A SECRET HORROR and the masking of venereal disease
A Journal of the American Medical Association article is cited claiming that 60 percent of 770,000 males reaching early maturity in the United States will contract a venereal disease in their lifetime. The piece argues for openness about sex hygiene and references the play Damaged Goods to illustrate the moral and mental toll, urging public action against the disease as a grave enemy of mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the American Medical Association
United States
Agony and tariff talk fill the paper with blunt contrasts
A column contrasts anti fly zeal and public health messaging in Cleveland with a broad debate on tariff policy. It urges starving the fly to curb disease while criticizing protectionist stances, then shifts to warnings about sugar duties and factory impacts in Iowa, arguing for stable, expert tariff planning to protect local industries.
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W. BR. Rosevear
Iowa Sugar Company
Waverly
Samuel Randall
General Hancock
Sam Randall
Congress
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Morgans Will Praised and Faulted in Public View
The public use clause in Morgan’s will aims to place the art treasures for the American people but critics call the bequest a disappointment for not aiding the poor. Commentators note a shift from individual wealth to societal obligation, contrasting Morgan with Rockefeller and Carnegie.
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Mr. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgno
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Ridiculous debate over county school superintendent selection
The Charles City Intelligencer questions moving county superintendent appointments from voters to boards and argues for professional, non political educators. It cites risks of political influence and warns against overambition after a notable death, urging consideration of health and limits for public office seekers.
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Charles City Intelligencer
Tmay Ane
Iowa Editorial Comments On Legislature And Road Law
A Cedar Rapids Gazette opinion questions the impact of 400 plus laws passed by the legislature and ponders future tinkering with road laws. Des Moines Tribune notes the road law’s stance, while Cedar Falls Record jokes about Bryan and Champ Clark burying the hatchet.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Tribune
Cedar Falls
W. J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Education in Sex Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
Recognition of physicians as teachers in preventive medicine has grown, urging comprehensive sex hygiene education. The piece cites alarming venereal disease prevalence among young men, noting high infection, sterility, and childbirth risks, and condemns the long silence on prevention. It argues for stronger education, public policy, and medical leadership to curb these diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Modern Inventions and the Rise of Canned Goods
A nostalgic critique extols tin cans as markers of civilization and enablers of exploration. It notes how canned foods from corn to peaches sustain travelers and distant peoples, claiming canned goods now dominate American agriculture and may someday include exotic items like whale steak and elephant foot.
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Michigan
New England
Sahara
Australia
Madagascar
North Pole
Alaska
Africa
America
Shifting Views Prompt Debate on Sex Education
A marked upheaval in pedagogic and social sentiment over sex teaching in homes, schools, and colleges is unfolding. Conventional prejudice is waning as educators increasingly view these subjects as rational and vital to the educational system, with early results already emerging.
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Young
The Final Test and Humorous Quips Across Papers
A collage of short humorous exchanges and quips from newspapers. Jokes about calling parents, marriage money, medical cures, and a poem about competition among kings contrasts with a lighthearted look at everyday absurdities and the busy press.
Damaged Goods in a Moral Drama of Disease
A Collier's essay reviews Eugene Brieux's Damaged Goods, produced in New York under the Medical Reviews. It argues the play exposes the silent social scandal of syphilis through frank medical discussion, beyond traditional drama, showing a fiancé who contracts disease and its tragic impact on his wife and her family.
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Eugene Brieux
Medical Review of Reviews
New York
Damaged Goods Stirs Debate Over Taboo Theatre
The article notes audience impact from exhibits and court case quotes in a play addressing disease and sexual stigma. It highlights the curtain fall after a scene where a wife shouts don’t touch me and discusses the broader provocation of Damaged Goods in lifting taboos about disease and morality on stage.
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Paria
Seven Millers Will Graduate at West High
West High will graduate seven Millers this year led by Alice Glen Louise Max Milo Millam and William. Louise and William are siblings and Max and Milo are brothers among the Miller seniors with other relations across the family.
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Miller
The
West High School
Alice
Glen
Louise
Max
Milo
Millam
William
Equal Outrage to Be Extolled in Waterloo Campaign
The Black Hawk county Equal Suffrage society plans a broad summer educational drive to promote women’s ballot rights. It will distribute circulars, bring in speakers of state and national prominence, and pressure local legislators to back new suffrage bills. Dr. Clarke calls granting the ballot a duty and a personal responsibility for women.
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Black Hawk County
Equal Suffrage Association
Clarke
Equal Suffrage Society
Waterloo Women
Waterloo to Host Safford Rally for Equal Suffrage
Dr Margaret A Clarke announced plans to invite Rev Mary A Safford of Des Moines to Waterloo in late summer or early fall to preside at a rally supporting the Equal Suffrage movement. Safford may be elected state president, with an invitation to be extended soon.
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Black Hawk
Margaret A. Clarke
Mary A. Safford
Des Moines
Equal Suffrage Society
Waterloo
Look to Your Plumbing and Digestion Health
A health advisory compares household plumbing to digestion urging kept in top shape. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as quick relief for digestive troubles and notes they are for sale by all druggists.
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