Mobile Public Library Digital Collections

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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1 Nov . Jail escapes flu 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about the Mobile County jail not getting hit by the influenza epidemic

1 Nov . Flu-eucalyptus oil ad 1918 p17 Mobile Register.pdf
Advertisement

Avoid "Flu" By Sterilizing Your Nose
London Epidemic of 1891 Proved Ol. Eucalypti (Eucapine Salve) Is Most Effective Preventive Known

1 Nov . Churches to resume 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about the first lifting of the ban on public meetings

Sub-headline: Date of Opening of Schools Doubtful, but Other Places Probably Open Tuesday

29 Oct . Still shows decline 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Only Eleven Cases Found by Canvassers

27 Oct . Worshiping at home 1918 p1 Mobile REgister.pdf
News article about observing family altar services to comply with health authority suggestions

27 Oct . flu raises fruit prices 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Oranges, Grapefruit and Other Acids Scarce During Epidemic

27 Oct . Flu on wane locally 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Only 31 New Cases Reported and Three Deaths - Emergency Epidemic Committee Formed

26 Oct . Tonic ad 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
Advertisement for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic

26 Oct . Letter on church services 1918 p4 Mobile Register.pdf
Letter to the Editor requesting that church services be allowed to continue, with precautions taken to distance attendees, signed by Vernon C. McMaster and James F. Plummer

26 Oct . Cooperation against epidemic 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Women's War Service and Health Officials Hold Meeting - Conditions Improving
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