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srg op » 3 a Brad vec ee p---------- re ---- . a TKA WEEKLY Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk ~ ALK VOL. VII, NO. 28. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS SPANISH INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC SPREADING Health Commissioner Dr. C. O. Schneider Reports More Than 150 Cases in Winnetka This Week ISOLATE ALL PATIENTS Every Resident Of The Village Asked To Co-operate In Fighting the Disease "Spanish Influenza", according to Pr. C. O. Schneider, health com- missioner, is on the increase. It has been estimated that there are over 150 cases in Winnetka at the present | time. Some of these cases are comp- licated with severe pneumonia, fortunately, so far, no deaths, ex- cept of a Winnetka boy at the Great Lakes, have occured. The few doc- tors in the Village are so busy that they cannot possibly take care of a greater number of cases, nurses are almost unobtainable and the avail- able hospitals are completely filled. While the disease has been most! prevalent among adults, there are now also an increasing number of cases among children. Keep Them at Home To prevent a widespread epidemic of this severe form of Influenza, it is absolutely necessary for every one having this disease even in the ini- tial stages, to remain at home and to stay there until fully recovered. The patient should be completely isolated except for one attendant, who is ad- | vised to wear a mask of gauze over the mouth and nose. The symptoms of this disease are, first, it resembles an ordinary cold with coughing and sneezing. This is soon followed by chilliness. There is pain all over the body, and headaches. Tever, with temperature of 101 to 106, May have "The" profounduness 'of prostration is one of the most characteristic symptoms. The com- plications are bronchitis, pneumonia and heart failure. The duration in uncomplicated cases week. To Avoid Contracting Influenza Precautions Do not come near anyone who has a cold, avoid scanty clothing and wet feet, get plenty of fresh air and at least 8 hours of sleep. If you know of any one with this disease who is at large, you should report them at once to Dr. Schneider or to the police. It is only by the help of all mem- bers of the community that we can hope to limit the spread of this ex- ceedingly contagious disease. BUY THAT BOND Star nf Gold The last star placed in the service flag at Sacred Heart church was the first to be changed to gold when James Edward Hayes, seaman, died at Great Lakes naval training station Wednesday. Hayes, the son of Lawrence J. Hayes of 869 Linden avenue. Hub- bard Woods, enlisted at Great Lakes on August 6, 1918. He was 17 years of age and one of the youngest men at the naval station. He was to have been a senior at New Trier High school this year but chose to enter the service of the country and postpone his education until after the war. Hayes was well known in Winnet- ka and Hubbard Woods and was one of the most popular boys at New Trier. He is survived by his father, two sisters, Irma and Margaret, and a brother Wilfred. Funeral services will be held Sa- turday at 10 o'clock with military mass at Sacred Heart church. Burial will be at Calvary. Lawrence J. ilayes, the father of the boy is on his way home rom Saskatchewan, Canada, and will ar- rive in Hubbard Woods on Saturday. BUY THAT BOND SALUTE AND BUY but | dizziness | is: leds than a | BOND BULLETINS Income Tax Payers, Attention! Here's a feature of the Liberty bonds of the Fourth issue that means money to men of large incomes. Congress has just sent to the Pre- sident an administration bill which exempts the interest on $30,000 of Liberty bonds of the fourth issue from income surtaxes and war ex- cess profit taxes. This exemption applies also to $45,000 or less of the | other Liberty Bond issues. The ex- emption applies whether the bonds are held by an individual or a cor- poration. This provision definitely increases the attractiveness of Liberty bonds as an investment for men of large income, also for institutions, trustees, and corporations which wish to lay | a contingent fund. | -- | Liberty Bonds Pay 414% Interest | Last week there was a tvpograph- iical error in the Weekly Talk item | | describing Liberty bonds of the fourth issue. These bonds earn 414 per cent in- | terest payable semi-annually, April | 15 and October 15. : | The payments are arranged as fol- [lows : On a $100 Bond { On.a $100 bond you pay $10 down. [$20 each on November 21, December | 19, January 16; $30 on January 30. [ 1919. 3 Your bond returns you $2.12 in- terest twice a year, and at maturity, | the United States government repays your original sum of $100. In twenty years you will have received $85 in- terest on an investment of $100. On a $50 Bond On a $50 bond, you pay $5 when subscribing, $10 each on November 21, December 19 and January 16, and [$15 on January 30, 1919. The $50 bond pays $1.06 interest |twice a year, or in a twenty year | period a total of $42.50 in interest on | $50 principal. Many who wish to take mare hounds than would be possible if they paid | | { for them in these five installments | make a special arrangement with | (their bank to buy on longer time. | | This arrangement may enable you to | [take more bonds than you otherwise [ could. | Put This Item On Your October i Balance Sheet When the business man gets his trial balance, he asks himself: "What item is making the most money?" Then he increases his investment in that direction. When you balance for October-- first, ask