Part 6
“(2) That the verified bills for the daily maintenance—consisting of food, drugs, medicines, and the overhead expense of light and fuel—together with such special expenses as were approved by the General Committee in relation to the general organization work throughout the County, be approved and paid.
“(3) That bills in connection with the regularly established hospitals, and bills relating to the regular hospitals and charities, and the work of attendants in isolated homes, could not be approved and paid, as the moneys appropriated for this epidemic were appropriated for the specific purpose of the establishment and maintenance of hospitals for this work.”
At a meeting of the Distribution Committee held April 4, 1919, it was resolved to issue to the public a “Letter of information concerning the work of the Distribution Committee”. This letter was subsequently prepared, giving a brief account of the organization of the committee and the work it had accomplished, and, having been signed by the members of the committee, was duly disseminated. The following paragraphs are extracts from this letter:
“The appropriation of funds by Luzerne County was made under an Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature approved May 14, 1915, and reading in part as follows:
“‘_Section 1._ * * * The County Commissioners of any County may appropriate moneys for the support of any hospital, located within or without the limits of such County, which is engaged in charitable work and extends treatment and medical attention to residents of such County.
“‘_Section 2._ All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are repealed.’
“The appropriation of the City of Wilkes-Barré was made by the members of the City Council by a resolution reading as follows:
“‘_Whereas_, the equipment and maintenance of the Emergency Hospital at the Armory is necessary to fight the influenza epidemic; and whereas much of the equipment can be later used at the Emergency Contagious Disease Hospital of the city of Wilkes-Barré which is now nearing completion,
“_Therefore, Be it Resolved_, That the City of Wilkes-Barré appropriate $5,000., or so much thereof as may be necessary, toward the equipment and maintenance of the Armory or other Hospital; that the Citizens’ Committee in charge submit bills, properly audited, to the City of Wilkes-Barré, and the City pay such bills to an amount equal to the appropriation authorized; and that the equipment, which can later be used by the Emergency Contagious Hospital, become the property of the City; and that patients at the Armory Hospital, whose circumstances permit, be required to pay for such services, as is done at the other hospitals in the City.’”
Report of Treasurer
DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
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RECEIPTS.
From Luzerne County $20,000.00
City of Wilkes-Barré 3,999.85
