The influenza outbreak in Solomon, KS will keep schools closed at least another week. The GOP has won both Senate seats in Kansas. The national election results have sill not been decided, but the GOP is expected to pick up both houses. The sugar ration has been raised to 3 pounds per person per month by Food Administrator Hoover.

Source: “Flu Still On At Solomon,” Abilene Weekly Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, November 7, 1918. Page 1, Column 3.