Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1916 — Save the Babies. [ARTICLE]

Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY fa something frightful. We can hardly realize that of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent., or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven percent., or more than one-third, before they are five,, and one-half before they are fifteen I . _ , ~ We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children 8 <* )ra lfl|U? ta more or less opium or morphine. They are, iu quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Castoria operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Castoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the 4* - pores of the skin and allays fever. rS Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of