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PHONE MAIN 48.
Entered as sscond-class mattsr Feh.
28, 1807, at th* poitofflc# at Nome,
Alaska, under the Act of Congress of
March 1 1878.
Copy for regular advertisements
must be tn by 10 o’clock on th# day of
pubUoatlsn, 2 .1
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 19x6
The last report of the bureau
of vital statistics of the depart
ment of commerce discloses some
remarkable facts relative to lilt
causes of human mortality and
also furnishes some interesting
testimony concerning the value
of modern theraputic methods,
particularly in the matter of the
prevention and control of those
diseases which have long been
‘in ^“'‘swellingfeM*
death rate.
Probably the most important
showing disclosed by the report is
in the matter of the control of
that greatest of all human
courges, tuberculosis. The death
ate from this disease, which in
»joo was *201.9 per one thousand
jl population, has now fallen to
146.8, a decrease of more than
.wenty seven per cent. Consid
ering the altogether baffling na
ture of the disease this showing
u really remarkable and speaks
volumes for the value of the mod*
ern metho’ds of treatment;
Pneumonia al9o shows a sub
stantial decrease as the rate has
fallen from 180-5 in 1900 to 12/
last year or a decrease of 53.5 in
vach hundred thousand popula
tion Typhoid, up to a few years
igo, one of the most dreaded of
the so-called curable disease*,
shows a decrease of more than
50 per cent in the same period.
The greatest results, however,
,-p diown in the case of diphther
a as the percentage of deaths re
,ulting from that disease have
tallen to considerably less than
one halt since 1900.
On the other hand, those type*
a diseases which have their ori
gin in organic defects or deterior
ation have shown advances of
considerable porportion. Heart
disease, Bright’s disease and a
number of others have increased
10 such degree as to practically
offset the gains in other direc
tions. Deaths from acute nephri
tis, cancer and other malignant
tumors and also nerve disorders
all show large increases over the
figures of earlier years. Appop
lexy and diabetes also show
marked increases. The most
prominent feature of the report
is the disclosure that, while the
number of deaths from the
diseases incident to the youthful
periods of life have fallen off in
a most remarkable degree, there
has been a marked increase in
the death rate from disease inci
dent to middle age. While there
has "been immense improvement
in some respects and a decided
decrease in the number of deaths
from several forms of disease that
have at all previous periods tak
en a great toll of human lives, the
death rate from other diseases has
greatly increased- Two theories
are advanced to account for this
t KrttU nra r\f ctirK vnPAtl.
elusive nature as to provoke an
abundance of argument and some
sharply defined differences of
opinion.
The first theory is that the
alleged high pressure of modern
life is such as to make middle age
a more dangerous period of life
than was formerly tne case owing
o the greater wear and strain on
the bouily faculties. The other is
_ 1 the great gains made in the
saving of infant life within the
present generation has resulted in
permitting many of naturally fee
ble constitution to survive until
more mature periods than form
erly. This means that those who
would have succumbed to the dis
eases of childhood under mor*
primitive condition are granted
an extension of life until they
reach the period where their
naturally feeble constitutions are
not sufficiently resistent to over
come the diseases more incident
to maturity.
HOW THE AEROPLANE
FINDS THE SUBMARINE
The war of aeroplane against
submarine is the greatest novelty
of the present conflict. It has
required considerable experimen
tation to arrive at the best meth
od of finding the submarine, when
stibmarged for the observer in the
aeroplane cannot rely upon his
naked eye alone.
The aeronaut uses something
like a telescope with the end di
rected downward. A mirror be
fore his eyes shows him all that
is passing beneath. Should he
fly very close to the water the
range of vison becomes very nar
row, for the space under the tele
scopic eye is proprtionate to the
distance of the' aeroplane frQiu
the surface of the water.
In other words, the higher an
aeroplane flies the more he can
see, because his field of vision is
in proportion to the height at
which he flies. For this reason,
itish aeronauts when searching
for submarine prey fly rather
high, and thus cover a wide space
of the sea as they sweep over it.
There is another advantage in fly
ing high The observers In the
submarine cannot see more than
a shadow when they are sub
inergeu’and the high-flying aero
plane casts no shadow as the low
flying one does.
rOMPI RTF. R\CE STORY.
