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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26,1918. "FLU" PLAGUE FOLLOWS WAR The Spanish influenza epidemic which has raged throughout practi cally the entire world may be the "plague and pestilence" which tra dition says always follows war. Mod ern sanitation aiid hygiene have .done much to free the world from the dominion of plagues, but in time of war even science is thwarted. A formidable weight of medical opinion holds that the influenza epi demic which has swept Europe and America during the last 18 months is due to the filthy conditions of trench life, the millions or rats and vermin bred at the front, and the unburied dead on the battlefields. Certainly this war would be different from all those ever fought if it did not bring pestilence in its wake. It is hardly probable that the 1848 cholera epidemic caused the number of deaths that influenza has done. The toll during the three months, Sept. 1 to Dec. 1., was 350,000 per sons. All other pestilences in his tory have had their first start in the far east. Egypt and Ethopia were the plague-breeders of the ancient world, China and Turkey of more modern times. The latest theory is that influenza or "pneumonic plague" as many physicians call it is no ex ception. According to Dr. James King of the army medical corps, the disease was imported from China, through the coolies used on French battle fronts. The disease has been no respector of climates. It has ragen in frozen Rissia and Alasko, in dry Arizona, in damp heat, like that of Italy, and in damp cold, like that of the Great Lakes region. Trop ical Porto Rico and Hawaii have not been spared, nor the dry, bracing northwest. Influenza is not unknown in history. It is reported to have swept Europe in 1557, 1580 and 1593. In 1591 it raged through Ger many, alone, stopping abruptly at the Rhine, and three hundred years later, in 1891 it swept Germany again. Pestilence seems always to take those in the .prime of life and influ enza had been no exception. In the epidemic from which this country is now suffering, statistics show that 80 per cent of the victims are under 40 years of age, and 60 per cent of them under 35 years of age. The death rate in army camps has been about twice that among civilians. Modern science is not leaving in fluenza to range uncombatted as did the plagues of a few centuries ago. Dr. E: C. Rosenow of Rochester, Minn., declares that a successful ser um has already been discovered that will reduce the influenza mortality by more than 90 per cent. Red Cross relief helps to minimize grief. iiiwNiMina iiiMHiaiiiniHiunii F000 IN EUROPE FAMINE CON OH IONS roODSHOTUGt tfMMCVIffi "MM ga SERIOUS fl»0 SMMTW. wmaEfrr CKSTNI rooo JW» iu nrw smoui nwiniwiinin Food Will Win the World ex™ 8 That Office Stationery You Need rjlHE TIMES-RECORD JOB DEPART ment needs your business--you need The Times-Record Job Department be cause it can give you the best service. Let this office do your next order for Blank Books, Stationery and Office Supplies WE CAN PLEASE YOU IN PRICE AS WELL AS IN GIVING YOU G00|D SERVICE "Our point of view Kas now been changed from a war necessity to a humanitarian appeal, in all food conservation efforts," said Federal Food Administrator E. F. Ladd, when' asked regarding the future work of the Food Administration, "In a cable recently received from Mr. Hoover by the Food I officials he stated that the pressing demand for food to keep Europe from one of the worst famine disasters of history is obvious but the definite program must await further conferences abroad. "When the American people fully realize the predicament of millions of people in Europe, when the picture is presented to them In all its startling reality, there will be a spontaneous and instantaneous demand on the part of the American public for their relief. Some agency must carry on that relief work. Just what will be done and how it will be done is yet to be worked out but the work that is now placed before the Food Administra tion workers is to acquaint the public with the facts of Europe's needs and to prepare them for voluntary co-operation in saving vast numbers from starvation, as distinguished from the enforced regulations which were necessary as a war measure, but will no longer bring about the desired ends." and tumors "auccesfully treated without knife or pain. 'Come, or write for Free Book. DR. WILLIAM'S SANATORIUM. 3K5 Uahinity Am. S. E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Himiimiuia •IWMIMMHIMIWMIWMIIIWIIIMIIIW THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORD. VALLEY CITY. NORTH DAKOTA it! it! id si its ill 13 it! si Ig TOWN HAS HISTORIC PAST Ilfracombe, Popular English Summer Resort, Has Been Well Known Through Many Centuries. Ilfracombe Is rapidly becoming popu lar as a summer resort—or, as the Eng lish call it, a watering place. It Is set on a steep hillside, surrounded by "the seven hills," .on the beautiful Devon shire coast. From the near town of Hillsborough Ilfracombe shows a mass of white cottages, clinging desperately to the hillside to keep from tumbling into the Atlantic ocean. Many people think that Ilfracombe is a modern town, in spite of Its qunint ness, because It has such an up-to-date air. But Ilfracombe is a skillfully cam ouflaged antique, having been a harbor of some note 'way back In the twelfth