Wyoming Valley Chapter 3,963.36 Red Cross
The Bell Telephone 14.76 Company (Refund)
H. A. Whiteman & Co. 38.45 (Refund)
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$28,016.42
EXPENDITURES.
Paid to Nurses, Aids, etc., as follows:
Emily Jones $ 40.00
Hilda Lewis 40.00
Nellie Loftus 40.00
Jennie May 40.00
Minnie Fry 40.00
Mrs. Harriet Hountz 54.00
Loretta Sullivan 102.00
Anna Walsh 80.00
Dorothy Guy 85.50
Nellie Fischer 7.33
Margaret Bechtold 84.00
Oliver Wolfe 108.00
Raymond Davis 51.00
Howard Roat 75.00
Robert Davenport 36.00
Mrs. Martha Edwards 48.63
Mrs. Myrtle Mooney 14.52
Mrs. Ellen Hosey 45.53
Bessie Evans 7.26
Hazle Smith 7.26
Lenore Williams 42.92
Evelyn Jones 15.97
Gwyn Winters 41.32
Goldie Womelsdorf 39.97
May Conlon 56.23
Nellie Sheridan 29.47
Katherine Dymond 32.52
Mrs. Hilda Hogg 45.87
Mary Sinko 23.61
Bessie Fadden 66.77
Esther Lynn 55.16
Laura Hughes 57.82
Annette Schofield 31.35
Susan Sable 43.16
Sister Angela 35.42
Ethel Jordon 31.35
Sarah Wilson 7.46
Arline Hale 10.50
Helen Wheatley 33.00
Katherine Longshore 40.81
Ruth Jones 47.52
Verda Vivian 39.46
Beth Porter 47.52
Margaret Larkin 47.52
Ada Bachstein 34.57
Dorothy Tennyson 39.46
Edna Bachstein 26.23
Eleanor Brown 26.23
Mrs. E. Silvara 40.00
Irene Lewis 40.00
Ruth Rae 40.00
Lida Tucker 50.00
Margaret Burns 37.29
Rose Costello 47.33
May Williams 62.00
Clara Campbell 20.00
Emily Sprake 5.50
Mrs. P. Hanson 89.83
Jessie Cunningham 14.00
Leslie Covert 42.00
George Berry 57.00
Ernest Wright 6.00
Mrs. Margaret Jacobs 19.02
Elizabeth Williams 15.97
Anna McNulty 81.29
Florence Desh 11.61
Mrs. Lena Krum 7.26
Margaret Griesmer 44.23
Ellen McGuigan 54.73
Olwen Williams 41.32
Kathleen Bishop 10.16
Mrs. Jean Langford 29.42
Gertrude Lenahan 20.32
Mildred Perry 50.32
Madge Heffron 47.56
Mary Roache 2.90
Alice Fuller 43.06
Mrs. James Lockett 11.61
Leyl VanHoesen .46
Mrs. F. T. Mitchell 31.16
Anna Boyle 7.40
Sister Pierre 41.23
Anna McMenanin 23.96
Olive Carle 4.35
Jeanette Washington 7.50
Alice McCarty 18.00
Irene McGinty 10.50
Margaret Andes 40.81
Ellen Davis 47.52
Mary Humphrey 47.52
Margaret Porter 47.52
Agnes Riley 39.46
Mable Davis 24.19
Katherine Gaffikin 47.52
Mildred Weathers 47.48
Anna Tobias 50.00
Maria Blazick 54.84
Irma Goodale 56.39
Catherine Thomas 59.68
Ann Shanghnessy 13.33
Mrs. G. L. Todd 46.51
Anna Yanalovitch 85.48
Mary Koseck 82.26
Millie Heslop 88.71
Eleanor Martin 66.13
Mrs. Ann Davies 15.00
Helen Yablonski 29.09
Anna Eaton 67.20
Edith Franklin 56.46
Mary Mieczkoski 69.93
Margaret Burke 47.96
Freda Turner 19.52
Hannah Davis 17.96
Ethel Jones 47.52
Emma Cleason 33.87
Carolina Bryant 22.58
Leah Craig 33.87
Marguerite Davey 33.87
Bertha Griffith 33.87
Mrs. Kathleen Brew 20.40
Nell Jordan 19.84
Beatrice Sorber 28.93
Nellie Blackburn 33.87
Helen Finley 33.87
Barbara Swanberry 22.58
Elizabeth Beeunas 11.29
Margaret McDonald 17.74
Jennie Jesuit 16.67
Frances Keller 16.67
Mrs. J. Bavrick 46.51
Mrs. E. Massman 26.19
