Infant Mortality Debate Highlights Rural Care Gaps
Milwaukee reports show 15,000 annual deaths from childbirth in the United States with about 7,000 from childbed fever. Dr Grace L Meigs cites 13 years without decline in childbirth related mortality while typhoid and diphtheria drop. A county unit plan could improve rural maternity care with hospital beds nursing supervision and skilled labor attendance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grace L. Meigs
Federal Children’s Bureau
Washington
American Association For the
United States
Children’s Bureau
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Wome
Simmons Visit Draws Wide Interest In Charlotte
Charlotte notes a forthcoming visit by Senator F M Simmons for a major Democratic address on October 28. The day is proclaimed Wilson Day nationwide with plans for an extraordinary celebration in Charlotte. The Mecklenburg County Democratic Executive Committee led by Chairman Hamilton C Jones will announce venue and full program later.
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Charlotte
F.M. Simmons
United States
Mecklenburg County
Democratic Executive Committee
Hamilton C. Jones
Porto Rico Produces Record Sugar Crop in 1916
Bureau of property taxes figures in Porto Rico show the 1916 cane crop yielded 483,589.68 short tons, the largest output on record and up 137,099.25 tons from 1915. Most of the sugar sold at a price that industry men estimate averaging cents per pound, valuing the crop at over $53,000,000.
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Porto Rico
Bureau of Property Taxes
Insular
Treasury Department of
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Systemic Heal Offer
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined and for years was deemed incurable. Doctors urged local remedies that failed, claiming catarrh is local though constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect mucous surfaces through the blood. A $100 reward is offered for any case it fails to cure.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ball
F. J. Chenly
Ohio
Croc
Flair
Bicketts Speech Set For Saturday Democratic Rally
High Point prepares for a major Democratic rally with Governor Bickett as the main speaker. The event includes a day meeting in Summerfield and a return visit to the armory in High Point, drawing many locals to hear his oratory and the party platform.
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Democratic Committee
High Port
Armory
High Point
Greensboro
Bickett
Guilford County
Albert Greencie
Tera Ithelin
Alabama
Summerfield
Charlotte
Ashley Horne
Dixie
The Boastfulness of Ignorance on Germs and Health
A public talk discusses how ignorance about hygiene endangers others. It argues that germs cause disease like typhoid, diphtheria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia, countering grandfathers’ warning against such “nonsense.” The piece notes exposure does not always cause infection, allowing boasters to boast another day.
Thomas Merrick Denied New Trial in Supreme Court
Raleigh dispatch reports Thomas Merrick, the New Hanover murderer, lost his appeal before the Supreme Court and faces execution without clemency. The court denied his prec endent challenges about trial rulings and evidence. The batch also includes 24 opinions, among the largest in years, with several cases reversed or sent for new trials.
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W. T. Bost
Raleigh
Thomas Merrick
New Hanover
Supreme Court
Hudson
Merrick
W. P. Stacy
Clark
Melvin Horne
Horne
Craig
Westerday
J. M. F. Mills
Atlantic Coast Line
George Wooten
Onslow County
Mills
New Bern
Wilmington
Wooten
Lightwood
Coats Line
Captain Newell
Newell
Soulless Corporation
Raleigh Banking and Trust Company
W. D. Clark
New York Life Insurance Company
Sanderlin
Cross
Pasquotank
Powell Et al
Watkins Et al
Hertford
Bogert and Hooper
Henderson Manufacturing Company
Vance
New Trial
Fleming
Sexton
Harnet
Illinois suffragists in annual convention
Delegates from more than two hundred affiliated groups met in the Illinois state capitol for the forty-eighth annual Illinois Equal Suffrage Association convention. They planned the campaign to press for full suffrage in line with national platforms.
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Springfield
I Ilinois
Illinois Equal Suffrage Association
Heathen Chinese in More Luck
Statistics show food costs in St. Paul have risen 50.7 percent in a year with rice nearly the only staple not rising. The data, filed with Angus J. Cameron, secretary of the St. Paul Hotel Keepers association, also mention Slam Ling Lee and a quirky washer schedule.
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St. Paul
Minn
Slam Ling Lee
Angus J. Cameron
Singleton and Wedsleigh Exchange Tepid Home Welcome
A brief exchange notes a chilly reception at home with Singleton asking about heat last night and Wedsleigh replying the arrival was cool. The dialogue underscores a subdued atmosphere and a casual domestic moment.
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Singleton
No More Backache for Her from Kidney Pills
Mrs. J. M. Gaskill of Etna Green Indiana reports severe back aches and sharp pains. Foley Kidney Pills gave relief she says cannot be praised enough. The standard remedy for kidney and bladder trouble can be taken with absolute safety. For sale by Mann Drug Co.
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J. M. Gaskill
Etna Green
Ind
Foley
Mann Drug Co
Government Seizes 80 Percent of Scottish Patent Still Output
London reports that the government has commandeered eighty percent of Scotland's patent still distillery production. Analysts warn the measure could yield a long chain of army headaches, potentially five years or more, due to shortages and supply disruption.
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London
Apt to Shrink and the Glove Warranty Query
A fussy customer questions whether undressed kid gloves will shrink and if they can be guaranteed to avoid shrinkage. The weary clerk explains they will wash in a solution and that guarantee is uncertain.
Reminder of Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Endures
Mrs. Chas Rietz of Aller Mills Pennsylvania says she has used Foley's Honey and Tar for eleven years and would not be without it. The remedy relieves coughs hoarseness tickling throat and wheezy breathing and is sold by Mann Drug.
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Speaker
Simmons
Samuel G. Dixon
D. Sc
Pennsylvania
Lee
Rowe
Pender
Swain
Clemmons
Brunswick
New
Nelson
Meares
Gray
Illinois
Thomas Walter Bickett
Aycock
High Point, N.C
J. Elwood Cox
C. M. Hauser
V.-Pres
High Point Steam Laundry
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