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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
OHIO RESPONDS FULLY
TO ITS VS.. S. QUOTA

S. F. Dimmock, chairman of the
Ohio War Savings Committee for Me-
dina county, received a telegram Mon
day from the State War Savings di-
rector, that, according to reports of
War Savings Stamp sales compiled in
Columbus to last Thursday, Dec. 26,
Ohio has fully responded to the call
of the national government, its citi-
zens having purchased the entire
$106, ,000,0 900 quota assigned this state,
and that by the first Of the year there
would be an oversubscription Of sew
eral million dollars. This exceeds
by approximately 100000 the total
sale of the next lower state, New
York, with an assigned quota more
than twice that of Ohio.
"The response of the people of
Ohio to this great war work, which is
Of a character that permits our citi-
zens to give expression to their deep,
underlying patriotism and at the same
time purchase a security of unrivaled
value, has been unexampled in the
nation" says a statement issued by
the War Savings Committee.
"1Fn the ggenins fer organization and
unflagging devotion of the SO county
chairmen and the hosts Of men and
women who have conducted the var
ious activities with them, as well as
to the unparalleled support given this
movement blythe press of Ohio is en-
tirely due the credit for this smash
vi
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
ST SCALE SUGGESTED
FOR FIXING MILK PRICE

That a sliding scale may be adopted
for figuring milk prices based on the
average annual cost Of production, is
the opinion of the department Of
dairy husbandry at the Ohio Expert
ment Station, after making a. study
Of the cost of producing milk from
33 herds which included LIPS COWS.
From November to April, on sug-
gested basis, the price would be 1923
per cent Of the annual average cost,
May, 100 per cent, June so, July 62,
August 10, September 80 and October
100 per cent. These are cost per-
centages alone and certain percent
should be added for profit.
The total cost of keeping COW for
a year as secured from the 33 herds
was $209.22. The average amount of
milk produced by the cows in the
herds was 1884 pounds, making a
cost price Of $3.08 per hundred pounds
for 4.3 percent milk or SITS per hun
dred pounds for 3.5 per cent milk.
From their investigational studies
the department are Of the opinion that
the price for milk could also be con-
tracted for seven winter months and
for five summer months with fairness
to all parties concerned, as these
prices would correspond closely to the
feeding and pasturing intervals.
The objection to an annual price is
the possibility of feed prices changing
and also because number Of dairy
men rough cows thru the winter and
produce surplus Of milk in the
spring months when it may be pro-
duced cheaply.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
FLU SITUATION BETTER:
BAN PARTIALLY Lifted

A rift has appeared in the flu cloud
overhanging Medina for several weeks
by partial lifting of the ban by
Health Officer F. L. Harding. We'd
nesday Mr.. Harding announced that
the local churches may hold one SER
vice on next Sunday, but not Sunday
school. Further announcement of
these services appear in the regular
church department of the Sentinel.
Permission to reopen the public
schools will not be granted by the
health officer at this time, and he an
nounced Thursday that it might be
some little time before he would feel
justified in lifting the restrictions fur
ther than has already been made.
Sickness from influenza apparently
is waning, notwithstanding that there
are still many cases being reported.
What new cases have appeared are
reported as light, and those who have
recently had a run of the disease are
convalescing. On the whole it may be
stated that the situation is the best
at this time that it has been for many
weeks.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
FOUND MEMENTO OF
Medina BOY ON FIELD

Harold Berger, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Berger, experienced a great sur
prise in France recently, when an Of
fcer handed him a Masonic pocket
piece which he had picked up on a
battle field, and which bore the in
scription &c. D. R., F. & A. M, No.
SO, Medina, O."
Unquestionably the piece belonged
to Clarence d. Rickard Of Medina,
and was lost by the latter at the time
he was severely wounded in action a
few months ago. The circumstances
seem all the more remarkable from
the fact that Harold has not seen
Clarence since both were abroad.
In writing to his parents of the
circumstances, Harold enclosed an in
teresting German memento in the
form of a tag which the field sur
geons attach to wounded soldiers, to
indicate, for the benefit Of the stretch
er-bearers, the seriousness of injur-
les. If the card bears two red stripes,
it indicates the necessity Of immedi-
ate attention; If only one stripe, the
patient may safely await removal to
base hospital; if there is no stripe,
the patient is regarded as able to
make his own way back for treatment.
Harold is with the supply service
of the 37th engineers, and at the time
the letter was written, Dec. l, was
at Dombasle, near Verdun. He was
well.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
S27,245,68O IS THE
GRAND TAXATION TOTAL

