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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-19

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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-19
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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-19

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fashionable photographers. a. be looked
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ere some very ugly features h this
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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-19

~ never does take . man long -
exnlaip when he Ia right Or thinks no
IL right. Il 10 when man sos
wrong that great tong explanations
are needed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. Serviss

Reading an interesting paper by Ma
jor George A. Soper, of the Sanitary
Corps, u. s. A., on the lessons of the
great pandemic of influenza, am par
ticularly impressed by the thought,
which comes to me in pondering his
description of the manner in which the
plague spread itself, that while the
air is the medium whereby immediate
conveyance of infection from the ill to
the we'll was, and is, most readily eff
fected. yet that same medium may
serve, with wonderful efficiency, to
protect us all against every kind of
floating disease germ.
No doubt the sunbeams U do not
confine that term simply to the solar
light and heat), are the active agents
in the destruction of noxious germs,
but it is the air that carries the Of
tenders to the place of execution. The
volume of the atmosphere is relatively
so vast that even the countless billions
of germs rising out of the streets, al
leys and crowded tenements of a pop.
ulous city are scattered, and their
mass Is diluted to such a degree that
the solar radiations envelOp ard trans
fix them individually on every side.
Then, too, the air by means OF its
incessant and omnipresent currents
rapidly sweeps up the germs and car
RIGS them away, dispensing them us
smoke is Ecrne aloft and dispa'le,i. SO.
even without regard TO the infinitesi-
NAL Javelins of the sun, germ hosts are
deprived of "shock" power by the air
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09

Use McNeils Pair Exterminator-Ad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09

pass through his respiratory system
the whole of that breath to be COM
posed entirely of fresh air and no ad-
dttional supply to be introduced into
the room? To answer the question we
must know the quantity of air passed
through the lungs in given time
say, one minute.
Estimates of this quantity vary, but
perhaps as good as one as any puts
it at one-quarter of a cubic foot per
| minute, the person being supposed to
sit quietly making no muscular eXer-
tion. With great muscular activity the
quantity increases rapidly. becoming. 1t
i3 said, from six to eight times greater
in such cases than when the breather
remains inactive.
Simple division shows that single
person sitting quietly in a room of the
dimensions mentioned above would,
under the conditions given, require 566
days to breathe the whole of the ar.
TWO thousand persons, inhaling and
eNhaling 500 cubic feet of air per min
ute, would require only eight hours.
Put if the 1000 were an excited, vio-
lently gesticulating and struggling moo
| they might pass the entire body of
ar through their lungs in one hour.
Take next the case of street car
o. subway car. Suppose the air space
to be 2,100 cubic feet, with no ventila-
ton. Sixty passengers, sitting quiet
and breathing fifteen cubic feet per
minute, would require 140 minutes to
pass the whole quantity through their
lungs. Let them fight and crowd and
lurch, as such unfortunates often do,
and the time might be reduced to
seventeen or eighteen minutes.
These facts assume an apparently
more menacing aspect when we put the
figures in the form of percentages.
Thus. in the last case. about 6 per
| cent of the air would be infected-if
we may call it infection-in a single
minute.
In the more favorable case of the
1000 quiet occupants of the room of
100000 cubic feet capacity. the per
cent of infection in one minute would
be one-ffth of / per cent, but in one
hour it would become more than ~
per cent.
Another thing to be considered is
that in actual practice the breathed
air would not distribute itself evenly
through the enclosed space, and that
part nearest the level of the sitters' or
passengers heads would often be i'm
mediately rebreathed, though seldom
by the original breather. There are
many other conditions and limitations
that We have no space to consider,
but enough has been said to show what
we owe to one another in the way of
helping the atmosphere exercise its
purifying powers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09

