News: Merle Stambaugh, 1916, Bittinger, Adams County, PA

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LAD BITTEN BY SNAKE

Copperhead Was Hidden In Log About Which Boy Was Playing

Merle, the 6-year-old son of Harry Stambaugh, residing along the Carlisle pike, 
near Bittinger, was bitten by a copperhead snake July 28th and is quite ill from 
the effects.

The lad was playing about the barn and it was thought the snake was disturbed, 
while secreted in a hole in a log into which the boy thrust his hand.  The 
reptile sunk its fangs into a finger of the boy’s right hand.

Calls were sent by phone to several local doctors but they were either busy or 
out of the office.  Finally Dr. Seaks of New Oxford was secured, who promptly 
cauterized the mound.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, August 5, 1916