Nurses appeal to teachers to aid influenza fight
Massachusetts educators urged to volunteer as nurses or aides to combat the influenza epidemic. Boston schools stay closed another week with assurance no salary loss for participating teachers. Henry B. Endicott chairs the emergency health effort and calls teachers statewide to report to State House headquarters.
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Henry B. Endicott
Emergency Public Health Committee
Boston
Endicott
Miss Bigelow
Sullivan
Boston Teachers’ Unit
Curtis
State House
Boston School Committee
Massachusetts
William H. Devine
William C. Woodward
Devine
The Fighting Fourth Subscribes and Schedules
Allup signals a call to action with a nod to The Fighting Fourth. The brief promotes subscription and participation.
WANTED AT ONCE FOR INFLUENZA FIGHT
Boston health department seeks immediate staff for influenza response including fourteen laundresses six orderlies eight cooks five ward maids two pharmacists one messenger girl two ambulance drivers reporting at City Hall good wages offered
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Boston Health Department
City Hall
Flu Epidemic Hits Montpelier Barre Vermont Hard
Nearly 4000 Spanish influenza cases are reported in Montpelier and Barre. The State Board of Health takes control in Montpelier as physicians from elsewhere come in and University of Vermont students join as nurses. The outbreak disrupts Montpelier’s industry and strains Heaton Hospital with inexperienced staff.
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Montpelier
Barre
Burlington
State Board of Health
Vermont
University of Vermont
Heaton Hospital
Lfe
Store Closures and Illness Hit Barre Community
Fifty percent of store clerks are ill as Barre reports a surge in deaths with twelve yesterday and ten more today. Local officials warn of continuing health and business impact as conditions persist.
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Barre
Influenza Disease Controls Enforced in Newport District
In Newport Oct 2 naval officials say influenza is checked in the Second Naval District. Rear Admiral Joseph W. Oman orders no liberty for enlisted men except for important reasons. District deaths total five in 24 hours with 15 new cases. one Fort Adams soldier died and six deaths reported in the city.
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Newport
Naval District
Joseph W. Oman
Fort Adams
Report 100 New Cases in Pittsfield
Pittsfield reports 100 new influenza cases with the Superior Court postponed until October 14 if the epidemic subsides. Over 700 cases are unofficially reported in the city as Lt. C Armstrong of the U S health department cooperates with local authorities to stamp out the plague.
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Pittsfield
C. Armstrong
United States Department of Health
Liberty Bond Appeal Embodies Call to Citizens
A wartime message urges readers to answer the call of Uncle Sam by buying Liberty Bonds. The soft exhortation echoes devotion and national duty, urging financial support through war loan purchases as a civic act.
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Uncle Sam
Germany
Health notice urges hygiene and prevention measures
The text praises a National Dental Association action and urges use of eucalyptus Vaseline in nostrils daily, cleaning routines, laundry, and clean clothing to prevent infection. It advises posting copies for schools and employers and to see a doctor if illness symptoms appear.
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Colgate
Dentistry, Medicine
Boards of Health
Emergency Canteens Run To Feed Influenza Victims
The Emergency Canteen, led by Mrs Margaret J Stannard of the Public Safety Committee, distributes nourishing soups and cereals to influenza patients. District kitchens are staffed by women cooks, many former government cooking demonstrators, to aid the sick unable to prepare food themselves.
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Public Safety Committee
Margaret J. Stannard
Food aid centers serve nurses and sick across city
Food Facts Centre at 69 Warren Street and the Jewish Welfare Association at 6 Intervale Street open kitchens to prepare meals for Jewish people and hospital staff. Little House at A and Athens streets and the War Service Shop on F Street prepare food for nurses and the sick while East Boston Trinity House provides hot luncheons and motor service. North End Sisters linked to St Mary’s support the effort.
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Warren Street
Jewish Welfare Association
Intervale Street
Little House
Athens Street
War Service Shop
F Street
Trinity House
North End
Boston soup kitchens aid epidemic relief drive
Food centres in Boston convert to soup kitchens to feed sick and poor. Great kettles of soup and cereals are prepared at Roxbury Food Facts Centre and delivered by volunteers. Charge is 20 cents a quart for soup and 12 cents for cereal with multiple stations listed across Brighton South End Roxbury and more opening.
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Boston
Roxbury
Decrease in Spanish influenza cases in army camps
Washington reports the first slight abatement of the Spanish influenza epidemic in army camps in 24 hours ending noon today. New cases totaled a little over 13 000, down about 1 000 from the previous day, while pneumonia cases fell to 876 new instances and 271 deaths.
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Spain
Holland
France
England
America
Atlantic
Army Camps
Washington
Church and Community Kitchens Run by Volunteers
Churches and streets including Endicott and West Roxbury Motors organize volunteers as nurses and nurses aids. Kitchens open at 17 Blossom street Charlestown High school and other sites to prepare food for the sick and for nurses. Notre Dame Sisters and Jewish Welfare Centres provide services and meals at multiple addresses.
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Harvard Street
Brighton Avenue
Allston
St. Columbkinle’s
Market
Arlington Streets
Brighton
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Mt. St. Joseph's Academy
Endicott Street
Notre Dame
Princeton Street
Boston
Florence Street
South End
Bradshaw Street
Dorchester
Allen Street
West End
Belfast Orders Everything Closed
In Belfast Maine on October 2 public venues including schools theatres churches libraries and all gathering places were ordered shut until further notice to curb influenza spread. All societies and lodges will close temporarily.
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Belfast
China Sets Pace as It Buys Liberty Bonds
A brief note states that China is buying Liberty Bonds, setting a pace that other nations may follow in a global bond markets context.
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China
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U. S. Army
Uthree C’s
National Dental Association
War Industries Board
Coleo
Colgate & Co
New York
Fred A. Cronin
Carolyn Webber
South
East
St. Mary’s
South Bay Union
Harrison Avenue
Lincoln House
Emerald Street
St. Joseph’s Parish
Centre Street
Monsignor
Splaine
West Roxbury
Chardon Street
Blossom Street
Charlestown
Back Bay
St. Cecelia’s
Peter
Paul
Wm. Filene’s Sons Co
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