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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
9
Iowa City study shows 22 unreported births in 1913, with 182 births found by canvass and 130 on record. Births concentrated in the third and fourth wards. 152 babies were 69 male 83 female two colored and 44 American fathers 4 American mothers and equal German counts.
Advertisement notes a limited run of The Lion and the Mouse at the Crystal Theatre, praising it as a true masterpiece and highlighting a need for a vital statistics law in Iowa.
Des Moines reports strong progress in tuberculosis control. Since 1882 the disease rate has fallen nationally by 54 percent, with an 18.7 percent decline in the decade ending 1910. Iowa credits educated prevention, the state sanatorium program, and Oakdale facilities for reducing mortality and training a nationwide cadre of TB workers.
An old newspaper pamphlet touts using four ounces of liquid argon to dissolve dandruff. It claims nightly applications will remove all signs of dandruff within days and improve hair texture. It warns dandruff harms hair and recommends liquid arvon as a cure.
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