Central Ohio media coverage of 1918 pandemic

September 26, 1918                Stamping Out of Influenza Held as War Measure
September 29, 1918                Columbus Member of Sousa’s Band Dead 
October 4, 1918                      Columbus Not Much Affected by Influenza
October 5, 1918                      Columbus Soldier Dies of Pneumonia
October 8, 1918                      Two More Columbus Boys Victims of Plague at Camp
October 10, 1918                    Disease Exacts Heavy Toll at Camp Sherman
October 11, 1918                    267 Columbus Residents Ill from Influenza
October 12, 1918                    Three Ohio Games are Called Off
October 12, 1918                    Ohio May Appeal for More Nurses and Physicians
October 14, 1918                    Influenza Claims Eleven; Many New Cases Reported
October 15, 1918                    Epidemic Still Raging in All Ohio Counties
October 18, 1918                    135 New Cases of Influenza in Columbus Friday
October 19, 1918                    Influenza Still Raging in All Parts of State
October 20, 1918                    Plague at Army Camps Reported to be Decreasing
October 22, 1918                    Epidemic Still on Increase in Buckeye State
October 22, 1918                    New Hospital Proposed for Plague Victims
October 23, 1918                    Football Games Now Under Ban of Health Board
October 23, 1918                    Gauze Masks Free
October 24, 1918                    Further Steps Taken to Check Serious Epidemic
October 25, 1918                    Epidemic Still Raging in all Ohio Counties
October 26, 1918                    No Improvement in Epidemic is Seen in Reports
October 27, 1918                    Epidemic Shows No Indication of Early Abatement
October 28, 1918                    Improvement in Epidemic Shown in State Reports
October 31, 1918                    Lifting of Ban Left to Local Health Boards

Central Ohio flu Ads in 1918

AK Tablets
Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases
The Grip Epidemic
Head Off Influenza
Influenza? La Grippe?
Prevent Illness
Spanish Influenza

Recent Media Coverage of 1918 Pandemic

January 1977              Ohio Historical Society           1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic Claims Thousands of Ohio Lives
November 1999          Columbus Monthly                 The 1918 Influenza Epidemic
November 6, 2005      The Columbus Dispatch          For Soldiers of 1918, Flu Outbreak was Enemy
October 5, 2006         The Columbus Dispatch          ‘Bee Season’ Author Drawn to Epidemic