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Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The front page of Ann Arbor’s Daily News Times on October 16, 1918, blasted readers with two headlines: the war abroad and the war at home. Allied forces were gaining ground in German-occupied Belgium. The end of World War I was near. The war at home was against a different kind of foe. An influenza outbreak, first identified in the spring of 1918, was sweeping across the nation. 

Josephine & Joseph Barrett Relive Memories From Serving In World War I, November 1967 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Josephine & Joseph Barrett Relive Memories From Serving In World War I, November 1967 image
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1967
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Ann Arbor News, November 10, 1967
Caption:
Mrs. Joseph E. Barrett and her husband revive 1918 memories as they look over framed commission papers Mrs. Barrett received then as sub-directress of a nurses training school for Haitian women. She served as a Navy nurse in Haiti during World War I while her husband served in an Army artillery unit at Camp Custer.

Max D. Forbes

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1
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July
Year
1946
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Love it or leave it

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14
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August
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1983
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Front page of the May 7, 1915 issue of The Daily Times News with headline about the sinking of the Lusitania, October 1966 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Front page of the May 7, 1915 issue of The Daily Times News with headline about the sinking of the Lusitania, October 1966 image
Year:
1966
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 10, 1966
Caption:
Headline Of Long Ago: As a feature of National Newspaper Week, October 9-15, The News is presenting some of its old front pages carrying news stories which made history. The May 7, 1915, edition above recalls the "Lusitania Incident" of World War I. Although the United States did not enter the war until two years later, the loss of 114 American lives in the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine inflamed public opinion on the side of the Allies. As noted by the headline, first reports were the no lives were lost. Other headlines show that war news had "taken over" the front pages, although it is reassuring to note that as early as half a century ago the "location of Ann Arbor" was established.

Capt. James Warner, former POW, at National Guard Armory reception, April 1973 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Capt. James Warner, former POW, at National Guard Armory reception, April 1973 image
Year:
1973
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 10, 1973
Caption:
A Meeting Of Veterans Arthur Starr of Ypsilanti, left, a World War I veteran, was in the crowd which Monday afternoon greeted Marine Capt. James Warner, Washtenaw County's first freed prisoner of war to return from the Vietnam War. Starr, an active American Legion member who belongs to a "40 and 8" unit, fought in a war almost 50 years before Capt. Warner was shot down and captured. The captain was a guest of honor at a reception at the National Guard Armory on S. Huron St. in Ypsilanti Monday after being taken on a tour of the city. The former POW talked briefly with students at Ypsilanti High School and Eastern Michigan University, both of which he attended.

Why We Are Buying War Bonds

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22
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June
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1944
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Ex-Sheriff Osborn dies

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7
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January
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1980
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