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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10
Carrying Medical Skill
to the Small Community

charge of the clinic, his services and
travelling expenses being contributed
by the company as practical expert
ment in carrying the benefits of its
medical department into communities
with limited health resources.
So great has peen the attendance
at these clinics wherever they have
been held that DIR. Sykes has been
forced to call for assistance and has
been joined by DR.. H. w. Kinderman
of the anti-tuberculosis associations
staff. Local physicians have also as
sisted in the examinations. Both DR..
Sykes and DR.. Kinderman were army
examiners.
In addition to this travelling clinic,
the state association has for several
months past been centering much of
its attention on the holding CO demon
stration clinics in the larger cities.
In a number of cities one demonstra-
ton clinic has so convinced the COM
munity of the value of and the need
and demand for these clinics that a
permanent one has been established
or is under way.
In a circuit of cities in the neigh
borhood of Milwaukee, periodical
clinics are being held by stan physi-
clans of the association, the intention
being to turn them over ultimately to
local authorities In all this work the
association physicians have been as
sisted by a large number Of volun-
teers including tuberculosis special
ISIS in private practice and the med
icsI directors of several sanatoria.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10
EROMAN.
W/NNER 60
COWT%o

berculosis survey, the first compre-
hensive rural survey made in the
United States, revealed the fact that
the death rate from tuberculosis in
farming districts was higher than in
the city of Milwaukee, it opened the
eyes not alone of Wisconsin but also
Of all America to the magnitude OF
tuberculosis as a rural problem.
AS a direct result of this survey,
made by the Wisconsin Anti-Tubercu-
losis association, and of the rural
campaigning which followed. the iegis-
lature of 1912-1913 passed Wisconsins
first county nurse law, authorizing the
expenditure of county funds for the
of public health nurses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10
/DA .MHIEkIfAWI
N/AUP4CA
COLWTI.

In the following September Milwau-
kee county employed the first county
nurse in the state, the county board
Of administration engaging Miss Eliza
beth Leenhouts for home visiting in
connection with the-tuberculosis sana-
forum. With the recent opening of
the Milwaukee county dispensary, the
comes centered in the dispensary and
Miss Leenhouts has been made chief
nurse with staff of field nurses work
ing under her.
Waupaca and Lincoln counties were
the first counties to take advantage of
the law through special appropriations
made by the county boards. Wau-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10
No Wonder a King Decorated Her

"rm proud and glad had tubercu-
losis. that discovered it in time and
that won out in my fight" declared
Miss Constance Hayes, r. ~ former
superintendent of Willowbrook, Ke-
nosha, just before sailing on Novem-
Der 80 for Serbia to rejoin the Red
Cross commission to which she was
attached last summer when she was
decorated by the king of Serbia for
distinguished service rendered tuber-
culous Serbians in France.
why do people insist on thinking
that there is some stigma to tuber-
eulosis? There is none. | should
never have known how TO take care
of myself, how to enjoy life as l do
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

today if | had never had tuberculosis
and my sanatorium experience"
Doing away with this mistaken idea
that there is a stigma connected with
the disease, supplementing occupa-
honal therapy in the sanatoria with
carefully supervised physical educa-
ton to teach patients how - breathe
properly and how to use their muscles
properly, and establishing complete
physical education in the schools are
three big advance steps toward an
effective health program which are
absolutely essential in the opinion of
Miss Hayes
This opinion is based on her own
personal experience, for Miss Hayes in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

the work so well begun in Wisconsin
The legislature of 1888, wisely de.
Gliding that what was good for one
county was good for all, not only made
the employment of the county nurse
mandatory but also established a bu-
reau of child welfare and public
health nursing in the State Board OF
Health.
AS director of this bureau, Mrs. H.
II. Morgan, formerly head of the
Women's committee of the State
Council of Defense and later in gov
eminent service at the women's de-
tention camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca,
is organizing the work on a state
basis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

