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The York Dispatch (York, Pa.) [Collection of The York Dispatch] [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09891 Author/Creator: The York Dispatch (York, Pa.) Place Written: York, Pennsylvania Type: Header Record Date: 1918 Pagination: 5 items Order a Copy

Collection of five issues of the publication, The York Dispatch dated October 1918. Issues are related to the 1918 pandemic; its death tolls and infected numbers. Also provides information regarding the eventual surrender of the Germany army during World War I.

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