CENT “VOL. XCI_ GUARD AGAINST INFLUENZA. | Acting Commissioner of Health Royer Tells How to Prevent Dread Disease.—Avoid Fatigue. Since the dread Spanish influenza has become epidemic throughout the state, claiming a great toll of life, acting com missioner of health B. Franklin Royer, has sent out the following letter to Boards of Health of Pennsylvania on the subject : Influenza is apparently rapidly becom- ing evidemic in the eastern part of the U It is imperative that United States. Health Authorities be prepared to cope with this epidemic, that they shall be prepared to issue advice concerning pre- ventive measures that may be helpful in averting of the d ease, and that they now prepare to ren ting serious outbreaks 15~ der relief even before the disease be. comes epidemic, This disease, which is apparently the uenza that swept over ni same type of 1 America ia 1889 and 1£go, is sudden in onset and is characterized by fever from 101 to 104 degrees, chilliness, headache, and pain in widely distributed areas ; pneumonia and nephritis being common and Mild cases may run a course of from three A large proportion of dangerous complications. days to a week cases are severely prostrated and in ad- dition to an annoying bronchitis may Abscesses De- may p fatal pneumonia. may occur in ears, tonsils or lungs. manifestations 1 devel pressing nervous continue for some time in convalescence and vi tality may be greatly lowered to her disease proc. Your he epic Citize t lem t ¢ wave has entirely pr every care actice 1 i be urged to way of personal anc to secure clean, wholesome foox i to watch (de organs 1d avoid ¢ le variety ; a at nstipation, at T urged to keep in the f least one free movement the bowels 1A} tained daily hav on ad tained Gauy, hey should possible, night and and iw f wr and in crowded aces of or diversion 14 y special attention be called to * e dangers of travel in crowded trolleys i railway cars and to overcrowded liv- It would be to urge your citizens gu ng lowers resistance to this ds the avoidance of fatigue of every sort, ag noth as noig ease as much as f of dissipation and especially voidance of oholic dissipation. As a means of prevention, call in circulars and 10 th wa posters, k r articles to the need of care when symptoms: develop resembling and insist that all such persons as possible on their Those convalescent te to remain on t after he: own least a week fever when cou persists, pre- places iY be closed, Probably is may need to be ities later, but ald be school room are reasonably ertainly much safer than in mov- ing picture halls and other places badly veutuated. Influenza is spread by infectious partic. les thrown off while coughing and sneez- Probably nothing would better fix f covering the i ing. the attention to the need o a hen coughing and nothing would bet- and nose with handkerchict mouth ter fix the attention of your citizens up- on the danger of infection from the droplets of moisture thrown off while coughing and sneezing than for you now to entorce the anti-spitting act. A few arrests each week ol persons spitting on sidewalks, railway platforms, in raliway carriages or other public places would fix the attention of your citizens upon this sort of care ia a way that would off er propection against respiratory diseas- es now and in tuture, We, therefore, strongly urge that such examples made now, Many commuaities believe it to be of great advantage to have influenza made reportable. Should you take such act- ion probably it would be well to place in the hands of every adult having the dis- ease and in the hands of parents of chil- dren having the disease, a circular of instructions, urging destruction of sput. um during the height of the disease and for a week of convalescence, of its col. lection in kerchiefs or sputum cups by ambulatory cases to place such individ- uals on their honor to remain away from public gatherings for a full week after fever subsides, Dociors and nurses may protect them. selves by masking the patient with gauze or u towel when working about the sick just as we always do in making careful examination of the tuberculous. All attendants and visitors should care- ( Coutinued ou Lunde page. ) be GRANGE OPPOSES ROAD BOND ISSUE. STATE Issue When Thrift Unpatriotic to Float Government Is Selling Stamps, Grangers Argue. The Pennsylvania State Grange has issued a statement from its headquarters in Harrisburg setting forth its reasons for oppossing the proposed amendment to the State constitution authorizing a $50,000,000 bond issue for highway im- provement, which will be voted upon at the coming election. This proposal was overwhelmingly defeated at the polls five years ago. Coming at this partic- ular time, with the nation at war, the Grange considers the proposal more ob- jectionable than ever, The statement is as follows : ** The Grange is in hearty accord with the request sent