
Rev. W. FL. Hannaford announces
series Of sermons preparatory to
Christmas. to be preached in the
Congregational church on Sunday
mornings commencing next Sunday.
The general theme will be-the Mis-
sion of Christ which will be con-
sidered in three phases. first, in rela-
ton to individuals, second, in rela-
ton to society, third. in relation to
God the Father. These will be fol-
lowed by sermon on Dec. 10th on
the subject What is Christ to you
Services commence at 10 80 o'clock.
Hear the entire services and cultivate
the Christmas spirit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
Am ERA OF PROSPERITY.

At this period of Thanksgiving it
is cheering thought to know that
business conditions are steadily grow
ing better throughout the entire
country. The crops this year have
been very large and prices at the
same time have been unusually
satisfactory to the farmer. Whereas
one year ago there were hundreds of
thousands of idle freight cars standing
upon railroad side tracks, they are
now all busily engaged in transport
ing the immense quantities of every
thing produced upon the farms, in the
factories and mills and in the mines
and forest, to the centers from whence
they are reconveyed to the consumers.
The car surplus changed to car
shortage and now has become a car
famine, in spite of the fact that
many of the railroad companies have
this year had additional cars built in
enormous numbers. Last week it
was reported that the railroads needed
So, 600 more cars than they could COM
mand.
The banks offer another indisputable
evidence of improved conditions. For
instance The clearances of the banks
of the country for the past month are
more than one billion dollars greater
than the United States had even
known before.
The pig iron output for the month
was more than 100000 tons greater
than the largest output for any single
month ever known. And SO the
evidence might be multiplied all
along the line of various activities
We are certainly entering we'll into
an era of unprecedented prosperity. in
which the only really regrettable
feature is the wonderfully enhanced
cost of living, which seems to grow
at faster rate than the increased in
come of the ordinary occupation and
is a result, largely, of the prosperity
which has come to the farmer. We
can't expect to buy beef steak or pork
chops any more for ten cents pound
when hogs sell on foot for eight cents
and beef cattle for from seven to nine
cents a pound.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
Thanksgiving Service.

In accord with the proclamations
of the president Of the United States
and the Governor Of Wisconsin, the
people of this city and vicinity are
invited to assemble in the Congrega
tional church, On Thursday, November
25th, at ter o'clock in the foreno IN,
for a service of thanksgiving, prayer
and worship Rev. Q. W. Harter of
the Baptist church will preach. Let
us observe the day according to the
custom of our fathers with praise and
gratitude to God.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24

" Gov. Davidson is to be commended
for his attitude relative to a special
session of the Legislature this winter.
He says he will not call such session
unless the special committees ap-
pointed at the last session agree upon
the reports to be submitted, 9 thing
that now looks rather improbable.
Much of the time last winter was
taken up in fractional quarreling and
farcicaI Investigations and prob
ings'' which developed little of value
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-11-24
Congregational Bazaar.

December 10 and II is the date.
There will be no admission charged.
No meals will be served. Various
articles both useful and ornamental
will be sold at reasonable prices.
Doors open at 2 O'Clock on Friday
afternoon, continuing through Friday
evening and Saturday afternoon.
This bazaar will be held at the
church in the new social room of the
basement.