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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08
MUMPS EPIDEMIC
IN Medina COUNTY
SCARLET FEVER CLOSE
: SECOND, SAYS BIGGS
Many Cases Not Reported, Only -Four
Doctors Giving Notice During
Month-State Department. to Make
Survey.

The report of County Health Com
missioner Harold H. Biggs for the
month of March shows that mumps
and scarlet fever led in the List Of
notifiable diseases. In fact mumps
are epidemic throughout the county,
reports DR.. Biggs, and what is more
only fraction of the cases are re-
ported to the health office.
"Many families fail to call ply
sician and so have no chance of being
reported" says DR.. Biggs, "and only
four physicians have reported cases
during the month. Physicians are
not supposed to make diagnoses over
the telephone, but are supposed to re-
port all cases coming under their OBJ
servation."
Smallpox shows a slight decline over
February, the report shows. Wads-
worth village shows decline from 16
cases to 2, whereas Wadsworth town
ship shows an increase from to IL.
Smallpox is epidemic generally thru
out Ohio this winter.
During March three wells and. one
village water supply were examined
and tested. An engineer from the
Bureau of Sanitation, State Depart
ment of Health, was secured to make
a survey Of conditions at Sharon Gem
ter, but his report has not yet been
made available.
The laboratory service Of the State
Department Of Health has been called
to the attention Of the physicians Of
the county, and distributing stations
have been arranged for, where con-
tainers for various tests can be Sc
cured. The service available in
cludes tests for diphtheria, tnberculo-
sis, typhoid, malaria, etc.
By action of the Ohio Public
Health Council, Sleeping Sickness has
been made reportable disease, and
any cases which occur should be re-
ported through the usual channels.
DR.. Biggs submits the following re-
port of diseases by villages and town
ships, for March:
Villages: Cerebro-spinal meningit-
is, Wadsworth l. Diphtheria, Medi-
ma 2; mumps, Medina Is; scarlet fe-
ver Lodi 4, Medina /; smallpox, Lodi
!, Wadsworth 2; tuberculosis, ,Medi-
ma /; whooping cough, Wadsworth
3.
Townships: Chiekenpox; York, 8 +;
diphtheria, Litchfeld 1; Montvi.le / |;
mumps, Liverpool IL; Sharon 2; pneu
monia, Brunswick 1, Litchfeld 1; scar
let fever, Chatham l, Sharon !; small
pox: Brunswick l., Sharon 9, Wads-
worth IL, York 81 typhoid, Granger
1.
Totals: Cerebro-spinal meningitis
1; chickenpox 8; diphtheria, d;
mumps, 20; pneumonia, 2; scarlet fe-
yer, z; smallpox, 20; tuberculosis, / !;
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

Three or four of the smaller stock
holders Of the Spencer Metal Products
Co. have started bankruptcy proceed
ings against the company. AT meet
ing Of other creditors held in Pitts
burg last week it was decided to COM
bat the Bankruptcy proceedings when
they are brought before JudgeWesten-
hayer next week. This information
was gained from what is regarded as
a very reliable source Thursday morn,
ing. n
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08
Al. G. & Y. START ON 6ss r, (. \. u u III (
LINE IMPROVEMENTS
To Resume Motor Car Service to
Copley Soon.

|. In it's issue of Jan. 7 the Sentinel
published exclusively the information
that the A. C. g. Y. railway, common
ly known os the Northern Ohio, had
decided upon a wholesale rejuvena-
ton of its line the entire distance of
107 miles from Akron to Delphos, and
that work upon the improvements
would begin as early in the spring as
possible.
This information, while not carry
ing with it the official stamp of
authenticity, was obtained from a
source regarded as reliable, and it's
truth now seems to be approaching
verification, since work of the char
acter mentioned on the road was
started about two weeks ago between
Medina and Akron. Proper drainage
Of the line is the first item of i'm
provement, and to this end huge
steam ditcher is at work, digging out
many carloads of soil and waste daily.
The work Of drainage will doubtless
run well into the summer.
The company also contemplates re-
placing it's present tracks with new
steel rails, larger than the present
ones, to accommodate the excessively
heavy freight traffic the company has
been enjoying for some time, and
which, it, is said, is continually in
creasing.
Reports that the company were to
install a motor car service between
Akron and Medina have gained cur
rency number of times during the
past year or more, but have always
lacked verifcation. That the COM
pany has considered such movement
! is admitted, but the chief difficulty in
carrying out such plan, say the
officials, is the independability of the
motor cars.
This was illustrated last week
when the president Of the road and a
party of other officials made the trip
from Akron to Delphos on one Of
these cars. They managed to get to
Delphos after several break-downs
and part Of the way back, when the
ca gave out entirely and was hauled
the rest Of the way to Akron by the
regular east-bound passenger train.
A statement appearing in recent
Tissue Of an Akron paper quoting A.
/ C. & Y. officials to the effect that the
company plans to displace the present
steam driven locomotives with cleo
4 triciacally diven trains, has since been
denied.
Motor cars were used to some ex
tent between Akron and Copley, but
I were discontinued in the fall. How
lever, the company announces it will
resume the running Of these cars be.
tween the two named points on ths
i 18th Of this month.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08
Comfy Auditor Washbnrn 1

