The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-01-14
so AT ST. VINCENTS
IN BED With GRIP
Malady RACES Among Students
Scores In City Are
Sick.

Thirty students and attendants at
St. Vincent's college on South Span
ish street, are confined to their beds
with attacks of the grip, it became
known yesterday, and scores of peo-
pie in all parts of the city have been
troubled with the malady.
With few exceptions the cases at
the college have been mild, according
to the physician who has been in at
tendance there. Measures to prevent
a further spread and to stamp the
maiady out of the school have been
taken.
The doctor said that a couple Of
days ago he wrote out thirty prescrip-
tiOns for patients at the college, going
from ono bed to another as fast as he
could make progress.
Outdoor exercise under the proper
conditions is urged as one of the best
means of lighting the malady and
persons in the Cape are urged to be
careful about going places where the
malady is known to exist. Grip is a
germ disease, according to medical
mon, and il is very easily transferred
from one person to another.
As part of the routine in opposing
the investment of the school by grip.
the students and members of the fac
uIty have been taking long walks into
the country.
Many cases CT grip that have been
found in the Cape have developed into
a form of pneumonia.
! The spread of the disease has not
! reached proportions that has alarmed
I the School Board and members of the
Board Of Health. In some cities in
! the Middle West, schools have been
closed on account Of the disease
prevalence. The great spread Of grip
this winter is charged to the unusual
wet weather that has obtained every
where in the United States this year.
! Mrs. Robert Barber, mother Of Tom
/ Barber. for three weeks has been i'll
! with form of pneumonia and grip.
/ she is at Mr.. BARRIERS home on South
/ Spanish street. She more is more
than 76 years old
| John W Taylor. claim agent for
/ The Frisco. Is recovering from All at
/ tack of grip that threatened to de
vclop into Il bad case of pneumonia.
According to the doctor attending
him, he will be out within Il few moro
days.
I Mrs. Roy Statlcr of South Bou!c-
ward. for the last three days has been
seriously i'll at her home with grip.
Patrolman George Talcy last night
was suffering with Il slight attack Of
the disease. Patrolman Arthur
Whitcncr also last night remained on
duty although he had been advised
by a doctor that he has slight at
tack Of the grip.
Mayor Rage Thursday was suffer
ing with q severe cold and City Clerk
X. W. FrisscIl is Just recovering from
Il case Of grip and a cold that kept
him confined to his home for several
days
Clerk Of the Court Of Common
Pleas D. a. Nichols who underwent
an operation several days ago fol-
lowing an attack of grip. yesterday
was reported to be doing we'll at St.
Francis hospital According to the
physicians in charge Of his case, he
has improved sufficiently to be moved
to his home, but members of his fam
lily have decided to keep him in the
hospital till he has virtually rccov-
cred.
Phi: sicianS in the Cape declare that
man yother families have been visit
cd with severe attacks of grip.