alone, and entering the healthy body
like a handful of disorganized troopers
they have heedlessly rushed into the
intricate defenses of full-manncd
citadel, they are dispatched with ease
by the body's internal defenders
it is quite possible that thrre would
he no epideIn.cs - respiratory us
eases, which are the most dangerous
and the most difficult to control OF all
that afiict mankind, IL men and wo-
men would give the atmosphere fafr
chance to exercise its protective ini1u-
ences. But this is prevented, hrst' oy
our over-crowding. and, second, by our
general indifference to personal meth
eds of protection, which, when they are
L.cperly used, benefit others as we'll
as the users.
The person who coughs and sneeZeS
in the presence of others without any
effort to prevent the distribution of the
effiuvia throughout "A limited or con-
fined volume of air must be taught that
he is his own enemy as we'll as an
enemy of the public. He Is potentially
such an enemy even though he may not
be i'll, for many persons carry infec-
tious germs to which they have be-
come immune, while the same germs
are virulent to others.
A few simple calculations show what
the air can or cannot be expected to do
in guarding us against floating disease
&c rms emanating from members of orr
own animal species. Take large
room, such as the auditorium of a
hall or theater. If we assume its lineal
dimensions to bs, in feet, 100x40x6O,
we get 100000 cubic feet as its con-
tent of air.
Now, how long would it take single
person, of average lung capacity, to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
USED TO pOsTPONENrENTs

. USED TO POSTPONEFTENT
IFrom Louisville Courier-J Journal
"Then you like working for a
judge?"
"You bet"
Doesn't he kick when you put
things Off" -
NAV. he puts off half his own
work every day."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
Presidential Boom
Behind Palmer's Junket,
Washington Experts Say

Washington, Oct. "a. Mitchell
Palmer, attorney general, expects
soon to take a Swing around the
circle" in the interest of the gov
ernment's fight on the high cost
of living, and, incidentally, political
experts in Washington believe, pre-
pare the way for the launching of a
Palmer boom for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
The Attorney General announced
that he will visit the principal cities
of twenty states. The purpose of
the trip, Mr.. Palmer explained, is to
obtain, through conference with
fair price committees and mayors
of the various cities, first hand
knowledge of the progress of the
campaign for price reductions being
conducted by the Department of
Justice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
Urge Government
Control of Sugar

Washington, Oct. 9.-Federal con-
troll of commerce in sugar until De-
cember 81, 1920, to prevent increased
prices to consumers it proposed in
a bill sent to the Senate Committee
investigating the sugar situation by
w. A. Glasgow, counsel for the
Food Administration. The commit
tee plans to report the bill soon.
Under the measure import and cx-
port embargoes could be proclaimed
by the President and the sugar
equalization board would be author
lied to buy the 1920 Cuban crop.
A license system for sugar dealers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
Bloomsbury Alumni to
Hold Annual BANQUET

The ninth annual banquet of
alumni of the Bloomsbury State
Normal school will be held in the
Penn-Harris Hotel Monday evening
at z o'clock. Members from Dau-
phin and nearby counties will at
tend. Requests for reservations
should be made to the officers of
the association. H. L. Dennis, Camp
Hill, is president.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
THE AIR WAS ROUGH
IEverybody's Magazinel

Si Douy NhdSdZl1eI
A naval aviation cadet at Miami,
Fla, was assigned to a seaplane with
orders to stay in the air for an hour.
After a flight of thirty minutes
the cadet landed and TAXED onto
the beach.
The division commander, with fire
in his eye; descended uon the luck
less student. Whats the matter
with you?" he demanded. "I told
you to stay out an hour. You've
been gone half that time"
Really, SIR" relied the student,
'the air is awful rough. l never
saw anything like it, Why, I looked
up the road towad Miami, and it
was full of blackbirds walking into
town."
MEMORIAL PARK ADDITION
The Suburb JJnpara raIleled. Adv
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
COUNT COST s1.O1i

To make the official count of the
primary vote cost the county ST.
Ola. Thirteen clerks were employed
ed for twelve days, each receiving
$3.50 a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09

is proposed and those violating regu-
lations of the equalization board
would be subject to $4,000 fine and
two years imprisonment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
CAUGHT UNDER BRICKS