A young girl, teaching in a rural
school and boarding in a home where
there are a number of small children,
discovered for the first time that she
has tuberculosis when she attended
one of the travelling demonstration
clinics which are being conducted by
the Wisconsin Anti-TubercGlosis asso-
citation as part of an aggressive cam
paign to secure the establishment of
permanent tuberculosis and child WEI
fare dispensaries or public health
centers in all parts of the state.
Arrangements are now being made
for sanatorium treatment. The fact
that the girls home is in neighbor-
ing county illustrates the way in
which the health problems of one
county are interviewer with those of
another. making the protection of
every county essential to the safety
of one.
The case is but one of many show
ing the need for carrying expert med
&c the small town and rural districts
and showing also the eagerness with
which the people welcome this serv-
ice. In conducting this travelling
clinic, which is eircling the entire
state, the state anti-tuberculosis asso-
citation is having the cooperation OF
the Wisconsin State Medical society
and the Northwestern Mutual Life In,
suranee company
DR.. Lawrence Sykes, one of the ex-
pert examiners in the life insurance
companys medical department, is in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

Wisconsin's great need now is for
more trained health workers to fill
the demand resulting from the years
of health campaigning. To help in
meeting this demand two training
courses. one for public health nurses
and one for health instructors, are
being conducted by the Wisconsin
Anti-Tuberculosis association. These
classes receive practical experience
out in the field in addition to the class
room instruction.
Enlisting the interest of new re-
cruits is being urged as good work for
women's clubs and other organizations
that are taking an active part in fur
tbering public health work.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

1N HE county nurse is rapidly com.
ing into fashion in Wisconsin and
the Wisconsin county that doesn't
have public health nurse or health
instructor before the law compels il
20, July /. 1921, is going to be mighty
lonesome From Pepin. the smallest
county in area, to Marathon, the
largest, the counties are rapidly fall
ing into line. practically half of them
now having the service or having
made provision for establishing it.
Appropriations ranging from $500 to
$4,000 were passed by several county
boards of supervisors at the Novem-
Der session.
When in 1911, the Dunn county tu-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

First a team of horses, then Har-
ley-Davidson motorcycle carrying also
a camping and exhibit outfit, then a
Health automobile and finally this
year an airplane-these are the means
of transportation which have been
used by Theodore ]. Werle the whirl,
wind health campaigner, during the
last eight years to carry the health
message out over the state. In a
way they are typical of the evolution
of Mr.. Werle from health evangelist
Iecturing at the crossroads to the di-
rector OF the Wisconsin Anti-Tuber-
eulosis association legislative. sana-
forum and dispensary promotion de
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-10

partment. In way. too, they and Mr..
Werle's evolution are typical of the
planes with which Red Cross Christ
mas seals were delivered this year to
several cities were furnished the asso-
citation by the L. d. Frint Aeronautical
Company through the courtesy Of the
Milwaukee Journal. Lieuts. H r
Overley and T. F. Otis were the avia-
tors and Miss Aimee Zillmer, director
Of the Modern Health Crusade, made
the fight IN the second plane. The
country over which they few was
showered w..;h Health Above Alp"
posters in r mature.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
MATER OF PECgLI'7 N.R,U@.
Trouble With Philadelphia Visitor Was That He D dn't Understand Just
 How to Use It.

Harry ". Taylor, president of the National Coal association, said in WaShington:
 Tt takes an optmist to look at the situation hepefuIly-an optimist like RittenbouSe Walnut of Philadelphia.
 'Rittenhouse Walnut, in the days be- fore Philadelphia got filter plant laughed heartily one evening at a friend who complained that the Phila- delphia water was too muddy to bathe in.
 "'Why, my boy said Rittenhouse, our Philadelphia water is the best in the world for bathing purposes. Why. 1t beats Marienbad.'
 "'But it's so muddy
 "That's the point said Rittenhouse. It's medicinal mud, full of phOsphates and calorieS and things. Tonight you try a Philadelphia water bath, a good, long bath, and you'll feel like a new man. Let me caution you, though, to use no toWelp
 No towel?' sneered the other. No towel, eh?'
 "'No, sir; no towel, said Kitten house. Just stand before the radiator and let the water dry on you. Then brush it off.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

The Y. W. c. A, is doing what it can to protect helpless women and girls travelling to and through this city from the clutches of conscienceless sharks. They ought to have the hearty support of the city authorities, the Chamber of Commerce and all other civic bodies. From an account there is an organized gang on the devils job with the Union station as a rendes- veus,-Texarkanian. .a
 And in the meantime, what in the Sam Hill are the city authorities in Texarkana doing about it? The sol ution of that little old problem ought to be simple. A six foot policeman, a good hickory billy with the will to use it, pair of No. 10 boots, ought to be enough to wind up any bunch of white-livered white .slavers. Just a fews guts is all that is needed to scat ter any bunch of skunks as above des- cribed.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Mioht Break Something.

