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Deaths Temper Conflict IF ONE YEAR were to be singled out as the most eventful and significant in the 100-year history of The Salt Lake Tribune, 1918 would be a formidable contender. It was a year of momentous historical events, such as decisive Allied victories which culminated in the ending of World War I; the embarkment by the United States upon what was to become a continuing policy of international aid, rehabilitation and military involvement; and the ravaging Spanish influenza epidemic. It was also a year of death-related internal changes for The Tribune. To the readers of The Tribune, and to people all over the world, it was both a depressing and an exhilarating year. The depressive factors, as reflected in the columns of the newspaper, included long lists of Utahns and Intermountain residents killed in the war. Every issue carried two, three or more pictures of young men "killed in action." On the home front the flu epidemic was loading the columns of The Tribune with obituaries of prominent and obscure people of all ages, with an abnormally large percentage being men and women in the prime of life. During the latter part of the year, when the epidemic was rising toward its crest, schools, churches, theaters, dance halls and other places of public amusement were closed. Social functions, public or private, were forbidden; shopping hours were curtailed and controlled to minimize contact of people with one another; limitations were placed on the number of passengers allowed on street
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