Utilities mean useful features, or something useful to the home such as electricity, gas, water, cable and telephone. Examples of utilities are brakes, gas caps and a steering wheel in a car. Examples of utilities are electricity and water.
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Answer:
Mattie and Grandfather learned about worsening condition of the city due to yellow fever.
Explanation:
Fever 1793, is historical novel written by Laurie Halse Anderson
. The novel is about yellow fever, an epidemic, that consumed many lives in Philadelphia in 1793. The novel revolves around the life of Mattie and her family during this epidemic period. 
<u>In Chapter 8, when Mattie and Grandfather visited the newspaper office they learned that the condition is worsening in the city due to the yellow fever. And, that people are leaving the city and fleeing to other states. They also learned that death toll are expected to rise in Philadelphia.</u> 
On the way back to home, Mattie and Grandfather encountered with a man carrying Mattie's mother's corpse. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
I had to look for the missing passage and the options and here is the answer:"Here is New York" is a book that was written by E. B. White and Roger Angell. And based on the passage taken from this book, the effect that the symbol has on the meaning on this passage is this: The commuter is the queerest bird of all. The suburb he inhabits has no essential vitality of its own and is a mere roost where he comes at day’s end to go to sleep. (This answer is based on the actual options attached to this question).