https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1918-10-01/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1918&sort=date&date2=1918&words=influenza+Influenza&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&index=2&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=influenza&year=&phrasetext=&andtext=&proxValue=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=126

The Hays, KS schools are closed after two deaths are reported. There are anti-war protests in Berlin. The suffrage bill is voted down in the Senate, as is an amended motion to limit the suffrage extension to white women.

Source: “Close Up Schools,” The Topeka State Journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 1, 1918. Page 1, Column 7.