broadcast over the country by the National Council of De- fense on June 19 last, directing that only those roads which are of prime im- portance from a military or an economic standpoint be built during the contin- uance of the war, and that no unneces- sary bonds be issued by States or muni- cipalities, If the proposed $50,000,000 bond issue was objectionable five years ago, when it went down to defeat at the hands of the voters of the State, it is infinitely more objectionable today, “ In the first place it would be unpa. triotic for the State to attempt to float a $50,000,000 the national government thrift stamps in order to War T never more scarce and high than For to engage in any extended scheme of road when is selling finance n, again, labor and materials were bond issue the ne priced they are night now. the State constr present conditions possible, getting money than at any other time. The ac would mean f i even that we be less for our - exit uli present cost per mile of ding to abnormal con to $60.000. At mp wouic roads in this State ¢ ditions, is fro this excessive rate, 0,000,000 not build one-tenth of the 9,000 miles of automobile roads now under State con- tion the fact that there single penny available from this sum for the construction or re pair or other necessary roads in the State, ** It goes without g that we rec- £ } f cood road nize tlhe of Rood TOAUS, 5 and we are convinced Og the best we $i me to ~ % Mme LO Col h can hope to do for some to keep up the roads we have by means 141 of the drag system an proving the rough places. 1G Shou some other i be urtherance of the normal cond neces sary to issue t scheme. be necessary to equalize taxation. Real estate now pays ut twenty vy a sills tax, an average of al nd personal property an average of less than arom rgument r fair about suct lo prove equality. Two mills additional the corporate and the State, which would yersonal leave class one-third © carried by a year to our revenues, providing all the y o build roads on the pay-as-you go plan. This plan al- ways to be preferred, whether in private affairs or in matters of public concern, where it is possible, to the plan of going into debt and paying interest, There is therefore, no justification for the pro- posed bond issued, and it should again tas F oryrnr of prog ou erty off with about rden for real estate, would the many 1 years add many millions $ i money necessary is ¥ be decisively defeated cA PS T—————— Milton Fair Called Off. Owing to the closing order of the state health department because of the epi demic of Spanish influenza the Milton fair, scheduled for October 8, 9. 10, 11, has been definitely called off for this year. ————— AA A Save for your country or slave for the Hun. This Is a Paper-Conservation Issue. By printing a four-page paper this week instead of the customary eight- page form, the Reporter is obeying the order of the Pulp and Paper Sec- tion of the War Industries Board which compels publishers of country weeklies to effect a saving of 15 per cent. in the use of paper. The Reporter will appear in four- page form only once a month, or un- til such a time as another method for saving the necessary amount of paper inay be found. There will be no curtailment in the amount of local pews in these '* war issues "—you simply lose the news of state and pation, We trust our patrons will accept the matter in a patnotic spirit. As for us—-well, we are gritting our teeth and growing firmer in our con- viction that no punishment will be too severe for the Beast of Berlin, E HALL. PA. ;EORGE B. BOOZER IS Ra INFLUENZA VICTIM. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Boozer Succumbs to Disease at His Home in Centre Hall. George Boal Boozer is dead. When the news first was passed from one to the other Sunday afternoon the truth of A robust young man, with the bloom of health in the report was hard to realize. his cheeks, to fall a victim of disease in the course of a few days, was more than seemed possible. He fell of pneumonia, resulting from an attack of Spanish influen the with deadly effect grips the co a victim y i is £ § } i i a, disease w sty 10s ni at the present time, ter George first became ill the lat part of week before last while attending the Pennsylvania where he had enrolled in the freshman year as a electrical engineer student, He member of the Army ing Corps, a 1 qtate College, n “ Was a Students’ 1d as such was ir vice of his country. he came 1d we trace of illness 's ¥ ii Af nt Centre Ha nt under care, This was on Saturday. lowing day his condition was so improved that That night he became worse "i days later 3 mia develop poem medical science the skill of care of a di stracted mother, and the pro i fessional nursing of a ¥ ing al t failed to br out any change better, and the young man passed at three o'clock Sund ing the greater part of his i mained del George David A 1 excellence