The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-12-05

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VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 5,  1918.
No. 25.
VICE TO "FLU"
CONVALESCENT
SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT
i; INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER  INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.
[U. S. Public Health Service Warns
Public Against Tuberculosis.
One Million Cases Tuberculosis in United States—Each a
Source of Danger.
Influenza Convalescents Should Have
Lungs Examined—Colds Which Hang
On Often Beginning of Tuberculosis.
No Cause for Alarm If Tuberculosis
!' Is  Recognized   Early—Patent  Medl-
■   clnes Not to Be Trusted.
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j* Beware tuberculosis after In- *
!* fluenza.    No  need  to worry  if k
i* you take precautions in time. #
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k monthly intervals.  Build up your k
* strength with right living, good *
|* food and plenty of fresh air. k
\k Don't waste money on patent k
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Washington, D. C. (Special.)—According to a report made to the United
I States Public Health Service, the epidemic of influenza in Spain has al-
[ready caused an increase in the prevalence and deaths from pulmonary tu-
I berculosls. A similar association be-
itween influenza and tuberculosis was
[recently made by Sir Arthur News-
: holme, the chief medical officer of the
[English public health service, In his
j analysis of the tuberculosis death rate
[In England.
In order that the people of the Unit-
led States may profit by the experience
| of  other  countries   Surgeon   General
(Rupert Blue of the United States Pub-
| lie Health  Service has just issued a
I warning emphasizing the need of special precautions at the present time.
["Experience seems to indicate," says
jthe  Surgeon  General,   "that  persons
i whose resistance has been weakened
jby an attack of influenza are peculiarly susceptible  to  tuberculosis.    With
millions of its people recently affected
with  Influenza  this country now I offers <--naltI?_s favoring the spread of
tuberculosis."
One Million Consumptives In the
United States.
"Then yon consider this a serious
Ltnenace." was asked.   "In my opinion
It is, though I hasten to add it is dis-
jtinctly one against which the people
can guard.   So far as one can estimate
j there are at present about one million
cases  of  tuberculosis  In   the  United
States.     There   Is   unfortunately   no
complete census available to show exactly the number of tuberculous persons in each state despite the fact that
most of the states have made the disease reportable.    In  New York city,
where reporting has been in force for
many years, over 35,000 cases of tuberculosis are registered with the Department of Health.    Those familiar
with the situation believe that the addition of unrecognized and unreported
cases would make the number nearer
j 60,000.    The very careful health sur-
[vey  conducted  during  the past  two
j years in Framingham, Mass., revealed
1200 cases of tuberculosis in a population of approximately 15,000.   If these
} proportions hold true for the United
[States as a whole they would Indicate
that about one In every hundred persons is tuberculous.    Each of  these
; constitutes a source of danger to be
[guarded against."
What to Do.
In his statement to the public Surgeon General Blue points out how
those who have had influenza should
protect themselves against tuberculosis. "All who have recovered from In.
ffiiepza," says tlje Surgeon General,
"should have their lungs carefully examined by a competent physician. In
ifact, }t is desirable to have several examinations made a month apart. Such
; examinations cannot be made through
itlie clothing nor can they be carried
:out In two or three minutes. If the
[lungs nre found to be free from tuberculosis every effort should be made to
keep them so. This can be done by
I right living, good food and plenty of
fresh air."
Danger Signs.
The Surgeon General warned especially  against  certain  danger  signs,
[such as "decline"  and "colds which
•hang on."
! These, he explained, were often the
[beginning of tuberculosis. "If you do
■not get well promptly, if your cold
seems to hang on or your health and
strength decline, remember that these
are often the early sighs of tuberculosis. Place yourself at once under the
care of a competent physician. Tuberculosis Is curable In the early stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tuberculosis.
"Above all do not trust In the misleading statements of unscrupulous
patent medicine fakers. There Is no
specific medicine for the cure of tuberculosis. The money spent on snch
medicines Is thrown away; It should
be spent Instead for good food and d*>
fdttt living."
Mrs. F. Faust Gets
Letter from Soldier
Private Harold Schoelkopf, a
soldier stationed at Port Snell-
ing near Minneapolis, received
a sweater turn the Red Cross
made by Mrs. Prank Paust and
in return writes tlie following1
letter:
"Co. 5, 1st Rept. S. A. T. C.