The following data is taken from a
supplemental abstract of personal
property in Medina county, for the
year 1918, including public utilities,
with additions and deductions made
by the Tax Commission, Board of
Revision and County Auditor:
Total number of returns, 6239.
Horses: Total number 10,232; val
ue, 1897, ,237; average, $198.
Cattle: Total number, 1850; value,
81, 1,067 1897; average, $161.
Mules and Asses: Total number,
312; value, $29, 200; average, $93. Il
Sheep: Total number, 1902; value,
$160,555; average, $12.32.
Hogs: Total number, 1928; value,
$205,948; average, $20.05.
Total value Of all motor and other
vehicles, $757, 800; household goods,
$659,762; farm tools and machinery,
$468,997; farm products, $257, PAL; all
moneys in possession or subject to
draft, $2,645,247 other personal prop
.erty, $304,971; value of credits after
deducting bona fide debts, $4,222,480;
statutory exemption deduct, $562,300;
balance for taxation, SIX, ,347 $50;
banks, 1897, 7,73O; grand total for tax
alton, $27, ,245, $50.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
FARM ACCOUNT BOOKS

The Medina County Farm Bureau
is carrying on campaign for more
general use Of farm account books.
Many Of the hanks of the county are
cooperating and will be glad to furn-
ish book to those who will make
use Of them through the year.
This book has been compiled by the
Department of Farm Management of
the Ohio College Of Agriculture and
the secretary Of the State Bankers
association. They are very simple,
yet complete and will nicely care for
q years business. The paper is Of
good grade so that accounts may be
kept in ink. The size is eight by
eleven inches. If you are interested
ask your banker for copy Of this
book. If he can't furnish you, get in
touch with your county agent, who
will gladly supply you with the book
without charge.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
Medina CLOCKS NOW
ON EASTERN time

Practically if not all public activ-
tiles as well as the homes in Medina
are now being conducted on eastern
time, those using central standard
time having accepted the federal rul-
ing and adjusted their clocks accord
ingly Tuesday night.
The court house clock which has
persisted against eastern time has ac-
quiesced in the new order of things,
as well as the postoffice, the railroads
entering Medina, citizens in general
and such few merchants who had not
already adopted eastern time. The
schools whenever they are re-opened
will observe the new arrangement.
1t is expected that on April / clocks
will be advanced another hour in keep
ing with the act Of congress last year
which provided that all clocks should
be advanced one hour to gain an ex-
ira period of daylight for recreation,
and turned back an hour October a..
The reason that Medina clocks are
advanced one hour now is that. Medina
and this part Of Ohio has been placed
in the eastern standard time zone for
railroads by the government. The
new north and south limit Of eastern
time thru Ohio runs in zig-zag
course from Toledo to the Ohio river,
passing thru Mansfield, Columbus and
southeastern Ohio river cities.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
URGENT APPEAL FOR
STARVING REFUGEES

President Wilson, on Nov. 20, issued
a proclamation, calling upon the peo-
pie of the United States to make even
more generous contribution than
they had made before to sustain thru
the winter months the Armenian,
Syrian, Greek and other exiles and
refugees of Western Asia, who, thru
no fault Of their own, have been left
starving and shelterless, and to help
re-establsh these ancient and sorely
oppressed people in their former
homes on a self-supporting basis.
Mr.. L. ]. Flickinger, leader of the
Sunday school campaign, in Medina
county, says that word Just received
from New York indicates that the end
of the war has greatly increased our
responsibility. Three million suffer-
ers and refugees have been made ac-
cessible by the signing Of the armis-
tice who could not be reached during
the war.
The Sunday schools of North Amer
lea have been called to give $2,0O0,-
900 to this cause. Mr.. Flickinger
says that Sunday schools of Medina
county are responding most heartily
to the call, and their offerings are
expected to be both large and gen
erous.
Four hundred thousand of these
sufferers are orphans. Sixty dollars
will clothe and feed one of these or
phans for year.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
OHIO FACES ANOTHER
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC

