Libby in the time of influenza
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March 10, 2020 8:43 AM
It began with a one paragraph news item from the other side of the country, part of a regular feature of The Western News aimed at keeping residents connected to the wider world in autumn 1918.
“Brockton: An epidemic of Spanish influenza in Massachusetts towns is greatly hampering the shoe industry, hundreds of cases being reported among employees of the factories,” read the brief published in the Sept...
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