yourself what the most important factor in your business is. The answer will be this: "The good old U. 8S. A. Sharpen your pencil and figure out how much you can invest in Liberty bonds. Out With Torch and Fire Winnetka streets that have never echoed to the feet of soldiers are resounding this week to the march of the Boy Scouts. They are out with torch, drum and fife--they will pass your house--all to remind you to lend your money to protect the flag that protects you. Listen for them--watch for them! Boy Scouts 6,000 People in Winnetka-- 6,000 Liberty bond holders. BUY THAT BOND BAPTIST PASTOR OFF TO DO "Y" WAR WORK Upon the recommendation of the official Boards of the Wilmette Bap- tist church, the church, at its regular mid-week meeting on Wednesday, September 25, granted a year's leave of absence to the pastor, Reverend Francis Carr Stifler, beginning Oc- tober 1. Reverend Stifler is to be in charge of the activities of the National War Work of the Y. M. C. A. at the Uni- versity of Michigan where, it is ex- | pected, there will be from five to | seven thousand men in the Student's larmy training corps. { BUY TIIAT BOND | 3 the "pay" into patriotism. S..LUTE AND BUY OPEN LOAN "DRIVE" WITH MASS MEETING $110 For Everyone in Winnetka Winnetka's Quota For the Fourth Liberty Loan is $660,000 For 6,000 People Cousin of Premier Lloyd George and Large Sum Already Pledged; French Lieutenant to be Speakers Entire Amount Can Be Rais- ed In One Week If Everyone Is Ready When Block Chair- man Calls. With the opening of the greatest Liberty Bond drive in the world at hand, Winnetka is ready and confident. In spite of the fact that her quota is doubled and that many of her largest subscriptions will be collected and counted by trade organizations in Chicago, she expects to be among the first cities in America to go "over the top." At Impressive Rally {DE WINDT THE CHAIRMAN Boy Scouts Will Receive Medals For Work in Third Liberty Loan Every adult in Winnetka who has not at that time already gone his limit for Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue is invited to a great patriotic gathering at Community House Sunday evening, September 29. The speakers will be: LLL LLL EE ZZ ZZ ZZ 27 2207770777, But this will: be impossible Arthur Walwyn Evans, cousin, of unless everyone who enjoys the England Ss great war Premier, Lloyd protection of the American flag George, and Lieutenant Saufage of and the comforts of our Village the French High Commission. : H. A. de Windt, chairman of the is ready to do his or her part. What is your part? Until you can answer that, you've not begun to measure up in patriotism. Sit down at once, face that question and decide how many bonds you will take. Have your answer ready the first time you're asked. Help Winnetka set an example that will inspire other communties and will shatter the confidence of the German legions. Remember that you are not asked to give, but to lend. Everyone of us will be clipping interest coupons, receiving the wages upon our money, year after year. We can borrow at Fourth Liberty loan, will preside. Honor Boy Scouts The bars and medals awarded the Boy Scouts for their work on the Third Liberty Loan will be present- ed. Every resident is requested to come and bring a friend who will in- crease his subscription after he has heard these interesting and forceful speakers talk from their own ex- perience, having seen the Hun both coming and going. BUY THAT BOND CLOTHING NEEDED FOR THE BELGIANS The Commission for relief in Bel- any bank on these Liberty gium has asked the American Red bonds-----they: are as good as Cross to collect an additional 5.000 tons of used and surplus clothing for the Belgians. The Chicago Chapter has been assigned a minimum of 300,000 pounds. The campaign in Winnetka opens next Monday, Sep- tember 30, and closes October 4. Every of garment for all ages and both sexes is urgently needed. In addition, Piece Goods, light warm Canton flannel and other kinds of cloth from which to make garments for new born babies are wanted. Woolen goods of any kind are accept- able and can be used in making children's garments. Shoes of every size are asked for. Scrap leather is needed for repairing foot wear. Garments need not be in perfect re- pair, anything sent must be clean, strong and ¢durable. Do not send garments of flimsy material or gaudy coloring, ball dresses, high heeled slippers, stiff hats either men's or women's straw hats, dress or derby hats, anything containing rubber, raincoats, rubber boots, etc. (Remove rubber heels), books, soap, toys, and toilet articles. Please hunt out dur- ing this week and lay aside every- thing, you can possible do without. Place a white paper or card in your front window and phone Winnetka 1000 and the bundle will be called for. cash, and you can't put your cash in a safer place. These bonds are secured by the Unit- ed States government and the entire U. S. A. Your money will be returned on the day set "ai sdvely as the sun rises. RK Look at that flag which floats on Elm street, with its hundreds of stars for Winnetka's boys in perilous service! If Winnetka and America-- you and your neighbor-- measure up now, there will be fewer gold stars in that flag, and our boys will be among us again many months sooner! That's the test by which you're to decide how many bonds you can take. And remember that you have months in which to pay for them. HOW MANY FOR YOU? Liberty Loan Committee. kind Liberty Loan Headquarters Headquarters for the Fourth Lib- erty Loan are located in McGuire and Orr's office, 541 Lincoln