A serious smallpox epidemic rival
ing that of year ago, is in store for
Ohio this winter unless the people
of the state Immediately take steps
to ward off the danger by vaccination.
The State Department of Health based
this warning Monday upon reports
showing that there were 434 cases of
smallpox in the state in November
more than in any 'previous November
in recent years with the exception of
last November, when one of the most
widespread smallpox epidemics ever
known in Ohio was just beginning.
\ Vaccination is a certain means of
preventing smallpox" declared the
Department of Health. IA commun-
ity in which this precaution has been
generally observed will never have a
serious smallpox outbreak. A COM
munity in which the precaution has
been neglected will be in grave danger
during the coming months"
The department urges employers to
require that their workmen be vac
cinated, just as the government re-
quires in the case of soldiers.
IN the smallpox epidemic of last
winter and spring more than 10000
reported cases Of the disease occurred.
This is as many smallpox cases as
were reported in the three entire
years Of 1914, 1915 and 1916. The
cost of the epidemic to the state for
eight months has been estimated at
more than $500,000, all of which ex-
pense could have been saved by gen
eral vaccination of the people of Ohio.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
FLU AN OBSTACLE TO
BABY SAVING PLANS

The influenza epidemic is irterfer-
ing so seriously with the baby-saving
campaign in Ohio that 1918 promises
to produce an abnormally high infant
death rate instead of the1low record
which might have been hoped for.
The State Department of Health
warns Ohio mothers that influenza is
extremely dangerous to babies. Med
ical experience shows the percentage
of cases resulting fatally to be high
er among infants than among older
children or adults.
In October, the first of the influenza
outbreak in Ohio, the total of deaths
of children under five years of age
reached 2,087. The previous months
deaths numbered 1903.
Of the October baby deaths 683
were due to influenza, 207 to broncho
pneumonia and las to lobar pneumon-
ia, the latter two diseases occurring
in most cases as complications of in
fiuenza.
From the standpoint of the baby
saving campaign, the October deaths
represent loss of 806 babies more
than in the average month of 1916.
Statistics for the counties of the
state given out by the State Depart
ment of Health, show that nearly all
counties had unusually high death to-
tabs for children under five in Octo-
ber.
According to the health department.
table, Medina county had three deaths
Of children under five in October. I'm
der the Children's Year program, this
represents gain of one as compared
with 1916.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
SUDDEN DEATH OF
MISS MARY LOGAN
WELL KNOWN IN MEDINA
HER FORMER HOME
Expires Following Only Two Days
Illness of Influenza And
Pneumonia.

Many old friends in Medina, where
she formerly resided, will be sorrowed
to learn of the death of Miss Mary E.
Logan, which occurred Sunday, Dec.
29, following an illness of only two
days. Death was due to pneumonia,
hastened by weakened heart with
which Miss Logan had been affected
for some time.
Miss Logan spent Christmas day in
Medina with her sisters, Miss Julia
Logan and>Mrs. Austria Nettleton, re-
turning to the city Thursday night.
She was at her office work Friday,
tho not feeling we'll. Returning to
her home, which she made with her
sister, Mrs. j. A. Hahn, 1879 East
Seth street, she grew rapidly worse
until the end. Her sister, Julia, had
been summoned and was with her at
the hour of death.
The deceased was one of four chill
dren born to the late Mr.. and Mrs.
George X. Logan at Washington,
Conn. The family moved to Medina
in 1882, and the deceased graduated
from the local high school in 1888.
Later she returned to Connecticut
where she taught her first term of
school. Returning to Medina she ac-
cepted a position as teacher of the
school at Northrupville, later at Gran
ger, and still later in the d Grammar
grade of the Medina schools. She
then entered Oberlin business college,
graduating therefrom in 1897, when
she entered the employ Of the Cleve-
land Window Glass Co., Cleveland, as
stenographer, where she remained
until 1906, then accepting position
with the BENZ. Moore Co., as book
keeper, finally becoming office man.
ager, which position she held at the
time of her death.
She is survived by one brother,
Louis M. Logan of Hartford, Conn,
and three sisters, Mrs. Austria Net
tleton and Miss Julia Logan of Me-
dina and Mrs. Ada Hahn of Cleveland,
besides host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the
Hahn home on Tuesday at II a. M,
conducted by Rev. H. S. Fritsch, form
erly of Medina, but now of Cleveland.
Burial was made in Spring Grove
cemetery, Medina, Tuesday afternoon,
at 1880 o'clock, brief service being
conducted by Rev. VIM. Drew of the
local Congregational church. Those
present from out of town at the burial
service were Rev. Fritsch, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Hahn, Miss Mary Byrne,
office assistant of the deceased, and
the pall-bearers, Messrs. Biddle, Bunt-
ing, Bloom, Bush, Cleveland and Mack,
all of Cleveland
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
AUDITOR URGES CRUSADE
AGAINST UNTAGGED DOGS

