Word: influenza
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Dr. Robert Josselyn Leonard, 44, director of the School of Education at Teachers' College, Columbia University, native of California; after illness with influenza and a nine-floor fall, possibly suicidal, from his apartment window; in Manhattan...
...sprouted a universal crop of minus signs. In a day's trading General Electric was-off 12½ points, Westinghouse 10?, Case Threshing 10½, International Harvester 6?, U. S. Steel 6¼. An average of 100 representative stocks declined 3.26 points. The Exchange closed Saturday, allegedly as the result of an influenza epidemic whose peak had long since passed. Stocks reopened on Monday comparatively strong, however, showing a distinct recovery from their first disorderly retreat. Having had time for reflection, traders had apparently decided that sticks and stones would break their bones, but words would hurt them never...
...Newark, N. J., Health Officer Charles V. Crafter mailed, to the parents of each & every newborn babe, a bib upon which was printed: 'I don't want to be sick. Do not kiss me." That was Officer Grafter's idea of one way to fight influenza...
Died. The Earl of Durham, 74, famed English turfman, huntsman, landowner (30,000 acres); of influenza; in his ancestral Lambton Castle, Durham, England. He had held his title only five months, having succeeded his twin brother...
...members of the Hohenzollern clan arrived, correspondents counted up all Wilhelm II's grandchildren (19), all his children (6), two of his sisters. His only brother, the "Sailor Prince," jovial Henry of Prussia, was down with influenza at Kiel...