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Influenza Encyclopedia

ï~~ reet and City!-tall Square'; \.fl- 4-11-.have been ie James Rhoads:Auxiliary. "ity-. to their c inth and Parrish streets; No. 4.2. the ie herwood Recreation (Centre Au,4 iliary. To C 'ifty-sixth and Christian stree t;"No 4.i the Memorial Cburch Auxiliary,}~eP ighth and CumbLerlandi streets: No. Defense i' 44, the Athletic' Recreatioy. centre formation,uxiliary. Twenty-sixth and *Je ~ersocn lrtItet;:o44,thSos rbtri 'i.hutch Auxiliary, B~road street and; night thatb ~astle avenue; No. 446. the University now thro ueAxlay 61LmadoreuII se nd No 447, the Norristown High* lnformati4. chad tuxiliary (Norristown b h j. help duriifr t t e n t e:IRE AT BARREL FAC1ORY (uae to 115,000 Worth of Cooperate Saved puredusi From Destruction bueaued i Prompt action. in turning 4ian ne"4oJ0 i uiarm saved $15.000 worth of c4,oper- said Mr. ige material from destruction y fire bueaou last night when flames were dise"pvered been gie n the garage of the Hobert ilIixlton side agen 'onipany, barrel manufacture rs,!W'ee- th rough!acoe and Wolf streeqs. example WillO= Watson, a 'watchman ii the by co-ope ~,lac'e, passing through on his 4ighrsly A total! 'ounds shortly after $ o'clock.iw through t' intfl esi h auesiftetnaI)garage. He r'an toi an ilni":and,iil plant brought the fire eompanies. I " hIL.' -9:ve ove' time' they arrived the flames, whci hli had ments to bee eating away at the curta tit; o w ere pin4 several motor trucks, had spread ij.- -,better gr idly in the direction of the barr l fac'- is " poe.Te rmswr utoft h tory prpr.h lms eect(f h co r within a few feet of qiaantitieij of wood, t '~ grease and other inflammable ouate'-cakt' rial. jobbers a ______________-- uted throe " were mat NOW OFFICERS IN ARMY othev I f 1 3 ) holding the bodiedj ('onsigneg creased from iol. yesteroay to o ' LOre unburied for too long a day, and deaths- were 307 agaist 32 7 the day before. The total of influenza ose Emergency S~rvlce cases reported now is 298.2 o, neuadeiphia Council of NationalI monia cases 48,328. and deaths 16,174. ill close its "-Filbert 100" in- I bureau at midnight tonight.! LIMIT USE FURLOUGH Uripps. Jin ('barge of the as ('ouncil. declred lastFA EC RICTS all the eases can be handledFA ECRIC TS gh the normal ager.Eies.. timated that the bureau of SpÂ~eIOI to Th' Iu"Q'ver n rec'eived.3000 c'slls for CAMP DIX. X. J.. Oct. 23.-Solg the epidemic. D1uring the diers here and at other cantonments lays, its resour('es for m i $ who may be invited to participate in helpi were entirely made- eommnxt celebrations and entertainmeet the demand, but with ments will not, hereafter. enjoy the essive day the situation im- priviflege of furlough fare certificates d during the past uweek the for reduced railroad rates, according as able to secure the heln to a new ruling of the War Departmost of the cases reported. inent. Thf privilege of reduced fares orb praise cannot we given" on wek-end trips from r'am p was de-f 1)ri pps last night,4 "to hot ILnIed from the beginning, but has work-:Per and paid workers in tb# ed no hardship on Camp Dix soldiers Splendid co-oper4tion has becaus~ of the extensive motor jitney by a score or mno e of out- service to and from nearby towns. ies, and the seriie rendered The new interpretation says: he bureau is a c 4nspicuou~ "The furlough fare reduction was f what can be a ompliube4 pimarily grantee to enable our xolation in the face' o need.''chders and sailors to visit their homes of 22(1(1 coffins wer~ provided before going overseas. It was not is l'hilalelphia C'ou cil of Na- stated in the order of the Director ense by various to nufactur- (;eneral of