The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-18
HOW WIDE OPEN
TOWN is HURT
Cairo Gets II Going and Coming
On All Sides
DIR. SMITHS { EXPERIENCE
PATIENT AT RARDWELL, KY,
FEARS TO COME TO THE
CITY FOR TREATMENT
A STRONG LESSON.

Before deciding to look over Cairo
| had written to a dozen diferen
WINS inquiring as TO matters anitary
educational religious, professional
| andeayoriug to gain knowledge o.
points not to be found from map, gaz
eteer, or county history. asked par
tlcularly, not how many churches were
place. but what kind, and if we'll
supported. One point singularly
enough, failed to get due considera.
iion; no town was asked 10 report
the number and kind Of crime facto.
ries, ana how we'll supported were the
saloons, brewcrie., wholesale liquor
souses. ana certain other houses TO
Tho doors Of which the foregoing as.
suredly lead
From Cairo were reported plenty
Of old school physicians, but one
aoneopaih, only one osteopath,
ana no lady physician Of
any school whatsoever Using the
reatment of the three schools desig.
lated it seemed plausible that this
city, with It's great amount Of business,
must offer an exceptionally god
field for a woman practitioner Of mcdi-
cine Nor did suppose that be work
u Cairo saloons would sammarily cut
Fl opportunities for adding 10 valu-
bic experience. Tho cutting off of
he good dollars with which pay my
gay I am ligatly pass ng by in this
connection, though they are undeni
lbly a very decided factor in the
ca. @.
The matter below is quoted from
letter, the writer OF which came to
my Office for osteopathic treatment
for well.marked case of diabetes
milIims A Rush medical graduate
rot many years out Of college and res
ident in the patients home town, had
said: 1t would make a good case
for nue. but | will be honest with you,
can DO nothing for you" In fact,
very numerous were the character site
symptoms OF this direful diseal c. I felt
il hardly wort. while ITO lift a finger
either fguraivcly or o8tcopathically.
8ut from tho very first. the improve
ncut was such as 70 a5tonisl the doc
OF scarcely lass than the patient, who
or business reasons Obliged 10 Gro
he Ohio FLYER, returned r1r addi ional
treatment After certain SUNDAY
when We had partly concluded ar,
engagements for farth, work on her
case, the following significant state
mcnis reached me through the maii:
Sorry ! cannot take advantage e
your Offer but believe you win think
am right when YOU know my reasons.
Last Sunday evening the train (out of
Cairo) was crowded with very rough
men, in every stage Of int0xieatiOn.
They quarreled ana I am told they
sometimes shoct Almost every sun
lay night ONE arrests are made, and
he unruly parties removed from the
rain al WicEliffe and this place.
tBardwcn) J only wish could al
FORD 20 stay al Cairo and take your
treatment II certainly has greatly
benefited me. and believe you could /
fect a cure in my case
Later The patient refers TO Gas
sunday night on thar dreadful train.
% existing conditions" % Cairo .
where tho saloons have open doors ON +
ne Lori'5 day" She then remarks. (
Pastor Porter was right-cairo has +
20 ssbb-to!"
Now. wniie ! do nol know but that. /
case Of rc election. our prc-cnt .
mayor intends 90 do everything in his
poWcr TO pat down the drinkard.mak.
inE, Sabbath-desccrating lines of ip-
a"stry now So markedly aourishinc i'm
Salro' do ncl hesitate 10 put in a
plea for unmolested practice of not
ne destroying. but the healing art" f
have two or three times. since com f
ng from Chicago, administered medi.
cine TO patients who had been drink
ms heavily, ! do nor enjoy such prac-
4ee. nor is it remunerative. the money
4 the1e men having gone into the ga
.oaa anu TO me The matter in ques
ion Is very practical one-I nav my
Office rem with money SO ir certainly +
s 10 my heart io desire thr election.
iils tuesday -oi idc man. or ihn men
wilkins i'nr 'hcir bees. cuIeavors q,
a<eli th"'r Peraoosi share or "the pow
g thsi mabe,h FOR righteousness"
Without this there can be no Great
Pr Cairo
DELLA FRANCES SMITH n - E
cairo. No.. April r. 1905.