Flaw, haw, haw.'
 "Whats the joke, Hiram?"
 "rhere wuz a feller through here a spell back tryin' to sell Lige Beegum one O them farm tractors"
 "Well?"
 If half the stories I hear are true Lige's got gallon of corn flicker bur jed about every twenty feet on his farm, with just little dirt on top, so he can get at it without much trouble when tn spirit moves him. AS long as Lige Is in his right mind you couldn't get him to run as heavy a thing as a tractor over his land. It's too durned fertile. e."-Birmingham Age Herald.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

Since the president has settled the pened. The whole pack of wise stiffs have leaped into the fray telling what should and what should not have beer done, Investigating, flaying and trying to show what an awful crime has beer perpetrated by the administration The average citizen has to have hi head screwed on pretty level these days, or else he will lose sight of the truth altogether and lose the power o distinguishing between fact and fictior hot air and reason,
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Arden, Dec. Fl
ienr SanIl t'lAll

Lear Santa Claus
 l forgot to write to you till to late of this to be published I am afraid but will risk it so please bring me some dolls, toys, fruits and some candy and nuts. I won't ask for much this time. Please don't forget my lit tie cousin, Genia Neal Perry for hel papa is very sick and also my little nephew, Joe Curry Gordon. Bring them something nice My mammg would be glad of a present from you so please don't forget ne.
 RUBY FAY CURRY.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

We are glad to note that our friend, w. J. Old, who has been in the round house for overhauling this fall, is again in the running and spreading himself on his editorial page. Mir. Old is one of those characters, who when he runs out of something else to write about, just fires loose and frankly writes a few of the things he is think ing about. He seems to get by with it too.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Last of CaIapooias Dies.

Down around Cottage Grove, Ore, the Old-timers are only discussing what they remember of the Calapooia Indian tribe. The last specimen of the tribe, Sam Fern, went to the happy hunting grounds a few days ago and the peo- pie at Cottage Grove are wondering what will become of the land which the Calapooia tribe was using. Some of it is exceptionally fertile land. The tribe got It's name from the range of mountains in that vicinity, or vice versa, and the Calapooia were always a peaceful band. This tribe went through the great fire which swept the coast range about a century ago, when the only way the Indians could save themselves was to remain in the rivers for several days The fire was so in- tense that the water became War1. CalapOoia Indians declared that the wild animals also fled to the river and wolves and deer padded around to- gether in perfect harmony.-Portland OregOnian.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

We are all glad to see few days of pretty weather just at this time It is bad luck to forecast that it will re- main thusly for very long, but the weather always has had habit of changing for the better or the worse sooner or later.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

We are giving warning that after the first of the year the political cam paign will open. It's a good long heat this year and there will be plenty of time for the short horses to show what they can do and drop out. By spring it will be easily apparent who will go the whole route, particularly with the reference to the state races.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

Ashdown has had the usual large crowds of Christmas shoppers the pas few days. They can Gnj most any thing that they might want in our var ious stores, Those who have not com pleted their shopping have just ane day left, and it would never do in the world to put if off until next year.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
While we are waiting for the build ing boom people are living in tents

Here's hoping that the shipload of anarchists. bomb artists and parlor socialists. who are being shipped back to Russia. will have a merry Christ mas and plenty of fireworks.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Artist Vs. Photoarapher.