A complete story of tne nu Ainc..
ka Sweepstakes Dog race, day by
day, with the score card wau
printed in issue of April 13
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ies will be on sale at this office.
I
/|S in the hands of a committee
composed of the heads of all
the organizations of Nome;
who rely upon the support and
co-operation of every citizen to
demonstrate that Nome Is ever
ready to answer the call of Hu
manity
^HE best dramatic and musical
talent of Nome, the most
proficient entertainers, the
most skilled culinary experts and
all the rest, rejoice in the oppor
tunity to donate their services.
EVERY $ TAKEN IN GOES TO THE BENEFICIARY
Professional Cards
Dr. A. F. Heimlich
PHYSICIAN AND 8UR0MN.
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Qffie* and Ra»id«no*
OVER HILL’S PHARMACY.
Offioa hourai 2-6 and 7-S p. m.
Phone Main 7.
I Water |
For prompt service ;
Phone White 90
i Wm. Pangman ;
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The breakup will be hard,
but we will pull through.
A. D. POTEET
WATER DELIVERY
Phone Red 126
:: BOARD of TRADE ::
II Restaurant 11
4 1 4 |
and
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:: LUNCH COUNTER i
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;; Hodini & flilo, Prop. ;
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| CARLETON A COMPANY
; General Hardware dk ;
! MINING SUPPLIES ;
| 310 Front St. Pbon* Haln 11 j
|| NORTHERN STARS j
! ; PREPARED TO DO ADD J
!; kinds or work ;
' > now aheveled, oarpet* ala an ad <
<! and odd Job* neatly don* <
J > Doc team* for hire . J
JI Pbon* Whit* 114 IJ
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THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES III
Why pay the Baking Powder
Co. 400 per cent profit? 35c sav
ed on every lb. of Baking Powder
means a saving of $7 to $14 in
one year; is this worth while?
We sell the recipe for making
Baking Powder for 10c a lb. at
home, equal to the best on the
market that costs 45c or more a
lb- Receipts for making ealfly
and quickly, $r
THE ULTILITIES MFfi.
R. R. 39 Stamford. Conn.
MEETING NOTICE.
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THE NOME BARTENDER'S UNION
Looal IN, & l L of A (Affiliated
with the A. F. of L.) meats every first
Sunday in each month at 11 a. m.
AL. saCHOLSOlf. Sees.
j W. J. ROWE j
i TRINSFER 4N0 FREIGHTING 5
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| Dealer in all kinds of Lumber j
1 Hay and Grain j
I Horses For Sale;
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| Hoard of Trade J
Swill be pleased to supply your home
with family liquors. Just call Main
4 34, we will do the rest. 4
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Established June I WO
Alaska Banking M
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....$125,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Bv.'eineas Tran
sacted.
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: STEAM LAUNDRY S
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» Phona Main 5$. JJ
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? th# up to laimHry. Rougn H
JJ dry work our apoeialty. Give u« *
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j THE MAR IS III
We have reeelved advloaa at < J
| advance# on all olaaaaa of Hard* <
I j | ware outside. Tou aaa atlli totr# j
! j! advantage here, however, of tvt 1J
| J i great reduction we have already ' ’
J i J announced that will oontlnue till 1J
< | the tine for steak taking < J
DAIUJNB * DKAN CO. • J
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Miners & Merchants
Bank of Alaska
NOME, ALASKA
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Capital ■ - $100,000
Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
ji: Fresh killed
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ji: pork every Fri.
|i: and Sat
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jj INDEPENDENT ji
ii Ml AT MARKET ;;
:: W.H. WEBB, prop.::
NORTH POLE BAKERY
ANVIL BAKERY
BEGINNING MONDAY, juNE 7TH, THE PRICE OF BREAD
WILL BE W CENTS PER LOAF OR THREE LOAVES FOR B
CENTS. THE SIZE OF LOAVES HAVE BEEN INCREASED
WHIGN INSURES MORE AND BETTER BREAD FOR OUR
PATRONSl
CHAS, CAVEY, Prop.
We Will Purchase
EMPTY COAL SAX
In Good Condition
8 CENTS EACH
Alaska Illiterate & (ommercial Co.
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