Unite Forces To Check Influenza

• 340 new cases and 5 deaths reported on Tuesday. Totals to-date: 1,065 cases/35 deaths.• Ruhland has appointed an advisory committee. The doctors are named in the article.• County board appropriated $15,000 for isolation hospitals. City council still scheduled to meet for appropriation on Wednesday.• If epidemic worsens than Ruhland is considering closing theaters and movie houses.• Schools probably will not be closed. Federal authorities have advised against this measure.• Education campaign includes having men speak at churches and at factories. Posters will also be posted.• Makeshift isolation hospital that was built in an unoccupied home will be open by Friday or Saturday. Health authorities having a hard time getting cots for hospital. Cots cannot be sold without government permission. Ruhland is seeking such.• Authorities looking for place to locate hospital on south side of city.• Boxing matches are banned by Ruhland. • Article includes two boxes: one seeking workers for the isolation hospital and the other containing 7 steps to avoid contracting flu.Newspaper article1,