10 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
1
City physicians report about 200 influenza cases in Independence as statewide outbreak grows. council enacts stricter quarantine rules to curb the disease. Deaths include H L Fitchard of Independence and Mrs Annie Ireland Tetherow with extended families noted in Portland and Polk County communities.
Ien Foster age 20 of Portland died after contracting influenza while nursing his sick parents at Oak Point. He was the oldest son of Mr and Mrs Wm Foster, survived by a sister and four brothers with at least one brother in Enterprise and others in Dallas and O A C. The family had recently moved to Portland for the holidays.
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The Enterprise urges strict observance of quarantine laws to prevent further flu spread. It condemns careless behavior by those with the disease and notes towns enforcing the rules, citing Salem as an example of risks from noncompliance.
Albany and other cities report the flu spreading in virulent forms. People who stayed in bed promptly recovered quickly with strict self quarantine and rest. The text urges abiding by such measures to prevent wider outbreaks.
Dear sister I am back in France after four months with the Huns. I endured solitary confinement and starvation but am grateful to be alive. The American Red Cross saved many lives by sending food, though parcels were often robbed before delivery. I escaped in September.
A soldier describes ten days in the woods and capture by a d firm guard in Erding. He details confinement in a German town, solitary days, a failed escape, and a 24 day sentence. He notes separation from comrades, cold quarters, and that he earned Class A medical status awaiting return to the United States. He closes with family letters and plans to write home.
Dewey Steel, in actual service with the Canadian army in France for thirty months, was wounded and sent home after the Armistice. He is staying at his sister Mrs. N. C. Andersons. Rejected as physically unfit by the American army, he endured shrapnel and gas wounds but would not miss the big battle.
A letter from Lynn Huntley describes Thanksgiving at sea aboard the battleship New Hampshire. Censorship lifted, crew celebrated peace with loud songs, band parades, and lights. Two torpedo encounters are recounted with quick actions by Captain McClain.
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