County Auditor Washburn receiv-
ed from the State Automobile Dept.
this week the sum Of $2,501.2s, to be
distributed to various villages as fol-
lows: Medina, $40; Leroy, $l2; Lodi,
$34; Seville, $82; Spencer, $48; Wads-
worth, $30l.25; county, 81 ,54S M
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08
NOTICE, POTATO GROWERS

F There will Be meeting held Sd Ssttsasr tar
day, April 9, at clock sharp, at the
Farm Bureau offices for the purpose
of organizing the Medina county
branch Of The North East Ohio Po-
itato Growers association ss
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-08

"A majority Of the local mer-
chants have decided to close their
stores Oh every Wednesday afternoon
between, May / and November 1. "A
list Of the merchants who are 10 close
their places viii be published later.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
PERILS OF OVERWEIGHT
By H. Addington Bruce
r INCREASED liability to diabetes is onl

INCREASED liability to diabetes is only
one of numerous perils besetting those
who allow themselves particularly in
middle life, to grow unduly stout. Another
and greater danger they run is that Of de-
veloping disease of the heart and blood YES
sells.
The mere fact Of stoutness compels the
heart to work harder to lift it's column of
parts of the body. Besides which, fat may
accumulate about the heart itself, to hamper
the working of its muscles and eventually to
lead to organic degeneration.
Obesity likewise puts strain on the lungs
and the kidneys. Its victims are peculiarly
prone to be tormented by asthmatic affec
tons, by govt, gallstones and troublesome
skin eruptiOnS.
Apoplexy is more likely to strike them
down than to strike down the thin and the
normally heavy. Fat men should never get
angry is a good motto for the obese to take
much to heart!
The obese, too, suffer more than other
"oOpie from the disabling effects of heat.
They are less resistant to acute infections.
49,. iA@y can hardly be called the best surgi-
g = nriA.
Fortunately, overweight is in most cases
both eminently preventable and eminently
durable.
There are some people who become obese
though no fault of their own, but wholly as
a result of an inherited or CO. genial pecu-
l1dIlIy. buL SUCH p0Opl0 DIS comparatively
few in number. Doty does not exaggerate
when he says
Fully 80 per cent of those who are fat or
corpulent, particularly those in advanced
years, have disobeyed the law of Nature by
the abuse of the digestive system. This has
been brought about through overindulgence
in food and drink, especially fats and carbo-
hydrates and want of proper exe1 cises."
Dieting and exercise-these are truly the
means through which the perils of over
weight may most sur&ly be averted by pre-
venting or correcting the overweight itself
Only, if overweight already is present, the
dieting and exercise may best be carried out
under medical supervision.
Especially should there be no attempt to
reduce too heroically. HirschfeId's warning
should be needed by all:
cit is dangerous to the heart and nerves
to u1derfeed the average person for a period
Ion ger than two weeks. Some stand it and
feel fine, but others will need years to re-
build their strength.
methods for reducing weight should be
kept only untn ten pounds have been lost
The normal amount of food should then be
eaten. The right way to get rid of fat is to
change it into muscle through exercise
Certain foods, though the obese and the
near-obese will always do we'll to let severely
alone or to eat most sparingly. Fat meats,
bread, butter, potatoes, cereals rich in car
bOhydrates, and sweet desserts are conspicu-
GUS this list
Copyright, 1921, by the Associated Newspa-
perS.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
INCLUSIVE SOMNIPATHY
BY DR.. Frank Crane

