As 1918 begins Surgeon General Rupert Blue issued a public warning to follow health instructions on respiratory illness. Influenza is reported to be “in subsidence.” The war regulation of everyday life is apparent in the call for “self-denial” to ensure there is bread enough for the troops fighting in France. 

Source: “US Health Service Issues Warning Okolona Messenger, Okolona, Mississippi, January 2, 1918.

Source: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065462/1918-01-02/ed-1/seq-3/