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Death of Charles H. Huls
Charles H. Huls, "Charlie" as he was known in Logan, died suddenly in Columbus, Saturday night, at ten-thirty o'clock, after a very short illness. His death, as certified in the death certificate, resulted from an ulcerated tooth, which he had had extracted the day before.
Together with his brother Fred, he lived at the Phi Gamma Delta Home. Saturday evening at six o'clock, he ate dinner with the boys and joined them in their college songs. He seemed perfectly well following a siege of neuralgia of the face. At eight o'clock his brother drove him down to the barber shop in their Ford. Arriving there he noticed a stiffness of the legs which made it impossible for him to get out. They drove back to the house, and he was ass(isted) to the ent(rance and) walked up two flights of stairs to their room. He seemed to be better but was attacked by a convulsion of the muscles. A doctor was called and medicine was administered after which he went to sleep and no apprehension was felt. A second and third attack followed at intervals between which he conscious and even then did not seem to fear any danger. From a fourth attack he never rallied and passed away in his brother's arms. The parents had been called but they arrived too late to see him alive.
He was a student in the College of Commerce and Journalism, and would have graduated with honors in June, after which he was to join his father in the publishing business.
As a student in the Logan Schools he was diligent, earnest and obedient. He graduated, an honor student in the Class of 1921. In college he showed the same traits that marked his school life. He was deeply interested in his chosen career and never lost an opportunity for self improvement. As a result he was one among the most popular students on the campus. He held an enviable record for honors at Ohio State.
In his freshman year he was elected business manager of the Phoenix, the freshman magazine. He made a record in the management of its finances. The next year he became a member of the O.S.U. Band and editor of the Makio the college annual. Here he made a record as the book was judged the best ever put out. At the same time he was on the staff of the Lantern, the college daily. He was elected to membership in both honorary newspaper fraternities, Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Delta Epsilon. In his junior year he made Bucket and Dipper, the highest junior honor, limited to a membership of fifteen. The next year he was a member of the Sphinx Society, the highest senior honor, limited to the same number. The signification of the honors became more apparent when we compare the number of members with the thousands composing these two classes. In addition to the honors he was chairman of four important committees not to mention membership on a half dozen others.
He lay in state at the home where several hundred friends and neighbors called to pay their respects. The funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday at one o'clock. Among those who attended were almost fifty fraternity brothers, six of whom acted as pallbearers. These services, short but impressive, were conducted by Revs. Blair and Lauer.
The home was almost buried in flowers. More than half a hundred nicely designed floral tributes, all mute expressions of the esteem in which he was held, were received. Besides these an auto load of flowers, too late to get to the home was left at the grave. His teachers and classmates, nine fraternities and sororities, the two bands to which he belonged, a dozen college societies. Logan fraternal societies, his graduating class, Columbus and Logan business houses, besides friends, neighbors and relatives all joined in this magnificent tribute.
He was laid to rest in Forest Rose Cemetery at Lancaster.
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Later
As we go to press there is every indication that the boy was killed by some one's carelessness in giving strychnine instead of quinine for a cold cure. He had been taking the same tablets prescribed by the University doctor, and a quantity was found in his pocket. They will be taken to Columbus for analysis today. The proposition advanced by the University doctors that a crazy person or a criminally minded person mixed the medicines, is not substantiated by the facts. They claim that all the strychnine was kept under lock and key, but do not mention any broken locks or forced doors or drawers.
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