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Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

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16 Oct . Death toll heavy 1918 p6 Mobile Regoster.pdf
News article about the number of deaths

Sub-headline: Physicians Overworked and Unable to Respond to Continuous Demands Made Upon Them

19 Oct . Death toll alarmingly big 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article listing Mobilians who passed away

Sub-headline: Undertakers Can Scarcely Meet Demands Upon Them - Hospitals Overcrowded

29 Nov . Pierces golden medical ad.pdf
Advertisement

Spanish Influenza
Do Not Heat When Fighting a German or a Germ!
by Dr. M. Cook

8 Oct . Drastic action to check flu 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about closures of public spaces and shortage of doctors

18 Oct . Emergency call for doctors 1918 p9 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: State Health Department Asks For Physicians To Fight Influenza Epidemic

22 Oct . More on emergency hospital 1918 p4 Mobile register.pdf
News editorial about the Council of National Defense issuing a statement urging local health organizations to organize emergency hospitals

18 Oct . Emergency hospital needed 1918 p5 Mobile Register.pdf
News editorial about the need for an emergency hospital in Mobile

3 Nov . Mobile flu news 1918 p2A Mobile Register.pdf
News article about the closing of the emergency kitchen at the A.F. Owen high school

6 Nov . Empire theater reopening ad 1918 p5 Mobile Register.pdf
Advertisement about the reopening of the Empire Theater

7 Oct . Flu deaths at army camps 1918 p3.pdf
News article about the influenza spread in army camps.
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