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A timeline of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Alabama
Posted January 16, 2018 at 08:03 AM | Updated January 16, 2018 at 09:27 AM
One hundred years ago, the first World War was winding down but another deadly threat was on the horizon ? one that would kill more than twice as many people. The Spanish flu was first reported in Kansas in March 1918. Before it was over, as many as 50 million people would die worldwide. Kelly Kazek | kkazek@al.com *******************************************
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How the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic changed Alabama
Updated 10:24 AM; Posted 9:00 AM
By Kelly Kazek
Edna Register Boone was 10 years old and living in the small Houston County town of Madrid when an epidemic of influenza struck her town in 1918, killing many of her neighbors and playmates.
Her parents and siblings were among the few in the town who didn't contract the disease, she recalled in a 2007 interview with Ann Brantley of the Alabama Department of Public Health. Boone, who was 100 years old and living in Mobile at the time of the interview, said her family came to the aid of neighbors...
A timeline of the 1918 influenza pandemic in Alabama
Posted January 16, 2018 at 08:03 AM | Updated January 16, 2018 at 09:27 AM
One hundred years ago, the first World War was winding down but another deadly threat was on the horizon ? one that would kill more than twice as many people. The Spanish flu was first reported in Kansas in March 1918. Before it was over, as many as 50 million people would die worldwide. Kelly Kazek | kkazek@al.com *******************************************
Source: http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2...flu_pande.html
How the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic changed Alabama
Updated 10:24 AM; Posted 9:00 AM
By Kelly Kazek
Edna Register Boone was 10 years old and living in the small Houston County town of Madrid when an epidemic of influenza struck her town in 1918, killing many of her neighbors and playmates.
Her parents and siblings were among the few in the town who didn't contract the disease, she recalled in a 2007 interview with Ann Brantley of the Alabama Department of Public Health. Boone, who was 100 years old and living in Mobile at the time of the interview, said her family came to the aid of neighbors...