Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-02-09
HELP FOR HEBRON.

Sanatorium Promised $215,OOO II
Maine will Raise $4,000.
The sum OF 600, 900 in cash for an en-
dowment fund, and si5,ooo towards its
present debt, have been offered to the
Maine State sanatorium at Hebron by .
gentleman who 10 not . resident Of Maine,
on condition that the friends Of the sana-
torium in Maine and elsewhere will pay
the balance OF the debt Of the institution
~, 900 before March 1.
Up to Feb. 1, all but 5000 Of this e45,-
600 had been pledged, in sums ranging
from q 900 to q, and this 5000 must be
raised within about twenty days, or this
magnificent gift to public institution in
Maine will be lost.
The committee having this matter in
charge has 6anvassed the State BY letter
and by circulars 30 far - has bean possible
for them to do up to this time, and 1t il
NOW appealing to the people Of Maine to
come to the rescue.
The Maine State sanatorium was incor-
porated in 1900. Since the opening Of the
sanatorium up to November, 1909, 3o6 pa
tients have been treated therein. In Gk
per cent. Of these cases the disease has
bssn arrested, or in other words cured 70
TAR - can BE- determined By the best
medical examination. In largo percent
aGe Of additional CASES, the case was 20
nearly cured when the patient was dis
charged that the patients have completed
ths cure after their discharge from the
institution, 20 that it 10 conservatively to
b said that fully % per cent. Of the pa-
tisnts suffering from this hitherto ''in-
durable" disease have gone out nom this
institution to b restored to linss Of uss-
fulness.
Aside from this % per cant, yet another
Large. per csptage have bssn 20 far i'm.
proved that they have in large measure
resumed their old activities In Life. The
public ID thus concerned in this great
work mot only from . philanthropic
but also from . business standpoint, for
each lifs RESTORED to the Community has
practical bearing on the welfare OF thu
State and nation.
The institution Il Of state wide benefit.
Every county in Maine has had patients
In the Hebron sanitorium. There IL NO
distinction q to location. Aroostook has
bad nearly = many patients there - has
Oxford, in which it 10 located. Every
county in Maine 10 represented among the
sixty patients now in the sanatorium.
The committee feels that there il NO
need to urge the cause Of the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign. It hopes that the people
Of Maine will rally to this cause and con-
tribute this q, 900 in order to secure the
magnificent contribution Of t16,000 by
this out-of-the-state friend Of the sanato-
rum to its debt and to its endowment.
II this sum is raised, the debt cleared Oh,
and this $4,000 from the endowment is
secured by gift, the Hebron sanatorium
will be in condition to devote the interest
Of this fund more largely to the help of
patients who are unable, in whole or in
part, to pay the cost Of maintenance at the
sanatorium; will be able to enlarge its
scope; to handle more patients, and thus
to advanced the cause Of humanity and
philanthropy.
The committee therefore appeals to the
people to help.
Send checks or cash in any sum, large
or small, to the Portland Trust Co., Port
land, Maine.
II the entire sum Of $4,000 is not go
cured, the money will be returned.
Make checks payable to the order Of the
Portland Trust Co. Be prompt in giving,
for it 10 desirable to close the lists as soon
- possible. The committee urges each
person who reads this to remember that
his gift, large or small, may be instru-
mental in securing this great endowment
to an institution that is . blessing to hu-
manity.
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