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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1904
Page
3
Prominent educators interview Indianapolis figure Benjamin N. Bogue about a method touted as a permanent cure for stammering. The piece outlines Bogue’s personal struggle, proposed causes, and his educational, non medical treatment, with endorsements from educators and clergy.
A set of 1900s endorsements from Rev Oscar Moon and various Indiana figures praising Benj N Bogue, a speech specialist, detailing his transformation from a stammerer to a successful Phono-Logic instructor. Letters from H Goodrich Arlington Bank and others describe confidence in his abilities and his professional integrity.
Imperfect speech erodes the sufferer’s mental and physical vitality. The condition strains nerves, weakens health, and makes life lonely and irksome. In extreme cases the nervous system fails, leaving the person a nervous wreck in prime years, with fading self confidence and happiness.
In past years educators ignored stammering and speech impediments, focusing on medicine and other fields. The text notes Mr. Bogue studied and spent time to devise a cure, showing the challenging effort to address the issue.
It is known long acting diseases are harder to cure than brief ones and habits harder to break the longer they persist. Stammering and stuttering worsen with time. early correction yields best results. Parents should seek prompt, expert care for their children’s articulation by age eight and then continue with a skilled speech specialist.
A daily period is set aside for systematic exercise to strengthen organs of speech and train the mind to gain will power. Great care is taken to develop the physique for perfect speech.
Letters from Indianapolis figures praise Prof Hogue and the Phone-Logic Method. J A Conkey Ph GY notes his pharmacy and medical credentials and social ties. Mrs T B Clapp reports her daughter Sarah was permanently cured, praising the institution at State Life Building Indianapolis.
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