Mrs. Blanche Evans 41.94
Mrs. Clara Swishere 0.81
Emma Wagner 12.50
Rachael King 11.67
Mrs. Ellen Dailey 28.88
Mrs. Ruth Tyrell 25.38
Mrs. Elizabeth 31.07 Deitrick
Kathryn Kransky 23.77
Mrs. Minnie Williams 22.15
Elena Heineman 28.73
Gertrude McCarthy 39.52
Nan Wintersteen 25.35
Mrs. Kate Heston 1.61
Mrs. E. Roszykiewicz 9.98
Anna Owen 6.67
Mrs. Marie Caffrey 13.20
Jennie Audi 16.48
Nora Aubrey 16.45
Mrs. Mollie Dennison 18.29
Kathleen Lavelle 59.68
Helen Slacinski 60.27
Josephine Reokey 34.09
Margaret Meekin 95.16
Anna Groschke 50.59
Sarah Kelley 25.81
Mary Clemmons 21.66
Marie Strome 27.52
Iona Brelsford 16.13
Doris Reedy 75.81
Mrs. A. Dowling 31.62
Mayette Mulligan 52.85
Helen Mais 23.12
Marjorie Lindsay 49.25
Alice Kochinsky 12.90
Sophia Roach 68.87
Edna Runyan 45.54
Jennie Moore 11.29
Elizabeth Morris 22.58
Ruth Thomas 22.58
Annette Kivler .81
Laura Kokensperger 23.06
Violet Clark 5.65
Mrs. Mary McClusky 4.94
Martha Howard 22.53
Blanche Wilkes 33.87
Mary Levix 11.29
Mary Biczcak 22.58
Sophia Chukinski 23.33
Helen Gajewski 16.67
Myrtle Socha 41.67
Sarah Taff 49.57
Mrs. Hannah Jones 22.02
Mrs. Delia Dunn 11.67
Mrs. Maria Jones 24.17
Mrs. Margaret Jones 10.83
Mrs. Margaret 11.67 Meehans
Mrs. A. Steinhauer 43.55
Mrs. C. Devaney 3.23
Mrs. C. Davies 4.03
Mrs. Minnie Llewelyn 22.96
Mrs. Marie Shaffer 8.26
Gertrude Cooper 22.96
Mrs. Anna Norris 27.04
Mrs. Minnie Reich 20.56
Mrs. Esther Hogg 14.94
Mrs. B. Mulhern 28.23
Mrs. Charles Burk 3.33
Mrs. Belle Connor 5.83
Mrs. M. Farber 13.15
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$6,746.34
PAID TO EMERGENCY HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AS FOLLOWS.
Dupont Borough Emergency Hospital $ 428.69
Jacob Neuman (Dupont) 200.00
Exeter Borough Emergency Hospital 1,121.33
Hazleton City Emergency Hospital 898.72
Hazleton City Emergency Hospital 928.63
Nanticoke Borough Emergency Hospital 1,009.82
Newport Township Emergency Hospital 1,320.44 (Wanamie)
Plains Township Emergency Hospital 467.32
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$ 6,374.95
PAID MISCELLANEOUS BILLS AS LISTED, FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE, RECEIPTED BILLS HAVING BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CITY TREASURER.
Anthracite Bedding Mfg. Co. $ 31.25
" " " " 112.50
" " " " 12.50
──── $ 156.25
Mrs. Alice Adams 14.00
Aston’s Pharmacy 4.00
Frank Baab 602.99
Frank E. Baldwin 127.77
" " " 5.33
" " " 3.28
──── 8.61
Bell Telephone Co. $ 25.50
" " " 25.65
" " " 20.00
" " " 5.92
──── 77.07
Bell Telephone Co. $ 2.14
" " " 5.50
" " " 2.81
──── 10.45
Boston Store $ 78.93
" " 11.90
" " 224.66
──── 315.49
W. D. Beers, Inc. 23.50
Col. Eyer paid bills as follows:
Ruth Wildrick $ 3.00
" " 2.00
Mrs. L. Davis 4.00
" " " 2.00
Mrs. A. Adams 3.00
Miss Williams 1.00
Harry Adams 3.00
Lill Eckert 1.00
Chester Adams 2.00
Mrs. Phillips 2.00
Mrs. Mary Meehan 2.00
E. Dunning 2.00
A. Ricaloski 2.00
Mrs. R. Kisbon 2.00
