State Board of Health issues third edition on consumption
The State Board of Health releases a revised third edition of Cause and Prevention of Consumption. It highlights Illinois as a viable home treatment site, with climate, elevation, soil, and sanatorium comparisons to eastern sites. The lab at Springfield now handles tests on suspected cases, aiding physicians statewide in fighting the disease.
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State Board of Health
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State Board
Illinois
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rutland
Springfield
Illinois Board of Health backs broad publicity for encircling tuberculosis
A letter from Dr. J. A. Egan, secretary of the State Board of Health, urges wide publicity for the circular on caring for consumptives and preventing disease spread. The piece emphasizes that the public press is a strong ally in informing Illinois residents. The Ad-Writer of St Louis extols local newspapers as the best advertising medium for merchants serving their own communities.
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Tive Hospital
J. A. Egan
State Board of Health
Illinois
5. Louis
Unnarried Lady Critiques New Douglas Youth Grievances
A column from the New Douglas World by Unnarried Lady rebukes local youth, accusing them of lack of chivalry etiquette profanity drunkenness laziness and general godlessness. The Highland Journal weighs in on The Call suggesting Troy may follow Highland’s expansion and growth.
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New Douglas World
Jett
New Douglas
The
Highland Journal
Troy
Highland
CALL
Great airship contest at world fair may fail
Report says the $100,000 airship contest could be called off as plans falter. The Mascoutah Herald comments on the need for a live town and energy to push forward, noting some citizens seem dead long before the undertaker.
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Mascoutah Herald
Panama trip promise urges a return ticket
A terse note warns travelers to Panama seeking money that they must carry a return ticket as proof of intent to leave. The message urges sending The CALL to a distant friend for awareness and action.
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Panama
Cupid Bureau Heads to the War Department in Washington
Washington notes a proposed Cupid Bureau in the War Department to regulate army marriages under Secretary of War and Corbin. The piece warns of a military aristocracy, discusses social reunions at the White House, and reports on school and water conditions as Washington gears for winter.
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Washington
War Department
Col
Bryan
Corbin
Europe
United States Army
Secretary of War
Cupia
West Point
Molly Stark
Molly Pitcher
Derby Thompson
Brussels
Saragossa
Cupid
Belisarius
Epaminondas
White House
Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Miss Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Payne
Hitchcock
New Hampshire
St. Louis
Taft
Secretary of the Navy
Morton
K Street
Hays
Justice
Henry B. Brown
Hichborn
New London
James G. Blaine
Moody
Metcalf
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
California
Congress
Annapolis
Snow Liniment and Horehound Syrup Endorsed by Local Doctor
Reverend B Horton of Sulphur Springs Texas reports Ballard's Snow Liniment and Horehound Syrup as his family's trusted remedies for headaches pains and prolonged cough. Prices 25c 50c and 1 00. Sold by S Kingston.
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Dr King's New Life Pills Cure Cavendish Man
S Le Quinn of Cavendish Wisconsin was beset by chronic constipation. Dr King's New Life Pills entered his home and relieved his ailment, delivering a full cure. They are advertised to cure and priced at 25 cents at Kingston's drug store.
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S. le Quinn
Cavendish
Dr. King
Kingston
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
S. Kingston
Thirty Years Ago This Week in Troy
From The Weekly Bulletin October 1 1874 reports Madison County Fair at Edwardsville predicted to be a big success. Rev Samuel Walker Troy M E church assigned to Trenton and Rev R Thatcher succeeds here. Sabbath school teachers institute at Presbyter Ian church well attended and instructive. A model of the Jewish Tabernacle intriguing. John Walters journeyman shoemaker and Jacob Hess injured in altercation. Walters fined 20 dollars for contempt after court. Hess released. Bulletin notes the fracas under A Shoemakers Strike.
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Madison County
Edwardsville
Samuel Walker
Troy M. E
Trenton
R. Thatcher
John Walters
Jacob Hess
O 'Squire Mills
Walters
Hess
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