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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918 / An Account of Its Ravages in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the Efforts Made to Combat and Subdue It

Chapter 3: Report of Treasurer
By Oscar Jewell Harvey
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A detailed local chronicle of the 1918 influenza pandemic as it struck Luzerne County, tracing the outbreak’s arrival, rapid spread, and heavy mortality while presenting public-health data and contemporary hypotheses about its origin. The account records civic and medical responses—quarantines, sanitary regulations, Red Cross activities, volunteer nursing and relief committees—and evaluates administrative coordination and community strain. It highlights sacrifices made by physicians, nurses, and volunteers, preserves names of those who served, and assesses the effectiveness of prevention and relief measures alongside social and economic impacts on the county.

Report of Treasurer

DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
────
RECEIPTS.
From Luzerne County $20,000.00
City of Wilkes-Barré 3,999.85
Wyoming Valley Chapter Red Cross 3,963.36
The Bell Telephone Company (Refund) 14.76
H. A. Whiteman & Co. (Refund) 38.45
  ────
  $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 Deitrick 31.07
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 Meehans 11.67
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
  ────
  $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 (Wanamie) 1,320.44
Plains Township Emergency Hospital 467.32
  ────
  $ 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. Trein 2.60  
" " " " " 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
    ────
    $3,999.85

THE FOLLOWING BILLS PAID FOR WHICH REIMBURSEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAPTER RED CROSS.

American Red Cross, Wyoming Valley Chapter $ 459.06  
" " " " " " 36.00  
  ──── $ 495.06
American Red Cross, Wyoming Valley Chapter   557.60
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
    ────
    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
John Kashenbach   150.00
W. A. King & Co.   2.60
Francis Klein 70.00  
" " 55.00  
  ──── 125.00
Herman Knappman   43.45
L. P. Kniffen   235.00
S. S. Kresge & Co.   .90
Mrs. W. A. Lathrop   41.00
Lazarus Bros.   14.50
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. 150.00  
" " " " 92.00  
  ──── 242.00
Levy Bros.   9.80
Lewis & Bennett Co.   2.21
Lincoln Garage   21.40
J. C. Lingo   17.00
B. E. Loomis   12.60
MacWilliams   .45
Frank F. Matheson Co.   918.05
Mercy Hospital   500.00
Montayne   25.00
C. F. Murray-Smith Co.   16.00
J. E. Patterson   46.35
Plain Speaker, Hazleton   8.25
William Puckey & Bro.   1.20
The Raeder Printing Co.   6.00
George Rizzo   2.00
Joseph Rizzo   3.00
Charles Rutherford, orderly   28.50
W. J. Schoonover Glass Co.   2.75
Shepherd Construction Co.   3.75
Susquehanna Motor Car Co.   45.23
Shepherd-Rust Company   8.10
Ernest Smith 25.00  
" " 15.00  
  ──── 40.00
Smith & Sansom Ice Cream Co. 2.90  
" " " " " 2.90  
  ──── 5.80
Spring Lake Ice Co. 6.05  
" " " " 7.13  
" " " " 15.00  
  ──── 28.18
Standard Sentinel, Hazleton   8.25
Michael J. Stout, orderly 70.00  
" " " " 30.00  
  ──── 100.00
Susquehanna Motor Car Co. 67.54  
" " " " 101.13  
" " " " 89.44  
" " " " 5.50  
" " " " 1.30  
" " " " 1.36  
" " " " .80  
" " " " 12.68  
  ──── 279.75
The Times-Leader   46.80
W. R. Toomb & Co.   24.09
Lieut. Trein 5.15  
" " 40.45  
" " 1.75  
" " 11.55  
" " 12.03  
  ──── 92.03
H. C. Tuck & Co.   7.00
A. P. Ward & Co.   3.50
G. L. Weitzel & Son   1.50
Western Union 25.53  
" " .25  
  ──── 25.78
George White, orderly 38.50  
" " " 49.00  
  ──── 87.50
John Williamson & Co.   5.30
Mrs. J. P. Williamson (petty cash)   40.00
Wilkes-Barré Chamber of Commerce, postage   13.64
" " " "   1.30
Wilkes-Barré Laundry Co.   28.20
Wilkes-Barré Record 32.00  
" " 12.50  
  ──── 44.50
F. W. Woolworth Co. 1.80  
" " " 10.00  
  ──── 11.80
E. B. Yordy Co. 335.00  
" " " 19.00  
  ──── 354.00
E. B. Yordy Co.   50.75
Zorzi Bros.   13.50
    ────
    $ 6,010.01
Balance returned to Treasurer, Luzerne County   921.90
    ────
    $28,016.42

Receipted bills and/or cancelled vouchers handed to the Controller of Luzerne County.