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ha„S T h ; , , mosquito te h,S patient' and Iater aIi« ht
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and 'I he doctor watched it drink its fill of his blood. But the little
...sect was putting death into his veins, and he soon died Yn terrible
agony. Two healthy so!diers fron] O])io
ran volunteered for the service. They were told of the dangers and
of the monetary reward that awaited them. They refused the money
and faced death for hum anity’s sake. Kissinger was bitten contracted
he disease and recovered. Moran spent twenty days , an ola ^d
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fr° ni mOSqUitOS *>« wearing the clothing and u s S
he bedding of men who had died of the fever in other wards Then
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he took the disease from the bite of the mosquito. The facts'
ere proven, and the work was now to get rid of the insects. For 150
h. H av a« ? ^ 1 , ” °* h“ " “ " T ’’ ‘b““ ye" ° " ’
Had ” ° ‘ bee” found
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aVeragC ° f 3 death a day for aI> O’« period
It
had frequently spread to the United States and killed thousands
The service and sacrifice of these men stopped it all. W ithout the
X X i h H,',bp ine<1 and ‘T t e t r " Cti°" ° f the " -< ,« ito we could
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an lac a" a1' Tl,e death toll would have driven
out the Americans as it did the French. As a result of their work a
fearfid disease has been checked, thousands of lives have i e n saved
and the world made vastly richer.
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What has inspired such love of service and sacrifice? We owe all to
His 1,7
H ,s hfe
tunities
service
° Came r ° ‘ '° b£ " linistered Ullto but to minister, and to give
a ransom for m any.” Hold your privileges and your oppor
as priceless, sacred. Let your life be filled with the M aster's
L° Ve’
the" y° U
K' adIy Spend * in the »«blest, »chest
NUT-CRACKERS C ELEBR A TE
On Saturday afternoon, June 13, the boys of the Nut-Cracker T iter
tT - T X
W“ h the' r advisory "'em ber and a few invited guests^leld
their first p.ci.ic under the firs at Old Chemawa. It was a success in
very way.
le keen appetites of all did justice to the delicious “ eats”
aPtreC £ i n eg.bOyS' WendS fr° m fU" dS “
by
-th e m X s
talbv6 X
are ‘° m CongratuIated for ‘heir good-fellowship and liospi-
host T h e X c T ’ ° eOrge, Barrett- I»-ov«l an able and charm ing
all their future X i X
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