The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-10-24

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VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, October 24, 1918.
No. 19.
UNCLE SAM'S
FLU
U. S. Public Health Service Issues
Official Health Bulletin
on Influenza.
LATEST  WORD   ON   SUBJECT.
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In
Origin—Germ Still Unknown—People Should Guard Against "Droplet
Infection"—Surgeon General Blua
Makes Authoritative Statement
County Seat Callings.'Letter From
Washington, D. C—(Special.)—Although King Alphonso of Spain was
one of the Victims of the Influenza epidemic In 1803 and again this summer,
Spanish authorities repudiate any
claim to Influenza as a "Spanish" disease. If the people of this country do
not take care the epidemic will become so widespread throughout the
United States that soon we shall hear
the disease called "American" Influenza.
In response to a request for definite
Information concerning Spanish Influenza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of
the U. S. Public Health Service has
authorized the following official Interview :
What Is Spanish Influenza? Is It
something new? Does It come from
Spain?
"The disease now occurring In this
country and called 'Spanish Influenza' resembles a very contagious kind
of 'cold' accompanied by fever, pains
Coughs and Sneezes
Spread Diseases
As Dangerous as Poison Gas Shells
In the head, eyes, ears, back or other
parts of the body and a feeling of severe sickness. In most of the cases the
symptoms disappear after three or four
days, the patient then rapidly recovering. Some of the patients, however,
develop pneumonia, or inflammation
of the ear, or meningitis, and many of
these complicated cases die. Whether
this so-called 'Spanish' influenza la
Identical with the epidemics of Influenza of earlier years is not yet known.
"Epidemics of influenza have visited
this country since 1C47. It Is Interesting to know that this first epidemic
was brought here from Valencia,
Spain. Since that time there have
been numerous epidemics of the disease. In 1S89 and 1890 an epidemic
of influenza, starting somewhere In tbe
Orient, spread first to Russia and
thence over practically the entire civilized world. Three years later there
was another flare-up of the disease.
Botli times the epidemic spread widely over the United States.
"Although tbe present epidemic is
-called 'Spanish influenza,' there is no
reason to believe that it originated in
Spain. Some writers who have studied
the question believe that the epidemic
came from the Orient and they call attention .£o the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring along
the eastern front In the summer and
Jail of 1917."
How can "Spanish Influenza" be recognized?
"There Is as yet no certain way In
which a'-single case of 'Spanish influenza' can be recognized. On the oth-
£r hand,", recognition is easy where
there Is a group of cases. In contrast
to tho outbreaks of ordinary coughs
and coi ds, which usually occur In the
cold mouths, epidemics of influenza
may occur at any season of the year.
Thus the-present epidemic raged most
intensely & Europe in May, June and
July. Moreover, in the case of ordinary colds, the general symptoms
(fever, pain, depression) are by no
moans as severe or as sudd.en In their
onset as they are in Influenza. Finally, ordinary colds do not spread
through the community so rapidly or
so extensively as does Influenza.
"In most cases a person taken sick
With influenza feels sick rather suddenly. He feels weak, has pains in the
eyes, ears, head or back, and may be
sore   all   over.     Many   patients   feel
zzy, some vomit.    Most of the pa-
c omplain of feeling chilly, and
his co_ac_ a fever in which the
tenTperature rises to 100 to 104.    In
most cases the pulse remains relatively slow.
"In appearance one Is struck by tho
fact that the patient looks sick. His
eyes and the inner side of his eyelids
niny be slightly 'bloodshot,' or 'congested,' as the doctors say. There
may be running from the nose, or
there may be some cough. These signs
of a cold may not be marked; nevertheless the patient looks and feels very
sick.
"In addition tp the appearance and
tho symptoms as already describes,
examination of the patient's blood may
aid the physician in- recognizing 'Spanish Influenza,' for It has been found
A published report in a local
paper states that Otto Hoffmann
of the eartern part of the county, who was before the Liberty
Loan committee, had boug-ht
bonds, is entirely wrong-, according to chairman R. B. Millard,
Hoffmann was brought before
tbe committee and flatly refused
to buy bonds. Letters written
by biro a few months ago and
l)is testimony before the committee have been placed with
tlie state safety commission and
charges have been preferred. A
son, Pred B. Hoffmann, bought
$150 in bonds and gave $50 to
the Red Cross. John H. another son, refused to buy and his
case has been taken up with the
draft board and he will likely
be placed in class 1.
