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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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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

19 Oct . Mayor's opportunity 1918 p4 Mobile Register.pdf
News editorial tasking the mayor with stepping up and handling the epidemic by enforcing health ordinances and forming an emergency hospital

19 Oct . Need for emergency hospital 1918 p1A Mobile Register.pdf
Sub-headlines:

Opinion Is That Mayor Crawford Should Direct Fight Against Influenza Epidemic
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Death Toll Continues To Be Heavy In Mobile
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Health Officer Mohr Discovers There Is Room At Hospital For More Patients

20 Oct . All fountains closed 1918 p1A Mobile Register.pdf
Sub-headlines:

All Fountains Are Closed By New Ordinance
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Sale of Anything Over Counter Prohibited Except Packages That Can Be Taken Away by Customers - Drinks Banned
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Unusual Phrase Put In Legal Document
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First Suggestion From Board of…

20 Oct . Emergency hospital call 1918 p6 Mobile Register.pdf
News editorial criticizing Dr. C. A. Mohr's testimony before the city commission that Mobile did not need an emergency hospital

21 Oct . Bd of Health to meet on flu situation 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
Sub-headlines:

Meeting Will Be Held at 11 O'Clock in the Office of Board
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Over 1, 300 Cases of Flu Reported By Committees
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Whole City Is Being Searched For Needy Cases and Nurses and Aid Are Furnished

21 Oct . Register assails flu critics 1918 p4 Mobile Register.pdf
News editorial about Commissioner Pillans' outburst against the Mobile Register for its coverage of the epidemic and criticism of local government

21 Oct . US authorities seize coffins 1918 p6 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about measures taken to stop undertakers from profiteering off of the epidemic

Sub-headline: Alleged Unscrupulous Methods Causes Confiscation to Protect Victim's Families

22 Oct . Get together for health 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
Sub-headlines:

State Health Officer Urges Mobile City and County To Perfect New System or "Catastrophe Will Fall," He Says
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Previously Urged Step, He Declares
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Took Matter Up in January, and Later in June and September, He Says, Adding We…

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
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