"A" Minn. Exposition Bldg\
Minneapolis, Nov. 3, 1918.
My dear Mrs. P. Paust.
As tlie lucky receipient of your
Red Cross sweater, may I thank
you for it and express ni3' honest
admiration of the workmanship
displayed thereon.
In as much as we have not yet
received overcoats the sweaters
are very welcome and 1 am sure
that every other man in our organization appreciates his special sweater as much as I do
mine.
Perhaps you haye a boy in the
service who can tell you how
much the Red Cross and its kindred organizations mean to us.
It is one of the splendid things
that make an otherwise ordinary
life, one of pleasure.
Many of us are to leave shortly for officers training camps
and I think I will be prileledged
to train for a commission in the
Machine Gun Batallion. At
least my hopes direct my principal efforts that way.
Let me again thank you for
the sweater and express my appreciation for the generous spirit that accompanied it.
Yours very sincerely
Pvt. Harold Schoelkopf.
39th Division First
To Come Home
Jos. H. Virnig Has
Returned from Alabama
Jos. H. Virnig returned from
Montgomery, Ala., Friday accompanying Jos. Dahmen, a soldier, who was stationed at Camp
Sheridan." Jos. Dahmen has
"Been honorable discharged from
the U. S. Army and is visiting
his parents. He left Pierz about
nine years ago and was a residence at Miatna, Plorida. About
a year ago Jos. was drafted in
the army at Miama, and sent to
Camp Jackson, South Carolina,
from where he was discharged
three weeks later, and while on
his way home he was reenlisted
and sent to Camp Sheridan,
where he was stationed until the
present time.
Jos. Dahmen feels very proud
with two honorable discharges.
Jos. Virnig's opinion of the
South is not of the very best,
the climate is ideal, but the
working conditions are very
backward. The farmers'horses
and wagons are of the poorest
kind. The harnesess are two
chains used as tugs and bridle
and collars are made of split
ash wood, the same material as
used in the making of baskets
The people of the working
class and the farmers are very
poorly dressed. The main crops
are: sugar cane, cotton, sweet
potatos and some corn. By the
expressions of the farmers the
average crop is not too promising.
To the writers opinion there
may be U. S. soldiers not returning from Prance that will
make their future home there,
but just give the boys at Camp
Sheridan a discharge and you'll
see the results.
New York failed to go over
the top in the war work drive
by $3,000,000.
American soldiers will be
needed in Europe for two
years after peace has been
signed, according to Captain
Robert E. Lee, grandson of
the noted Confederate general, who has just returned
from the front.
The 39-Divison is the first one
on the list of the divisions designated to return home in its entirety. This does not necessarily mean, however, it will be the
first to sail. The Seventy-sixth
ane Eighty-seventh are also designated to return in there entirety. These divisions will be moved
when transportation is available. General March noted these
facts a few days ago, adding
that 79,663 men and 3,461 officers
overseas are to total at present
designated for demobilization.
He said the army expects to
reach a return rate of 176,000 a
month for December and later
300,000 a month. Troops in the
United States now designated
for mobilization now number
649,000.
Mrs. C. Roy of Minneapolis, is staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math List-
berger for a few days.
United War Work Campaign,
It is hereby announced that
all and every citizen of the United States is to do all in his power sons who have fought "oyer
there". Although armistic is
declared all our soldiers need
our help yet, especially the sick
and wounded, who need our help
most. Therefore this organization has made it its duty to give
spiritual as well as material aid
by collecting a sum of $170,-
500,000. But as it is impossible
to visit every family the committee has decided to deposit
the donations of each family in
the Partners & Merchants State
Bank of Pierz.
The Committee.
Liberty Loan Organization,
The slacker list for Morrison
county of the Fourth Liberty
Loan will be sent out to each
man on the list during the next
few days. This will be done in
order to give every one a chance
to have his name taken off before it is printed in all the county papers which will be done in
a short time.
There are nearly 200 nam _s on
this slacker list, representing
about two and a quarter per cent
of the bond buyers of Morrison
county. A small percentage,
when you compare it with all
the loyal buyers in the county.
