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.

Browse Items (141 total)

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

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.

18 Nov . Epidemic Causes More Deaths p.1 1918.pdf
News article

Sub-headlines:
Reports Show Influenza Killed More Americans Than Did German Bullets
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Losses Over There Show Total of 40,000 to 45,000
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Philadelphia Suffered Greatest in Scourge, Rate Being 7.4 Per Thousand
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