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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
11
The record notes Dr Frank James astonished the world by climbing Pike's Peak to 14109 feet in 1820. It recalls a 1919 government war tank failed to ascend due to snow drifts, and a Caterpillar tractor later achieved ascent. Today thousands visit annually by auto foot or rail.
Harriet Fulmer reports Harvey, Cook County opens a health center at the public library with nurses Miss Gooch and Miss Curphey coordinating. The Health and Happiness League of Metropolitan Life enrolls over 25,000 youth in hygiene and community health, while the National Education Association supports physical welfare in schools and modern health education. Medical supervision helps detect defects in school children. The article notes millions ill daily in the US and annual wage losses reach about 800 million dollars.
Nearly a dozen unnumbered streets in London omit the number 12 in deference to superstition. The strange omission reflects a local belief that the numeral 13 is unlucky, influencing numbering practices across the capital.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a humorous tale about medical mischief as the heart’s joys and faults puzzle doctors, playfully remarking on how experts fail to fix inner feelings when the chest aches with emotion.
Cook County communities join the penny Christmas Seals appeal by the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute aiming for at least 10c per capita. The campaign funds nursing, clinics, and health crusade work, following $35,000 spend in 1920 with 16 nurses and free clinics in over 25 communities.
A brief fragment notes Truth, described as more real than fiction, referencing Arxan and Thomas Gat in a cryptic context.
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