On page 1 of the paper is a Pittsburgher claiming to have found a cure for the Influenza.  Dr. Herman Biggs, State Commissioner of Health was given charge of the epidemic which was noted to be worse upstate than in NY City.  It was now a crime to cough or sneeze in a public place anywhere in the State without covering the mouth or nose and punishment will be $500 or one year in prison or both.  The paper reports three hundred new cases and six more deaths bringing the total for the month to 17 deaths.

© words by Dan DeMarle 4/22/2020