"The dog and sheep proposition in
this county is getting to be a serious
one" says Auditor Geo. McNeal. 1T
would warrant a thorough wedding
out of all worthless ours, which no
doubt are responsible for a lot of
sheep-killing. The new dog law, al
though 1880 tags were issued during
1918, has failed by good many dogs,
to get them all tagged, which is now
up to the individual, Justices Of the
Peace and the proper officers, namely,
the sheriff or his deputies" continues
the auditor.
The amount of revenue received
from dog tags for 1918 exceeded, by
"a good many dollars, the revenue re-
ceived under the old system; $2486
was received from tags issued in 1918,
while $2353.35 was paid out on sheep
claims. There was transferred from
the Old dog fund $2535.02 and with
the balance Of the 1918 collections Of
$132.65 gives a total of $2667 .67 in the
fund. The law provides that ST. 1000
must be kept in the fund at all times,
therefore leaving $1667.67 to distrib-
ute between the County Board of Ed
ucation and the Humane Society, as
the County Commissioners see fit.
"Mr. Citizen" declares Auditor Nc
Neal, 1T us up to you to assist in
getting rid Of dogs not tagged. Don't
unload your complaints on the auditor,
but go before a Justice, and make af-
fidavit, when the justice must notify
the sheriff OF his deputy, who win get
the dog and after the period Of d few
days it viii be sold Or killed II not
claimed BY the owner. Get your dog
tag for 1912 under same conditions
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
DESPONDENT, WADSWORTH
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE

Thomas Fritz Of Wadsworth COM
mitted suicide on Friday afternoon,
Dec. 20, by shooting himself thru the
heart, at the home Of his daughter,
Mrs. Dora Cox, at Rittman, where he
had gone in the morning to spend
the day. The deed is thought to
have been prompted by combination
of circumstances ill health, home
sickness and worry over the absence
of son, Claude, who is with the
American Expeditionary Forces in
France, and despondency. His wife
died many years ago.
x Besides the son Claude. the deceased
is survived by, two other sons, Orb
of Wadsworth and Oliver of Rittman,
and two daughters, Mrs. Stella Cor
don and Mrs. Mabel Brown Of Akron.
He was aged 63 years, 8 months and
5 days. Funeral services were held
from the home Of his sister, Mrs.
Oliver Cox, on Monday afternoon and
the remains buried "A Shinersburg
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
BRUNSWICK man
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
LIMITED CAR HITS II
AUTO AT CROSSING
Dr.. A. Wood Severely Injured And
His Car Completely
Demolished

DR.. A. Wood of Brunswick had an
almost miraculous escape from death
Tuesday afternoon when the auto in
which he was riding was struck
squarely by limited car on the C.
5. & G. at the crossing near the SUBJ
station in Brunswick. The car was
due in Medina at 1914 southbound
y The auto was pushed distance Of
fifty feet or more before the limited
could be stopped. Singularly the
auto was not tipped over, altho the
wheels were crushed off and the en-
tire machine demolished.
Dr.. Wood was severely bruised and
wrenched about his back and sides,
but was able to extricate himself
from the wreckage unaided. He was
Immediately conveyed to his home and
Dr. K. G. Strong Of Medina was sum-
nooned to attend his injuries. There
is fear that DIR. Wood was injured
internally, but if not, it is thought he
will not be laid up more than two or
three weeks. &
That he did not suffer instant death
is probably due to the fact that the
car was not running at it's usual speed
at this point. Limited cars are not
scheduled to stop at Brunswick, but
this one had stopped some distance
north Of the substation and was just
getting under way again when the
accident happened DR.. Wood was
driving west and says he did not see
or hear the approach Of the car.
This accident revives the memory
of the tragic death Of two Brunswick
young people caused by similar ac-
cident on the evening of Aug. 81,
1916, and Of several other accidents
that have happened at this danger
GUS crossing at different times in re-
cent years. Repeated efforts have
been made to have the railroad COM
pany post Waterman at this cross
ing, or to provide some other ade-
quate protection, but without avail.
The attention OF the State Utilities
Commission was called to the matter
following the fatal accident of Aug.
81, 1916, and member Of the Com
mission visited the scene, but he re-
ported adversely.
A. q. Myers, superintendent Of the
Southwestern, was a passenger on the
ca a1c- - injured Or. Wood on Tues
day. ss q s 81.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
Medina BOY WOUNDED
BY GERMAN SHELL

