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Influenza Encyclopedia

ï~~savings you nave aireauy maue. ruu to that a liberal estimate of theavings you are certain to make in the future by continuing to patronize the Filene Basement. Play the game. Help to beat the Hun. Help to make his defeat early and overwhelming. Uncle Sam needs the help of every man, woman and childto accomplish the big task that has been mapped out for America. This is the one big job in America today-nothing else counts for a minute. That is why Filene's has waved aside all mention of merchandise to devote its -space this Sunday to urge you to subscribe at once and to the utmost.Yours for the Fourth Liberty Loan (On display beginning yesterday. all Fmee wndows are devoted to a Liberty Loan exhibit which explains seine of the costs of carrying on the war-the things Liberty Bonds go into.) William Filene's Sons Co. - i- __1 BETTER AT INCREASE IN DEATHS SHORT OF =tg Day's Report of 29 New Cases, Total for Past Week 992, as elevated Exerting Every Effort to With 10 Deaths, Best in Second Against 491 for Previous Week Obtain Maximum Service With Nasal District in Week and 219 Week Ending Sept. 14 Employees Now Available NEtPC:RT. R. I. Sept. 21.-Reportu The report on deaths from all causes The shortage at oar servica on the tonight from the naval authorities in fortherpast week. issued by the Board Elevated Is due solely to a tack of me., dicated continued improvement in the of Health, shows an increase oft 62c influenza siuatlon in iho second oaval tieaths over the record for the corre- according to a statemeet Ilusued last district and at military posts In this oponding week last year. The total for night following a meeting of the trusvicinity, butthere was an Increased the pas. Reek was 992 and of thee etees. who declare that everything-is becomber of cases among the civilian,60claime due vitIms.eza eumonia nedone by the company, 00 far as Is populaton. The B9 new canes, with 10,ca'e13vtideaths, reported for the past 24 hours The heavy Increase in the recent death possible, to prevent a spread of Spanish by the naval authorites was the most, rate is evidenced by the totalot 992 Influenzaamong paseengers. encouraging report of the week death. for the past week, as compared The statement fallows: Naval and civilian authorities have with7 19 tramalt causeso tr the week The BoardotfTruseest of the Bo. registered a22 cases of the disease this endinr Sept. 14. and091 for the week o Eeveda uo p 'eek not including today 'report, ending Sept. 21. And against the s a a reA. vanguard of si xourees from the 'deaths tfromInfuenaa In the past week: epecitilly requets the public tosbear is NatinalBadCros a Wahintonthere were 19 front influenza during the mind at this time that the service of NA A t TeATs E ereas gnt w oooek edingSept. 10 and 172 for the o0the company In to a coniderable astoai care taron itimshy 1wero e s in noo0k enditget. 1. 'test Impaired as a reguit at the short. thea ityadicnmd.nAE th N ewpr Peumonia had a totat of 93 for the; sge atmotarmen and onductors due to hostand ubingterure fthe osenp at week endingSept..1and y7 for the wesk the aeneeal war situation ald to the stal havei ke rikson thecal ending Sept. 14, as comparedpwith ti epidemic of Influena. r ve Wnlim It. ar t for the past week. The company lacks today 7!tplat Pi Coo w MherUite d r r on o olm form men, and the result would be tar tinned!as ss t Ford Adamsdi agotetoday.e.HEADQUARTERS FOR nore distressing If it were not for the Nho new oases wereareported from the eofingn osbet who have completsd a rbo artslea ttons o er to e o a u. U C Htheir day's w ork to epas tea a btt tripe. harborafort lctons od U TO OWNES CHatNsGEDrtageto tm s ths roeda n d eeto NAS HA TsHtdEATESo AD lAll astosEobile owners who havea poen. The onis obliged fNAH TH A T EsedAND volunteered the use of their la-scheeted srvice. This Ipr. feltat SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED chines for district nursing workcseverely in the morning and evening HA5roT'A. N. H.,Sept 21-The Board to help fibht thepread o rh I rush hours. of Health teday ordered ail theatres, r of u' The trustees1.ter conferente with the schools and public gatherings closed un- heensaarc requested by the Mayor's union officials. have been led to believe i further orders from tonight, because emergency committee to report prose a stuonas the award ateteto - of the epidemic. The boardalson or.aPrvo th4soonth awae of the a,dered every nurse In the city, male andI from now on to Colonel Decrow, tional War Labor Board, which has female, to register with s eboard with. Cadet Armory, corner of Columbus keen awaited fr arver 5n days ois reo on three days for service, It aiso ap-dceoved. pealed to alt who would nurse cases of. avenue and Ferdnand street, in.I 'In the meantime the trustees are exte Influenza to register for service as 'stead of at 561 Massachusetts erting every possible effort to obtain a patriotic duty. aeu maximum service with the number of All physicianwore ordered toreportaenroen available. The company cancenall oases daily to the board. Nashua itrt'5 itsIt attention to operating every has had eight deaths from the in I13000 NEW CASES IN! car poseible and en lines where the fluensa within a day and many Indus- CAI-a heaviest riding takes place. tries have been crippled by the large i lY~d, 1 LW JRaSEY "Every oar on the system Is being number of emptoyses out sick. CAMDEN, N... Sept. 15.