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INFLUENZA
How to Avoid it—How to Care for Those Who Have It
 
3633 DEATHS FROM GRIP IN BOSTON
200,000 Boston People Were Grip Sufferers
 
WHOLE COUNTRY IN GRIP'S GRASP
Epidemic Spreads to Middle West and on to Pacific States
 
BODY LEFT FIVE DAYS ON SHELF
 
[THE RED CROSS] CALLS NURSES TO FIGHT INFLUENZA
The Red Cross Moblizing Forces—Patients Crowding Hospitals
 
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY PUBLIC NOTICE
 
[MEDICAL BOARD] FAILS TO FIND INFLUENZA CURE
Joint Board Endorses None of the Vaccines at Present in Use
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