From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, May 19, 1919: The modern health crusade poster exhibit, sponsored by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association, begins today with 1,500 posters displayed in various downtown store windows. Florence Fitch, Indianapolis Public Schools art supervisor, conducted contests among seventh and eighth grade art students from which the posters were selected. The “Swat the Fly” campaign motivated their efforts, and some merchants allowed the children to paint pictures of the fly on show-window glass. Begun last fall under the auspices of the Tuberculosis Association and the local Junior Red Cross, the Modern Health Crusade has enlisted 35,000 Indianapolis and Marion County children in a program for developing health-forming habits. There are only a few city schools where health crusade pins have not been awarded, and it is these schools the various health associations will turn their attention.
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