Don't wait to call doctor influenza warning urged
Dr Edward Neville urges Seattle residents to call physicians earlier during influenza outbreaks to prevent late night overload. He cites family delays and calls after midnight as a major strain on doctors who already work long hours. He notes Eastern cities protect physicians rest and urges neighbors, especially women, to assist and remove patients if necessary.
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Seattle
Edward Neville
Father
Neville
Little Lillian Harvey Fights Influenza Alone in Seattle
A four year old girl from Bellingham Washington named Lillian Florence Harvey battles influenza in a makeshift emergency hospital at the old county courthouse in Seattle. Her father M C Harvey and mother died within days of each other while Lillian nursed them before falling ill herself and remaining in a cot among other patients. Relatives have come from Bellingham to take her back if she recovers.
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Old County Courthouse
Lillian Florence Harvey
Bellingham
Wash
Lillian
M. C. Harvey
Mr. Harvey
Mrs. Harvey
EF. Pike At
Harvey
Lilian
Seattle
Public Commission Accused of Favoring Gas Rate Hikes
Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier accuses the public service commission at Olympia of bias toward Seattle Lighting Co in the gas rate increase dispute. He argues the commission’s investigation aims to aid the company rather than protect city residents from higher charges.
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Corporation
Walter F. Meier
Public Service Commission
Olympia
Seattle Lighting Co
Meier
Publc Service Commission
Hans Clelland
Nall brushes bring 3 francs 50 centimes in Paris
A Geneva paper reports that U.S. 15 cent brushes fetch 3 francs 50 centimes in Paris drug stores. It also notes cautious German professors in Strasbourg are selling homes amid fear of an American invasion.
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Nall
Paris
Strasburg
Geneva Paper
Fight the Flu by Rupert Blue Surgeon General
Public health guidance explains influenza spreads via breath and air carried droplets. It advises attendants wear a gauze mask over mouth and nose when in the sick room and describes a simple fourfold gauze mask with tape to secure around ears and neck.
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Rupert Blue
The
U. S. Public Health Service
bumper wheat supply in u s
Washington reported October first stocks of wheat at 195,997,839 bushels, up from 114,331,842 a month earlier. The level is about three times higher than a year ago, totaling 297.6 percent of 1917 stock, based on reported on hand figures and not including farm stocks.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Flu Surge Prompts Seattle Health Edicts and Quarantine
Health Commissioner McBride warns the ban may last long and orders closing all but essential shops if souring conditions persist. Barbers and dentists face mask sterilization rules. Camp Lewis quarantine hinges on near cities. new influenza deaths and care instructions accompany daily notices.
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McBride
McHiride
Camp
Lewis
Seattle
Tacoma
Seventeen Deaths Reported in Butte Influenza Surge
Butte health officials reported seventeen deaths and 101 influenza cases on Thursday signaling a decline in the outbreak.
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Butte
British push toward Maubeuge tightens line near Valenciennes
British forces drive on Maubeuge extending a 35 mile front toward Valenciennes. They reach the western edge of the Normal forest and Le Quesnoy outskirts as German resistance tightens, creating a deep pocket south of Valenciennes. Bridges multiply on the Escaut canal as floods complicate defense.
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France
Maubeuge
Valenciennes
le Quesnoy
Maing
Vendegies-sur-Meailllon
Byng
Rawlinson
Horne
Escaut Canal
Advance on both sides of Meuse drives American gains
American forces push across a two mile front east of the Meuse clearing four woods of machine gun nests and nearing Damvillers. A simultaneous northwest attack secures Grand Carre farm while northeast of Hantheville the Anden brook line is breached, aided by French troops. Heavy resistance and daily artillery pressure keep the advance ongoing.
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France
Meuse
Nesta
Damvillers
Hantheville
Grand Carre Farm
Alecreville
Anden Brook
Freyaetellung
Verdun Front Sees 600 Meter Advance And Prisoners
Gen Pershing reported local fighting along the Verdun front Thursday with artillery fire across the line. In Bantheville area, U S troops advanced 600 meters, seized the ridge north of the village, and took 170 prisoners. Artillery continual along the Meuse sector kept the Bois de Etrays and Cote de Chapillon under fire.
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Vegedun
Pershing
Verdun
Bantheville
Meuse
Bois de Etrays
Cote de Chapillon
Boils de Cuares
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