US mortality in 1917 shows heart disease declines but diphtheria peaks
Census figures for 1917 covering 27 states and DC show 1,068,982 deaths in the registration area. Heart disease leads with 115,337 deaths and a rate of 193.2 per 100,000, pneumonia 112,881 deaths, and tuberculosis 110,285. Cancer rises to 61,452 deaths while influenza claims 12,974. Falls and railroad accidents headline accidental deaths, and automobile fatalities reach 6,724.
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Census Bureau
United States
District of Columbia
Continental
Bureau
Bright
Renee
Real estate boom drives high prices for residences in town
Washington area sees a surge in home sales with prices ranging from four to ten thousand dollars. Multiple properties change hands on East Main West Washington and other streets as buyers plan new builds. some sellers request privacy on the transactions.
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Washington
Tere
Cloud Willits
South Town Avenue
W. F. Augustine
Peter Berdo
West Washington Street
Frank Mayhew
John Bryson
West Main Street
Oscar Davis
Ed Page
East Madison Street
Ed Myers
Great Mystery Solved by Doctor Hirschberg Says Stammering Cause
Doctor Hirschberg claims a common stammering cause is temporary speech interruption. The Houston Post notes the mystery of life being solved quickly and mentions hunger arising from delayed movement of victuals to the stomach.
Occasionally A Truthful Man Goes Fishing
A concise note about a truthful man engaging in fishing, reflecting a proverb or brief vignette observed in Chicago. The line reads as a quaint newspaper aside, suggesting a scene of quiet activity and moral undertone.
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Chicago Daily News
Three More Iowa Counties Approve Paved Roads
Floyd county led with a 1 007 vote majority for paved roads. Charles City precincts backed hard surface roads by 619, with the rural area 593 in favor. Kossuth county approved bonds two to one by 500 votes. Clay county favored paved roads by 728, Spencer by 628, and the $800 000 bond won by 484 votes.
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Charles City
Floyd County
Algona
Kossuth
Spencer, In
Clay County
Spencer
Summer medicine urged for every family
Advert says every family should keep this medicine during hot summer months as it will likely be needed before summer ends and is worth many times its cost. It claims no superior for its intended purposes and urges readers to buy at Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
Workers Seek Federal Mediation In Chicago Building Strike
Simon O'Donnell for the Building Trades Council urged the Building Construction Employers' Association to ask Secretary of Labor Wilson to dispatch federal mediators to Chicago. He called for joint action to settle the strike and ease the building trades dispute.
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Chicago Building Trades Council
Chicago
Simon O'Donnell
Building Trades Council
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Labor
Wilson
Lowk
Fire Sweeps South Chicago Block Killing Two
Captain Magh Murray of the Sixteenth Fire Engine company was killed and an infant died in a blaze that consumed a full city block in South Chicago. Four hundred residents were left homeless as the fire, likely sparked by spontaneous combustion in a rear boarding house for steel workers at 8550 Buffalo Ave.
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Chicago
Magh Murray
Sixteenth Fire Engine Company
Buffalo Ave
Washington couple united in marriage at Second church
Miss Luella Beal and William Lloyd Swift wed in a ring ceremony at the Second church manse conducted by Rev. Leslie Mountford. The couple, joined by the bride's sister and brother in law, plan a brief honeymoon before returning to work on their James Swift farm home. The bride is a trained nurse from Burlington and the groom served overseas in the field artillery.
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Washington
Leslie Mountford
Luella Beal
William Lloyd Swift
Charles Gilbert
Cedar Rapids
Washington Band Concert Tonight in the Park
The Washington Band will perform a park concert tonight. The event invites local residents to attend the free performance outdoors in the designated park area.
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Washington Band
Special Concert Program Highlights Evening Music
A special concert replaces the regular Saturday night performance. The program includes America Exultant, Hayes A Prelude from Traviata, a quartet from Rigoletto, Toreador Song from Carmen, Grand American Fantasia, and Echoes from the Opera, with selections from Babes in Toy Land and others.
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America Exultant
Hayes
Verdi
Toreadois
Tobani
Care for Sick Soldiers Through Public Health Service
Uncle Sam to provide sanatorium and hospital care for all discharged service members whose illness or disability originated in military duty. The United States Public Health Service is expanding hospital facilities across the country to undertake this vast task.
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Uncle Sam
United States Public Health Service
Black Mammy’s Cake Recipe Passages
A historical excerpt presents a Black mammy’s cake recipe with steps to mix meal flour pigs milk salt butter and sugar then bake in small pans until done reflecting period dialect and domestic cooking methods.
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U.S
Charles Benz
East Washington Street
Alex McCreedy
Haskins
Mel Anderson
East Jefferson Street
HH. B. Porter
Winfield Smouse
J. W. Enslin
Elmer Kolesick
North Second Avenue
George H. Paul
F. L. Mangold
West of Town
J. W. van Dyke
East Main Street
Les Sirwell
West Seventh Street
Iowa Avenue
C. O. Dayton
Ella Rownd
M. H. Fedderson
L. R. Eller
Dr. Eller
al. McCoy
Anita
Iowa
G. L. Duke
Ralph Schulty
A. B. Carr
Towa
Chamberlain
U. S. Mediation
Burlington
Swift
New York
Field Artillery
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
Herbert
Jersey
Goa
Dolmans and Capes
Brassieres
Knit Union Suits
Rothschild’s
Eatonic
Drug Sherman’s
Washington, Iowa
Ampico
W. H. Stephen
Hlectriec
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