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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
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Attorney - at- Law
Notary Public
Office, corner 5th and E
Anchorage, - - Alaska
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Lawyer
Office: Robart Block
MURPHY & AliMY
Attorneys at Law
, Next Door Times Office
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Alaska Bldg. Anchorage
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Lawyer
, Hewitt Building
Anchorage - - - - Alaska
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Attomey-at-Law
Seward
M. J. CONROY,
Attorney at Law.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Anchorage : : : Alaska
R. C. MATHIS
Dentist
Alaska Building
Anchorage, Alaska
DR. E. F. GERMAN
DENTISTRY.
Hewitt Bldg. Fourth Ave. Phone 7-Y
Dr. K. A. Kyvig
Physician and Surgeon
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage, - - A.aska
cm. M. 8_ COBLE—
Physician and Surgeon
Alaska Building,
Corner of 4th and O.
DR. F. A. ROSS
Dentist
Alger Block, Anchorage
DR. J. H. McCALLIE
DENTIST
Cor. 4th and C St. Anchorage
II. E. ELLSWORTH
Established 1U05. •
Assayer and Chemist
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SEWARD - - - ALASKA
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O. K. Bath House and Barber
Shop.
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Phil J. Eckert, Proprietor.
C. HENNING,
TAILOR
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Suite
Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. 4th
Ave. and D St.
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Horseshoeing a Specialty
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Cor. C and Second Anchorage
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Under this head short articles will
appear on Tuesdays and Saturdays
on subjects relating to public health.
Colds.
The past few weeks have been pro
ductive of many colds, which are apt
to develop into pneumonia. There is
no longer any doubt but that colds are
contagious or "catching.” It has been
proven that colds are due to organ
isms and we have a serum or bacterin
for treatment on the same principle
that tuberculosis and diphtheria are
treated, with the exception that we
have not yet isolated the single one
organism that is the sole cause, but
have a group that contains the one,
and that group is used in the same
way that a single one would be used,
and with equally good results. There
are several organisms found in the
discharges from the nose and throat
any one of which may be the one that
is sought. This serum is given hypo
dermically.
Colds may be avoided by having the
living quarters well ventilated, by pro
viding plenty of fresh air, by sleep
ing out of doors as much as possible,
by keeping the body clean and by
avoiding contact with any person that
has a cold. Persons with a cold should
avoid coughing or sneezing in the face
of another person and should use their
own towel and no other. Never use
the handkerchief of another person.
Another common cause of colds in
children is -the presence of tonsils and
adenoids and wherever these are pres
ent they should be removed as soon as
possible as the swollen and inaflmed
mucous membrane makes an admir
able culture ground for the organ
isms because it has the moisture and
heat necessary to their growth, as
well as having the little crypts, in the
tonsil open at all times to receive any
other kind of organisms that may
j find their way into the mouth, and
the mouth abounds in organisms at all
times.
Sudden chilling of the surface of the
body when it is bathed in perspiration
is another common cause of colds and
should be avoided; take time to cool
off before going out into cold weather,
j and put on a wrap when you want to
step out the door as it only takes a
moment to chill the surface of the
body. After taking a hot bath it is
! best to cool the body again by a spray
of cool water or an alcohol rub. Cold
bathing in the morning is recommend
, ed for general good results and for
! the well person it is good, but should
be used with caution, especially by the
advanced in age or those who are not
in good health, and should be used
only on the advice of a physician.
Whenever a common cold faiis to re
spond to the usual home measures,
don’t delay, but consult your physi
cian as you may be developing a
more serious condition than you
think.
Adenoids and Tonsils.
These two conditions usually go to
gether because both develop under
I practically the same surroundings.
| When a child reaches the age of 12
i years without having had adenoids >t
is not apt to have them later, but may
develop enlarged tonsils at any age
later. For this you will see that ade
noids is confined to the early years
while tonsils may develop up to adult
age. You have seen a tree trunk in
jury followed by a rough, unsightly
overgrowth at the point of injury that
seems to follow no definite line of
growth but spreads over the surface
of the tree in all directions like a huge
tumor. An adenoid growth on the back
wall of the pharynx may be likened
to this tree growth. It grows on the
mucous membrane surface of the back
wall of the pharynix about directly
back of the nostril and hard palate,
extending upward and sometimes
! downward. Sometimes these growths
become hard and gristle like and some
are soft and spongy—always they are
freely supplied with new blood vessels
and when they are removed they bleed
freely.
