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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
7
The article highlights city health efforts over the past decade lowering urban death rates and boosting infant survival. It urges collecting and sharing efforts across cities to amplify impact, noting preventable disease control as key and public health officials’ successes in reducing infant mortality. An advertisement for Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder ends with a free sample offer.
A young reformer running for office pledges broad reforms amid calls for a new approach. Supporters praise the plan as a necessary shift, while opponents caution about untested changes and the risks of disruption.
The article describes new sea warning systems with moving lighthouses acting as aerial masts. Signals from each station would pulse every ten to thirty seconds allowing ships to identify the lighthouse remotely. It also notes Joe Cannon recovering a lost ring found in a birds nest during courthouse yard cleanings.
The article details a prison carved into solid quartz with a boxlike vestibule heavy masonry gates three steel bar sets and windows blasted in the rock. The cement floor holds prisoners in large apartments while quartz walls reach about fifteen feet thick, making escape nearly impossible. A separate line mentions a girl and a taxicab with a three dollar estimate.
A witty quip explains how lawmakers lay bills on the table to signal they intend to dish them. The remark captures political theater around bill introductions and potential action.
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