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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1921
Page
5
An analysis of water quality, purification, and health implications. The piece argues purity is essential but not absolute, cites typhoid and cholera risks from contaminated water, and endorses boiling filtration and sterilization aided by the State Board of Health. It includes a 1921 Atlanta letter from Joe P Bowdoin urging continued educational work and public health funding.
Poor folks have poor ways this expression shifts to the State Board as health expansion is cut. The recent Legislature reduced funding by twenty thousand dollars below the board's estimated needs, threatening its ability to operate effectively.
In Calais France on December 16 a report notes English manufactured motor buses to begin a regular six day journey to Monte Carlo and the Italian coast. The service aims to link Calais with Riviera routes improving long distance travel.
The Legislature slashed the 1922 1923 appropriation for the State Board of Health reducing venereal disease control by 60 and shrinking the central unit by 9590. The board warns public health work will slow likely cutting free Arsphenamine and diphtheria antitoxin amid rising disease risk and population growth.
The proposed measure to protect young women from venereal disease failed with 85 votes for and 65 against, short of the constitutional majority of 100. It was called early on Monday before many House members arrived, and organizers in Atlanta and nearby areas supported it. The bill will be reintroduced in the next session.
In a December London fog Isaac Williams offered two dollars to a volunteer to guide him home. A man obliged and led Williams to his residence but the guide proved to be blind, having traversed the same route for months without recognition.
An old circular promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for acute nasal catarrh and recurrent colds. It asserts the medicine builds up the system, cleanses the blood, and reduces inflammation by acting through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces.
Captain Carey Carewe returns home to find his sister Elizabeth has engineered a tangle of engagements among Nancy Groton Angelica Wade and Roger Cleves. Angelica's jealousy shifts the plot as Elizabeth basks in mischief and a final kiss seals Nancy's engagement to Carey ending the rival love triangle.
An old advertisement persuasion claims meat harms kidneys by producing uric acid and urges regular use of Jad Salts to flush and stimulate kidneys. It promotes four ounces of the drink daily before breakfast and portrays it as inexpensive, safe, and beneficial for preventing kidney, bladder, and related ailments.
Smithville scene includes Mrs. G A Sapp traveling to Albany for a sister’s illness, Col R R Forrester visiting on business, and J H Randell Jr of Cuthbert spending time with relatives. Local shoppers, visitors to Americus, and a music program led by Mrs T A Stanton with pupils highlight a busy week in the community.
The program lists piano duets and solos by Miriam Rhodes and Laura Edna Williams, readings by Mrs. Stanton, choral numbers by a girls chorus, and a pantomime. Celebratory notes report a grandson arrival for Mr. and Mrs. Henry and visits among locals. Rev E W Gray to stay another year after a year of church and town work.
The notice explains that thin blood causes pallor irritability and weakness from fewer red cells. It warns of illness risk and promotes Gude's Pepto-Mangan as a remedy to improve blood quality, appetite, and complexion, available in liquid and tablet forms with the genuine label.
An old newspaper snippet promotes Rub-My-Tism as an antiseptic and pain killer for infected sores tetter sprains neuralgia rheumatism and similar ailments, framed as a general remedy advertisement.
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