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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1929
Page
5
A six year old from South Amherst was seriously injured after being struck by a car near her home. Investigations into the crash are planned while neighbors treated the child for a broken collarbone facial injuries and internal harm.
Analysis explains that the toxin in each dose of T A is only one tenth enough to kill a standard guinea pig and one five hundredth enough to kill a six year old child. Mixing with a small amount of antitoxin reduces inflammation at the injection site and enlarges the safety margin. Earlier articles note that gradual dosage escalation in animals triggers a controlled response.
The Sandusky Register offered prizes for homemaker letters praising kitchen equipment. Mrs. N. B. Jones of Milan Ohio praised the New Process Red Wheel Gas Range, comparing it to her right arm and noting baking is easy with it. Her concise line captured a common sentiment among home managers.
Mrs. N. S. Jones of Milan won the Verdin electric heater from the Ohio Public Service Co. in a kitchen letter contest by The Register’s Farm Department with Miss Lucy G. Swift. Jones lauds her New Process stove for its utensil drawer central lighter and Lo Rain Oven Heat Regulator, noting exact heat temps improve baking and make cooking a joy.
County Health Commissioner explains diphtheria bacteria and the toxin antitoxin concept TA. It recounts Van Behring’s 1913 finding that small toxin doses mixed with slightly smaller antitoxin doses can confer protection. The text notes experiments were carefully done and documented.
Thousands of women across the country benefit from the Red Wheel powered lightening work. The article notes a new process and the Red Wheel ranges being offered in Elyria as part of the distribution.
The text explains how the body produces antitoxin to protect itself, noting immune memory can endure for years. It cites that three or four weekly doses of T A for children yield complete protection for about 60 percent, with many others partially protected, and only a few not fully protected after a second series. Reactions are mild, mostly redness, swelling, headaches, and brief fever. The county health office records 5737 children given three or more doses since 1923 and about 865 renewed this year. no serious outcomes or deaths linked to T A, while deaths occurred in those not treated. Statistics show unvaccinated children are ten times more likely to contract diphtheria.
Five county school children with three or more doses of T A contracted diphtheria but all recovered. Those with no T A saw 185 cases. Over sixty percent of county children will be protected before year end, yet many parents remain unconvinced. Younger children benefit most from T A, with half of cases and two thirds of deaths occurring under six. A future article outlines the school plan to offer protection and a follow up discusses the Schick test.
The article notes a Viking seafaring settlement from the tenth or eleventh centuries near Laurie Island in the South Orkneys. It mentions a weather station on the loneliest Argentine spot, visited once a year by a ship, and references Russia in historical context.
A fragment notes a medical claim tied to a black "St. Augustine" establishment near a Congo tributary and asserts that a drug's effect depends on the body’s chemical state at intake. The snippet hints at colonial racial framing and pharmacological theory.
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