With his body badly burned and
with severe scalp lacerations, Mi
chael Poeth, of Enhaut. is in the
Harrisburg Hospital. The accident
happened last night when a hot
brick furnace at the Bethlehem
Steel Company caved in and caught
him. Poeth, a bricklayer, was aid
ing in repairing the furnace at the
time of the accident.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09

MEMORTAT. PARK ADDITION
The Suburb Unparalleled.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-09
For a Child's Liver and Bowels

Mother! Say California" then you win
get genuine California Syrup of Figs" Full
directions for babies and children of all ages
who are constipated, bilious, feversh, tongue
coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on
the bottle. Children love this delicious laxative
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-12-04
Safety First For
Yule-tide Cheer
Elimination of Flimsy Decorative Ma
terial and Quick Disposal of Trees
Is Urged.

And now comes another reform
artist who would take all the joy
out of life. This newcomer is state
official and he has chosen for his
victims, thes poor little kiddies who
have been looking forward for year
to the coming of old Santa Claus and
the many pretty things he will hang
upon their Christmas tree. This new
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-12-04
Strong Fight to Curb Tubercu-
losis in Middle Western States

Grape hanger" is George H. Nettle-
ton, and his pet hobby is fires. In
fact he is state fire marshal and
spends most of his time Matching up
schemes to prevent the careless ones
from collecting their fire insurance
and destroying their unprotected pro-
perty. He is a genious, this man
Nettleton; here are the rules he has
laid down for the protection of pro-
perty during the holiday season when
infammable material is so popular in
decorations:
Do not take foolish risks.
Remember safety first.
DO not use lighted candles on your
Christmas trees; get the electric kind,
carefully wired.
Ii candles are used, permit elders
only to light them and see that they
are not in close proximity to anything
mflammable.
Keep all matches away from the
children.
For snow effects use mineral wool.
If there are open gas jets see that
they are protected and that there are
no drafts while the tree is lighted.
Last year, Mr.. Nettle said recently,
only two fires in the state were credit
ed to the careless handling of Christ
mas trees, and he urges proper care
this year in an effort to prevent any
fires due to such causes.
The principal Christmas hazard,
and the one responsible for many
frightful deaths and much property
loss in the past, has been the Christ
mas tree, according to the fire mar
shall. Next in line is that of the
f1imsy decorations and the use Of the
open fame for lighting purposes. But
these are not the only holiday fire
hazards. Careless merchants who fill
their windows with costly holiday
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-12-04

goods, much of which is highly in
fiammable, and then decorate the
whole with trimmings of tissue paper
and cotton batting, also add to the
fire hazards.
School entertainments and enter
tainments given in homes, churches
and stores, where the decorations are
usually of home manufacture and are
generally of the cheapest and fimsi-
est character obtainable,z are other
causes of fires, he said. Where Jap
lanterns predominant and there is al
ways Santa Claus, safety is gener-
ally secondary, the fire marshal de-
ed.
while there is no legal ban on the
use of candles for Christmas tree
lighting there is parental obligation
involved" Mr.. Nettleton said, "and it
attaches to fathers and mothers to
the extent of seeing that nothing is
permitted that will in any way en-
danger the lives of the kiddies."
AS the final and greatest fire pre-
ventive, after all precautions have
been observed, Mr.. Nettleton urges
that fire extinguisher of some sort
be kept handy. Keeping the Christ
mas tree until New Years is discour-
aged, as there is nothing more in
flammable than dry Christmas green's,
in his opinion, and he urges their re-
moval within two or three days.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-12-04

