Local Happenings and Social Roundup Elsewhere
Readers note a crowded social schedule with visits among Schieferdecker Sliger Croxton and Augusta area families. Health updates mention Mrs. Sutherland improving from flu and ailments. Several local outings, church program notes, and sale notices run alongside brief community updates and ads for piano, stove, and corsage products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schieferdecker
Arthur Sliger
Ralph Croxton
Golden
Idella Sutherland
Blanche Edwards
Marian Thoreson
Augusta
Albert Fleer
Mendon
Frank VanHorn
Lyle Wright
Henry Moore
Arthur Wright
Howard Worrell
Wm. Clem
W. W. Arner
Miami
Florida
Frank Mahar
Rufus Oldham
Chicago
Flint
Mich
Bowen
Creston
Iowa
Kansas
A. F. Clark
Elmer Powell
Bentley
Frederick Kleiber
West Point
Donald Walker
Stillwell
Ivan Black
E. W. Whitford
Florence
Cora Downing
Charles Downing
Orville Gorby
J. R. Engle
Galesburg
Phillip Engle
George Peterson
Pneumonia in Winter and Spring Warns Illinois Doctors
The Illinois State Medical Society's Educational Committee explains pneumonia is common in winter and spring, affecting all ages but especially the young and elderly. It follows colds or flu-like illnesses in many cases, with cough, fever, chest pain, and possible blood-streaked mucus. Laboratory tests identify the pneumococcal type to guide treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Medical Society
Curing Accident Repeaters with Corrective Education
An article describes Massachusetts testing 500 drivers labeled as frequent accident offenders. After corrective instruction, eight months later these drivers logged over 3,250,000 miles with no serious crashes and only three minor mishaps. Enforced education is praised as cost effective.
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Public Safety
Edward L. Yardan
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Safe drug handling at home urges caution and order
Illinois State Medical Society warns that danger lurks in the home medicine chest when drugs, poisons, and cosmetics are stored together. A careful druggist checks labels before dispensing and lines up containers, underscoring the risk of mixing benzene, lysol, or lye with internal or external medicines.
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Illinois State Medical Society
Dim your lights to prevent glare in night driving
An accident report warns that glare from oncoming headlights blinds drivers. The piece urges motorists to dim lights to reduce fatal glare, emphasizing driver courtesy and civic duty to protect others on the road.
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Ft.Madison
Nauvoo
Lary
Frank Robertson
Orvel Harris
Edward Hester
Virginia
James Bailey
Bowen Opera House
Harry Vollbracht
Quincy
Harry Corse and
Homer Markell
Rushville
III
Ransome Butcher
Camp Point
Travis Green
Cary Fisher
Keokuk
Adam Young
Robert Tomblin
B. F. Fisher
Ed Hester
J. O. Carlin
Harry Williams
Elizabeth Williams
J. Hover
Basco
Helen Ancelet
Elm Grove
John Hays
Khaler & Campbell
Mary Schultz
Route 5
Box
Waukesha
Wis
Hampshire
Lynn E
Felgar
Cliff Clark
Denver
Ed Walton
Salt Lake City
Utah
United Airlines
Jeffrey Walton
Bowen, Ili
Cliff House
LUX
Chesterfield
Morton
Kieferoma Coffee
Theatre
Ill
Lew Ayres
Mary Carlisle
Navy
Alcatraz ‘Sland
Rogers
Will Rogers
Irving S. Cobb
Judge Priest
Lynn Overman
John Barrymore
Bruns & Harrison
Golden, Ill
Bowen, Il
Rembrandt
Bowen Elevator CO
Bowen, Illinois
Denver Cooperative Elevator CO
Denver, Illinois
Leeds
John V. McKim
Illinois
Mecum’s Cash Grocery
Cardinal Grove
Cardinal
J. B. S. Co. Peas
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
Rosemary
Hollywood
Rogers’ Bros
Georgia
Odell
Hurley C.smith Bowen
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