Measles and Infantile Paralysis Toll in New York City
The city faces an epidemic of measles with 1710 cases over three months and 3.1 thousand cases of infantile paralysis. Disease rankings show tuberculosis 4,846 and scarlet fever 2,591, while measles and paralysis drive public concern. The Board of Health notes the public attention on sudden deaths from paralysis versus measles.
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Met
York City
Newfork City
Crum
Moreal
New York City
Ite Board of Health
Too Many Clothes and the Nude Babies Debate
A prudish critic attacks nude babies on New York's East Side, only to be rebuked by Dr. Josaphine Baker who urges mothers to expose infants modestly. The piece argues hot weather requires lighter dress, while questioning clothing norms and industry responses amid public health debates.
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Cruelty Society
J East Side
New York
Wen
Josaphine Baker
Urand Hygiene
Frank
Calcuttt
Earadelphia Ledger
Dr Wakefield to Visit Blowing Rock and Boone Hotels
Dr. W. H. Wakefield of Charotte will be at Blowing Rock Ho on Wednesday September 6 and Blackburns Hotel in Boone on Thursday September 7, then Elk Saturday September 9 to treat eye ear nose and throat diseases. Due to storm the doctor will charge reduced rates for glasses ordered from him.
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W. H. Wakefield
Chartie
Blowing Rock Hoon
Blackburn’s
Boone
Ners Elk
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy Ad
In Russia there are about eighty public holidays yearly. A cure for coughs Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey blends remedies to ease summer coughs and colds. A 25 cent bottle will stop your cough. Foley Honey and Tar gives relief for hay fever and inflamed airways. For sale by M Blackburn. The banana imports valued around 14 million dollars.
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Russia
Foley
M. B. Blackburn
Gave the Baby Rest in Quiet Night Cough Remedy Note
A reader from Pottsville Pa praises Mia William Leonard's cough remedy Gave the Baby Rest noting first dose relief for a baby with a bad cough MB Blackburn sells it. The note mentions harmless ingredients honey and tar and adds a line about the yellow poplar tree tulip as Americas largest broad-leaf species.
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Colk
Mia
William Leonard
Pottsville
MB Blackburn
America
Cure for Cholera Morbus and Colic Remedy Endorsement
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Jair Haven New York recalls her seven year old son being cured of cholera morbus by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She says other family members have used it for colic and bowel troubles with good results and endorses it as an exceptional medicine. Obtainable everywhere.
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Sidney Simmons
Jair Haven
N. Y
Sale of Tax Lien Property in Blowing Rock NC
The town tax collector of Blowing Rock North Carolina will, on Monday September 4 1916 at 12 noon, expose to sale at the courthouse door in Boone the real estate on which the taxes for the year remain unpaid.
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Blowing Rock N.C
Court House
Boone
Opening date for Appalachian Training School listed
August 22 marks the opening of the fourteenth year at the Appalachian Training School. All charges are very reasonable. Address Secretary of the Faculty Boone North Carolina.
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Appalachian Training School
Boone, N.C
Wheat Trade Notice from Hillery E Madron Tenn
A brief trade notice from Hillery E of Madron Tennessee advertising 9 bushels of wheat sown and 246 produced, dried and graded, with a price of 1.75 per bushel. The seller warns to order a week ahead as stock may be gone.
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Hillery E
Madron
Tenn
Window shade ventor with holding clip and vacuum cup
A shade flapping issue is addressed by a combined holding clip and vacuum cup device. The invention secures the shade to a frame and creates suction to reduce movement when window is opened. It aims to provide stable operation and easy installation.
Foley Cathartic Subsets Promote Quick Relief
An 80 year old Norwalk Connecticut resident Mrs Elizabeth Slaugon testifies that Foley Cathartic subsets are wonderful for aiding digestion and relieving constipation headaches biliousness and other bowel related ailments. The ad notes availability through M B Blackburn and mentions aviation experts using gliding to descend four miles in a mile.