Dr. E. L. Fortier, who has
been quite sick from Spanish influenza, is able to be at his office
again.
Mrs, Chas. Kiewel and son
Charles have returned to their
home at Crookston after a visit
with Mrs. Kiewel's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. W- Blake.
Edward Prank, the little son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Moeg-
lein, Jr., died this morning 6:30,
after being ill two weeks. Death
was caused by a complication of
diseases, The funeral was held
privately at one o'clock Friday
afternoon.
A transient was reported to
the police at Little Falls Friday
who had been through the residence portion of the city begging for money. He was ordered to leave the city. Chief of
police Harold Clark requests
that all caces of this kind be
reported to him immediately.
Andrew Faust of Pierz and B.
Burton returned Friday morning from a business trip to Deer
River.
Fr. Victor [John Rassier] is
expected from Mount Angel, Ore., called here by the serious- llness of his father, John
Rassier.
R. Boehm   arrived   Saturday
John Stumpf,
Now In France*
Corbigny, Prance.
Sept. 29-1918.
My Dear Mother:
Just a few lines
to let you know that I am well
and hope these lines will find
you the same. I'm assigned to
the hospital No. 60 in Corbigny,
Prance, and I like it well   here.
Was on the boat 13 days,
coming across. We started to
sail Sept. 1st on Sunday morning and landed Sept. 13, and
haye been traveling until yesterday the 29th. We were the
first U. S. troops that landed
here and the people seemed very glad to see us. They do anything for us. In the afternoon
when I went up town quite a
few children came up and took
a hold of my hand. But the
worst part is the talking with
them as there are only a few
who speak english. So the first
thing I'm going at is to learn
French. I can talk a little already. The town has over 3,000
population.
I attended church today. It
is only three blocks from the
hospital so I will try and go every Sunday.
We are just opening this hospital; getting ready to take in
patients.
Is Rheinhart still at Superior
and how is everything at home?
I long for a letter from you,
as I have not heard from you
for quite a while. But I could
not expect a letter from you because I've been traveling over
four weeks and did not myself
find time to write.
I will close, with love from
your son
John Stumpf.
Camp Hospital 60,
Corbiguy,
Nieves,
France,
The following is a MESSAGE
from KING GEORGE of   Eng-
jland, which   he  sends   to   each
| United States Soldier, received
from   Lakeville     where   he   is
.. -     i     t     mi    : here by Mrs. A.   Stumpf,   sent
teaching a term of school.    The,
by her son John, now in France.
A MESSAGE TO YOU FROM
schools  have  been   closed   because of the influenza epidemic.
There.are 71 cases of inffuen-
za at St. Otto's orphanage according to the Sisters in charge,
58 boys and 13 girls being ill
from the disease.
Miss Hildegarde Rassier came
home from International Falls
last Saturday morning, called
by the serious illness of her
father, John Rassier.
The seven members of the
Felix hous hold, who have been
ill from Spanish influenza are.
reported to be improving. Sheriff Paul Felix and five children
have been ill and the latest victim of the disease at the Felix
home is Mrs. A. Boisjolie, Mrs.
Felix mother.
Judge ot probate E. F. Shaw
fell and broke one of his legs in
two places at about 6:30 yesterday.    He is  at  present   at  St.
-, ,   . ,.       ,       .,  , .  , Nick Kinzer, who came  from
Gabriels     hospital     receiving
,       , , the   state   of   Washington   and
treatment. "
I was visiting relatives at Buck-
Sister Christopher and Miss j man, died last Friday morning
Anna Rassier of St. Cloud ar from pneumonia brought on by
rived here Friday called by the an attack of Spanish influenza,
seilous illness of their father j He was buried at Buckman last
John^assier. Monday.