To have your name on this
list when you are able to afford
to buy bonds is a badge of dishonor. It is not the intention
to make it hard for anyone, and
care has been used to see that
every ihan has had a chance to
buy his allotment, or give a good
reason why he is unable to do
so.
The fight is over, but the war
is not. After a cyclone has gone
over your place, it takes money
and men to rebuild, and we
should all be willing to do what
we can to help at this time.
Central Committee for Morrison county.
R. B. Millard,
County Chairman.
Royalton Is First to
Go Over the Top.
The village of Royalton is the
first pree'net in Morrison county to
subscribe its quota in the war chest
which ie b .ing filled to make possible
the v. orlc of the different war organizations. The allotment of Royalton
was $1,000 and that village haa already subscribed $1,020.
Royaltoa has never failed to make
good in any drive put on bo far to?
any war purpose. The village has the
finest r».. vd of any precinct of (Morrison countv in this respect.
County SeatCullings.
Miss Marie Blake, who is employed in the Penney store, is
confined to her home from an attack of influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Virnig and
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Michels motored to Cold Spring last week
to spend Thanksgiving. Mrs.
Michels went from there to Clara
City to visit a daughter.
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One of the keys to the Transcript office returned last Thursday from a trip to Prance. The
key had been missing for about
two months and the owner had
been hunting in vain for seveml
days, finally giving it up as lost.
In a letter from a soldier received last Thursday the missing
key appeared. It had accideht-
ly slipped into the letter while
both were reposing on the desk
together and has taken the trip
of 3,000 miles to the war zone
and in good condition, passed
by the censor.
Mrs. Crawford Sheldon and
son were both quite sereously
injured Sunday evening when
they were thrown from a buggy
in a runaway. Mrs. Sheldon had
her left collar bone broken and
was badly brused and her son
was severely bruised.v
Otto Plettl, it has been learned, has arrived in New York
from Prance, where he had been
wounded during the latter part
of September. He was operated upon in a French hospital
and a 3-inch piece of shrapnel
removed from his shoulder.
Matt Rassier of Minneapolis,
Nick Rassier of Wahpeton N. D.
and Joseph Rassier of St. Joseph
visited the latter part of last
week with their brother John
Rassier, who is confined to St.
Gabriel's hospital.
J. N. Carnes of Royalton, one
of the contestants of commissioners of the Fourth district, has
filed a petition with the clerk of
court appealing from the canvas
of the Morrison county board in
declaring Warren Miibery as
commissioner of that district at
the election Nov. 7. It is claimed
by Carnes that some of those
who voted for Miibery were not
legal voters of the district. Miibery had a majority of tour
votes oyer Carnes.
In a letter to his father, A.
Kerich, who is in the service,
states that he is now located in
England and is enjoying good
health.
Hunting licenses for big game
have been issued to John R. Ebertowski of Pierz.
Mrs. Peter Blake of Buckman
was brought to St. Gabriel's
hospital Monday suffering from
influenza.
Rheinhard Blake, son of Jacob Blake, is ill with the flu.
The Kiewel Brewing company
stopped manufacture of beer in
compliencewith the government
order, but the proprietors state
that enough stock is on hand
to supply the trade until July
1st, 1919.
A Costly Example.
A school teacher received the
following note:
"Dear Madam: Please ixcus
my Tommy today. He won't
come to skuie, because he is acting as timekeeper for his father
and it is your fault. U gave
him an ixample if a field 6 miles
around how long it takes a man
walking 3b miles an hour to walk
2i times around it. Tommy ain't
a man so we had to send his
father. They went early this
morning and father will walk
around the field and Tommy will
time him. but pleas don't give
my boy such ixamples again, because my husban' must go to
work every day to support his
family."
War Records Com-
mittee Appointed
The Minnesota War Records
Commission, working under the
direction of the Minnesota Safety Commission has caused the
following committee to be appointed to furnish war recoids
for Morrison county:
N. N. Bergheim,
M. M. Williams,
Andrew Johnson,
Paul Pelix,
Mrs. H. L. Cochrane,
Mrs. L. D. Brown,
Mrs. J. L. Blanchard,
Mrs. Ed. M. LaFond,
A. F. Koslosky,
P, J. Vasaly,
R. D. Musser,
J, K. Martin,
F. W. Dobbyn,
Miss Eliza Batzer,
J. J. McRae, Swanville,
C E. Chapman,Randall,
A. P. Stoll, Pierz,
Fhe committee  will be called
together  as soon as  definite instructions are received from the
state commission.