Mrs. C. Walsh 2.00
Mary Rasmas 4.00
Mrs. L. Williams 3.00
Mrs. M. Reed 4.00
Mrs. Ira Fox 1.00
E. Eckert 8.00
Eleanor Williams 1.00
James Glasser 4.00
Aaron Lane 4.00
Joe Riggs 4.00
Frank Baab .60
Wilkes-Barré Cleaning Co. 18.00
Lewis & Bennett 24.20
──── 108.80
Frey Brothers 2.10
Frank & Barber 85.05
G. L. C. Frantz $ 5.75
" " 3.88
" " 15.40
" " 27.83
──── 52.86
Gray & Company 2.00
Green’s Pharmacy 103.39
John H. Green 125.04
W. H. Green Pharmacy 1.72
A. Kline 27.26
" " 7.28
──── 34.54
Isaac Long 30.47
Lewis & Bennett Hardware Co. $ 7.10
" " " " 2.75
" " " " 3.90
" " " " 2.45
" " " " .65
" " " " 2.75
" " " " 22.75
" " " " 6.40
" " " " 2.25
" " " " 31.50
" " " " 7.80
" " " " 14.00
" " " " 6.30
" " " " 5.65
" " " " .20
" " " " 1.80
" " " " 3.62
" " " " 5.26
" " " " 1.20
" " " " 8.17
" " " " 3.25
" " " " 1.54
" " " " 1.25
" " " " .40
" " " " 3.15
" " " " 4.68
──── 150.77
Murray-Smith Company 14.70
MacWilliams 36.47
" .80
──── 37.27
C. Morgan’s Sons 7.75
H. H. Roth $ 64.20
.25
" " 1.80
──── 66.25
Susquehanna Motor Car Co. $ 1.45
" " " " 1.80
" " " " 3.11
" " " " 6.60
" " " " 1.70
" " " " 2.82
" " " " 1.99
" " " " 3.11
──── 22.58
C. D. Steinhauer 38.00
" " 4.85
Shepherd Construction Company 719.33
Joseph Schuler 39.85
" " 62.09
──── 101.94
Lieut. Trein paid bills as follows:
John Madden $ .20
M. V. Black 10.00
W. Zeigler .35
Kline’s China Palace .75
Ruth Wildrick .75
Lillian Davis .75
Charles Rutherford 3.50
William Doyle 10.50
W. B. Goeringer 7.00
George White 7.00
M. J. Stout 20.00
E. L. Klipple .30
C. W. Rutherford .50
Motor Car Supply .75
White Hardware Company .66
Irene Lewis 10.00
──── 72.86
Mrs. Ash $ 3.00
Mrs. Eckert .90
W. R. Toomb 1.00
W. A. Phillips 1.55
Mary Black .30
Ball Quick Repair Shop 1.75
──── 8.50
F. W. Woolworth Company $ 1.45
Ball Quick Repair Shop 1.50
W. R. Toomb 2.59
C. J. Deibel 13.73
Mrs. Black .36
Mrs. V. Black 10.00
──── 29.63
Wilkes-Barré Record .75
Fowler, Dick & Walker 1.68
F. W. Woolworth Co. 4.45
J. C. Madden .30
Riker-Hegeman 7.76
William Doyle 24.50
Wayne Canfield 5.76
Serg. Bradbury 5.50
Charles Rutherford 10.00
W. R. Toomb .10
Posten Bros. 7.75
Mrs. Williamson 2.00
Wilkes-Barré Laundry Co. 3.18
F. W. Woolworth Co. 6.40
" " " 3.95
──── 84.08
Cash paid for meals by Lieut. 2.60 Trein
" " " " 1.70 "
" " " " .30 "
" " " " 5.25 "
" " " " 7.00 "
" " " " 3.85 "
" " " " 3.15 "
──── 23.85
Wilkes-Barré Company 152.47
" " 76.24
" " 57.56
" " 69.69
──── 355.96
Wilkes-Barré Company 4.90
" " 31.75
" " 7.40
" " 10.00
──── 54.05
H. A. Whiteman 3.75
" " 10.50
" " 15.20
" " 9.00
──── 38.45
H. A. Whiteman & Co. 11.20
" " " 6.50
" " " 3.75
" " " 4.00
" " " 5.45
" " " 11.20
" " " 3.75
" " " 3.75
" " " 5.40
" " " 38.45
──── 93.45
Wyoming Valley Undermuslin Co. 100.00
White & Co. 80.88
Zorzi Brothers 8.50
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$3,999.85
THE FOLLOWING BILLS PAID FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAPTER RED CROSS.