That is lovely big word l got from Mr..
Daniel o. Skinner, and if there is catch in
it somewhere, and if it means something else
besides what he says it means, or anything
don't blame me- l take the word on faith
He writes:
Recently witnessed a strange occurrence at
Riverside Drive and 12Oth street.
ut was midday and bright sunlight flooded
the broad, dry expanse of asphalt A large
limousine was rolling north at fifteen miles
per hour. At the rear a similar vehicle ap-
preached moving faster.
both cars were driven by chauffeurs the
passengers were women. There was ample
space for the second car to pass, but to my
astonishment it came up behind and crashed
Squarely into the first machine
sit absurd.
"The second driver had sat at ease, his hands
on the wheel, his gaze straight ahead There
did not seem to be anything to divert his at
tention.
81 stepped over to where the two cars now
stood. No one was hurt, simply Jared
The second chauffeur was apologize, ad-
hitting to the women his fault, although in
SiSting that he could not account for his care
leSsneSs. But the first driver understood They
both understood
"Asleep at his wheel-sound asleep The
faulty driver was evidently victim of incur
Sive Somnipathy. Psychology or physiology
doubtless has better term. but do not recall
It, A self-induced, yet unlimited malady, with
the symptoms of which many auto drivers and
engineers are more or less familiar.
"The colliding chauffeur had been gazing
steadily at the bright, streaming roadway flow
ing smoothly beneath him. Its monotonous
sameneSS concentrated his mental faculties to
the point of inducing momentary self-hyp-
notiSm
"In the field of raroadng, when experienced
engineers run by opposing signals,-I wonder
if the cause might not often be attributed to
this ihSidiouS malady.
"Often the charitable explanation in cases
fatal to the engineer has been the possibility
of heart failure or a sudden stroke causing
dead hand to hold the throttle" prior to the &C
cide1t. But it is possible that the effect of
the unwavering stretch of twin rails blending
with the even, gray right-of-way and dSSolv-
ing under the engineers searching gaze, burnt
into his brain a converging, soothing, hypnotic
ing desire for Sleep peaceful and potent be-
yond the exercise of his inhbtory will
"What might be the explanation of the series
of seemingly inexpcable and appalling acct
dents which occurred on one of our great
eastern railroads few years ago? Or of
the motorman on the New York Elevated Rail-
way, who ran by definite daylight signals, with
resultant fatalities? Or the taxicab driven
down Broadway which suddenly left the street,
crashing through plateglass window and
without warning pushing two passing men be-
fore it, injuring them seriously, while Jagged
daggerS of broken glass pierced the drivers
brain beyond the power of conscious explana-
tom"
All of which proves that equals the human
equation.
copyright, 1924, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
Around the World
Tri-Weekly News Flashes From All Over
the Earth
Concerning Earthquakes

Concerning Earthquakes
There were fewer earthquakes in the Unit
ed States and throughout the world last year
than in 1919, but those of destructive char
acter were more numerous, and there also
was much more volcanic activity.
Records compiled by Professor Francis A.
Tondorf, director of the chronological observ-
atory and head of the department of geology
of Georgetown University here, show ninety
three earthquakes were felt in the United
States, compared with ninety-seven in 1919.
while reports from all parts of the world show
161 quakes were reported as compared with
46S in 1919.
Eleven of the earthquakes last year result
ed in destruction of life or property, while in
the previous year only seven caused such
losses. The most destructive during 1920
were those at Mendoza, Argentina, and the
Tepelini district of Italy, both of which oc-
Cured in December; and those reported from
Mexico City and Vera Cruz, Mexico; Minas
Geraes, Brazil; the IslaLd of zap, in the Pa
cific Ocean; Cadiz, Spain; the Island of Form
osa, the Island of Malta, Japan, Fivizzano
Italy; Giarre, Italy, and Grenada, Spain.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
The Center of Population
P1 HE announcement from washington