Will Open Livery in Little Falls
John Faust of Pierz has leased
the Farrow barn and will open
a horse livery and feed stable
in Little Palis this week.
Little Palls- has been practically without a hose livery for
some time, owing to the great
demand for automobile service
and the opening of the Paust
livery, especially during the
winter months, will be greatly
apreciated. The new livery man
states that he will have enough
horses and rigs to render first
class service day and night.
New York is facing a winter coal shortage of 2,557,-
251 tons.
Three Farms tor Sale.
Township Richardson 42-28,
Morrison county: wi swi, section 30, 101 acres, price $34 per
acre, i cash, balance on time.
25 acres under plow, 30 acres
tine meadow, with house, barn
and granery.
NWi section 30, 179 acres. 40
acres cleared up and ready for
plow.    Price $23 per acre.
Ni section 20, and s wi, section 17, 480 acres. Good buildings, large pasture., 40 acres
a nice clean meadow, about 15
acres under plow. A fine location. $23 per acre, One fifth in
cash, balance on time at 6 per
cent interest. 5 percent off on
cash. This price only will hold
good until Jan. 1. 1919.
M. N. Cadwell,
Window, Minn,
or inquire of J. R. Taylor
on the place.
Fifty million men, women
and children in the shattered
Austrian empire are facing
starvation during the coming
winter, according to reliable
reports from Vienna and Budapest.
County Fair Ass'n. Annual Meet
The annual meeting of the County
Fair association was held Tuesday
morning in the office of -Secretary N.
N. Bergheim.
After tne routine business Sam
Hammer )?ck was elected a delegate
to the Sta.e Agricultural society annual meet lag.
The president, Geo. Kiewel, and
secretai-y, N~. N. Bergheim, and Sam
Hammer.d^k were elected ae a legislative   .omtnittee.
The following officers were elected:
Presid . _r.—Geo. Kiewel.
Secretary—_.. N. Bergheim.
Treasu.'rir—W. H. Ryan.
Board of directors—M. M. Williams,
Chas. Sy;-.ster, A. Simonet, Victor
Beckman, Famuel Hammerbeck, A. F.
Kosl.i.Uy. John Vertin, Albert Johnson :ind 0. P. Jacobson.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
Tomorrow, December 6th is
Santa Claus day.
Mrs. Joe H. Tschida is sick
with the flu.
The C. A. Virnig family
have recovered from the flu.
About two inches of snow
fell Saturday night.
Math Listberger took the
train for Holdingford yesterday.
There are not so many
cases of Spanish influenza
now.
John Kammermeyer is busy selling beef in upper
town.
Frank Fuhrman and Frank
Priner are busy butchering
in upper town.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kru-
scheck make a trip to Little
Falls Tuesday.
The Parocial school opened Monday with a ^arge at-
tendence.
Last week Saturday the
thermometer went down to
eight above zero.
Martin G-elhar and wife
and sons Joseph and Nick
made a business trip to Little Falls Friday.
A. P. Stoll, who has been
ill with influenza followed
by pneumonia has recovered
and will be out again soon.
A number of soldiers of
Camp Grant, 111., were home
on a three day furlough last
week. They returned to the
Camp Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Heuz
and two daughters who have
visited the C. A. Virnig family returned to their home in
St. Cloud Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Virnig
and children and Clara and
Margaret Michaels from Little Falls visited with the C.
A. Virnig family Sunday.
Mrs. John Schlagel and
baby Frances of White Hall,
Mont,, came here last Sunday
evening to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meyer.
Ludvig G-au, who is stationed at Camp Cody, N. M.
is said to have recovered from
an attack of influenza followed by pneumonia.
Postoffice regulations do
not compel rural carriers to
take money left in mail boxes for stamps during the
minter months. A request
has been made that people
who get their mail by rural
carrier, stop putting money
for stamps in the boxes thru-
out the winter as it is disagreeable to the carrier who
has to take his mittens off to
take the money out,
Many hogs and some cattle
have been butchered this
week by the people of the
village of Pierz, and mostly
all have a good supply of
meat for the winter. Now
plenty of sauerkraut and
some wurst, and a'feo a good
supply of fuel to feed the
stoves, then let the winter
come.
