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Friday, Sept 30, 1918

Major Campbell isProvost Marshal

Sherman PlacedUnder Quarantine

Until AfterEpidemic is WipedOut — Relatives

May Visit Patients

Chillicothe, Sept.30 — The expected hashappened! CampSherman was placedunder quarantineSunday noon for bron-chitis and coryza. Thequarantine was decidedupon following a con-ference betweenColonel T.R. Rivers,Camp Commandant,and members of theCamp Medical Staff.

Sunday’ s reportshowed 1,200 cases, anincrease of 900 overSaturday’ s report.

The influenza germhas not been locatedbut there is a severe epi-demic.

During the quaran-tine no soldiers will bepermitted to leave thecamp and civilians willbe barred from leavingthe main public high-way. Should the diseasecontinue to spread it ispossible the main high-

ways, known as theColumbus andFrankfort pikes, will beclosed at both ends ofthe camp.

Major E.K.Campbell, new ProvostMarshal has increasedhis guard force bybetween 200 and 300men, with instructionsnot to allow no personsto leave or enter.

Men have beenordered to sleep alter-nately, head to feet. Allbedding will be aireddaily, barracks floorsmopped once daily withlye water, the use ofbrooms is prohibited,barracks will be inspect-ed once once beforeand once after mid-night, and men who areill will be segregatedinto one or more squadrooms, as the necessitydemands. Traffic oncamp streets not oiled isprohibited.

Arrangements havebeen made whereby rel-atives of sick soldierswill be able to go andvisit them. Such per-sons will first go to thebase hospital on theFrankfort pike and con-sult with the command-ing officer, who, in hisdiscretion, may givepasses for the purposeof visiting sick relativeswherever they may belocated.

Short Illness ofInfluenza Fatal

Native of BigSprings, B.L.

Porter, Dies atGreat Lakes Naval Training

Station

B.L. Porter, who wasborn and raised in BigSprings, died lastWednesday at theGreat Lakes NavalTraining Station, fol-lowing an attack ofinfluenza and pneumo-nia.

He was only ill sixdays.

He enlisted in theNavy in May and hadrecently been promotedto CompanyCommander.

His parents reside atRichwood at the pres-ent time and the funer-al was held Sunday attheir home and he wasburied at the Richwoodcemetery.

Death CameSuddenly To

“Barney” Jackson Popular Big Four

Engineer WasWell On Saturdayand Passed AwaySunday Morning

— Funeral

Barnett ThomasJackson, 39, long anengineer on the Big

Four Railway, died sud-denly Sunday morningabout 4 o’ clock at hishome, 540 north MainStreet, after an illness ofbut a few hours. He hadgone home at the usualtime Saturday after-noon, worked a while inhis garden, of which hewas very proud, hadeaten a good supperand then started downtown on an errand.Feeling sickness comeupon him he returnedafter going but a shortdistance, as far as Highavenue, and his wifeand beloved daughter,Charlotte, volunteeredto do his errand, and intheir absence he calleda physician. Returninghome they found thehusband and fathersteadily growing worseand a second physicianwas called. A pulmotor(respiratory device forpumping oxygen intolungs), but all to noavail and the life of thisuseful man was endedwith the coming ofdawn. Mr. Jackson suf-fered some rheumatismin the past weeks.

Barney Jackson, ashe was familiarly calledwas a man of splendidattributes, a home-lov-ing man, one who hascentered his interests inhis wife and childrenand in the beautifica-tion of the residence

which he had purchasedbut a year ago. In thepast few weeks he hadbeen engaged in switch-ing in the north yards.He was popular with hisfellow workmen and hadbeen promoted steadilyin his work.

Barnett ThomasJackson was born May12, 1879, inHuntington county,Indiana, son ofBenjamin and MaryJackson, both deceased.

Funeral services willbe held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the home.Burial is atBellefontaine cemetery.

Fifty Draftees WillStay at Home Longer

Plans Made For MenTo Leave Logan

County Early InOctober Postponed

Because of Influenza

About 50 Logancounty draftees were toleave between October7 and 11 for CampSherman, but theirdeparture has beendelayed.

Provost MarshalGeneral Crowder,because of SpanishInfluenza, in some ofthe camps, has ordered apostponement ofentrainment of 142,000draft registrants in vari-ous parts of the country.

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H THE DAILYEXAMINER H

Wednesday, Sept 25, 1918

Harry Peck Dies InQuebec Hospital On Way OverseasYoung Man From

Springhill Well KnownAt DeGraff and InBellefontaine, Ill But aShort Time.

Brother Who LivesIn Bellefontaine andOther Relatives HadBeen Notified He WasImproving.Message Was a Shock.

Word has beenreceived here of thedeath of Harry W.Peck, son of Mr. andMrs. John W. Peck,Springhill, who died inQuebec, Canada,Tuesday, Sept. 24,1918.

He enlisted in theU.S. Navy as amechanic, May 24,1918, and was sta-tioned in Philadelphiafor several weeks in theaviation section. OnSept. 10, he was sent toQuebec, where he wasto ship for overseasservice.

Word was receivedof his illness about tendays ago and the lastreport said slightimprovement. Noother word came untilthe report of his death.

He was born inSpringhill, Dec. 13,1893, where he hasalways resided. OnMarch 18, 1918, waswas united in marriageto Miss Hazel Garver.

He is survived byhis wife, parents, a sis-ter, Mrs. EdithDelong, of Springhill,and a brother, Dayton

Peck, of this city, andgrandmother, Mrs.Mary Cozier, ofSpringhill.

He was a memberof the Presbyterianchurch and belong tothe Masonic order atDeGraff. He was apopular young man ofsterling qualities andhis death is a greatshock to the commu-nity.

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• The DeGraff schools andsome business houses wereclosed today and yesterday sopupils and residents couldattend the Logan County Fair.

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A TALE OF TWO PANDEMICS‘Examiner’ revisits coverage of Spanish Influenza pandemic

Here’s a look at some local coverage of the pandemic as reported in 1918. Check out future editions for more historical coverage from that period.

*as seen in THE DAILY ExAMINER 10-18-1918

*as seen in THE DAILY ExAMINER 10-2-1918

H THE DAILYEXAMINER H

Wednesday,Oct. 2, 1918

Halt Orders AreIssued To Stamp

Out Influenza Eighteen More

Deaths Are Listed AtCamp Sherman AndFour Thousand AreIll of the Disease.

Every Effort to BeMade to Stamp Out theEpidemic — Two NursesAre Victims of theDisease.

Chillicothe, Oct. 2,1918 — “ Go the limit,”Colonel T.R. Rivers,camp commandant, toldmedical officers at a con-ference Wednesday.“ No matter what thecost, get what you need,and do what you thinkbest to stamp out this dis-ease.”

A TALE OF TWOPANDEMICS

‘Examiner’ revisits coverage ofSpanish Influenza pandemic

Here’s a look at some local coverage of the pandemic as reported in 1918.Check out future editions for more historical coverage from that period.