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE
Vth.
(WINDSOR CASTLE)
Soldiers of the UNITED
STATES, the people of the
British Isles welcome you
on j'our way to take your
stand beside the Armies of
many Nations now' fighting
in the Old World the great
battle for Human Freedom.
The Allies have gained new
heart and spirit in your
company.
I wish that I could shake
the hand of each one of you
and bid you God speed on
your mission.
GEORGE R I.
April 1918.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Nick Kinzer Dies Al Buckman.
Letter From
Reinhart Stumpf
Telling OF Fire
Experience.
Superior, Wis-
Sept. 14-1918.
Dear Mother and all:
Just a line to let
you know that I am well. I
suppose you heard about the big
fire, but you can't imagine how
terrible it was, as I was in it
and it was the worst thing I ever experienced.
Our train just got thru in time
but we almost choked from
smoke as we run through fire
for about 70 miles, over burning
railroad ties and bridges. Yesterday we went back to Moose
Lake with a big long passenger
train to bring in the burned and
injured people to the hospital.
Men, Women and children without any clothes on, hair burnt
off, eyes burnt out, feet aud
hands burnt to a crisp, and they
were bringing them in from the
country and woods by the loads.
In side of 2 hours they brought
in 4 truck loads of dead, which
were picked up along the road
within 3 miles of Moose Lake;
and this fire burnt everything
within 100 miles. The towns of
Moose Lake, Denhain, Lawler,
Otamba, Kettle River, Rice
Lake and others were all burnt
to nothing and every town was
nearly as large as  Pierz. \
Well I must close for this
time. Just got a call to go to
Moose Lake again with a train
to bring in some more burnt up
people.    With love  to all,
Reinhart Stumpf.
Men Gone to Camp
Forrest October U
X
-MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Rounding" Up Of
Loan Slackers To
Be Continued.
Arrangements haye been made
by the general committee for
Morrison County so that all who
are delinquent on their quota of
bonds for the Fourth Liberty
Loan can get them.
Although Morrison county
went over the top the committee feels that it is manifestly
unfair that those who failed to
purchase bonds so far in this
drive should be allowed to get
off without buying their just
proportion.
The central committee will
continue to call delinquents until the entire county has been
canvassed thoroughly.—Transcript.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Junked,
Frankfort, Ind.—Hammering
his presses to junk and casting
all type into one big hell box,
J. P. Reiser suspended the publication of the Kirkland Journal. He sold the remains of the
office as junk and immediately
made arrangements to move his
family7 and household goods
from Kirkland lo Crown Point.
Can you;blame him'.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Mrs. Herman Bentfeld of Genola spent Sunday at the J. M.
i-lake home at Little Falls.
Frank Neisius is reported
seriously ill with Influenza.
The following named men will
be sent to Camp Forrest, Ga.,
October 24th. Those from this
neighborhood are:
John Janorsck,
Frank Marshik,
Arnold Herold,
Casper J. Thommes,
John P. Holm,
~-\john A. Rauch,
Walter E. Carlson,
August Grittner,
"**Jo_ra N. Gross,
"""^Frank Peschel,
Aloysius N. Zenner,
^Martin J. Poster,
Henry Bollig,
Wm. Vetsch,
John Eberto7.ski,
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Men Wiio Left For
Camp Cody Oct.
Following are the names of
ten man from Pierz and neighborhood that were sent to
Camp Cody, New Mexico, Octo.
ber 22:
1917 Class
Ludwig Gau, Pierz,
1918 Class
Christ Morrill, Pierz,
~r*> Frank X. Rauch, Pierz
~AT oseph Prines, Pierz,
Paul W. French, Hillman,
"""John H. Bares, Pierz,
-'^John Philippi, Jr. Pierz,
3John G. Medek, Pierz,
Alternate to 1918 Class
John A. Gallus, Pierz.
