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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.

Browse Items (141 total)

24 Oct . Schools closed in state 1918 p6 Mobile Register.pdf
News article stating schools and other public spaces in Alabama will not reopen until all signs of the epidemic have passed.

24 Oct . conditions improved 1918 p3 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Women's War Service House-to-House Canvass Finds Only 25 New Cases

23 Oct . trolley operations hampered 1918 p6 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about the epidemic's effect on transportation in Mobile

23 Oct . Pneumonia cases up 1918 p8 Mobile Register.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: State Health Officer Optimistic Regarding Influenza Conditions in Alabama

23 Oct . Discrepancy in flu report 1918 p1 Mobile Register.pdf
News article
Sub-headlines:

Women's War Service House-to-House Canvass Shows Total 220 New Cases Yesterday
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Health Board Reported 34 New Cases Up To 4 PM
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No More Patients Will Be Received at Emergency Hospital, Mrs. Inge Announces

23 Oct . Decrease  in most of US 1918 p10 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about fewer influenza-related deaths in army camps and the possibility of a partial lifting of quarantine ordinances in Chicago

Sub-headline: Situation in Army Camps Continues to Grow Better, With Only 392 Deaths

23 Oct . Black preachers ask to hold services 1918 p7 Mobile Register.pdf
News article about the Interdenominational Ministers' Union of Mobile petitioning the city commissioners for permission to hold Sunday services

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

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…

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
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