Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 251, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1918 — EXTRA BAN BEYOND SATURDAY MIDNIGHT [ARTICLE]

EXTRA BAN BEYOND SATURDAY MIDNIGHT

Indianapolis, Oct. 24.—-In view of the tontnued virulence of the influenza epidemic in Indiana, the statewide ban on all public gatherings will be extended beyond Saturday midnight. 5 Dr. J. iN. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, anonunced this evening that no other alternative remained. The new date for the tenninaton of the closing order wffi be decided upon at a meeting of the health board tomorrow. Unlees some phase develops, the ban will be extended until midnight, November 2.