in a“ entered Per 1 feels the loss of 3 began later ng his death at 2:0 ning of this week. was born near 184. four years of age. he made i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus being past Siuce early chil . on June 15th, his home of his nh Since the death he On August a group of Centre county boys Lee to prepare for the france. Even though he never active service, he nevertheless died for ceased. parents, Wagner. lived with unt, 2 left f § ¥ 1e wil f or Camp battlefields of it SAW try and his death is none the c his home com- his coun less glorious. He was a E, Infantry. In munity he was considered a young man of noble character , among camp he was regarded as a clean, manly fellow, and his untimely death is the cause for the deepest regret. A com- forting feature, however, will always 1 found in the fact that he gave his |} for his country : he died a hero's death. ry mm { ember of zo0th Bo his fellows at Boys Ill at Camp. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Whiteman, who li on the Potter farm west of Centre Hall, were called to Camp Lee, on Tuesday, on account of the illness of their son, Jie epidemic in- Ira Whiteman, fluenza. William W. Kerlin, C Lee, Virginia, has been in the camp hospital during the past week suffering with Spanish influenza. Late reports concerning his condition are very favor- able and his complete recovery® is anticipated, —————— A A ——— Gave Tractor Demonstration. A tractor demonstration was held in the fields of P. F, Conter, near Millheim last Thursday afternoon. was a Fordson, and the demonstration of who is at Amp Bellefonte, land in a short time, XX John Garis Writes from the Wa Zone. Two letters were received about a week ago from Private John Garis, a Centre Hall boy, who is probably now in the thick of the allies’ greatest offensive movement. John is in the artillery and there is no discount in the *‘‘action” in The first letter ap- pended was written to the Reporter; a which he will figure. later letter to his mother in this place. Somewhere in France, August 7, 1918, Dear Friend: Well Reporter, I finally received a copy and I I read That one paper brought 1 I especially He words I of it the guess over me more news than fourteen letters, read every line of the paper enjoyed reading Ray Lucas’ letter, is right, you sin in how odd and beat bave been in dogs part Fran seen § v £ walter. ’ seen people eatl- 1 ate thew are ood they are good, to make and real white “Oh lx e I learned 1 1 reali gooq. iid tell Ted Bailey that on the grave of a Oh, we guys ike to tell you more, y is going home and I te you and tell you I got him a oth er souve- short because an enemy near and I get somewhere else than here. see him very plainly now, With love, from your son, Pri, Joux Gax y " * x nusi lI can hoverin School Board Meets. The Centre Hall school board met in regular monthly session on Monday evening. Members present were H. G. Strohmeier, E. S. Ripka, F. P. Geary and Edward E. Bailey. Tax collector C. D. Bartholomew turned over $1900. 00, almost the total amount of the school tax duplicate. This is a remarkable showing and places the treasury in po- sition to pay all bills for some time to come. Bills to the amount of $511 49 were approved and ordered paid at the meeting. The directors were of the opinion that if epidemic influenza did not show any increase during the pres. ent week, the schools would re-o) next Monday morning. vt} fii ————— 5A A SAAN Announcement. L. W. 8. Person will arrive in Centre Hall, October 16th, and will be pleased to meet her patrons at the residence of Mrs. M. E. Strohm, where she will have on display a complete line of ladies and children’s millinery. A APIS MP PRAT AAA. Try an ad, in The Reporter, 10, 1918, A Liberty Loan Appeal. If I were asked why we as a nation are in this war, and why we are request- ed to subscribe to the Fourth Liberty Loan, I would not give as an answer the undisputable fact that we have always been the true champions of humau free- dom ; standing in readiness to wage warfare against any nation that en. croaches on the human liberties of a weaker nation ; but against our own wishes we have been brought into this war, by a wise overruling Providence, to save us from a self-centered and selfish life to a life of service and sacrifice, which means our future enrichme it atl. abu n- dant prosperity had produced in us a Our long continued peace and spirit of self-satisfaction, self-importance and selfishness without any disposition for the welfare of otl re i nations, The Liber ng and Loan therefore is pportun ty givi us the best o ily to serve sacrifice, all true men and noble minded women will give and lend that a God may send upon us his bles sings, Any man, or woman, who } i earning money, or enjoying the his lis - dlessings which f t the to ite to the patriotic appeals which most generous all nations gives her subjects, who