avenue, just south of the post office. The ably N offices are conduted under the | Beginning Monday morning, anyone auspices of the War Emergency | an leave their bundles in the As- thins sembly room, Community House, Special telephone connections have | Where a committee will be in wait- ing. been installed--Winnetka 130. Frederick S. Tyrrell will have charge at headquarters, assisted by Arthur A. Zipf. Subscriptions made here will be properly credited to the block captains and committees. Berinthia T. Greene, Chairman. Bridge Parties Commencing * Saturday, September | 28, at 2:30 p. m., there will be Bridge for the women members and their | The Young Ladies Auxiliary will hold their opening meeting next guests at Bob O'Link club. Members Tuesday evening, beginning at 8|are requested to make up tables be- o'clock, at the Woman's club. It will | fore hand if possible. These parties take the form of a reception to new members. are to continue throughout October if attendance warrants. Q TOO PROUD TC BE SOLICITED "I don't propose to let anyone be more patriotic than I am," said a Winnetka man the other night. "I don't propose to have someone donate his time to come around and coax me into buying Liberty bonds. No sir! "I've got a boy in France. | Don't you suppose I can get out and | lend the government the money to keep that boy warm this winter, to see that he has the best®gun made, and the best protection artillery and airplanes can give? TI know where the Liberty Bond headquarters in Winnetka are--on Lincoln avenue, just south of the post office. You will find me stopping there before traintime Sa- turday morning and subscribing to my limit!" We would use the name of this gentleman, but we know there are so many like him in Winnetka, that the only fair thing to do is to publish the entire list. N a a Fo 2 | | | ULL ZZ 2 777777, 77 'SAVE YOUR MAGAZINES FOR THE BLUEJACKETS Girls at New Trier Will Call At Your Home For Those Old Magazines, So Be Ready AT WORK ALL SUMMER Will Canvass North Shore Homes Next Week To Obtain Literature For Sailors Have you seen the "slacker" magazine? It lies on the livingroom table for weeks after the family has |read it, or drifts into the playroom | where if is brightly colored by the children, and at last is exiled to the attic or basement until the yearly | visit of the ragman. | Last spring the girls of New Trier high school decided to draft this | slacker and send it to the Great | Lakes naval training station. To do | this, the girls of each village in the | township, except in Wilmette where [some one else had already undertaken [this work, organized under a leader. { Each girl attending high school col- |lected magazines from territory as- signed to her every other week. and | turned them over to her village {leader who saw that they reached the high school where they were sorted and tied into bundles for delivery. During the summer the collection has been discontinued in Wilmettz and the girls hope to extend their organization over that town within the next week. Started In May The work was started in May and all sorts of magazines have been pouring into the Literary room ever since. Fach Monday morning, a Y. M. C. A. motor from the Great Lakes has arrived to take them away. This has been going on all summer. At first almost every magazine that was not completely worm out was sent there, but soon a letter from the Edu- {cational director of the Navy Y. M. {C. A. at the Great Lakes asked that | only those of more recent date be sent, as most of the boys up there are fresh from civilian life and do not enjoy stale magazines. Those which could not be sent because of age or torn condition have been sold to the junk man and the money has been used to buy cretonne from which curtains were made for the windows of Y. M. C. A. Hut, Number I, at the station. So you see it is possible for magazines to help even if they are physically unfit or too old. During the summer so many people went away, and so many children were quarantined for various reasons that the supply became very irregu- lar and somewhat uncertain, yet the average has been about three hun- dred a week. This week and next the entire township is to be reor- ganized for the purpose of making the collections more thorough. and systemactic. Each village will be canvassed every other week through- out the winter. Do Not Disappoint Them This work has been carried on long enough to demonstrate its value and seems to be well worth doing. Letters have been received from the Y. M. C. A. officers at the camp and from some of the men in training there, all expressing hearty apprecia- tion of the service rendered. The Y. M. C. A. officer calls at the school every week and he must not be dis appointed. This is not a hit or miss collection, but an organized effort backed by the enthusiastic students of the township. So when a girl calls at your house next week, won't you please meet her half way? It is hard for some girls to go from house to house and ask for something, even though it is a magazine for the sailors; and you can make it easier for them by having your magazines ready. If you will give them to the girls as soon as the family has read them, they will be sent to the sta- tion. If you wait until they are old and torn, they will be sold and will help to put up curtains at the Great Lakes, where there are many more rooms that need them, or will buy victrola records or books for the boys. All magazines will be accepted and will be made use of in some way. SALUTE AND BUY ta dt. Re a ad pA el a ul Be is NN a CR