American Red Cross, Wyoming $ 459.06 Valley Chapter
" " " " " 36.00 "
──── $ 495.06
American Red Cross, Wyoming 557.60 Valley Chapter
Percy A. Brown & Co. 30.29
" " " " 10.20
──── 40.49
J. J. Becker Co. 2.40
W. D. Beers 268.01
" " 3.80
" " 102.95
──── 375.66
Percy A. Brown & Co. 330.65
Mrs. E. B. Carr 199.00
City Auto Co. 3.85
Davis Brothers 1.50
Farmers’ Dairy 179.58
Green’s Pharmacy 16.70
Kline’s China Palace 7.48
W. A. King & Co. 2.95
Leonard Grocery Co. 2.66
Charles Maurer 7.44
Mulherin Brothers 1.27
Frank F. Matheson Co. 852.47
Poland’s Hotel 5.62
Susquehanna Motor Car Co. 5.65
" " " " 4.27
" " " " 1.00
" " " " 83.45
" " " " 1.45
" " " " 10.96
" " " " 10.55
" " " " 22.86
" " " " 3.69
" " " " 8.25
" " " " 4.13
" " " " 9.00
──── 165.26
Spring Lake Ice Co. 1.98
Smith & Clark 8.53
Lieut. Trein 8.05
Tremayne’s 3.00
Visiting Nurse Association 315.00
Western Union .25
Williams Bros. & Co. 35.63
H. A. Whiteman & Co. 18.25
Red Cross Canteen Fund 157.38
Red Cross, for bills handed us for
payment, said bills having previously
been paid by the Red Cross 84.08
Red Cross, for bills handed us for
payment, said bills having previously
been paid by the Red Cross 83.58
──── 167.66
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3,963.37
PAID THE FOLLOWING BILLS COVERING PURCHASE OF MEDICINES, FOOD, ETC., EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ARMORY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, ETC.
Alheim’s Meat Market $ 2.49
Acme Sales Co. 6.08
Mrs. Alice Adams 30.00
Mrs. Adams 14.00
Armour & Co. 80.13
" " 9.00
──── 89.13
Acheson Bread Co. 9.76
" " " 4.32
──── 14.08
Atlantic Refining Co. 1.50
" " " 2.38
" " " 1.75
──── 5.63
Frank Baab 2.50
George T. Bell & Co. 12.35
Bell Telephone Co. 10.07
" " " 7.14
" " " 15.00
──── 32.21
Boston Store .79
" " 12.50
──── 13.29
Bratzvo (circulars) 300.00
William Brodhun 48.00
" " 24.00
──── 72.00
Percy A. Brown & Co. 599.25
" " " 272.17
" " " 16.99
──── 888.41
J. B. Carr Biscuit Co. 6.78
" " " " 3.80
──── 10.58
City Auto Co. 49.13
Mrs. Kate Closki 25.00
Davis Bros. 1.60
Deemer & Co. 4.18
" " .40
" " .95
" " 11.17
──── 16.70
Durkin Bros. 2.00
Mrs. E. Eckert 30.00
L. K. Eldridge, for addressing,
postage, delivery, etc., of
history and financial report
of epidemic 146.00
Mrs. Emma Eckert 14.00
" " " 14.00
──── 28.00
L. K. Eldridge 2.90
" " 85.10
" " 100.00
──── 188.00
Evening News 32.40
F. A. Flock .60
Frank & Barber 3.00
" " 29.20
──── 32.20
G. L. C. Frantz 4.23
Frey Bros. 2.10
Wilbur Goeringer 6.34
W. V. Green 4.20
Oscar Harvey (Historian) 100.00