refuses to contril nsec come to u nsig , 18 too 1 rn 4 t country wit kings 1 ug and queens striving to orms of autocracy and en- best are slackers in y that we fathers 1 ave are able to perf wiio have built up this nation will r disown us if we dishonor great o« 17 { rire i firmness o that we will d crush the democratic ng colonists, t Wog Ja ve 1 rose up veriod \ & ialer mper war, European deceptive ly responded to the call of our Chief vitter foe foreign frot m Magistrate to face at to preven J despoiling 1is nation as he has despoiled others, possi. + ieee + Aina dare we refuse to render the bést and make some sacrifice to ive of Exclus affli reminded ch for emergencies has buriec milion, hundred and twenty- thousand of her soldiers, besides en- when h 2 850505 4 Lous, are na Fr oe $0 mu ce which s an 5 tio { nation io time ¢ one one five ring the appalling hardships for four ars ; and that England, who bas laid neath the dust and waves of the sea ine hundred and sixty thousand of her brave sons: what for? Not to enrich i But first to defend the op- pressed, protect herself and save this nation from being invaded as Belgiam was, Had it not been for England's mighty navy, Germany's hellish sub- marine warfare would have appalled this nation with the black invasion of destruction and death more than any human mind can conceive of, That Brutalized, Barbarian, Bloody Butcher, Beastly Bastard of Berlin must be put in Bondage never to have his liberty again to afflict the world with his maliciou., mendacious, murderous madness of malcontentedness. There- fore we appeal to you to buy bonds. Buy Bonds to save the world fom the Kaiser's Bondage Respectfully yours, Wu. R. Pickex, ve be a 5 14 ersedl Centre Hall, Pa., Oct. 7th, 1018. Bulletin on Spanish Influenza. The Surgeon General of the U. 8. Public Health Service has just issued a publication dealing with Spanish Influenza, which contains all known available information regarding this disease. Simple methods relative to its prevention, manner of spread, and care of patients, are also given, Readers may obtain copies of this pamphlet free of charge by writing to the * Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D.C" i NO. 40 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, Delinda, spent a few day at Watsontown. of ant Gap, moved this week to Luxor, Wallace Horner and family, Pleas the Pittsburgh district, Lloyd Smith, of Centre Hill, found a good horse blanket his which the owner on premises paying ow may have by for this advertisement, am i . he . Wanted—a cream ha for our tre Hall cream route; to gather cre of ville gathered three bu ir Taw in } § * “ in & day in the Dever ling ¢ Bartges' parents eisihiansia, in MNippen ae valiey, curs YY Who with the original Boal tre ow if iia 18 »" Dal HOoal (Toop, : 5 x Joalsburg, has sent home a German he! met and gas mask. On the mask * H. Schu was ched the rnat 5 ur si e, likely the owner or me name surely is not Irish SWArlz, who Las Hublers eq a position i-Class heating water owWnDship, ago. Dr favre LArTIo a stated he western battle wi German shells f him + BIN. were He said tailed from a base hospital sides oO he had $4 i to give first aid to the wounded, expected to be ordered back to the hos- in the course of a few days. He tting valuable experience, angers he did not wish brutal Huns ¥ v pital said he was ge and despite t himself home were completely whipped he Millheim-Coburn Red C iliary was very active during the month of September, as witness this report The Millheim workers knitted sweaters and 13 pairs of socks ; made 10 dresses, a crib quilt was made by junior members, and a comfort was pieced and completed ; the latter two articles are on exhibition at the Woodmen club house and are for sale. The Coburn workers knitted 10 sweaters and 17 pairs of socks and made six dresses; Jacob Musick donated $1, Mrs. Frank Kerstetter do- nated go cents, and Mrs. W, L. Camp- bell turned over 75 cents realized from the s:le of ice cream cones. The local lodge of Free and Accep Masons held a banquet in honor of ome of their oldest members, Prof. W. A. Krise, on the evening of the 26th uit., in their rooms on the second floor of the bank building. The affair was a com- plete surprise to Prof, Krise, who on that day reached his eightieth birthday. Because of his utterly helpless condition it was necessary for several of the mem- bers of the order to remove him from his home to the lodge rooms. He en- joyed the evening and as a token of re- spect and good fellowship the order presented him with a beautiful bath robe. Prof. Krise is a Past Worshipful Master of Old Fort Lodge, No. 5373, F. & A. M. For the past several years he has been closely confined to his home because of illness, He, however, con- tinues to take a deep interest in the he d the sential unin 18 aux- 8X events of the day.
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