Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-07
xcept in inclement weather.

except in inclement weather.
All schools in the city remained
closed to-day and will remain ur-
opened until the epidemic abates
Court sessions have been continued
for two weeks and a number OF
meetings which had been scheduled
for this week have been postponed
New Deaths
Deaths which were reported yes
terday as resulting from influenza
follow: William II. Kurtz, 1928
Naudain street; Miss Anna Hoover
434 Tucker street; Mrs. Alice Hoft-
man. 2010 North Fourth street; John
]. Daley, 167 Summit street; Wesley
]. Dice, A North Seventeenth street;
and Mrs. Lula Butler, formerly ot
Harrisburg, but late of Pittsburgh.
DIR. b. +. Royer. state commission
er OF health, has issued a supple
mentary order to the local health
bureaus concerning the sale of alco-
holic beverages, as follows:
Consult with leading medical mea
and make provision for sale through
drug stores on registered physicians
prescriptions of alcoholic stimulants
and make provision for wholesale
and bottling houses to supply retail
needs for this purpose alone.
These orders need not prohibit
wholesale shipments of alcoholic
beverages 20 points outside of Penn
sylVania.
Where wholesale. bottlers. clubs
or fraternal organizations fail to
comply with Saturdays proclamation
concerning the sale of beverages,
close them forthwith and where nee
essary placard as follows: Closed
by Order CT the Commissioners of
Health
place all dealers on their honor
to obey the regulations; if any break
faith. consult with your solicitors,
take drastic action, notify the dis
trict attorney and licensing judge.
notify the state Board of Pharmacy
and this office.
THE latest estimate from Massa-
chusetts indicates fifteen per cent.
sick rate. with five per cent. of deaths
among the afflicted in stricken COM
munities. Prepare for such a max
imum load and hope to escape it. One
and fifty thousand now sick
in Pennsylvania"
RcSt when Ill
Treatment for the disease has been
by health officials as fol-
lows:
Rest in bed. fresh air. abundant
food, free action of intestines, with
Dover's powder for the relief of
pain. Every case with fever should
be regarded as serious and kept in
bed"
In order to guard against infec-
ton it IS Necessary to keep the
mouth and nose clean and healthy
by means of some mild antiseptic
and to treat all colds promptly. A
wash composed of one teaspoonful
bcric acid. one teaspoonful bicarbon-
ate of soda and one teaspoonful OF
common salt will be found very use
full in keepIn gthe nose and throat
clean.
The diease is. spread by "droplet
that is, by little drops
swarming with germs scattered by
infected persons who sneeze, spit and
cough in public places. One sneeze in
4 street car may infect a whole city.
Kissing IS another prolific method
IF infection, and this practice should
be stopped except in cases where it
Is absolutely indispensable to happi-
ness. kissing between members of
the gentle sex can certainly be
abolished without hardship.
Throughout the state a number of
hospitals are being established for
treatment OF the disease. One Of
these is to be located on the athletic
field at Steelton and supplies are
Armorv under the direction of Adm
tant General Beary. The hospital
may be in full operation by tonight.
County Suffers
At Scranton the large arsenal has
been opened to treat persons stricken
with the disease. A hospital has also
been established at Minersville and
one at Pottsville.
In the upper end of Dauphin coun-
~ a large number of cases have been
reported according to DIR. C. r.
Phillips, county medical inspector.
At Williamstown there are 100 who
are i'll with several deaths reported
n that district. Dr. H. A. Shaffer.
Of that borough, has opened to the
public his large hospital there. In
Lykens and vicinity there are l25
cases.
Counties in which the most cases
sXist officials said are Schuylkill, Co
umbia ,Lackawanna and Somerset.
with northumberland, Luzerne and
other counties in the anthracite re-
gion having many stricken with the
disease.
Second of Family
Many deaths were reported today
rom the dreaded disease: develop
ng into pneumonia. Among those
eported was that of Miss Margaret
Hoover, aged 16 years, 134 Tucker
treet, who is the second member of
Ter family to succumb within three
lays. She died Saturday evening at
o'clock. Her father Edward Hoov-
II, died Thursday. She is survived
~ her mother and three sisters.
'uneral services were held at
o'clock this afternoon. Burial was
made in the East Harrisburg Gene
cry. Miss Hoover was an employe
# the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mrs. George II. Aungst, aged 81
ears, died at Hummelstown Satur-
lay. Funeral services will be private.
John j. Daley, 167 South Summit
treet, died Saturday from influenza.
funeral services will be held at the
home tomorrow morning at 8
,'clock. Burial will be made in Mt.
calvary Cemetery He was aged 81
ears and is survived by his mother
md brothers, Michael Daley and