Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. EPIDEMIC INCREASES Indianapolis, November 21. —Reports today from forty-three counties revealed a total of 1,678 new cases of influenza in Indiana. The state board of health today decided that it would enforce a closing ban on any particular county where such action is deemed for the good of the state. Regarding the declslom of the state board of health to call on the governor for funds with which to carry on relief work, Governor Goodrich today declared that if the need of action was necessary he would give his whole-hearted co-operation./ The governor also said that “we cannot see the people of Indiana suffer for want of funds to conduct necessary relief,” and that the money to carry on proposed relief could be raised.