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Show Watch the "Common Cold" Most citizens of this valley look upon th? common h'ad cold as an inconvenient but not a ccstly or dangerous a'lment. Dr. L'.oyct Arnold, of trfe C;lle:e cf Med clr.e of the University of niinoi", says that these afflictions will cc.'t lh- Am'rican pecp'.e $100,000,000 betw'e.en now and Easter Eas-ter a; d causs eighty thousand mora d:aths than for any other six month- of the y'ar. He estimate es-timate that two million wa?e 'ia' ners will be sick from eclds, or sinu;: infections, sore throat, influenza in-fluenza and pnrumonia that follow fol-low or trgin as head colds. They will lose on the average eight days from work. Reading of this estimate should causa th average person to b--more careful and1, by avoiding exposure, ex-posure, prevent colds. They should al'o emphafiz the danger that lurk in th-. common cold, neglected neglec-ted by the patient. |