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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
9
Chiropractor F J Freenor addressed a large Orpheum audience urging a legislature measure to grant chiropractors equal competition with medical professionals. He proposed a separate board of examiners under chiropractic regulation to protect the public from fakirs and ensure standards.
The gathering of first profession leaders in Utah and Idaho features Dr A G Ralston chairing and Dr Freenor recounting legal fights with medical examiners. Attendees include P E Erickson N L Cotton Mrs Cotton Men F N Colson Harry Wilhelm Gali Lake Ralph Guy C Cullinan and Mrs Cullinan C Johnson Orden. The talk covers chiropractic history and nerve theory, aiming to repeal parts of the medical practice act and allow broader practitioner choice.
An account recounts Capt Johann Neilson recovering at Walter Reed after a coast guard encounter with Dominican pirates. The text then shifts to a lecture on vertebrae and spinal nerves, praising chiropractors and denouncing medical board actions. It details conflicts over medical licensing and calls for equal rights for chiropractors in Utah, arguing lack of medicine science and competition suppression.
A rhetoric filled speech challenges medical authority and calls for legislative protection of chiropractic care. The speaker urges taxpayers to resist medical trust power, defend liberty, and back a measure recognizing chiropractic practitioners. A large theatre audience shows support with widespread applause. Also adverts for The Melting Pot at the Alhambra.
The Masonic club announces a special meeting this Friday October 20 with business of importance. President A. A. Ward urges members to attend as scheduled. Advertisement mentions Charles Chaplin in The Pawn Shop and Alhambra ads as part of the classified page.
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