Iowa Enacts Statewide Quarantine To Halt Influenza
Des Moines reports a statewide quarantine banning all public gatherings for an indefinite period. The order, effective immediately, closes theatres schools churches and funerals and supersedes prior orders while urging calm travel prudence. Dr Guilford H Sumner Iowa Board of Health secretary issued the measure after a favorable advisory from the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guilford H. Summex
State Board of
Soma State Board of Health
Des Manines
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Sumner
City of
Washington
Public gatherings in Illinois barred by influenza committee
Chicago October 19. The state influenza committee with Governor Lowden approves a program prohibiting public gatherings across Illinois unless absolutely essential to the war. The measure aims to limit influenza spread during the period.
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Ilinois
Chicago
Illinois
State
Frank O. Lowden
Turks Offer No Opposition To British Move On Aleppo
In Syria the Turks offer no opposition as British forces press toward Aleppo. Reports say 12 000 Turkish troops are concentrated at Aleppo under General Liman von Sanders while British forces advance north of Hom's about 100 miles south of Aleppo.
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Syria
England
Aleppo
London
Liman von Sanders
Hloms
Evening Tribune
Des Moines
Tribune
Allies in Kadish Occupy Town and Advance Five Miles
Allied forces have occupied Kadish in Vologda province and pushed five miles south along the railway. Archangel Northern Europe Russia reports the advance on October 19.
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Vologda City
Archangel
European
Russia
Kadish
Vologda
Supreme Court Extends Recess Through Oct 28
Washington district court extended its October recess from the 21st to the 28th due to an influenza epidemic affecting the court and staff.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Medical home care guidance amid illness
Advice for sudden chills, muscle pain, backache, fever and fatigue urges bed rest and warm bedding. It recommends open windows unless rain, nourishing foods every four hours, and strict hygiene including gauze masks for anyone entering the sick room and boiling or burning used coverings after removal.
Public Health Nineteenth Century Influenza Guidance
Authorities urge isolation and hygiene to curb influenza spread. Wear masks, boil and reuse gauze, disinfection with bichloride, avoid crowds, keep patients warm and in bed, ventilate homes, and require medical care for all sickness. Pocket folders offer the guidance for households and caregivers.
William Sample Dies in Leavenworth Kansas
Mrs. M. Randall learned of the death of her uncle William Sample last night at his Leavenworth home after several weeks of ill health. He had visited the Randall and Rigby home recently and the body will be moved to Sharon for burial.
No Football Prohibited In Iowa By Health Board Order
Des Moines reports the health board issued an order applying to S A T C football contests restricting spectators to student councilors only. Dr G H Sumner, secretary, confirms there will be no football games permitted.
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Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
Board of Health
For Sale and Rent Classified Items in Fairfield
A collection of local ads lists live poultry for sale including full blooded Plymouth Rock and White Wyandotte cockerels with seller names Mrs Gillaspie and Mrs J M Knowles and phones. Also offerings of potatoes delivered citywide, a 30 acre home near city limits with modern house and barn, sorg hum, Riverside cook stove, and a trade offer trading 100 acres near Fairfield for a dwelling. Rental listings cover a 4 room flat near the square, private bath, and a 3 room ground floor unit plus a 6 room house.
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Gillaspie
J. M. Knowles
D. M. Holgate
Geo. M. Bennett
Square
Russell Smith
West Grimes St
Ida Mintonye
Wanted notices clutter local classifieds rush
Multiple help and business opportunity advertisements listed. Jobs include dining room girl at West Side Restaurant, coin picker, branch manager for a new war related venture in Fairfield with $1000 bond and potential earnings, cooking assistant at Parsons college Ballard Hall, elderly companion housekeeper, home addressers for circulars with sample outfit, and a housekeeper for small children near 610 West Kirkwood.
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D. F. Bush
Minneapolis
Minn
West Side
Ray Sayers
Fairfield
Prtzes
W. Madison St
Chicago
Ill
Ballard Hall Parsons College
Lost Items Report From City Street
Lost a cap from a Stu Debaker radiator. Finder guard Walter at 262 Hughes. Lost Schaffer fountain pen engraved F W H. Call T W Hannah at 256-19 ine about it. Lost a man’s laced shoe on Blue Grass road west of the city.
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Studebaker
Walter
For Rent Seven Room House in Jefferson County
Ads note a seven room house for rent with rent, Larn, gas for cooking and lights. Contact at phone 1157. Listed by Jefferson Co. Abstract & Loan Co.
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Lloyd Tally
Jefferson Co. Abstract & Loan Co
Estrayed or stolen youths sought in A I yards call 411
Report mentions three teen black youths seen in the A I yards and asks for information on their whereabouts. Reward offered if returned. Contact Harry Ball or call 411 with any tips, per local notice.
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A. I
Harry Ball
Red Blooded Men Fight for Energy and Nerve Power
A promotional piece extols Phosphated Iron capsules as a cure for fatigue and weak nerves. It claims doctors endorse the product for vigor, warning buyers to insist on capsules, with Gaumer Bros. and leading druggists selling it.
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