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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 (142 total)

14 Dec. . voice of the people.pdf
Letter to the editor complaining that half measures will not stop the spread of influenza

14 Dec . plateau schools close.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Will Not Open Monday on Advice of Physician

13 Dec . school closures.pdf
News article
Sub-headlines:

Institutions Ordered to Close Doors on Advice of Physicians in Communities
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Whistler and Chickasaw Institutions are Closed
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Twenty-Seven New Cases are Reported for Day, Bringing Total for December Up to 497

12 Dec . editorial.pdf
News editorial about the city health officials not keeping the public aware of the recurrence of the epidemic in Mobile, and the Register being the city's source for accurate information

12 Dec . country schools close.pdf
News article

Sub-headlines:

Investigation Will Be Made by Authorities at Whistler and Crichton
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Mobile Public Places Are All Shut Down
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Total of 71 New Cases of Disease are Reported for Wednesday, Making 453 for Month

11 Dec . public places are closed again.pdf
News article
Sub-headlines:

Schools Will Not Be Opened Today, While Theaters Ordered To Close Doors
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89 New Cases For Day Reported by Doctors
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Closing Measure is Adopted in Effort to Combat Recurrence of Disease

11 Dec . Mobile priest dies.pdf
News article

Sub-headline: Father William Demouy Dies in Denver of Flu Attack

11 Dec . health board failed again.pdf
News editorial criticizing the city health board for not passing an ordinance forbidding public assembly sooner

10 Dec . van antwerp ad.pdf
Advertisement for the Van Antwerp Drug Corporation's Hyomei inhaler

9 Dec . health board assures city.pdf
News article assuring the public that the influenza situation is being observed diligently
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