Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-19
ROCK ISLANDERS
MUST GIvEAI
TO SUFFERERS
A Little Encouragement Would
Often Turn the Tide in Plague
Cases, Averting Misery.

Misery and suffering which can
not be pictured with words go hand
In hand with tuberculosis, and
those whose lives have ever been
touched by the sorrows which at
tend a victim in the throes of the
dread disease are ready to aid in
the steady winning fight against It.
Through the purchase Of Red
Cross Christmas seals you will not
only help to alleviate the suffering |
OF the afflicted, but will help to
increase the efficiency Of the force
which is battling day by day to pre-
vent the disease from gaining new |
footholds.
In the incipient stages Of many /
cases of tuberculosis, the suffering |
is not SO acute, and in fact, in sew |
eral instances, a victim is unaware |
Of the fact that daily he is being |
. weakened and his stamina SO de-
creased that ere long he will be an
easy victim for the white plague.
It Is to educate such possible vic
Tins against their danger. and to
keep them from further contamin- !
alton to themselves and to others, !
that funds from the sale OF seals is
combined with the efforts of sci
ence.
Sad When Beyond Control.
There is nothing but sadness in
the contemplation Of cases which
have gone into the stages beyond
human control. For days and
weeks and sometimes months and
years. the tubercular victim
writhes in the agonies of strangu-
lation; he cannot partake of nour-
ishing foods, and as his starving
body wastes away, his suffering Is
intense and death is always glad
messenger The different organs
of the body fail to function and
agony is all that human mind and
day or a night when relief comes
through a welcome end to life.
Under the best of circumstances.
wholesome environment where a
patient may have all the comfort
and luxury there is in life. the
agony is al that human mind and
frame can withstand. Yet think
how many instance; of the disease
that there are where neither the
patient nor his relatives have the
money with which to procure the
little things which will add COM
fort in the last days Of suffering.
There are those who can not buy
the nourishing foods nor the warm
clothes which are SO vitality nee
esary for comfort, and many a life
Is blotted out when bit of cheer
might have brought turn from
the downward road to death tv the
upper fork and on to- life and
health.
Sanitarium Here. 4
Little do any of us realize that
Rock Island and the immediate vi
entity has a sanitarium which is
. doing a wonderful work, not only
to cure those whose sickness has
not progressed into an uncurable
state. but to relieve the suffering Of
those who must succumb to tuber-
culosis. Under the capable adj
ministration Of q staff Of efficient
doctors and coworkers, the sani-
tarium is accomplishing results
which are felt throughout various
parts Of the community. They
have brought about results which
count, but there is yet more work
to do, and there will be for years
to come, for it has only been in re-
cent years that science has over
come the white plague and has
placed tuberculosis on the list OF
durable diseases.
You and your neighbor can help
In this noble work by buying and
using a few Red Cross Christmas
seals. and part Of the money you
spend in this way will be used for
fighting against the disease in your
own immediate neighborhood II
there il . case Of sickness there.
You can protect yourself and your
children and pave the way for the
eventual plotting out Of q plague
which costs the country annually
thousands upon thousands of lives
and millions and millions Of dol
lars.
Give Your Help.
And 30 for the crusade for better
health in Rock Island, buy liber.
ally Of Red Cross Christmas seals
and help put over the drive which
surely will fail unless you giv<
your money and assistance to it.
The quota for Rock Island in the
countrywide campaign is only
$1,000. which ID 10 cents per cap.
ita, and surely Rock Island will moi
fail 70 do its bit and more in Z
cause 20 greatly worth while .,
that Of tho Red Cross Christina.
seal organization.
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