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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1922
Page
11
In Chicago two Siamese twins Josefa and Rosa Biazeh from Czecho Slovakia lie in a critical condition at a city hospital. They are unconscious and may not survive the day. Doctors say death of one would mean death of the other due to shared vital processes.
Birmingham residents and neighbors fill a Tuesday afternoon meeting at the M iss church where Judge Minor of Sandusky spoke on county official duties. The piece records many visits, illnesses, trips to Sandusky and Elyria, and local events including a pressure cooker demonstration and Broughton sale attendance.
Otto Knoble is quite sick. Joe Knoble and family entertained Mr Knoble's sister from Cleveland. The Missionary Society met with Mrs Harry Jones Thursday. Mrs Robert Vetter visited her parents in Birmingham. Mr and Mrs Lempki of Lorain were guests.
Heat from red peppers penetrates chest congestion and sore muscles, claiming relief within minutes. Bowles Red Pepper Rub is advertised as safe and effective for colds rheumatism backache stiff neck and other body pains with quick warming action.
In Grafton a town hall speaking contest drew a good crowd. Florence Coats and Junior Portman won first prize while Helen Lees and Florize Wyter took another prize. A tramp robbed the Watsons, was captured by Mead Pettys, and jailed to await federal transfer in Cleveland. A Windfall school scrap led to two arrests and fines.
Backache sufferer urged to rub St Jacobs Oil for quick relief from lumbago and sciatica. Ad claims near instant comfort, no skin burning, and lasting back health from a small trial bottle sold by druggists. Chronicle-Telegram classified ad.
About 19,000,000 people are insured in the Metropolitan with over 16,000,000 under weekly premium policies. The weekly calls of agents at policy holder homes provide health and welfare work. Free nursing service is given to industrial policy-holders in 2,800 cities and towns. Trained nurses teach right living and aid the sick. About 14,000,000 visits have been made, 2,116,875 in 1921. DISCOVERING DISEASE IN TIME and free medical examinations are offered to ordinary annual premium policy-holders. Employers are advised on health conditions and accident prevention while employees receive nursing service and welfare literature.
Attractive booklets and pamphlets on health and disease prepared by leading experts are widely distributed. So far 238,000,000 copies have been disseminated with 25,000,000 in 1921. Additionally 18,000,000 copies of The Metropolitan health magazine are issued annually.
In Framingham Massachusetts the Metropolitan leads a health regulation experiment watched by health authorities nationwide. Tuberculosis deaths have fallen from 121 per 100000 to 40 per year as a result of the program.
The Metropolitan’s work includes 144 health exhibits and emergency hospitals at county fairs last year, 295 clean-up campaigns, agitation by agents for health legislation, broad campaigns against special diseases, sanitary surveys, a study of municipal health departments, and leadership in influenza research.
The Metropolitan prioritizes loans aiding housing. In 1920 and 1921 the company made and pledged 68,080,017 dollars in loans on new dwellings and apartment houses, providing homes for 17,744 families.
The text notes a major drop in death rates for Industrial Policy-holders from 1911 to 1921 31.9 percent lower. Typhoid tuberculosis Brights disease and infectious diseases of children show sharp declines. Life expectancy for white males from age ten rose by four years. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company claims leadership with $7 trillion in force and dominance in Industrial and Ordinary business.
The Metropolitan will continue its effort to offer life, health, and accident insurance and to protect and conserve lives. Growth will provide greater opportunities to serve the Americas in insurance protection and health care.
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