Early in the submarine campaign, one of our boats was given coat of camouhage and when the vessel sailed from it's pier in the North river New York, the owners sent a photographer two or three piers down the river to photograph the ship as she went by. He took the picture, writes A. Russell Bond, in his inventions of the Great War" but when the negative was de- veloped, much to his astonishment, he found that the boat was not all on the plate. In the finder of his camera, he had mistaken a heavy band of black paint for the stern of the ship, quite overlooking the real stern, which was painted a grayish white. The artist had fooled the photographer and at a distance of not more than POO or 300 yards.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Arden, Dec, 19.
Dear Santa Claus:
W ICH IOIS OI IOCt,
 ERNA PATTERSON,

Dear Santa Claus:
 Please came to my little sister and l. I want you to bring me some can dy, some nuts of all kinds, and little doll and bed, My little sister wants a doll and a little piano and dear Santa please don't forget my cousin, Gather inc Starks. She wants a doll bed too, JOANNA and NETTIE BELL BUCKET
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
For Prosecuting Attorney.

We are authorized to announce c. E. Johnson as a candidate for Pros ecuting Attorney of the Ninth Julicial Circuit, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

The News wishes its readers aad friends 2 hap3y and a bright Christ. mas, and hopes ta2t yoq Will nave all the spareribs, backbone and ssusse7s that you c5a eat. Isn't tha a6oat s9- ing the limit on good wishes?
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
 Please bring ne a bicycle, some fire orks, wagon a steam engine, any anything else an eleven year old boy woald enjoy. And please bring my sEJlTs bgo her, EcheI, velocipede and d toy Uog, and sister a great big doll. Of course we want some fruits, candy and nuts, Thank you so much 5 u.as1. I..It5,1llu5 ed &a4pay Ne# year
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
AshdoWn, Dec. 2t.
RUBY FAY CURRY.
IT Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
 1 am a little girl. I want you tC bring me something nice for Chrisn- mas. l go to school and take music l like to have forgotten about Christ rlas as papa has all ready brought us c nice piano please don't forget ms two grandmas and grandpa and all my brothers and sisters, papa ana mann ma and don't forget Uncle Dave anG Aunt Jim for they have been sick SC long and also my teacher Miss Winnie Perry.
 With lots of loce,
 ERNA PATTERSON,
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
From your little boy,
WALLACE R.. McGRAW.

 Dear Santa Claus:
 Please bring me a wagon, an Eskl- mo doll, dog, and a pair of billy goats to work to my wagon. 1 want pedal car too, Punch and Judy Doll, too, a tricycle., like Jacobs and some candy, apples, oranges and nuts. From your four year old boy,
 ECKEL McGj0AW.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Model Husband.

"Jonesy's military training has cer- tainly fitted him for married life"
 "How's thatf
 "When his wife hauls him over the coals he stands at attention" Home Sector.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
For TreaSurer.

We are authorized to announce Prof. T. T. c. Anderson as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer, sub ject to the action of fthe Democratic primary, August, 1920.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Ashdown, Dec. 21.

Friend Santa Claus:
 am a little boy eight years old. My birthday is on Christmas day. 1 want you to visit our house and bring me a bugle. q watch, a wagon, a Sandy Andy. some fire works and nuts and ap- pies an1 oranges. I want ask you for any more because want you to carry ]. '. ard Fran and nary some nice things. And don't forget to carry Joseah some nice things.
 Your friend,
 ROLAND PHILLIPS JE
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

II is 10 be aopa8 Ha ls fheom- ing $45.900 special session oL sae leg islature has it's rules and regulations on straight ana will n5t be declared out on account ot d LouI.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Dear Santa Claus:

IJPdT OdHCd CIduo.
 I'd like to have a big doll please, with long curls, and doll carriage and lots of clothes in pretty doll trunk. And could you bring me a lit tie outfit to wash my dollies' clothes I want lots of other things but if youl Il bring these, I'll be glad. and love you always,
 Your little grille,
 ALTA E. McGRAW.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24

Advertising is a dynamic force working for you at all times. It mul- tiplies the power Of your sales argu-
 nentz bg ha circulation of your news paper IL adds daily to your net pro
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Ashdown, Dec. IF.

Dear Santa:
 Please bring me that doll I seen at he Model Drug Store dressed in a soi iier3 uniform, lavalier, ring, sCmc oranges, apples and candy, That i, all for this time
 Your favorite pet.
 ] kNA WALDO.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
E4ditl9naf E.esasTs to
SanE.l &a..us.
AShdown, Dec. 21.

