Word: influenza
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...earnestly hope this number of the Lampoon will be suppressed by the authorities. In a winter distinguished by influenza, the armistice, the Peace Conference, and the institution of general examinations, it looks as though none of the ancient customs will long survive. The Transcript cannot have many years to live on its present lines; and I am doubtful if its death will not--if thus prematurely assisted--detract from the gaiety of nations. Only Punch has an equal humour, and Punch, after all, attains its effects by conscious and perspiring effort...
...first shell has been greatly weakened by the loss of five regulars. B. L. Heminway '21, stroke, has had to stop rowing because of the influenza, and G. S. Rockefeller '21, M. Patterson '20, McHenry '20, and Carson '21 coxswain will also be out of the race with Pennsylvania on Saturday...
...yelled themselves hoarse against "the trick of a minority," a Boston Tea Party on a large scale was planned for the evening of June 30th, signs were displayed such as "First our beer, then our tobacco and then --" and "We fought for Democracy and we got Prohibition and Spanish Influenza." Whether prohibition be good or not the reaction against it is a healthy American one. The bloody Bolshevik forgets his paroxysms, the politician his politics, the average man forgets his mediocrity in a loud protest for his friend the bottle. If this is not the voice of the people, what...
...killed in action in France, 107 died of disease, 33 were killed in accidents, and 25 died in hospitals of wounds received in action. Almost all of those who died of disease were serving in this country at the time and of these over 90 per cent succombed to influenza or to pneumonia, resulting from influenza. The majority of accident cases were due to mishaps in airplanes when the pilots were learning to handle them on the various training fields...
John Brodhead Van Shaick, Law '89, Y. M. C. A. secretary in France, died there Dec. 11, 1918, from influenza. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted with the American Ambulance Corps, with which he served for a year and was then transferred to the Y. M. C. A. service...