Governor J. A. A. Burnquist and
the chief executives of ten other Up
per Mississippi Valley states today
issued joint proclamation urging the
people of this territory to stand as
one against the ravages of tubercu-
losis and other devastating diseases
through whole-hearted support of the
1919 Red Cross Christmas Seal Sale.
The health proclamation is entitled
IAN Appeal to the 81 900 900 People in
the Mississippi Valley" 1t was made
prb'ic bv the Minnesota Public Health
Association, which with the aid of af-
filiated county health associations and
a special state campaign committee is
directing the Christmas Seal and
Health Bond Sale in Minnesota.
Besides that of Governor Burnquist
the proclamation is signed by Gov
ernors Frank o. Lowden of Illinois,
James P. Goodrich of Indiana, w. L.
Harding of Iowa, Ebert A. Shopper of
Michigan, Frederick D. Gardner of
Missouri. Samuel R. McKelvie of Ne
braska. Lynn J. Frazier of North Da-
tota James NJ Cox of Ohio, Peter
Norbeck of South Dakota and E. L.
Phillip of Wisconsin.
Each of the governors also asked
rha Observance of Christmas Seal Sum
dav in the churches of their respective
states.
Such an appeal, signed as 1t is by
men of widely varying political affilia-
tions evidences the trend of govern
mental recognition to the vital neces-
sity of definite, constructive plat
form of better public health. officials
OF the seal sale committee emphasized.
More than 100000 of our neighbors
men, women and children. now liv-
ing in that great and prosperous ter
ritory designated as the North Mis-
sissippi Valley States have been
stricken with tuberculosis. .
"These friends Of ours are dying at
the rate of tens Of thousands annu-
ally. ..-.
Through lack of means to. enforce
well-established methods for the con-
troll of this disease thousands of new
victims are being added to the list
year by year.
with the funds derived through the
sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals in
former years, volunteer agencies con-
sisting of state and local tuberculosis
societies have achieved noteworthy
results in bringing about a reduction
=" in the number of annual deaths from
tuberculosis. Thousands of wage
earners have been restored to health;
the lives of countless numbers of men,
women and children have been saved;
an incalculable amount of human mis-.
cry has been prevented-all of this
through the sale of Red Cross Seals
at penny each.
"But there Is much work yet to do,
more than many of us realize. Unless
we earnestly support this movement
with our influence and our dollars.
this great life-saving movement will
fail of its object. 1t must not fail.
Far too many lives-lives of our own
people-are at stake.
"The annual sale of Christmas Seals
and Health Bonds begins December 1.
I'VE, therefore, call upon the people
OF our respective states to give freely
both in money and in helpful service
Ito this great cause"
Every county and community in the
state has a quota of Christmas Seals
and Health Bonds to sell on the basis
of 10 cents per capita. Minnesota's
minimum allotment of the national
fund is $250,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-09
T0TTENvILLE

| Madame Abbie Clarkson Totten at
tended the victory musical morning
OF the Verdi Club. al the Waldorf As
toria, of which she is a member, yes
terday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. w. Wallace Laird
. were in Brooklyn yesterday for a visit
with their daughter. Mrs. L. r. Cole.
Senator John A. Lynch has gone to
Albany for h opening of the session
of the senate.
Herbert j. Bedell was home last
night from Camp Mills, where he is
awaiting to be discharged from the
army after service in the medical
corps in France
John ii. Sullivan has returned
home after the holidays in Brooklyn
with his daughter.
Albert Slack will sing the sol part
in the cantata at Pleasant Plains to-
night in place of Jesse Slaight, who
is confined to his home Ill.
Al a meeting of the official board
of st. Paul's church held Tuesday
night at the home of James Laing
several matters pertaining to the re-
pairs of the church were taken up.
Ladies' Night at the Aquehonga
! Athletic. Club last night brought out
a number of the fair sex who took
part I'm bowling.
All schools throughout the city
were closed yesterday afternoon out
of respect to former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt whose funeral was
held at that time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-09
MARSHALL HEAD
Of LOAN ASSN
Encouraging Reports Received
al Annual Meeting Last Night
in T0ttenvilIe
Most Encouraging Reports are Given
1T AanuaI Meeting Held
Last Night