The casualty list of last Saturday
contained the name of Charles Reut-
ter Of Medina as having been wound
ed severely. He is son Of Mrs.
Christine Reuter- and brother Of Mrs.
Irwin VanDevier and John Reuter- of
West North street, and sailed for
Europe in June, landing in England
on the 22d.
The mother received telegram last
week from the war department ad-
vising her of her sons misfortune,
but had received the same information
in a letter from the son a few days
before receipt of the Telegram. The
letter states that he was wounded on
Oct. % by an exploding German high
explosive shell, fragment Of which
cut a cash four inches long in one
Of his legs. He had been in hospital
for some time, but at the time of
writing was able to get around on
crutches. The letter bore the date
of Dec. 8, Base Hospital 49, southern
France.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
NEW SHERIFF MONDAY

Next Monday morning, January g.,
Medina county will have a new sher-
iff, the present incumbent, r. L. Geh-
man, relinquishing at that time the
Office he has held for the past four
.ycars,. and. Park. G.. RigelQy, elected
in November, succeeding to the Office.
Mr.. Gehman, the retiring official,
has conducted the affairs Of his of
aee both economically and efficiently,
and has been uniformly courteous and
obliging at all times, and will retire
to private life with the best wishes
Eof many friends.
a MI. Bigelow enjoys an extensive ac-
fyuaintance and the esteem Of all who
k1loW him and undoubtedly will per-
fofn lie duties VI sheriff with credit
v himself md VI tl{e people n the
eQnty. N IA 81
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-01-03
ABSORB THIS AND
THEN BEGIN TO BUY

The 1919 War Savings Stamps
are now placed on sale all over
the country.
The 25-cent Thrift Stamps will
be the same as those now in use.
If you have Thrift Stamp card
which is not full on January 1,
you can buy the new stamps to
fill it.
When you have bought 16 of
these Thrift Stamps you can take
them to the bank or postoffice and
exchange them for a $500 War
Savings Stamp. The additional
amount you pay will be only 12
cents, if you get your $500 stamp
this month, 13 cents if you get
it in February and one cent ad-
ditional for each month after
that.
Thus, if you get your $500
stamp this month it will have
cost you only $4.12. And for that
S4.12 the government promises to
pay you $500 in cash five years
from now.
In other words you will have a
$500 U. S. government bond, and
it will have cost you only $4.12.
The difference of SO cents is 4
per cent compound interest on
your money.
And when you have 20 of the
$500 stamps, you will own a
complete War Savings Certificate,
for which the government will
pay you $100 in cash five years
from now, which will be all you
have paid for the stamps and
AFT per cent interest on every
penny besides.
If you should need your money
before the five years are up, you
can go to the postoffice and get
it at any time just the same as
If you had it in a savings bank.
The $500 War Savings Stamps
are about two-thirds the size of
the 1918 issue, blue instead of
green and bearing portrait of
Benjamin Franklin, to distinguish
them from the old stamps.
Z The certificate on which the
stamps are pasted is also differ
ent, and much handsomer than
the 1918 certificate. Instead of
being a double folder, like the
1918 certificate, it is single fold
er and smaller in size. 1t is
handsomely engraved in blue,
with decorative frame, which,
when it is filled with $500 stamps
makes a handsome blue certifi-
cate.
Do not paste the old green
$500 stamps Of 1918 in the new
folder. If you do, you lose a
years interest for the 1918 stamp
natures in 1923, while the new
one will mature in 1924. If you
have certificate party filled
with 1918 War Savings Stamps,
either fill it with the old stamps,
or save it as it is and get a new
folder for the new stamps.