Railroads that trips might 3throughout the tity. who not be made more for other purposes. their wouodworki depart- The intent, however. was to restrict the work. Fifte hundred the arrangement of trips made exclu-t coffins and 700 ere of a give'el on personal account.4 ide. with a re gul on finish. "Communities all ov'er the country done after it was und that are inviting and entertaining groups of manufac'turers' w re unablef soldiers and sailors, such as -'bands, ith the situation. All of the drill and athletic teams. from nearby ePre lilac-ed in t ansof'camps and stations, to participate in id uindertakers to the distrib- local c'elebrationis. It is not the purigh the regular c'h~nnels, and l)0se that the furlough fare reduction ufac'tuired %i'thoutl profit. should be broadened to cover transiladelp hia C'ounc'i realizing portation of men traveling in bodies hie epidemic that the Morgue on such occasions, and it will not be hold the numbesr of bodies go construed by the commianding offi-.d be plsced at i t disposal, cers responsible for the issuance of re mortuaries. F a hundred furlough fare certificates." re placed in these, of which iready been buried., CAMDEN MARKS TIME suggestion of d" iirector of "~ uplertC'ros Associa- WAITING TO LIFT LID udraers' organization. pit tensemblmoercfrm the Camden health officials arc now nftnietaes from ofe marking time waiting for the State rcrctrY *Board of Health to lift the quarantine. rer 1atnght, Dr.H., H. Davis, president of the Came, in Harrisburg ls i den board, said yesterday that the epirif on an4 risit the demic situation" grows better daily and inacite coal that another -- vast improvement was talked with supeiintendents shown yesterday. Only nine new cases Lrge anthracite c~ rporationa of influenza were reported to the board aafflic d with th~ epidemic. yesterday and but three deaths were atefro twnty vetofity recorded, making a total of92 deaths. "aefo wny iet The total of influenza cases is 8766, 'eductli in outputl during the______ ka of Otober. I fluenza il Fas) Tild War i Seven Philadelphians Among Those Honored With Commissions Included among the appcintme ts an-' nouneed ye sterday by the War 1) partnefit is he' name of John F reyth Meigs, 3, of this city, who ha been made~ a ~aptain. Others were: ('aptair4o0rdnance-Jlames A. erns, 134 $out Forty-sixth street. Sec-ond lieutenant, Ordnance- avid Gilmore Townsend, 60068 Ridge avenue. Captain, " uartermaster-John Forsyth Meigs,2df First lieutenant. Quarterma terMpnroe Edwiar-ds Voigtsberger, 4831 Nclrth Fifteenth street. Second lieutenant, Motor Tra sport Corps--Charles Hoffman, 8215 E heron *at' lieutenant, Air Service Po ductio)-UHarry Blair Coulter i } y u b own Pedestrian; Esca es '~oieare searching for the "m torist who,struck and injured John~ Bo ough, 38. Tears old, of Bridemburg, as "h was c~ossivng Sitiet -street at Gre uway av enue: Iay night. Borough was icked:up: in,' an.WI}OZJbciouw. condition y Pede~tst~ians,7 wl had 'him taken. te ] ier t d ftHopjtlL "-I. is b eved.Xn tv' ~in1'fl ~neirA. n Gould no that wot secured bodies wiv 200 have -At the the Anie tin,ann Mayor.S servic'es various c War Bak Dr.' Ro gave this effect of produictio ". -hay of three in distric They esti per cent. three 'we1 invading this in. l tion of n during th the.inva death 'an ing itiflue 15 to thereafte' rate in s twe~1ty. 'p high as t five flee In- an. f Until pe again pre' er-nment]l the maki Heels in ii all colo~r brown a eight in Theref ori timely info. everty worn pretty. sh~ her sharef stocks are "A" PeOa with Patent Kid Vamp.a ad5p Gray Kid Vamps, Ac To~ps to With Cuba Walkc aAr A Mde 4

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