Word: rurals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some time close observers have remarked the absence from the small town press of that virile political flavor which formerly distinguished it. Rural newspaper have come to rely more and more upon advertising for their support. And since advertisers are particularly capricious in bestowing their patronage, experience has taught the rural editor to curb his native vigor. The doctrine preached by the late Mr. Munsey has triumphed...
...with the growing tendency to use vapid syndicated material, their news columns have also degenerated in to stagnancy. In truth there can be no doubt that the decline of their press is largely responsible for the present apathy of the rural electorate...
...need and value of rural hospitals in the U. S. have been so great that the Department of Agriculture has made a national survey, the report of which it made public last week...
There live in rural territory 50,000,000 people. Those isolated especially in the mountain regions, suffer considerably from poor light and insufficient heat in their homes, ignorance of proper food preparations, ignorance of the transmission of diseases, absence of sanitation, early marriages with a high death rate for mothers and children, and the lack of doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics and dispensaries. In one North Carolina county 5,000 people, half of the population, were examined for hookworm; 42% were infected. Trachoma, the highly infectious eye disease, was present in 2.3% of 816 children seen...
...study and correlation of new departures in the educational field, the proposed Department could no doubt do helpful work. In the rural districts especially, it could render an important service by helping newly elected school superintendents to solve their administrative problems. But the present Bureau of Education if sufficient funds were provided, ought to be as competent a collector of information and disseminator of advice...