We must fight two foes. The German enemy abroad and the germ enemy at home. 1,500 Illinois soldiers have been sent home because they have tuberculosis. There will be more. They deserve the best care that is possible to provide. They offered to die for us - it is our duty to give for them. ... 100,000 additional cases of tuberculosis exist in Illinois' civilian population. Scores of them are to be found in this county. They are dying because there is no hospital to which they may go for renewed health. They are spreading this disease. You or some member of your family may be the next victim. Meet this danger to yourself, your family, your neighborhood and your county by voting: For the levy of a tax for a county tuberculosis sanitarium. The cost to you--The price of one square meal a year.
