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FLORA. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 1919
NUMBER 49
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The Clay County Tuberculosis Association
will hold a free clinic at the
Court House in Louisville, Sept. 4,
At 2 P. M., for detecting tuberculosis. Dr. Russell E. Adkins of Springfield, will preside. Everyone interested in this work, and everyone who sus¬ pects themselves afflicted with tuberculosis, are cordially invited to be present.
Physicians please take notice.
Clay Co. Tuberculosis Assn.
¦'SUMNER  FLU" APPEARS
Mild Ttp* May be Forerunner of Fall   Outbreak—School    in¬ spection Urted
FLORA BOY A
PRIZE WINNER
I Filteen-Year-Old Newsboy Wins Chica(o American First Prize tor Real American Story
Chicago, 111., August 22, 19111 1 Alto Smith, Flora, 111.
Dear Alto:_You have my heartiest Icongratuliitloiis upon winning tlie llfirst prize In American I'ep story I writing contest.
y Your letter Inilicated that you are la regular boy—one who can appreciate Itlie wholesome and pleasant tilings in Jlife. I am sure that If you keep op l*jowing tlie kind of seeds that I know lyou have In your possession, you will Ireap a good many prizes througli l^our life.
With the best of luck t6 you. Yours truly,
J. H. NoiH, Editor American Pep. Master Alto is  the  tifteen-year-old lion of   Mrs.   W.   L.   Smith,  of   this Tity, and is the  hustling  newsdealer lor the St.   Louis   Times,   St.   Louis ||tar and the Chicago American here, le is to be congratulated on his sue- less in capturing  tirst  prize  in  the tory writing  contest given   by   tlie fhlcago American.   Oneiiundred and Ifty boys from all parts of the coun- Iry entered the contest.   Alto's story 1,'as a real American  story,   and  the ubjeot was "The Best Time I   Ever lad."
An Unusual Visit
Sitter Patricia (Hattie Thompson,) accompanied by the Mother Superior from St. Luke's Parish at Belle¬ ville, spent Monday in Flora, leaving in the afternoon for Breese, and go¬ ing on to Belleville Tuesday.
This was the first visit of Sister Patricia to her home in twenty-two years, and her four brothers, Peter, William. Edward and Charles Thomp¬ son, and two sisters, Mrs. Martha McClure and Mrs. Margaret Dunni¬ gan, and other relatives, numbering seventy-tlvejn all, assembled on the lawn at St. Stephen's church where dinner was served and a day of visit¬ ing enjoyed.
Sister Patricia Is a graduate from the Notre Dame School of St. Louis. She taught seventeen years In the parish scliools in New Orleans, La., one year at Quincy and four years at Belleville.
The visit was an unusual privilege for a Sister of her eminence.
Rooms   Wanted
¦ There Is a demand for rooms and Tjard for High School students; also |>r the teachers.
¦ Some are being turned away on ac- 1'unt of no place to stay.
lAny one wlio can accommodate Tese students will please notify P. A. leyer stating whether boys or girls In be accommodated, and at what lice.
{students in town will call at the P. Meyer Store for  accommodations.
Married in Washington City
Announcement has been received here of the marriage of Miss Katliryn Hill, of this city, and Austin Estlow, which took place in Wasliington, I). C, Tuesday, August 19.
The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. Solon P. Hill. She left Flora about a year ago to accept a govern¬ ment position in the War Risk Bureau in Washington.
Mr. Estlow was in the naval ser¬ vice during the world's war, and was recently mustered out of service. He resumed his old position In the navy department in Washington, which position he had held seven years be¬ fore his enlistment. He Is a native of  South Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Estlow are spending their honey-moon at Skyland.   Va.
The last county in Illinois—Hardin county on the Ohio river—now has a railroad, as the Illinois Central is run¬ ning trains into Rosiclare. Large fluer spar mines are situated in this coun¬ ty, and are the reasons for building a branch Into the county.
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S. KAPLAN
FLORA, ILL
Sprlngtield, 111., August 14, 1919.— Wltliin the last two weeks the State Department of Health has been in¬ vestigating several epidemic out¬ breaks of so-called "sunimercolds" or "summer flu", and from data in hand it appears that there recently has been a recrudescence of influenza of a mild type In a number of widely se¬ parated communities throughout the state. Tills development ia a matter of considerable concern to the state I health authorities, especially in view of the approach of the season when the disease ordinarily takes on greater severity. I^ Indicates that the seed of Infection Is in our midst and that every precaution must be taken to hold it within bounds.
In this connection the State De^ partment of Public Health Is calling otliclal and p u b' I I c attention to the regulations prescribed for the prevention of the spread of Influenzal infection, and ia Insisting upon their strict enforce¬ ment In every known or suspected case. For the purpose of proper con¬ trol the Department urges the ne¬ cessity of regarding every case of "summer cold", "summer flu", or bronchitis with grave suspicion.
The clinical picture of the cases In¬ vestigated Is as follows: Onset sud¬ den, with symptoms of "cold In the head" and Inflamed tliroat; tempera¬ ture commonly running as liigh as in.t to l()l: headache, muscle ache, and in some cases nausea and vomit¬ ing. Duration three to five days. Very few cases have serious lung In¬ volvement and, so far as known, no deaths have resulted.
In more than00 per cent of the oases investigated the affected persons had not lieen Infected with Influenza during the preceding epidemic. About \V) per cent had influenza ia.st winter. t
Some health authorities hold that In the light of knowledge of previous epidemics of influenza we may look for anotlier epidemic wave of serious proportions with the onset of fall: others express the belief that the dis¬ ease spent its force and that develop¬ ments of any material consequence are