U. S. HEALTH SERVICE
ISSUES WARNING
Increase in All Respiratory Diseases After  the  Influenza
Epidemic Probable.
ilnfluenza Expected to Lurk for Months.
How to Guard Against Pneumonia, j
Common Colds Highly Catching—Im- j
por tanceof Suitable Clothing—Could [
Save 100,000 Lives.
Washington, D. C—With the subsid- j
ence of the epidemic of influenza tlie |
attention of health officers is directed j
to   pneumonia,   bronchitis   and   other!
diseases   of   the   respiratory   system ]
which regularly cause a large number!
of deaths, especially during the winter i
season.    According  to   Eupert   Blue, j
'Surgeon General of the United States j
[Public Health Service, these diseases!
i will be especially prevalent this win-i
Iter unless the people are particularly!
, careful to obey health instructions.       I
"The present epidemic,"  said  Sur-j
1 geon General Blue, "has taught by bit- j
; ter experience how readily a condition!
'beginning apparently as a slight cold!
'may go on to pneumonia and death.j
| Although the worst of the epidemic is {
iover, there will continue to be a large
! number of scattered cases, many  of
Ithem  mild  and  unrecognized,   which
will  be  danger spots to be guarded
I against."   The Surgeon General likened
! the present situation to that after a
great fire, saying, "No fire chief who
understands his business stops playing
the hose on the charred debris as soon
, as the flames and visible fire have dis-
j appeared.    On the contrary,  he continues the water for hours and even
idays, for he knows that there is danger of the Are rekindling from smol-
jderlng embers."
"Then you fear another outbreak of
influenza?" he was asked. "Not necessarily another large epidemic," said
'the Surgeon General, "but unless the
people learn to realize the seriousness
;of the danger they will be compelled to
j pay a heavy death toll from pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. j
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Common Colds Highly Catching.
"It Is encouraging to observe that]
rjeople are beginning to learn that or-i
: dlnary coughs and colds are highly;
catching and are spread from person]
to person by means of droplets of!
germ laden mucus.    Such droplets are!
; sprayed into tbe air when careless or;
(ignorant people cough or sneeze with-!
|out covering their mout_ and nose. It!
Is also gCO-- co know that people have:
learned something about the value ofj
Afresh air. In summer, when people j
are largely out of doors, the respira-j
tory diseases (coughs, colds, pneuino-j
, nla, etc.) are infrequent; in the fall,!
I as people begin to remain indoors, thej
I respiratory diseases Increase; in thej
'winter, when people are prone to stay!
in badly ventilated, overheated rooms.j
the respiratory diseases become veryj
prevalent
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Suitable Clothing Important
"Still another factor In the production of colds, pneumonia and other re-
! spiratory diseases is carelessness or ignorance of the people regarding suitable clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
In warm rooms too heavily dressed or,
what is even more common, especially
among women, dressing so lightly that
windows are kept closed in order to be
comfortably warm. This is a very injurious practice.
Could Save 100,000 Lives.
"I believe we could easily save one
hundred thousand lives annually in
the United States if all the people
would adopt the system of fresh air
living followed, for example, in tuberculosis sanatoria. There is nothing
mysterious about It—no specific medicine, no vaccine. The important thing
is right living, good food and plenty of
fresh air.
Droplet Infection Explained In Pictures.
"The Bureau of Public Health,
Treasury Department, has just issued
a striking poster drawn by Berryman,,
the well-known Washington cartoonist, j
The poster exemplifies the modern!
method of health education. A fewj
years ago, under similar circumstances, j
the health authorities would have is-!
sued an official dry but scientificallyi
accurate bulletin teaching the role ofj
droplet infection in the spread of re-j
spiratory diseases. The only ones wl.oi
would have understood the bulletin j
would have been those who already j
knew all about the subject. The man j
In the street, the plain citizen and the j
many millions who toil for their living j
would have had no time and no desire!
to wade through the technical phrase- j
ology."
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COLDS, INFLUENZA, PNEUMONIA, AND
TUBERCULOSIS ARE SPREAD THIS WAY
Copies of this poster can be obtained free of charge by writing to the
Surgeon General, U. S. Public Heftljh
Service, Washington, D. O,
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