-srT HE announcement from WaSnlnSton
that the United States center of pop
ulation is now located in the ex-
irene southeast corner of Owen county, In
diana, some eight miles south of the town
ss.of Spencer, serves to recall the interesting
stages by which the republics 'star of en-
zpire" has taken it's westward way.
=. In 1890, year after President Washing
toms first inaugural, the population center
stood twenty-three miles of Baltimore
decade later it was eighteen miles west OF
that city. Shortly after the war with Mex
leo it was twenty-three miles southeast OF
what is now Parkersburg, West Virginia; at
that time the Old Dominion was still SIN
rsgle State By 1856 the center had reached
"a point twenty miles south OF Ch1ll1cothe'
Ohio: and by 1870 was forty-eight miles
east by north Of Cincinnati. 1t was in 1890
that. Indiana was reached the center then
: standing twenty miles east OF columbus. IN
1910 the city of Bloomington in that State
boosted of being at population hub. NOW
this distinction has passed on. for season.
to the countryside of Owen county
Tt is instructive to trace these stages on
the map, noting the distance OF each. These
. distances vary considerably, the shortest pc
ing fourteen and six-tenths miles IN the
decade from 1890 to 1900, and the longest
-ifty-eight and one-tenth in the decade from
sd870 to 1890 The total advance exclusive
of that In the period from 1900 to 1871
exact figures on which have not yet been
published, is approximately five hundred and
sixty-three miles.
Ahead of this westward moving center
have gone the sturdy pioneers, conquerlng
wilderness, building towns and cities, de-
yeloping rich mines of treasure bringing
forth harvests that have gladdened the
world, cherishing democracy, Strengthening
America and civilization. A wonderful ad-
vance it has been, yet more wonderful are
the expansion and unfolding still to come:
The population center has not yet reached
the Mississippi Beyond that river and IN
the fertile South, as we'll, lie empires OF
opportunity yet unharrowed and but sngnE
ly explored.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17

HAT does it mean, that our imports
N/ of foodstuffs in 1920 increased
w sixtv-four per cent while ex-
norris of them decreased twenty-five per
cent?
This reckoning is in terms of dollars ana
cents In 1920 we bought from ABROAD lou
products to the value Off one billion elgnt
hundred and fifteen million seven hunorea
and eighty thousand dollars, which was
approximately seven hundred and fourteen
million six hundred and seventy thousand
more than in the year preceding. OUR TOT
eign sales of such products in l92U amount
ed to two billion thirty-four million nine
hundred and thirty-four thousand dollars,
or upwards of six hundred and six million
less than in the year preceding. Thus while
exports were considerably in excess OF i'm
ports the relative gain of the latter IS ex-
ceedingly marked.
Much can be said by way of comment and
EXPLANATION but there is one particularly OBJ
vious and important lesson, namely, that the
United States is not now agrlculturally
self-sustaining. To say this of the more
thickly settled and land-limited countries OF
Europe would call for no discussion One
is not surprised that Belgium with an area
of only eleven thousand four hundred
square miles and a population OF more than
seven and half million finds it necessary
to import quantities of foodstuffs; the
wonder is that the little kingdom is SELF
feeding in so many items. Nor is it remark
able that England and Wales, having less
territory than the single State of Georgia.
and a population of forty-six million, raise
only a fraction of what they need. But the
United States of America with a continental
area of more than three million, twenty-six
thousand square miles (not great deal less
than that of the whole of Europe) and a
population density Of less than thirty-one to
the square mile, might we'll be expected to
produce all the food staples it requires and
have a large surplus for expectation.
Evidently we are not making due use Of
our agricultural resources, regards eth
er extent or intensiveness of cultivation
More farming and better farming are need
ed if we are to maintain a well balanced
economic life at home and play our right
full part in the service of the world. There
are no necessaries and few delicacies which
cannot be raised abundantly somewhere
within this nations vast range of climate
and soil; indeed, there are few which can
not be raised within this one region of the
Southeast. Georgia alone is an empire Of
agricultural opportunity, only about third
of whose tillable acres have been turned to
account. Authorities say that within the
| South Atlantic and Gulf States there is
enough fertile land, now idle, to produce
vegetables and fruits for many times Ameri-
cas- present population; and by retaining
certain other areas, this same region could
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
The Value of County Agents
of county farm demonstration agent

