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Pennsylvania Death Toll Shows Alcoholism and Auto Accidents Rise
The Pennsylvania Department of Health reports six months figures showing alcoholism as a growing but hard to tabulate death cause alongside auto accidents, heart disease totals, and steady murder rates. Auto deaths rose to 784 in six months, with 1.7 per thousand cars in 1906 down to 1.2 in 1927, while murder and personal crisis reports remained steady or declined slightly.
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