Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-23
Observation-Disclosures
! LOCAL COMMENT

People who have bought their war
stamps without getting credit on
their present records will be surprised
20 receive another strong demand from
the council Of defense. They should
re ort ut once to their ward captain
for proper credit.
Marshalltown is still several thou
sand dollars short on its quota for the
union war work fund. People who
were not assessed high enough and
people who have not been seen should
go to r. r. Bradbury, the treasurer at
the Fidelity Savings Bank. and actually
volunteer an Offering.
The quarantine has been lifted. altho
some of the doctors have advised
against it and few think that 1t had
to come because this epidemic is likely
to last all winter. II very strict
quarantine at the home of the patient
could be maintained we can do much
to stop the spread Of the disease. Peo-
pie should not be permitted TO expose
other members of the family. Those
attending patients should wear face
masks. When the disease develops the
patient should go to the emergency
hospital or dismiss the children from
the home temporarily. There are net
nearly so many cases of influenza in
Marshalltown as there are in the
county outside of Marshalltown and
yet half of the population of the county
reside here. The disease is spread from
one member of the family TO another
very quickly.
Many doctors are opposed to lifting
the quarantine in the city now, but
if the disease is to be epidemic all win
ter and for a year quarantine would
have to be lifted some time. Other
doctors believe that the place TO stop
the spread of the disease is at the home
where it is known TO exist, just as
smallpox and diphtheria cases are
handled.
When the schools open Monday each
teacher will have personally canvassed
every home that sends a child to her
room and not a child will be admitted
from any. home in which there has been
any sickness of any kind during the
guard over the children that are allowed
to come it is hoped to prevent spread
in the schools of all contagious diseases.
The probabilities are that Marshall
town under the regulations which are
in force is a much safer place than any
small town where no regulations at all
are enforced and so far the epidemic
has not yet gained anywhere near such
Roadway in Marshalltown as it has in
other larger cities and smaller towns.
However influenza is Il very deadly
disease if neglected.
The lifting of the quarantine is TO be
tried and the care which people are
willing to take who have diseases
within their families will determine the
outcome. When you feel sick this year
go to bed at once and call q doctor.
Do not expose others. Very few cases
of grip need develop pneumonia if peo-
pie will take care of themselves. Doc
tors should report every case at once
to the mayor and he should report it
to the superintendent of schools.
Buying war securities up to ones
allotment seems like a hardship If one
has procrastinated all year and faces
his entire years obligation to be paid
within a few days. but the people of
Marshall county are vastly richer today
because of having met their war obliga-
tons than they would have been other
wise. They now hold 1920 $50 of lib
erty bonds and war savings stamps
from all of the drives and most of them
have been paid for This is equal to
doubling the deposits in all the banks
in year and many people now own
savings invested in govC.nment securi-
ties that they would never have owned
had it not been forced upon them by
their obligation to help pay for the
war. Hard to bear at first but grand
and glorious feelin' afterwards.