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Newspaper
Jackson Sentinel
Location
Maquoketa, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
2
The piece discusses investigations into living costs and rising prices for many products. It stresses focusing on producer costs and national production while anticipating action against profiteers and measures to ease hardships. It notes trust in government to act and expose profiteering schemes.
A garbled excerpt discusses price increases and the burden on the average citizen. It hints at essential goods and the effect on daily life, but lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete details. The readable portions reflect concern about inflation and household necessities.
A Dubuyer reader attests to the effectiveness of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy after months of use. He claims remarkable results and recommends it to friends, noting state agents and price considerations in the discussion.
Census bureau report details 1917 death totals in 27 states and 47 nonreg area cities, about 79 million people. Heart disease led to 115,387 deaths, pneumonia 112,881, tuberculosis 110,285, cancer 61,252, influenza 29,?0, with varying trends from 1916. Diphtheria remained a major epidemic threat, and overall rates fluctuated amid the 1917 influenza and war years.
The text outlines typhoid vaccination as a preventive measure and presents 1917 death rates by leading causes in the continental United States. Falls caused the greatest number of accidental deaths, railroad incidents produced the highest single-cause deaths, and automobile fatalities rose quickly. It notes public health service efforts to care for discharged soldiers and lists outdated sale notices and real estate details.
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