Diphtheria Fight Urges Early Testing and Immunity
A 1920 Bridgeport toll highlights 40,000 child deaths from diphtheria and argues for universal immunization via the Shick test and three injections of antitoxin. Dr Fear and health officials press parental action, school education, and welfare support to test children, treat carriers, and prevent outbreaks through early diagnosis and vaccination.
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New York City
R. D. Fear
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Department of Health
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Welfare Department
Dr. Fear
What Is Credit In a Simple Business Sense
Credit means getting something now and paying later. Banks and storekeepers judge character and income to assess willingness and ability to pay. Banks, however, must verify more, since they lend others money, not their own, to safeguard depositors. The bank's success proves its fairness and judgment.
Dancers Return Home After Mexico Aid
Eight Los Angeles dancers stranded in Mexico were aided by President Obregon after appeals to others failed. Names include Arline Leo Henderson Lassie Young Betty Rogers Akthiesa Donovan Evelyn Carroll Hazel De Vere and Geneviev Hayes. They faced transportation refusal after contract work and were helped back to Los Angeles. Swedish farmhands organized by Communists seek emigration to Russia due to falling wheat prices and wage agreements with workers.
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Mexico
Obregon
Arline Leo Henderson
Lassie Young
Betty Rojer
Akthiesa Donovan
Evelyn Car
Stockholm
Russia
No One Above Law Sermon Denounces Lawlessness
Rev. Charles A. Alden of First Universalist Church in Columbus declares in a recent sermon that democracy rests on equality before law and condemns attempts to enforce Prohibition or enforce the Eighteenth Amendment by unlawful means. He praises the Supreme Court for rejecting unwarranted home searches.
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Columbus
Charles A. Alden
First Universalist Church
Anti-Saloon League
Ku Klux Klan
Alden
Supreme Court
Tay
Eighteenth Amendment Debate Sees Supreme Court Rejection
The passage notes that the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be enforced without infringing personal and property rights, creating a constitutional conflict. It recalls the Supreme Court declining to recognize the amendment, and many express relief at that decision while warning against reopening the debate.
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Supreme Court
Canadian farmer's dollar improving in price reductions
Price deflation follows an orderly course as the Canadian farmer’s dollar grows stronger. Surveys show prosperity cycle turning, with two leading implement firms cutting finished implements by about 20 percent. Tractor ownership climbs in the West, with 31,000 of 40,000 tractors bought by the prairie provinces in four years and a West tractor value near 21.0 million.
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Essen
Prairie Provinces
West
Farmers chase year end gains with road boost in Saskatchewan
Farmers have not chased year end gains this year as fast. They are now in Saskatchewan 61,000 automobiles, an increase of 500 percent over seven years. Sale of automobiles has been enhanced by the comprehensive good roads programme tied to the Dominion Government's 20,000,000 appropriation for main highways and market roads.
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Rmers
Saskatchewan
Do Girls Dress To Please Men Or Women
New York opinion piece debates whether women dress to please men or to satisfy themselves and other women. Mrs Key Cammack argues women dress to compete with peers, noting men often misread or underestimate fashion details like hand embroidery and lace.
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Estec
Key Cammeck
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Ford
Sam
Dresmakers
Concord launches cruiser and legal conference notes
The Concord, second of five, was launched with mine apparatus and a twelve inch guns, echoing Continental links as Helen B. Buttrick presided. Meanwhile a conference of state attorneys general in Kingston discusses federal and state cooperation, as Attorney General Daugherty promotes broader interagency ties.
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