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, SPANISH FLU IS BOSS OF EVERY THING FOR PRESENT3 Influenza Is Reported As Gradually Decreasing In Covington.TOWN ORDERS ALLn TO USE MASKS;3 Citizens Look- Like They! Were Waylaying Flu On the Highway.r Under ordinance of the town of Covington all were compelled to wear 1 masks of gause colth with four folds as a precaution against Inilueusa. i Mackle'a pine oil was generously used• as spermicide. The people of quiet. ! peaceable Covington were turned . over-night Into a ku klux clan, uniting in orderly obedience to the commands of wisdom the most honorableI white and the humblest black, because neither felt like porting with I thirty bucks that might be assessed i for disobedience.This law went Into effect Tuesday■ at 12 in., hut owing to the fact that the Red Cross could not turn out the masks fast enough to meet demand‘ on such short notice, occasionally a ‘ man or woman might bo seen without a mask, but an officer waa sure■ to halt the delinquent with an Inquiry as to why the mask waa not worn. By evening the tired -women of the Red Crosa were able to retire1 to their homes-to seek a night of• well earned rest, with a supply of extra masks on hand.Strict watch at the post office was maintained to see that the building waa not crowded, only four or five being allowed to enter at a time. Travelers on Incoming trains were also notified that they must comply with the law. and were directed to Red Cross quarters to get a mask. There was no charge made, but moat .people gave something for the Red Cross fund.Miss Birdie McLemore and Mias Vermelle King, at Schonberg's Pharmacy, made masks while they attended to their duties at the cigar stand or were interrupted by drug customers. Their work aided considerably In -supplying the demand for masks and also added something 1 to the Jar into which Red Cross donations were dropped.There seemed to be considerable ! increase In the disease Wednesday,■ but by Thursday morning it was re-! ported that there were but few new - cases. Since the beginning of the ' epidemic Covington has had abouttwo hundred cases. Many of these were from the shipyards at Madi-1 sonville. , ’Madisonville adopted the same ordinance as the town of Covington,1 Thursday. It is hoped thereby to : keep the disease In check. The ' masks will also be used in the ship-1 yards, where the force has been considerably reduced.Abita Springs also will use the masks.Telephone girls all over the parish . hare been having a hard time of it, all offices outside of Covington being• shorthanded. Operators were sent from here to Madisonville, and 811-deli has had but one operator most| of the time. That town has been working bravely against a very try-, lng situation. Nearly every household, it is reported, Is either afflicted or assisting the afflicted, and ail are worn out and in need of vest.There are quite a number of cases . in the rural distrlcta, but on the , whole the people of the country are, taking good care of themselves *nd[ those coming into town wear masks, , attend to their business and gq home, j Barrooms are not selling drinks . over the counter. You can buy , liquor by the bottle, however., The United States Health Service has taken charge of the influenza . situation in Louisiana. 'Dr. G. M.L Corput Is in charge. Report of theState Board of Heath showed total [ cases in Louisiana np to October 17 to be 45,802. Cases in all camps [ since beginning, 262,186; pneumonia. 1 33,276; deaths, 12,340. There is a falling off of cases in the East. 88 deaths In Ne ' Orleans to Oct. 18.Covington streets look quite lone-, some. Only those out who are on , business. Mr. Frederick Is the only one left in the Clerk of Coart's office. All the rest down with the-flu.Barber shops have been closed.
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The Saint Tammany Farmer
Covington, Louisiana, US
Sat, Oct 19, 1918
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