■—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
Hold Your War Saving Stamps,
Unfortunately, at present,
there seems to be a tendency a-
mong some of the people of-
Morrison county to cash in their
War Saving Stamps, instead of
holding them as they should as
patriotic citizens, until they
mature on January 1st, 1923,
Those who unnecessarily haye
their War Saying Stamps redeemed before date of maturity,
are not acting the part of patriotic citizens. They are deliberately defeating the purpose
for which this Government security was created. War Savings Stamps are an investment
without superior on the market,
and a person conld far better
afford to economize stringently,
making personal sacrifices if
necessary, rather than ask for
the conversion of these stamps
into money at this time, especially when so doing, deprives
our Government of money which
is so-sorely needed to aid, right
now, in financing the war,
All postmasters in Morrison
county have been requested to
report all cases of W. S. S. redemptions, their addresses and
the reasons advanced by them
as to the necessity for having
their War Savings Stamps redeemed at this crucial time.
J. K. Martin,
Chairman, Morrison County.
—MAKE W.S.S. PLEDGES—
The 13 year old son of JBen
Rose of Lastrup broke his
arm this morning.
Local Happenings   i COFFEE IN LAPLAi
Of the Week!
Beverage Made in Peculiar Way
Pronounced Excellent.
Miss Anna Faust is on the
sick list.
This weather will bring
down the ducks.
Leo Virnig has joined the
service of the S. A. T. C. at
the University of Minnesota. |
Martin Vosen is now working in tlie Frank Shraut
blacksmith shop.
Barney Burton of Little
Falls is touring this end of
the county collecting.
F. H. Ebner, the Elk River
potato man is here again.
He bought spuds here last
year.
P. T. Lamotte  and  C.  A.
Nye of Minneapolis are in
the east end of the county in
quest of ducks.
Sweetened   in   Primitive   Manner, the
Refreshment   Is   Passed   Around
Among Guests After Host Has
Partaken   of   It.
Monument to Genius.
Amid the ruins of the capitol at
Eome, on October 15, 1764, Edward
Gibbon formed the resolve to write
"The Decline and Fall of the ^toman
Empire," and on the night of June 27,
17S7, nearly twenty-three years Inter,
In the summerllouse of his garden, the
last word was written, but in those
laborious years Gibbon had built an
enduring monument to his own genius.
Wm. J. Gravell of • Little
Falls was mentioned in yesterday's casualty list as died
from accident.
J. N. Faust sold his farm,
the old Stangl place 1 mile
east of the village to a Crow
Wing county man.
About 200,000,000 pounds
of sugar will be saved annually by the new regulation
which became effective October 15.
Americans must send to
Europe this year 50 per cent
more food than she sent last
year.
The John Havener family
which formerly lived on the
Jos. Schuh place in Granite
moved to Lesterville, S. D.
last week.
Mrs. Leo Beach of St. Paul
is here visiting her daugMers.
Mrs. Jacob Temp who accompanied her here has returned
to St. Paul.
P. L. Poster reports that
his dredging machine works
perfectly and that it crawls
over swamps and mud holes]
at a rapid rate considering
its weight.
Spanish influenza is now
merely another name for the
old fashioned la grippe that
spread over this . country
twenty-five years ago. However it appears to be niausu-
ally virulent and the death
rate is high.
An American consular officer in
Scandinavia gives the recipe for rnak-,
ing coffee among the Lapps, wlienj
they are so fortunate as to have it'
at all.
Dinner was eaten out of doors, and!
the one dish of the meal consisted of j
roast lemmings, little creatures some-j
thing between a guinea pig and al
rat, and as the officer admits "ex-!
quisitely peculiar" as to their flavor.!
The-party squatted in a ring abouti
the Are, watching the roasts, all ex-j
cept a wrinkled old woman, who as!
an expert, was intent upon a more te-!
dious ceremony. Out of a skin knap-]
sack she had- taken a small skin bag.!
From this she estracted some 12 green!
coffee beans, which she proceeded to!
roast one by one in a small ironj
spoon.
When they were cooked to her taste!
she bruised them to coarse fragments! .
between stones and put the result!
with water into a copper kettle, which!
had one lid in the usual place and!
another on the end of the spout to'
keep out smoke and feathery wood
ash.
