The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-18
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What the Encyclopedia
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THE climate resemblesd
aud France. It's ~.
human health. Opet EtMo.
areas where Consumption sun 3 wuss
found here" M M
Southern Pines, as has hoeIrproyed.
lies in this area where Co.'s ,,ptjop
is unknown
state Geologst prof. W. t'Ert has
put it on record that the peopl4of this
region are entirely free from ar forms
of pulmonary aud throat diseass, and
his report, which strongly oullended
the Pine Hills to all persons suffering
from lung troubles, attracted wide
spread attention in the medical world.
But to most people reports g. State
Biologists and the even more il.hori-
tative utterances Of ponderous Eacycio-
pedas, make but a cold appea how
ever much the truth and auth9ity of
such official utterances may be ganted.
Evidence on such subject, 5 near
and important to so many pelple is
preferred when it comes Ill more
human guse, as it were. We Ike TO
ask the personal opinion of sothe one
who has tried it himself Thas we
put the question to Mr.. H NJ. kouch,
proprietor of the Ozone Hotel: {"Mr.
Couch, will you tell the readersjpf the
FREE Press, something of whst the
climate Of Southern Pines ha3 done
for your health?" For Mr. Couch is
healthy, as is proved by the amoint 0!
work he gets through in day, bud a
mans work is good criterion his
health.
allow long have you been resi-
dent of the Pines, Mr.. Coucb?' \
Twelve years last September and
there has been wonderful charge il
the place since | came here fI t. in
population and size especially"
You came here on account OIL YOU
health, | believe, Mr.. Couch? Were
you seriously sick at that time2nA
"Well, it was the belief my
friends in Tilton, N. H., where lived
4l-'ssst | had perhaps eyear more q life
Sasae: Inherited lung tdtublt
si,le~ssMy. doctor ad
r~< y. 1t
was css4es. pre-
ferred to do Son.. ~
odd you receiv9s beneh
from your residence in ts-l ses?'
II did, and since I've beer A&e
have had only one bad spell. 1t wa'
in my first year here and oongcvaor
threatened, but recovered in apor
order. Open door work, leaving Med
1icines alone and the ozone and baIsAni(
air Of the pines made new man OF me
| car recommend the sand hills to hnJ
Que afflicted with pulmonary or tl& pa
diseases, where such have not adva& rec
too, far, and recommend the reHlor
from personal experience"
"You brought up your family here
Mr.. Couch?"
YES, and | know that tbete sfc
better place for parents to bninS
Athcir children, especiaiiyA~heref tEeg'
7 is any inherited lung trouble in tnt
family. My boy Bert, IA stroEg
hearty young NAM suffered from
asthma in the North whenever he tool
cold. lie is now entirely free from i
Nothing could persuade me to leave
the sand hills region now, for here
have that best of all things, goot
health. A man might make mort
money elsewhere, but if he is subiec
to any lung or throat trouble, as | my
self was, why Southern Pines, be
lieve and know, is the best of all posi-
BILE places for him.
And right here it may be said thai
the FREE PRESS reporter who inter,
viewed Mr.. Couch also came to South
ern Pines because of weak lungs. He has
not been here much more than a month
but he has already gained over ten
pounds in weight, aud his genera
health has greatly improved.
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