-More than fumigated and ventilated: all stations. 20t cases of Spanish influenza have d.- ea being thoroughly cleaned many They call it the "Fighting veloped here during the last 14 hourn, times during the day, and further, to r,' according to reports mads tonight by hells the situation, smoking carsu4on atl FoIuthe' and thatmen you. city physiciana. Twenty deaths were rapid trafet lines will be discontinued Your money to Liberty Bonds reported today, State Senator 3. C. during thO~ continuance of the epidemic. fights the Hun as effet'ivey Haines is seriously )II with the malady. The company is aided in its efforts on e c ey Five hundred ahipworkere are afliclted operate sufficient srvioe by various or. as bullets, with the disease. dere issued by the public authorities; ___________________________________________________ and discontinuance of travelling on thne street care during the rush hours by those not obliged to travel at Just that, time of day will further aid the oompanty and those obliged to ride during rush hours." HAVERHILL MAN DIES IN NASHUA HOSPITAL L IN EN R UG S ASHUA..RU S., Sep. 2:--Ja Pheyi Ass oelated Press opator at For 7 iom n &RawH~avrhi osita l Masu., dedat St. Joseph bedrooms! Lin- war Theyea made of Amer Fuensa. He was 18 years old. a natve 4t~n b 'ag trstul beti eanl,:orn~acw~" ho~o fPhalen ofa dWalnut strsleet.ft blecolors f6t won them yea. ios nwherewaaerpower PROFESSOR STEARNS " ognidon-soft rose, French saves 80%women work. y, ax blue. Then esme as -I re man for service. DIES FROM PNEUMONIA orn e NW LONDON, Coas., Seat. - a h Revesibleddst a'getsg, Professor Charles P. a tearns, themarly housee Pt.BmthgEi, Osesl b Aying, a member of Dar outh Collage faculty, and browns, bringing the ln; yo*ge dagg of late aengaged int Y. M. C. A. work, at' Klea~azeverlr qulit Lian Rgrt wltr~nte 'al. Hospital bete today front peemodnla, along whitshabeauty. r'gi, tgs Lot Wi7 oom II olorg et atackofSpanish n. K Z ~xLien -Rings-sale s->.th ouse sowelas for can. dens._______ tadISB cotton needed for tract.v.. World peace will. be made AT' LEAING STRS by Aientca. Do your'.bete UAF XU RBNUG C A YDiU to hasteis th>4e advent. o PÂ~a -O A AP 4 e o by sill. tib Flitti1 -. --Fourth:Li _ Bons an Ii me tuausa raut s f suvsuo anus..05. a mortality rate as in Boston. Concerniti the condition in Gloucester, HDistrict Health Officer Jones reported t htrafterncon that ell the healithagn ae-cies are c-operating splendidly and are making headway against the disease. and that In the Northeastern district as a whole the situation seems to be well In hand. On the way to Quincy is a hospital train despatcbed by Acting Surgeon-General Perry of tbe Pubic Health Seelse with 40 beds, Ova or six doctors and 10 nurses. 65 Doctors on the Way "Colonet Allanr. MacLaughlin phoned the State Health Department today from Washington that we may expect lt doctors to arrive from ew York tate and Peannylvania within 46 hours. It was possible to assign 00 nurses to service In Goucaster, Brockton. Boston and other hard-hit cities yesterday and "probably the number sent out teday will he much larger. "District Health Officer Finnegan inports from Wachusett dietriot that he estimates the number of cases in Ayer at 1000, with conditions very good for the controt of the disease. "From the Berkshire district comes the best report of all. Dr. Howard A. Streeter wires that the total number if caee" in his district is not over 30-that all officials are co-operating saceileittly -that the situation is well in hand and that there is no cause for alarm." From the North Midland distrt Stats Health Officer Simpson reports rttgt'te' district on the whole is in coos-.paba.tlvelyegood condition, and that - 't5eth Awrense and Lowell have adsquate hospital facilities, if nurses are supplied them, and that so far emergency methods has 'not been required. Little or No Spread "From the Connecticut Valley district District Health Oficer O'Donnell says that the situation is enceurbagng-with little -or no spread of the disease. He says there are plenty of doctors and nurses available in Springfield an that vicinity."' "Get out in the air as much as pasible today" Is the advice of the physicians. Spend