The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-12-18
'''DAFFY O|NGtE' F. 4
SAYS EXPLOSIVES \
CAUSE OF flu
SAYS POISON GERMS, SETTLING
AFTER LONG FLIGHT IN AIR
SPREAD DISEASE AND -.
DEATH.


The following from the pen of q
former contributor to this paper n
one Of the many theories being given
cut by various people who are trying
to study out what is the cause of the
great spread of the "flu." The writer
Is a well known and well posted man
in this town who sails under the nom
de plume of "Daffy Dingles- instead
of signing his real name.
Some of our readers may think that
he really is daffy, while still others
may think that his theory is the exact
solution of the big problem. His
article is as follows:
"a Theory" by Daffy Dingle.
|. In times gone by / have written
several articles for your paper, which
articles were publised under the sig
nature and as there is a ban on con-
gregating at the smoke house on ac-
count of the "flu" and not being al
lowed to congregate on the streets,
or in the stores or public places to air
our mental vapcrings. tell our griev-
ances and argue our theories and not
having anyone to preach to, thought
| would unburden my long pent up
theories and air out the musty cob
webs CT my brain, by unloading the
vaporings of the thought cells of my
think tank in the columns of your
Banner-News.
/ remember that when my great
grandmother was a child, facts were
fewer and folks were crazy for them.
They had to be- ccntented to live
greatly upon theory" But many of
the theories of that day have since be-
came facts through being tested out
while many of them have been proven
false and cast aside, for facts are
what people crave for and they pro-
duce knowledge and knowledge is
power.
1t is just the same today as then.
Theory always comes first and by be-
ing tested out, becomes a fact or it is
proven a false theory. If fact, it
becomes a benefit to mankind and if
it is proven false it is cast into the
heap Of oblivion, never to rise again.
In either case we gain knowledge and
knowledge thus gained is power and
the world is benefited and makes
progress accordingly.
Just now, as there should be, there
are many theories in regard to the
scource, cause and treatment of what
is called influenza, or"flu" for short.
1t would be wise, / think, to test out
those theories and see which is false
and which is fact. Here would be the
chance for some wise scientific guy
who has the knowledge and parapher-
MALTA to do something great by prov
ing theory and producing a fact to
benefit all mankind and the world at
large, thus producing another drop of
knowledge to the great supply we al
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to increase.
Any person may produce a theory
and it is his privilege and will stand
until it is proven false. There have
been many such theories stated and
practiced upon until they have as
sumed all Of the qualities of fact and
stood for years, until In time they
would be proven false and thrown on
the junk heap.
Now, / have theory in regard to
this so called flu epidemic which Is
such a plague 10 the people and M.
DIS. at the present time as none seem
to know the scource, or cure or the
proper treatment of influenza First,
/ think the cause may be attributed
to a poisoned atmosphere Second,
TINS poisoned atmosphere Is produced
by the explosions of nitrates, causing
a super abundance of nitrates in the
air, which would be detrimental to
health. Third, the sending out of
enormous volumes or poison gas dur
ing the war would naturally make
the atmosphere to more or less de-
gree, unhealthy and decidedly poison
Gus.
This has all been brought about
through mans inhumanity to man.
Partly by his wisdom in investigating
natural laws he found out new meth
DDS to kill people and through ignor-
ance of not investigating further, he
produced this plague, the flu. This
would scout the idea that was sent by