Notify Relatives Of Serious Cases At Camp Dodge
Des Moines October 17. The base hospital adjutant says relatives will be notified by telegraph if a soldier at Camp Dodge becomes seriously ill and may visit only with a telegram copy. All nonserious patients urged to write to families. quarantine blocks visitors without telegram proof. Rumors of influenza spread denied. epidemic under control with declining new cases and falling mortality. Captain Butler reports recovering patients returning to duty.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
W. C. Butler
Base Hospital
Butler
Americans Admired by British Cartoonist in War Front Tale
New York Times reports Capt Bruce Bairnsfather praised American soldiers for adaptability humor and cheerfulness. He noted their rapid learning from French and British allies, efficient villages billets and trenches, and strong fighting spirit from Ostend to Galicia. He witnessed Marine battalions in Alsace Lorraine and credited U S leadership and Liberty Loan zeal.
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New York Times
Bruce Bairns
Bairnsfather
Capt. Bairnsfather
Bruce
New York
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Ostend
Galicia
Hell
Europe
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Alsace- Lorraine
France
Jairns
Sapt. Bairns
Germany
America
Jook
Fifth Avenue
Great Britain
Russia
Neuve Chateau
Flanders
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised By Worried Mother
Mrs. Chas Breybrook of Middleville New York credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with stopping her five year old's terrible hacking cough after other medicines failed. She notes deep gratitude and plans to recommend it to friends, with Lemmon's Drug Store selling the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Lemmon
Cheerful Conservation Notes On Digestive Health
A light editorial stresses cheerful living and mindful eating. It links mood to digestion and argues that positive daily habits conserve energy and reduce waste, encouraging practical routines for better health and happiness.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotion Appeal
Advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case it cannot cure. It claims thirty five years of use, blood action to mucous surfaces, toxin removal, and improved health, urging immediate start and sending testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with druggist availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
What did I tell you the man screamed
An imperiled exchange ends abruptly with a line from a tense confrontation. The fragment hints at a domineering speaker demanding silence as a warning echoes through a moment of high emotion. The scene focuses on the speaker’s command and the implied consequences of further speech.
Grip Deaths in 6 Cities Across Nation
Washington reports 6122 Spanish influenza deaths in 80 cities for the week ended October 12, up from 19 the prior month as the disease gains footholds in New England. Pneumonia deaths reach 4409 in the same period. Census figures exclude army camps. Army medical officers now say the peak among soldiers may have passed.
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Washington
New England
Bureau of the Census
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