the afternoon walking. for plenty of exercise and good air, they nay. is thes best preventative of' tha disease. The first nurses from out of town who have volunteered to ltp nurse Boston ittn ofthe disease arrived at the South station yesterday noon from Toronto. Can. There ace scores more from other distant parts expected today. The nursee Were inst at the. station by esbers of the Americtan edCrass Society and were assigned to duty followin a luncheon and a brief rest at one of the Bank Bay hotele. Miss Katherine McDonald was in charge of h, party, which included Amy Tuffie, Katharine McQuilan, Betty Hayes. Jean MacLennani, Marion Starr and Vests Wyatt. Many Use (-Imae Masks; Hundreds of ecti&savaild tbenh selves yestesrday ofZ,1l)opportUnit. tQ proqure the gauesaOaats. which are.. too be uksdby those co1thflin contact b~h the sick. The masklif'*Ere given 04t iY the Boston Chapte' at. the Amefloan Iced Cross at severall etktlons. More than 50 volunteers worked as the masks at the Red Close work roams an Derkeley street. Mies Louise Brown. a t-o'ls-n-charge, stated yesterday that they will continue making thems until the disease is curbed, or at least well tindeer cotreol. More than $0t0 masks have been completed, and it is estimated that the daily output will nmber Sit0. The naval hospital at Cheisea and the army camps are being supplied with an adequate runober. Ant interesting feature was the work yesterday of social workers, who oh' talIned' hundreds of masks and toured the poorer sections of the city In autos. distributing them among the families Thanxphre 'e enty eve breaks tip Coughs, Colds, Xntluezszs Cold Ian the Head,; Catarr'h, Sonl'emvoat.Qulney,Tosfl tlanidQrtp., tartmiallI:. Will be taken. Several Roman Catholic churches will close. In Brookline not a service. Catholic or Prscetan. will be conducted. The same is true og IMaiden. In other communities the churches winl be closed, although no official order had been givsn by Cardinal O'Connell. It appears that the matter of closing has been left to the rectors of the various clurches who have bees gayerned by thea seriousness of the spidemic Bon their partiular town, Besides the nurse which arrived yesterday tram Toronto. to more are expeeled frontthat city today. ASSIGN DOCTORS TO BOSTON DISPENSARY Phaysicians have been assigned by the War Department, through the Boston Board of Health, to the Boston Dispensary, located at the corner of -Ash and Bennett streets, South End. They will diagnose cases and treat influenza pmse nabls to-psy for the services of a physician. W. M. Davis, Jr.. director of the dIepensary, wishes also to announce that their pharmacy is available to physicians and duly registered doctors who may prescribe for any influenza patient unable to meet the expense of having the prescription filled at a local drug store. The dispensary Is open daily from 8:30 a. m. till C p. m., also Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings until 9 o'clock. PORTLAND HAS TOTAL OF 580 GRIP CASES PORTI-AND. Me., Sept. 2.-A total of Mn8cases.subetantially ail of that number being Influenza. with pneumania as a complication in many Instances, was reported to the ' Board of Health at noon today. Seventy-six nsw cases were reported during the forenoon. As far as known officially, there have been only five-deaths from influenza so far. The Federation of Protestant Churches In Portland and So tit Portland decided today that alt khprches should be closed as a precautionary measure against the spread of influenza. No.Wakes to Be Held Da nj 1C ~Epidemic, In a letter to all Boston undertakers Health Commissioner William C. Woodward notifies them that under no condialn can wakes be bald during the influenza epidemic. The undertakers are recommended to discourage the wakes by refsing to supply chairs. The order, however. does not prevent mourners tram calling at the homse of the deceased to extend sympathy. - DEATHS I' A RROLti-te goSs h SatoseSept 26 Adelaide Loe, d* a titec of bMichael I. and Base 'fDiry Carroll. Soseesi from tereel deaec 4S2bast Bradway Tuesday, Oct. 1. f sinal 'private. lNIS-t Sobury. Sept. 28. Harold 'B.. beloed see of Jamie J. asdoi hy k. (sos gem) tssln.P'sersl frost his labesrest' dere, 4ees Cotege t., Boxbury. Time to be announeed latso. MARACO-le D D*a te Sept. 2O, Mary Cathsrise, widow of Joeeph Marco and4amother ef PoiliplsMte. Fuerai from the reldsse. 18 sals Hill ae., hlondaJ. Sept. 80, at 9 y. a. Phis Will Week of Sensational TR IMMED 'HATS our5degir aem d up a so the public this week at. $ UP9 - We guarantee a positive saving of $3 to $S on usual retail prices, It will pay yiou,.to take o few ertro ste troand come. betsIf osyo&,eeuna With Miliii's s 'Sollhe A. W. JONES CO. MPasifatsri Wleseale sad 1 Itei Miii' 20 I;YTEE F An B. 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