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Elizabeth Slaugon
Norwalk Conn
M B Blackburn
The Best Laxative for Regular Bowel Habits
Outdoor exercise keeps bowels regular and daily movement is encouraged. Drink water before breakfast and eat ample fruit and vegetables to maintain routine. If medicine is needed Chamberlain's Tablets are pleasant and gentle. Accessible everywhere. Club women in Kansas have adopted public health study courses.
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Chamberlain
Kansas
Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed by Readers and Druggists
A Budford North Dakota reader recalls a severe diarrhoea attack two years ago and credit Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with quick relief. The note also mentions widespread druggist recommendations. The Yale School of Medicine now admits women students. The Independent Order of Good Templars began in New York in 1851. It is noted that condors can reach four miles high.
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W C Jones
Budford
N. D
Chamberlain
Order of Good Templars
New York
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Local Testimony
Mrs Elmina Hahn of Hickory North Carolina reports severe back pain and sleep disruption from kidney trouble. After using Doan's Kidney Pills the pain eased and swelling in her feet diminished. Price is 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Elmina Hahn
Chestout Ave
Hickory
N.C
Doan
Bowels Daily Health Claim and Indian Weights Reform
An arc of everyday health advertising touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle laxative to cleanse the system and overcome constipation, promising three easy movements and a tonic effect. A three-year government committee report urges India to adopt a uniform weights and measures system.
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All India
Foley Kidney Pills Relieve Longstanding Backache
Joseph G. Wolf of Green Bay Wisconsin writes that Foley Kidney Pills relieved a severe backache that had troubled him for months. The ad urges taking Foley Kidney Pills for a weak back and sleepless nights, sold by M B Blackburn.
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Joseph G. Wolf
Green Bay
Wis
Foley
Blackburn
Gold Mining Depths in South Africa Hike Prospectively
Report notes gold is mined at depths exceeding 5000 feet in South Africa and industry experts believe shafts could be sunk an additional 3000 feet. The inference highlights potential for deeper underground operations and expanded resource access amid technical and safety considerations.
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South Africa
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Offers $100 Reward
An old advertisement claims a hundred dollar reward for cures of catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It asserts 85 years of use, notes blood cleansing action on mucous surfaces, and promises general health improvement after use. It directs sending testimonials and purchasing through F. J. Copney & Co.
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Hall
F. J, Copney & Co
Toledo
All Druggiste, Tc
Notice in Bumgarner V. Earp Case In Watauga NC Court
In the Superior Court fall term 1916 H M Bumgarner sues E E Earp. A summons issued July 14 1916 for 244.00 due from endorsement of a note to L A Hayes. A warrant of attachment issued July 14 1916 against defendants property returnable with the summons. Defendants must appear and answer. Date July 17 1016.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
H. M. Bumgarner
E. E. Earp
W. D. Barthing
Superior Court
L. A. Hayes
Land sale offers homes on 4200 acres near Linville River
W Whiting’s large tract of about 4200 acres in the county is being subdivided into small home tracts. The seller aims to help the poor or middle class secure a home with reasonable cash down and one to three year notes. Land lies between Blowing Rock Grandfather Mountain and Sholle Mills Yonableeses turnpike, near the Linville River railway project. Interested buyers should contact J M Lacy at Boone Fork Lumber Co Boll Mills NC.
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W. Whiting
Counery
Mr. Whiting
Watauga
Blowing Rock
Grandfather Mountain
Sholle Mills
Yonableeses Turnpike
Linville River
Bbullsville
North Carolina
J. M. Lacy
Boone Fork Lumber Co
Bolla Mills
N.C
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W.P. Wilson
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Seamen
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Yale School of Medicine
Hagan
Lyon Mpg. CO
Brooklyn, N.Y
Virginia & Carolina Railway
Stern Standard
Damascus
Taylor
Northboun Daily
FE. An
A. M. Ar
Fletcher
Castoria
We Centaur Commany
Thedford
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Blackburn Hotel
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