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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
6
The Charlotte News announces subscription pricing and office details for daily and Sunday editions. It notes rates for one year six months three months and one month and lists staff roles while warning paid political or campaign communications will be charged at five cents per line.
A column urges North Carolina cities to secure large water supplies via bonds, citing Winston Salem and Charlotte history and urging a state wide water plan. Proctor Knott’s Duluth speech tale is recounted, highlighting political humor and a memory of Duluth as the Zenith City.
Georgia’s governor delivered a sharp blow to South Carolina’s leader in the Felder case amid a coronation themed dispute. Commentators reconsider the event calling it a crowning success for regional politics and legal maneuvering.
Greensboro Record notes locals warn the Catawba river water may be unfit while others argue it is purer than Greensboro's Reedy Fork water. The piece suggests the dispute aims to influence a bond vote rather than defeat it.
To the Editor the writer argues the United States has the most typhoid fever and blames sanitation ignorance and lax cleanliness. The letter notes varied misdiagnoses, compares American rates to Europe and Britain, and contends typhoid reveals civic and personal hygiene shortcomings across races climates and regions.
F. O. Hawley urges elimination of typhoid germs from water and food. Discharges from patients spread through flies, dirty hands, and contaminated wells. emphasis on strict water filtration, regular testing, and sanitary disposal to prevent epidemics in Charlotte.
Dr WM T Woodley of Charlotte argues against building septic tanks or chemically treating the Catawba River for city water. He warns such measures would yield chemico tank age water unfit for stock and pose health risks, proposing to keep the current watershed instead. He contends millions are spent on pure water but rejects Catawba filtration and chemical purification.
A garbled OCR fragment lists names and titles such as Mrs and Miss without coherent context or event. No clear action, date, or location can be established from the readable text.
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