Their upward growth is what pro
duces mouth breathing and deafness
by covering the posterior openings of
the nose and the inner opening of the
Eustachian tube that leads to the ear,
closure of which disturbs the. air bal
ance in the middle ear and interferes
with hearing.
In the early stage of adenoids *he
symptoms are not marked but as the
growth increases the child will sleep
with open mouth or be seen to sit or
play with open mouth because breath
ing through the nose is'difficult. This
becomes more noticeable as weeks go
by and soon the Child will be inatten
tive because he does not hear when
spoken to and the face loses its ex
pression, the eyes become dull and in
a well marked case one look at the
face establishes the diagnosis. Such
a child is mentally dull, not inclined to
play as much as usual and if attend
ing school will fall behind in his class
3S. Removal of the trouble works like
magic, and the sooner it is done the
more marked the result because when
a child breathes through its mouth
for a year or two it becomes a habit
and it takes time to overcome it. For
that reason the chance for good re
sults in chronic cases are less.
In enlarged tonsils we have an over
growth of a normally placed struc
ture. It becomes swollen and supplied
with new vessels and the little crypts
or mouths of the ducts are wide open
so that any organisms that find their
way into the blood or lymph stream.
That is why enlarged tonsils are a
menace to a child by making him more
liable to catch contagious diseases, be
cause the majority of contagious dis
eases are contracted through the
throat. A tonsil is somewhat similar
in structure to a cauliflower, the little
mouths or crypts leading into ducts
that join and finally empty into the
lymph channel, so you can readily
see how organisms deposited on the
surface of the tonsil find their way
into the body.
Furthermore the surface of the ton
sil is always moist and warm, the con
dition that favors the growth of or
ganisms, so that they can live for
some time on the surface before being
taken into the blood or lymph stream.
Many people believe that removal
of the tonsils destroys the voice, but
there is no proof that this is true; in
fact there is proof that it does not af
fect the voice. Even if it were true,
what is the value of a slight differ- j
nece in the voice when compared to
the great danger the child is in from
catching diphtheria or scarlet fever or
any other of the several diseases that
we know are contracted through the j
mouth, and thereis ample proof that,
enlarged tonsils make a child much
more liable to these diseases. When
tonsils are enlarged 75 per cent of the
time they offer vastly more obstruc
tion to the passage of in and and out
through the mouth than if the space
occupied by a normal sized tonsil is
slightly depressed. A smooth wall
without obstructions or depressions is
most desirable for the production of
pure and smooth tones, provided the
tones are there to begin with, and
that depends on factors that are not
influenced either for or against the
presence of tonsils.
in regard to local or medical treat
ment of enlarged tonsils to reduce or j
remove them it may be alright for
temporary use and should be used un
til all acute inflammation is subsided,!
before removal, but its result is not
apt to be permanent and should not be !
relied on. In regard to permanency j
of cure in either tonsils or adenoids I
the latter sometimes return if not'
thoroughly removed, but the former |
almost never return if completely re- j
moved. Sometimes if certain instru- j
ments are used in removal the tips
only are snipped off and the larger j
part of the gland is left—such a re- i
moval is no removal at all and will
have to be done again some time.
Headache.
There are some people who can
truthfully say that they have never
had a headache, but they are very few
compared to the large number who
suffer from headache in some degree,
from the occasional attack each two
or three months, to the unfortunate
individual who has what are called
“sick’' headaches, more properly
known as migrane. A brief descrip
tion of a few types will not be out of j
place here.
Probably the most common cause of
headache in both sexes is constipation
and whenever this is present prompt
measures must be taken to relieve it.
This will necessitate finding the
cause and removing it, which will of
ten be found to be carelessness, un
; comfortable or insanitary toilets,or
| entire lack of such at place of em
ployment, improper diet, incomplete
j mastication of food, insufficient quan
i tity of water drunk during the day or
' possibly faulty nerve supply of the
I bowel. Headaches from this cause are
! directly due to the development of
toxins or poisonous substances in the
bowel and their absorption into the
tissues of the body, and this kind of
headache is apt to be located in the
back of the head. Elimination of
these toxins relieves the headache.
Another cause of headache is bad
air. A person may work all day in
a crowded, overheated and poorly ven
tilated room and late in the afternoon
develop a headache, or sleep in a
warm, poorly ventilated room and in
the morning waken with a dull head
ache. This can be prevented by hav
ing more frequent change of air.
