Emergency hospital plan for Gettysburg reunion crowds
State health officials announce a 175 bed emergency hospital system for Gettysburg fiftieth anniversary crowds with 30 hospital tents 16 doctors and 18 nurses. Dispensaries ambulances and first aid stations will service up to 55 000 visitors in addition to veterans. water supply sanitation and communications are organized with hospital trains and nearby city facilities. A moth destruction advisory offers benzine gasoline treats and sun drying as control measures.
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State Department
Harrisburg
Union
Gettysburg
State Department of Health
Sami. G. Dixon
Tener
Commissioner of Health
Cittes
Ma&in
The
General Hospital
Huntingdon County
Surface
Pests Fumigation Methods Warned By Experts
A historical notice outlines pest control methods including carbon bisulfide fumigation in sealed spaces with proper precautions due to its explosive fumes. It notes a barrel setup with cloth and hoops as a containment method and mentions hydrocyanic acid gas as a last resort, stressing safety and proper instructions from the Economic Anthropologist in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Sparrow Pest Increases Call For Nest Destruction
Ancient correspondence reports the English sparrow as a major pest to fruit trees. State Zoologist urges destroying nests and using arsenate of lead to curb damage, while noting community effort from interested boys and potential reciprocal favors. Also contains church resolutions mourning Mrs. Henderson with sympathy to her family.
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R. W. Wehrle
Town
H. A. Surface
Buda
Surface
J. C. Henderson
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church Sabbath School
Lucetta Boyer
Annie Millen
Clara Hoover
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Death of Mrs. Sarepta Gressley in Cresson
Mrs. Sarepta Gressley died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Raymond Smith in Cresson on April 28, 1913, aged 44 years 2 months 12 days. Funeral services were held at her son Howard Hileman’s home in Gipsy, led by Rev. F S Burns. She leaves a son, a daughter, a sister and three brothers. The notice includes a farewell poem and reports burial at Rowley cemetery near Hillsdale.
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Sarepta Gressley
Raymond Smith
Cresson
Howard Hileman
Gipsy
F. 8. Burns
Vine
Rowley Cemetery
Hillsdale
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Hanoin
Hippodrome
Ornen
Pioneer Days
Huey & “Moorhead
Ciildran
Loughry
Home Journal
Madras
John Kelly
W. R. Loughry & Company
Vogel Bros
North Sixth St
Indiana, Pa
Henry H. Steving
Henry H. Steving & Son
M. Edith Steving
Ladies & Children
Automobile Service
Philadelphia
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Water St
Indiana Roller Mills
Larrowe
Hetrick, Wilson & CO
Proprietors
Viordan’s
Rdan’s
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