- lNiatGFHf
TOTTENNTLLE, Jan. 9:-Charles
A. MARSHALL was reelected president
of the Richmond County Building &
Mutual Loan Association at the
thirty-eiBhth annual meeting OF thu
association l&st night at the rooms OF
the association in Main street. Mr..
Marshall is row serving his third fun
term as head OF b association. Ar
thur III. 4etnlan, the treasurer, who
succeeds the late 4. ". Browne, who
held that position fer thirty years, is
the only new man elected to the staff.
Gilbert s. Barne was elected secre-
tarY for the thirty-eighth consecutive
term. Charles a. ThraIl. the vice
president chosen, has held that posi-
ton for n nlmber of years. The MEM
bers of the board of directors chosen
arc William ]. Derickson. Emil Peter
son. James A. Simonson and J. G.
Davidson
Following the election and meeting
brief remarks were made by Mr.. Mar
shall. thanking the members for the
hoaor OF rejecting him at the head
OF the association. Mr.. Barnes, Mr..
Thrall and Mr.. Yetman each spoke.
Mr.. Barnes related ON of the early
history of the organization when IL
started at the <. S. White Dental plant
in 1881. lie said that the association
has never lost q dollar through It's in
vesinlent since it was started. which
he naid was u record for an organiza-
ton OF this kind.
The annual statement in the hands
Of the members shows the association
In first class financial condition with
It's nearly a million and q
half dollars. The rCSources are ST.
B~13.217.30. The dividends declared
during the year ending December 81,
1918. according to the statement. are
instrument shares. June so. 1918, a
dividend OF "a per cent. S20,S16.32:
August Ia. 1918, special Sill per
share to mature. goth series. $64S.24:
December 81, 1913. dividend of 3 per
cent, $2f,194.0S; prepaid shares June
30, 1913, dividend OF 2h per cent,
S1c.e7f.24. and December 81. 1915,
dividend OF 2E per cent, $~11,e9s.T6;
total, s63,T3g.6A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-09
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. James Stanley. OF
BROOKLYN. have been visiting AT
Prince Bay.
Miss Ruth Parks has eone home to
Bridgeport, Conn, after a visit with
her grandparents.
John Sprague is recovering from a
recent illness that has confined him
to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barbour have
been entertaining his mother, Mrs.
Mray Barbour. of E~itingville.
Frank Cone. of the navy, has been
visiting his sister Mrs. Elwyn G.. Peters
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beasiey have re-
turned to Manhattan after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Schwab.
Miss Margaret Klein has been visit
ing in the Bronx.
The quarterly meeting of the South
Shore Veteran and Exempt Firemen's
Association will be held tonight al
Amicitia hall at s o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-09
COLOkIA BED OF CIVIC
CLUB DOING GOOD WORK
New York Members Attend Meeting
of Sewaren's Popular Association.

New York Members Attend Meeting
of Sewaren's Popular Association.
BV Special Correspondent.
SEWAREN, Jan. 9-The Civic As
ISOLATION met in the library Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. l.. f. Ballard, presi-
dent of the association: Mrs. G. M.
Cooper and Mrs. w. 7. Ames came out
from New York for the meeting.
A card was reead from u. s. Cen
eral Hospital No. 3 at Colonia. that
the bed given by the Civic, mo. 80 in
ward 3 is occupied by a succession of
wounded overseas men"
Mrs. +. J. Adams. chairman OF the
committee ON the Christmas stockings
for the children. reported hat sixty
generous stockings had been hllel and
distributed to the delight Of the lit
tie folks. The appreciation of the
club for the lighting OF the commun-
ity Christmas tree was also expressed.
Mrs. f.. b. Ford, the recording sec
rotary, is moving to Newark. greatly
to the regret Of her many friends in
town. Mrs. r. o. Acker will act as re-
cording secretary until the annual
meeting in march.