century. This attractive townlet has been Inflicted with a great variety of jaw-breaking names during the cen turies of Its existence. Its names range all the way from Aelfringcombe and llfordscombe to Alfredscombe, and, at last, Ilfracombe. But the good folk round about Ilfracombe Just call It 'Combe. In 1344 Ilfracombe was one of the 45 English ports that sent representa tives to the council of shipping, and In 1646 it was captured by Fairfax. They say there were some hot skirmishes at that time In what is now known as "Bloody Meadow." Some cannon balls of that period found here corroborate this tale. In these olden days wrecks near II* fracombe were frequent, and pearls and other valuable treasures of the In dies were often sold to advantage by the fisher folk to merchants in neigh boring towns. SEA BUFFALO "GOOD EATING" Other Things Beside the Beefsteak, to Which the Nation Is Attached, May Be Made of Use. Sirloin of sea buffalo is much es teemed in San Francisco and other Pacific coast cities, where meat of this highly valued animal is coming to mar ket in such quantities as to lower the cost of living by keeping down the price of beef and mutton. Sea cows and sea horses have long been familiarly known, but most folks would confess themselves unacquaint ed with the sea buffalo. If they saw one, they would call It a whale and no wonder, for that is the sea buf falo's other name. Some people might be prejudiced against eating whale meat, but sea buffalo steak sounds good. It Is good —quite equal, in fact, to the best beef steak, and hardly distinguishable from the latter. In the market, sea buffalo tenderloin (boneless "filet") costs only 15 cents a pound other cuts are cheaper. The gray whale (common in Pacific waters) furnishes most of the meat. A 60-foot specimen will yield as much butcher's material as 70 head of cattle. First Quakers. The first Quakers to land on Ameri can soil were Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, who reached Boston in 1656 after a long voyage from England by way of the West Indian island of Bar« bados. The two women caused great consternation to the Puritans, and George Bishop, In an address to the magistrates, said: "Two women arriving in your har bor so shock ye, to the everlasting shame of you and of your established order, as If a formidable army had in vaded your borders." The Quaker sect, or Society of Friends, was founded by Fox In 1648, about eight years before the first mem bers reached America on July 11,1656. Later George Fox visited America. The part played by William Penn and other Quakers in the early history of Pennsylvania and New Jersey is fa miliar to all students of history. Can Shyness Be Cured? What is the remedy for shyness? What Is the shy man to do in order that he may be shy no longer? The remedy is simple, and is to be found by consideration of the cause. The shy person is shy in the presence of strangers only. Let him have no opportunity of meeting strangers, and let the opportunity be abolished not by abolition of the meetings, but by abolition of the strangeness. In other words, shy persons are those who in early life had not practice and no ex perience in meeting strangers, and so having the attention of strangers di rected to them and attracted to them. If the meeting with strangers becomes customary it loses its strangeness. As a Gentleman! Little brother accompanied his mamma on a visit to some friends in Chicago, and included in the entertain ment of the visitor was a luncheon at one of the fashionable cafes. Little brother was taken along because there was no place to "check" him. "Now, brother," said mamma, "you see this beautiful place and all these lovely ladies—you are the only man present, and I want y«5u to toe very polite and act just like your father would if he was here." "Well," said brother, "I guess I'll take a cigarette." Enterprise. "How far can you travel on a gal lon of gasoline?" "Not as far as I used to," replied Mr. Chuggins. "But I'm hoping to re duce the expense by developing a by product. The gasoline is so oily and the roads are so rough that with a lit tle care we ought to make every trip vleld a sood churning of axle eresa*-** ys-/ YOURCOUNTRYS NEED This war needs financing and it will be financed by what each of us is ready to loan our Government. Your "bit" and our "bit" may be small but,they are essential to the comfort and the welfare of the boys "Over There." We shall be glad to help you with advice or serv ice in every movement designed to help win the war. MEMBER Net Contents 15Pluid Draohn ligilRI ii .fti ill Atiiti 'iiinwuni'HUH ALGOHOL-3PEHGBWJ. AVc^ctablePrcpafatioftfirAs similatin^lheFood by Regular tin^iheStomachs and Bowelsgj INFANTS, CHILDREN Thereby froiaoUn^Di^est^ Sl^JIlcltlirO CheerfulnessandReStGoflto^ neither Opititn.MorpmneiJ«ij neither Opmm, notp^ Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC PUMPKIN S*T JLXSRXNA AXMISATTT CARIMSAJTR YIONFTTTATWVR Gonstibaxv*.——— and Feverishness ana loss OF SLEEP Par-Simile Si^natare°t jot CektaotCompact NEWJYORK Exact Copy of Wrapper. Plant 27 inch** long 14 iltchw wid* 21 inohat high A SWITCH STARTS IT LALLCV LIGHT Light Always Ready IALLEY-LIGHTthe is electric light for farm. in It is always ready every room of the house, in the barn. Simply turn a switch. No lamps or lan terns to carry. 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