Then the whole mixture was boiled
up together into a bubbling froth of
coffee fragments and coffee extract.
She cleaned it by an old trick which
is known to campers all the world
over. This was to throw into the
kettle a small splash.of cold water,
when the coffee grounds were promptly precipitated to the bottom.
Then she poured the clear, brown,
steaming liquor into a blackened
bowl of birch root and handed it to
the good man, her husband.
After he had taken the bowl in his
fingers the woman hunted in a leathern
knapsack and produced a lump of beet
sugar. The host bit a fragment from
it and lodged it in his teeth, then
he lifted the. bowl to his lips and
drank.
In a more civilized man this would
of course have been rudeness; in a
savage it was a simple act of courtesy.
It was a plain assurance that the bowl
contained no poison. Then he handed it on for his guests to drink in
turn, and the American says that he
does not know that he ever tasted
better coffee.
Enormous Meat Consumption.
The Millennium Guild takes tho
daily average of half a pound of meat
eaten by each individual of the United
States and finds that in 50 years the
average meat eater consumes four
tons and a half, or, to put it in another way, this average person, at the
end of 50 years, has eaten enough
tons of meat to be the equivalent of
six beef cattle, 15 calves, 22 sheep,
40 lambs, 10 hogs, 100 turkeys, 200
chickens and ducks, 1 deer, besides
pigeons and small birds a goodly number. What a slaughter house we have
made out of the world! Yet two-
thirds of the population of the globe,
it is estimated, never eat meat. Among
these latter are millions of sturdy,
healthy toilers. We also know that
the horse, the ox, the elephant-
strongest of all animal workers—
i. uild their strength on grasses and
cereals.
Righteous Causes.
Mr. Blank, a prominent and wealth^
man, once took a foolish notion that
he wanted to be rid of his wife. After
a long, hard-fought legal battle, sii
handed, except for the slight help that
money and a battery of lawyers can
give, he finally succeeded in obtaining
a divorce. He wouldn't even need to
pay alimony so great was his victory,
As a reprisal the ex-wife brought
suit against the man for $1,000,000.
Before her case came up one of het
lawyers remarked that because of thd
wealth of her former husband .another
legal war would result. r
"Well," said the former Mrs. Blank,!
"you will have to admit that my co
. iccording to tlie tradition of our coumj
try, is as just as his. He fought for lib<j
■erty and I am fighting for independ'j
ence."
A collection will be taken for the relief ot  the
fire    sufferers     in     the;
northern    part    of     the,
state.   The   names   andj
amounts of givers  willbe,
published in the Journal
next week.
If you have old dotting
mattresses, shoes, and in
short anything in the!
line of wearing apparel
which can still be made
use of, you are requested
to leave it at Fa lift's
Opera house, where it
will be boxed and shfp=
ped to those who wiM see
to it that it reaches the!
sufferers.
Lots to Say.
Three of them had been in one lit-!
tie room for three days, an America!!,!
a Frenchman nnd an Italian. Came
a Bed Gross man on the afternoon of
the third da-y..
"Is there anything I can do fori
you?" he asked.
"Yes," replied the American, "you'
might get an interpreter. Tony and
Gaston and I have been trading to-i
j1l~>coo   and   showing   each   other
giri-
■. pictures and saying 'oui' andj
'si' asJ1^ '-ves' *or ctiree days now, and!
we've ?ot a lot t0 tel1 each other it,
you   cat1   Set   somebody  to  help   us|
out."
  - i
if iVife Knew!
A story ,-. the recent attempt at a
strike in Great .Britain : Coming out of
his engineering -works, the head of a
Arm savv one of his meu sitting by the
gate ea ting dinner.
"EeUi i, George, What are you doing
here?   I thought :■ "ti were on strike."
"So :. a.i. sir," replied George, "but
I have i'.0' hrlng my dinner down here
to cat it, just as if I was at work, and
inou-li al; '"-it all day, so as tiie nrlssu.
won't kno W I'm on strike. My word, ii
she knew'""—Christian Science Monitor,
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