Eye strain may produce headache by
reason of the long continued effort to
accommodate the eye to improper dis
tance between the eye and the work,
improperly placed, too much or too lit
tle light on the work, or a real need
of glasse's. This is a common cause
of headache among school children.
Tight hats are the cause of many
headaches among men, and they also
cause baldness. The unhygienic hard
derby hat is the worst offender.
Some special diseases are character
ized by headache, as an early symp
tom such as grip, tonsilitis, typhoid
fever and others.
There is a condition known as Sinus
infection that is characterized by se
vere headache over the eye and is
caused by an infection of the frontal
sinus, a cavity in the frontal bone of
the skull directly over the eye socket.
In this condition the bone is tender to
tough and on account of the pain be
ing over the eye and perhaps extend
ing up onto the forehead to some ex
tent it is apt to be considered an ord
inary headache. This condition often
demands surgical treatment, just as
infection of the cavity in the cheek
bone or the mastoid behind the ear.
Headache in women is quite often
due to displacement of the uterus or
may be one of a group of symptoms
that accompany unrepaired lacerations
of the cervix received at childbirth.
This can only be relieved by doing the
necessary repair work, and this should
be done early, as it is easier by so do
ing to prevent these symptoms than it
is to cure them later by doing the
same work, for the reason that the
nervous system has been subjected to
too many shocks in the way of re
peated headaches and other pains,
which have so reduced the reserve of
nerve force that it cannot recover.
The bank account of nerve force has!
been drawn upon too heavy and too;
often.
Migraine; Hemicrania or “sick”
headache, is almost a disease by it
self and entitled to really more at
tention than will be given it. In the
first place it is probably hereditary,
as many instances are found where
both mother and daughter have it, |
and it affects the female sex more of- j
ten than the male. It recurs some- j
times with weekly or monthly regu-1
larity and is often preceeded by nau- j
sea and vomiting—sometimes called a'
"bilious” headache. Very often there!
are “spots” before the eyes and some- j
times vertigo or dizziness. After one j
to three days of this the pain comes j
on and often is only on one side, j
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Wood for Sale!
Seasoned birch wood cut and split
in 16-inch length. Phone 46-R.
ANCHORAGE SUPPLY CO. Phone
46-R. 11
See the Thanksgiving special ad
vertisement of Felix Brown & Co.,
this paper. 33
Seattle Second-hand Store buys and
sells everything. D and 4th Ave.
11-6-tf
Hot, cold and mixed drinks at Peter
son’s. 19
All kinds harness repair work done'
by Bartholf, between 6th and 6th, near
C St. 20
P55fi2fiSi2i
He Had No Bank Account
He had some money—but he had no Bank Ac
count. He could not see the need of one. He
) had a splendid chance to enlarge his business
and make big money. He had not enough cash
on hand. He was unable to borrow any from a
Bank, because as he kept no Bank Account the
Bank knew nothing about his financial respon
sibility.
Does This Mean You?
OUR TOTAL DEPOSITS ARE NOW OVER $413,000.00
We Are Growing Daily; Why Not Open An
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NEXT DOOR TO HARMONY THEATRE
Wrangell
ALASKA TRANSFER
Express ana Heavy Hauling Storage in Connection
COAL AND WOOD
OFFICE LATHROP BLDG.
ALFRED BENSON, Prop.
THE PLACE where restful hours can be spent with all
your friends.
CIGARS, FRUITS, CANDY AND SOFT DRINKS OF
ALL KINDS.
City Drug Store
THE REXALL STORE Dr. K. A. Kyrig, Prop.
We carry a large assortment of imported French and
domestic Perfumes, Soaps and Toilet Articles. A full
stock of the great Rexall line. Rubber goods and Station
ary the best in the world. A11 af^J^risii^ly low prices.
IT PAYS TO TRADE HERE.
THE BON MARCHE
___ Opp. Postoffice
Thanksgiving Sale! i
We will give 25 per cent discount or 1-4 off on all }
our .Ladies’ Fur Coats, Plush Coats, Cloth Coats, ]
Tailored Suits, Skirts, Fur Sets, Muffs and Stoles |
for this week only. ]
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You’d better hurry and make your selection.
Special sale on all our Ladies’ Comftys, Felt Mocca
sins, and Felt Slippers, $2 values, sale price $1.25
Children’s Plush Leggings, $1.25 values, sale price
75 cents.
The BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
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