- of county farm demonstration agents,
the Savannah Morning News rightly
snays that if the payment of these invaluable
public servants out of county funds should
encounter legal difficulties, the knot should De
promptly cut by Legislative enactment. 1t is
Ito be hoped that no technicalities will prove
Troublesome; but in the event they do, the
s law ahould be speedily purged of them.
- It was obviously the intent of the trainers
of Georgia's constructive agricultural leglsla-
ton that county governments should be au-
.ethorized to apply portion OF their FUNDS 10
1.-THE employment of demonstration agents. In
some communities, no doubt, private inter
asests would subscribe the agents salaries IL
.othe public appropriation were cut OFF. But
1T is far better as the Morning News, argues,
that "the county treasury bear the expense,
because the whole county enjoys the bene-
Tits There is no doubt chat millions OF dol
lars worth of crops have been added to the
total in Georgia in recent years by county
agents; and the State is better off today
than it would have been because OF their
.spainstaking efforts in behalf Of better and
more varied farming"
=" The business of towns and cities is no
less materially concerned than are rural dis
tricts. The development Of those basic re-
sources from which commerce is, nourlshed
and quickened is largely involved in the
maintenance of the counSy-agent system Oh
farm education. Indeed there is not prop
~erty owner not a taxpayer, not an investor
but whose interests are promoted by the
county agent service. Let this excellent
WORK be given every possible encouragement
in Georgia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
Germanu Watches

wv ITH what interest Germany is watch
w ing the development Of American re-
:. lationships with the Allies may be in
-ferred from this recent utterance OF the
-nFRANKFURTER ZEITUNG: Before the
-.war, our international situation depended on
our relations with other States Today, as
7the disaster Of our defeat has removed all
POSSIBILITY of enforcing our WILL our future
no longer depends on ourselves but on the
relation Of the conquerors to each other. This
is the principal problem with which we have
Ito do at the present time; we must pay great
attention to this. When, next March. the
United States again takes her place in Eu-
ropean politics as principal creditor of the
other countries she will play the preponder-
ant part in the settlement Of all questions
German opinion, particularly that of the
reactionary group, has been buoyant over the
defeat of the Democratic party's plan for
United States to take her rightful place in the
League of Nations. Apparently it is the hope
of Junker elements that American influence
may yet be turned positively against the En-
tente, or that disrupting differences may
throw the entire international situation into
confusion. But it is not antagonist of
-the Entente that the United States can help
the highest interests Of Central Europe or Of
1.-The world. Cooperation, not ill-will and
intrigue, is now the supreme need Of all ma
lions and all peoples. ..-... -.-.-.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

woman was discussing house party she
had given. "You know" she said, "Mrs
H. came, but she was great nuisance She
has such passion for souvenirs. She's mad
on collecting"
''My DEAR" said her friend, mo need to
tell me that; she stayed with me once
IT suppose you missed your china, or
something, when she left.''
"No, I missed my husband"
care you familiar with Shakespeares" he
asked.
81 should say not" she replied, Indignantly.
81 never have been familiar with any young
man in my life, and don't even know the per-
son you speak Of"
1t would appear from recent newspaper
reports that the Kaiser is still collecting
loot.
We hope that Mr.. Wilson will add a brief
history of the Senatorial O1igarchy to his
story Of the Versailles peace gathering.
President-e1ect Harding is on a fishing
trip Wouldbe members of the new Cabi-
net are also similarly engaged.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
Air Freight

Goods to the value of more than
100000 were brought into and carried
out of the British Isles by the Air Serv-
ice during 1920.
The goods were principally clothing
and furs, 'but they also included watches,
wireless apparatus, human hair, paint
1ngs, motion picture films and other
light goods.
The trading in these commodities was
carried out with all the western Europe
countries.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
Refuses Reward

While playing golf on the links at St.
Augustine, Fla, this week, President-elect
Harding found pair of tortoiseshell spec
tacles which had been lost by S. J. Klee,
of New York. When he turned them in
at the clubhouse Mr.. Harding laughingly
refused the reward of SIS that had been
offered for their return.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-17
EIGHT THOUGHTS FOR 1924

The world Will go on.
What is happening now has .appened be-
fore.
Business must continue.
There can be no progress nor prosperity
founded on gloom.
An ounce Of good cheer goes farther than
o pound of pessimism.
We are going to live through our troubles
If we have any.
Why not buckle dow to business:
If we don't the other fellow will.-Leonard
Dreyfus in Poster Magazine.