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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1934
Page
2
A spring education drive by the Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society and allied organizations stresses TB as a public enemy and urges community funding and cooperation. It warns of disease signs, highlights costs to taxpayers, and calls for doctor visits and stronger health services nationwide.
Roosevelt cites a telegram from the American Bankers Association praising banks for stability and urging prudent lending. Law says banking is sound and ready to support recovery, with liquidity improving and banks to resume normal credit practices.
The article estimates tuberculosis costs in the United States at about 4.10 billion annually from lost wages and care costs. It cites $70 to $75 million yearly in lost earnings, $400 million in World War veterans compensation, and $546 million in government costs 1923–1932. It notes TB as leading death cause for ages 15 and up, with 45,000 sick in Pennsylvania, and discusses taxes and public health spending.
The excerpt from The Fireside Philosopher by Alfred Sigge argues worry defeats thinking and that better work than idle leisure reduces temptation. It laments poverty and ignorance while asserting true education eliminates loneliness, and contrasts wealth with real worth.
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