The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-29
Flu THE
Black Death

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GhIer 'ne aoove neaui,s; S ps,,I iloMo Io,sa;u
.. Eckles, , 'he rerowheu 'Nli nnaue,p,,a i.a;tal
~uluertaker ~ ano eii'pai'ner, "Il!gs On
lhteres'lug .h ar.ieie vi the epus LIZ
ehat Is stili IaVaeins tne e0un. M
Is an auenority ;y N ms , me ~ business
anu ms opinion III thls Iiiae'er ,I 70 wo Sf
!hy oI eareLui 81 ius eolis;ue tla, m. ms us La
ililtioll VI we oParish r i1tnu1@a pI n.i,D as b
lng IN reaiity me n; plaeA Dea.n
whlSii mas tasaseu Poisio9 nIs s
eartn a. uiilelen. peliDus as tai a Da.N
aS as histTIy goeS, may We ,eay 'iI:. L;.
lne ioiio"his are e~'i"''' iio"' mo
artlcie. r ... I...L .o..;s
nesaiuie9s Vi Whae uen
GateS say, 'ne ei,ioal,er .h @ MnV 49,, mas naan. lat
olea many ol .he Eases es III @ .ne d;fsan lausn'
ep,uei.iic s hnowI shso az, MY T:.,t u .,;th 49, hn
eh' ilo,n t; any ne mas uS ~ tL.
Iore TINS Vlsltation' kho" 'ha'
nave lounu tneli 50. ..,
During ehe pass lour weeks, se'erai
shousaius VI oouiee haye Deen e
paimeu unuer my uliec' % supeiCiS,o'' .Pe C.,.o
as sPecial represehtatiVe ol tne Nouns
! c,i OIL NaIioha1 Delense III cnatee VI
tnls work ih nL rnilaueipitia. a, oS p'nis u,s
uiu nearby hiellpers " ehS
Sross reSpono ploiipsiy anu "ea, taa ',iS'
Dut the war Depar'iilehIs az sne Ie
quesL Oh the mayor Vi nilaueipn,"'
aetaileu 10 the Turpie oross NUN
per Oh us mempers n VINO were s"a SUD
tioheu az meg shooln my camps atL @"n
tonments. nave zone enough ol
TINS WORK personally curing this Pc
|
thoroughly acquainted WIN the posis- pi.
mortem symptoms, Wnicn Ieseilioie .ne
ana pr9papiy are luenticai WIN enose $,
Which history gives US ol 'he oiacA
flague'
Inc eplaemc alreauy III SIX weeks
mas cost america ilVe tlmes as many
iiVeS as we nave lose On the Da.1ie-
helds OIL Europe: apparently, II IS
not the result OF any one SPECIFIC
germ. ~ ...
IL Is not Innuenza; IL Is not Aslatic
oholera; IL Is not nuDohlc rlaguei IL
is not rneumonla-altnougn II IRE.
quentiy causes pheuihohia, OF az leas1
condltion closely resembling IT,
IL Is the biack flague OF the Mlu.
ole ages, Whlch SO olten III the past
mas swept the world
III Is caused py cross,Dreeuihg oh
pacIeria III uneIipaiiieo pouies sale
lessly buried IN ground whlch later Is
cnurneo ana re-churhea ny the Tramp
OF armies ana the nan OF shells, as
the lines alterhaIeiy ADVANCE anu re-
treat. ,,
II. lhose VINO nave nanaieu poanse.onI- s3s lltis
ing the present ePiuehIc WIN quichiy
reeognize ;da.;s,, ~ t.e app J;nanSo ,,,;th
, symptoms l1entilyIng ehe uisease % WIZ
Che great Dlack ilasue Vi nnatDly
Which heretolore mas peeh uScrlpeu
most generany' 10 ei'her cholera Vi
ouoohic I!asue. r
"A caIelul eAaiiIilia.ioii I. VI man
, thousaius Vi oouies ue"u IN Ini' eP,, r.
, uelnlc mas, noweyefi reyeaieu 1le
germs Oh hel1her III OIL these uiseases liol
Oh lhiiueIza, ihese nave loiis sinGs ah";.
peen periecIly laentliieu anu 'heil
, shape anu cilaracteristlts hoseu' Al
/ me hrse hlcuele p out1ieah ni VI ens a
5 present epiuenhG Oh nlack 5lasue oc.
! curreu OH the hussiah anu AGstilai fa,
lroh's oi' iatu mi'.Sn t:I nau lei I IOue & ,'
! Chu ohurr;no inc of sbelis was constantIv ex.
} nos;ra - tbe a;r bod;es in which the
@ bsctar;a had had a chance to permi.
nate
This or+braak did NOT occur on tn,
,vostarr frort With anv orest daore,
"f ' v;r,,lenca until last snring whe,
~ IL Gornans AGAIN ~ swent % over th,
@ iand which Tho Allies inst now ar,
ranovor;ne @ % and which ;s he;ng Tough
ovor fnr fba fourth time in as man,
wears @
+ That in a great degree it is pre-
n ventable is certain. but the only meth
d cd of prevention which possibly can b.
/ effective is to attack the disease at it
g source--in the body of the newly dead
d America now is paying the penalt
r, of its delay in accepting the Purpl
/ Cross offer to embaim the bodies o
d those killed on the field of battle o
A diving in the service of the nation. Ha
o embalming been done, all germs i
/ those bodies would have been dc
J. stroved instead of being left to grow
/ cr to be released by the fighting or b
seepage to ravage the earth.
Is Thoro - No question hut that con