AShdown, Dec 21 Friend Santa Claus:
 i am a good little girl seven years old My birthday is on Thanksgiving. want you to come to see me Christ mas and blIng me doll and a doll bed and buggy, and kitchen cabinet and set of dishes and nuts and candy and apples and oranges, I wont ask for any more because 1 want you to carry Robert Earnest and Magic and Earl some nice things.
 Your little girl,
 NETTA BELLE PHILLIPS
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
AshdiOwn, Dec. 22.

Friend Santa Claus:
 I am a little girl five years old. want you to come to see me Christi mas and bring me doll, a buggy, a doll bed wheelbarror, kitchen cabinet, little wagon, some fire works and candy and apples and or anges. 1 wont ask for any more be- cause 1 want you to carry Nelliemay and Joe and Joseph some nice things.
 Your little girl,
 KATHERINE PHILLIPS.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
AshdoWn, Dec. r.

Dear Santa:
 l am little girl, just 8 years old. I want you to bring me a big doll with curley hair, doll buggy ana candy, oranges, apples and nuts of all kinds. Bring me some fire crackers.
 Your little girl,
 JETTIE WALDO.
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
iRREPARAaLE LOSS TO WORLD
etroyed ! the ttuns, Gan by No ossi5LIitY ae Rep Laoea.

The completeness with which the faHoa~ library of LeuVain WAS de stroyad coues out in 1he report of the American committee which has been vfsiaua the ruin With view to building d new hbrary of Louyain, which is to he the Free gift of the United Seates.' Some of the walls, pjl- lars ami Uuttresses remain standing and eypa rafaa fheir carvings and sculptures. bat e idea of rebuilding the library has been abandoned. Of the contents of the Louvain library nothing at al is left; the few volumes that were found still retaining their shape erumb1ed when touched. Aside from the thousands of volumes that can be replaced the ruin contains the ashes of at least thousand manu- scripts that were priceless, because it would be impossible to replace them. There were, one may admit, more widely important things in the world, for example, than the two autograph manuscripts of DionySius CarthuSien- sis, but Louvain was proud to possess those specimens of his handwriting, and all the wealth of the United States cannot give them back.-Chris- tian Science Monitor
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
Exact Locality.

Docs your employer,sas alleged. live in melancholy sequestratlon
 "No, sir; he lives In the suburbAs
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
onr little friend

Your IlttIe frIend, want doll and train nuts and candy
 Love.
 KATHLEEN TWYMAN
The Little River news., 1919-12-24
laSs5lld@ ,n.

 Dear Santa; ! vaEt doiI with hair and cradle d taHia=nut> and candy love gous
 MORJ0RY TH.YAIAN. F S Take some Hiea things to the Doct CaiidFafG
 Asnd9an, A3k. Dec 2Z Dear santa Claus: know thaf you haze lots of little girls and boys to take toys, so 1 vii! not ask you for much this time, want Iiltle stove, g pretty little doll with long curly hair, and a little set of dishes.
 Rour little friend,
 FRANCIS HILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-06
CATCH SHORTY
FLINT, MICH.
Escaped AledO Prisoner in Prison
and Mercer Can Get Him II
Il Wants to.

Matthew England. better known
as shorty" has been heard from.
He is in durance vile at Flint, Mich,
though officers confess that they
have nothing tangible upon which
TO hold him longer than Oct. IS.
Shorty was doing time in the
Mercer county Jail for burglary.
That was several months ago. He
was sentenced for a year and had
most of the term to serve when he
took advantage Of a chance to es-
cape. He was working in a street
gang under the eye of an officer
and found an opportunity when
vigilance was relaxed for moment
to beat it.
Nothing was heard from him till
a letter came from the police at
Flint. It stated that Shorty had
been taken in for grand larceny,
but the state failed to make out it's
c.s;e and the former Aledo prison
er was being held temporarily on a
minor charge. Letters found on him
told of the escape from the jail
here.
Sheriff Fleming Is debating wheth-
er to go after England or let him go
free. In the latter event it is prob
able that he will give this locality
a wide berth and the county will be
money ahead and just as well on
otherwise.