Doctor Approves Report Limiting Details of Self-Killing
A medical academy endorses a report condemning publishing particulars of suicides to deter copycat acts. Dr Antonio Stella supports the measure as a public safety move, noting media coverage can influence imitation.
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Antonio Stella
American Academy of Medicine
Twenty Leading Causes of Death Table Summary
Census Bureau bulletin shows the twenty leading causes of death by number of deaths in all ages for 1909. The list ranks causes with total deaths reaching about 49 007 for the period, including the seventeenth entry being death by own action.
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Census Bureau
United States
Chicago Tribune
Frederick Huffman
Careful Spectator
Huffman
America
Fils
New York City
Press urged to suppress death by own action reports
Article reports a San Francisco convention of physicians urging the American press to refrain from publishing suicide accounts as they may incite imitation. It cites district attorney and alienist opinions, statistical declines in 1909, and breaks down causes and methods of suicide among professionals and the general public.
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American Academy of Medicine
San Francisco
United States
Warren W Foster
New York
Kcill
Homicide Bureau of
Charles S Whitman
Stuffman
Huffman
Peo
Ple
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Washington
Pacific Coast
Lfe
Personal crisis reports printed in English press era
Dr. Antonio Stella cites Whit taker Wright Gen Hector MacDonald and Baker Pasha as printable death by own action cases. Wright dies by cyanide after legal trouble. Baker Pasha and MacDonald have disputed or unconfirmed deaths with wartime legends surrounding them.
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Antonio Stella
Whittaker Wright
Hector MacDonald
Baker Pasha
England
London
Wright
Prince Ou
Wales
MacDonald
Stella
Valentine Baker
The Old Home and Real Estate Advice Column
Mr William A Radford offers free or cost advice on building and home topics with his editor author and manufacturer credentials. He urges readers to compare rent costs to buying a home, noting most salaries go to rent and stressing the lasting value of owning a home for family welfare and memories of the old home.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
A Story-and-a-Half Cottage Promises Home Ownership
A modest six room cottage priced at 2300 dollars is presented as an affordable start toward home ownership. The design emphasizes economy, permanence, and family security with a 24 by 30 foot footprint, full living spaces, a den, bay window, two bedrooms and ample storage.
It Helped Him Anyway
Mrs Anderson recalls a physician treating her husband during a heatwave. The doctor said his condition seemed grave yet a quick intervention and what he called automatic aperients of pneumoni helped him recover promptly.
Police Comic Blackmail Letter Trolls New York Officials
New York Police Commissioner Waldo mocked blackmailers and produced a ludicrous threat letter written in large boyish handwriting. The note claimed an "innocent" prank caused a broken window and warned the recipient to drop a ball over a wall, signed Innocent.
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Waldo
New York
Spohns Distemper Cure claims wide sales and demand
Distemper in horses and dogs addressed by Spohn Medical Co. Adv asserts cure of all forms and ages with over 600 000 bottles sold that year. Price fifty cents to one dollar. Requests for agents and directions to Goshen Indiana makers.
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Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Aviator’s Sky Companions With Pet Dogs
A humorous exchange wonders if dogs feel at home in flight. The quip notes a noted aviator travels with his dogs on flights and jokes about a skye terrier as a suitable in-cabin canine.
Saskatoon Seeks Mixed Farmers and Agricultural Laborers
Saskatoon calls for mixed farmers market gardeners poultrymen dairymen and stock raisers with ample opportunities. It reports high wages and abundant work and invites readers to contact the Commissioner Board of Trade Saskatoon Western Canada to join the prosperous agricultural life.
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Saskatoon
Board of Trade
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Theater Manager Questions Plot as Conspiracy
A theater manager challenges a patron's remark about the show saying what he called a plot is actually a conspiracy. The exchange centers on the audience member who paid two dollars for the performance.
Her Reason Stella Has She Become An Aviator
Bella Yes She Believes That Matches Are Made In Heaven.
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Stella
Bella
Cole Carbolisalve Ad and Romantic Rejection
An advertisement touts Cole Carbolisalve as quick relief for burning, itching, and skin diseases with instant burn pain relief and scarless cures. It offers free samples from J. W. Cole & Co. in Black River Falls Wisconsin. A separate note describes a romance ending when a woman confronts the parson with her chosen partner.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Saved From An Operation
Peoria Illinois and New Orleans Louisiana women report Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved them from surgery. Christina Reed of Peoria and Mrs Linty Peyroovz of New Orleans credit relief from inflammatory symptoms and severe feminine troubles after failed prior diagnoses. The testimonials advocate the product’s efficacy.
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Peoria
Ill
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pim
Christina Reed
Mound
Peoria, Hil
New Orleans
Lydia E.pinkham
Linty Peyroovz
Kerlerec St
Ponting
Lydia E. Pinkham
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