On the Trail of the White Hearse and Baby Slaughter
United Charities in Chicago launches a citywide infant welfare drive after August deaths reveal brutal slums. A map marks every baby under two who dies, spurring nurse corps, milk stations, and tent clinics funded by the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund and city grants to combat unsanitary tenements, improper care, and contaminated milk.
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Sherman C. Kingsley
United Charities
Chicago
Survey Press Bureau
Tront
Ndt
Menitarion
William A. Evans
Evans
United Charities, Churches, Missions
Elizabeth McCormick Memorial
Elizabeth
Cyrus H. McCormick
Milk Commission
Board of Health
Pediatric Society
Pg School of Domestic
Arts
Ind Sct
The Queen Bee and Beehive Illusions
A collage of magazine excerpts contrasts bee queen roles with worker autonomy and brood manipulation. It quotes Van Norden's Magazine on hive dynamics, plus earlier remarks about a wayward lover and domestic life, ending with light scraps from Atchison Globe and Courier-Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Norden
Free prescription info on manhood cure advertised
An advertising pitch offers a free copy of a doctor devised prescription claimed to cure nervous debility and weak manhood. The letter promises quick restoration with a home remedy and urges writes to Dr. A. Ber Robinson in Detroit for a copy, asserting others charge $3 to $5 for a prescription.
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A. BE. Robinson
Luck Building
Detroit
Mich
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Cure for Women
Adrian Ga reader Lena W. Howe testifies she suffered a female weakness and feared surgery but was cured after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the product as a long standing remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities backache indigestion and nervous prostration and offers confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
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Adrian
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V
Lydia E. Pink
Eae Pea
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Burroughs Street
Lydia E.pinkham
Hawley
Wilmot & Reynolds
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State St
Bridgeport
George B. Hawley
Vine St
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Edward E Wilmo Cunton
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Rourke & Rourke
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August Lieberum
Golden Hill St
Elie Court House
Wm. Lieberum & Son Embelmer and Undertaker
August G. Baker
Seaview Ave
Gannon
Wrana
Post Ofice
Gledhill & Co
Frisbie
Henry Co. Reid
Bridgeport House Gleaning Bureau
Ralph L. Miller
Lockport
Herbert St
Henry A. Lambert
Ulainsfield Ave
Main St. Hs
L. Weiss
I and Noble
Ing Sterling St Inquire
East Main
Meltzer
Elizwan
Orth St
Sisth Styail Aes
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Central Ave
Surf Ave
Stratford
Adams St
6Th St
Connecticut Ave
Jefferson St
Union Ave
Industrial Savings Bank
Stratford Avenue
Parallel Street
Park Avenue
Hurlburt & Company
2Nd Moor
Anderson & CO. Ees
Raven-robani Boyes
Joshua T. Butler
State Street
West End
Jones
Coc’ & White Co
Aon
Asbestos
Feeney
Kossuth
uUsis
Geatons
Gilbert’ St. Ligag
Underwood, Remington, Smith, Oliver
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Safety Medical Co
Union Sq
Depp
Main St
Jackson's
Escallops
D. Cook & Son
Water Street
Jand
Warner Brothers Company
Bartram & Greene
Franklin Block
Bridgeport Auction & Commission Co
Union Square
Tel
Feethort van & Storage Co
Fon Square
Adams House
Fairfield Ave
Art Garland
Sixth St
Wheel & Wood Bending Co
Pisalsee
Atlantic Street
John Jenner
Mullins’ Typewriter Exchange
Mulling _Typewriter Exchange
al Dudley
W. Pa
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Bridge
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Madison
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Mra Levy
Madison Ave
Raleigh
Iria
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Sears
Newark
East
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C. Coley
A. G
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New ‘Haven
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Hindle
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Ayold
Dalpea
Petlea
Paris Chemical Co
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Aoe Bridgeport
Warner
Takwo
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Louis Courtney
Daaler the
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Fred J. Elander
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