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100 years ago in Spokane: Public gathering ban drives rift through citizenry as flu cases grow

Thu., Dec. 6, 2018

The ban on public gatherings was reinstated – in a modified form – during a contentious meeting of the city board of health.

100 years ago in Spokane: Flu cases – and deaths – spike

Wed., Dec. 5, 2018

A shocking 351 new cases of the Spanish flu – and 11 deaths – were reported in one day, making it all too clear that the “crest of the new outbreak” had not yet passed.

100 years ago in Spokane: Dances and other gatherings banned as city tries to stop spread of flu

Tue., Dec. 4, 2018

A ban on gatherings aimed at slowing the spread of flu stopped just short of a previous ban on all public gatherings because it did not close theaters, churches, lodges, social clubs and businesses.

100 years ago in Spokane: Schools closed as flu spreads to the young

Mon., Dec. 3, 2018

Spokane schools were shut down indefinitely at noon, by order of the city board of health.

100 years ago in Spokane: 9-year-old boy holds out as flu ravages family

Sun., Dec. 2, 2018

A boy, 9, in the Five Mile area was doing his best under dreadful circumstances. Everyone else in his family of six, including his mom and dad, were sick with the Spanish flu and unable to get out of bed.

100 years ago in Spokane: Spiting flu warnings, thousands take to the streets for fair and dance

Sat., Dec. 1, 2018

The Spanish flu claimed six more deaths – 12 in two days – confirming fears that the epidemic had made a comeback.

100 years ago in Spokane: City proposes sweeping vaccination program for local youngsters

Fri., Nov. 30, 2018

The city health officer proposed vaccinating all Spokane school children – at least, those whose parents gave the OK in writing – amid growing concern that the Spanish flu was making a comeback.

100 years ago in Spokane: Spanish flu comes roaring back

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018

The Spanish flu made an alarming comeback in Spokane, with 200 new cases in the last two days. The death toll rose to 231.

100 years ago in Spokane: As public celebrates end of World War I with 2 governors, flu germs spread

Wed., Nov. 28, 2018

Washington Gov. Ernest Lister and Idaho Gov. Moses Alexander were in Spokane and spoke at community church services to mark the end of World War I.

100 years ago in Spokane: War death announced two weeks after armistice

Mon., Nov. 26, 2018

Word arrived, two weeks after the armistice, that Lt. Royal Argall, 23, son of Spokane city commissioner J.C. Argall, had died in France on or about October 20, 1918.

100 years ago in Spokane: Schools reopen after flu closure

Sun., Nov. 25, 2018

The city’s schools opened for the first time in seven weeks, and most students and teachers reported that they were happy to be back.

100 years ago in Spokane: Prayer inadequate medicine for local faith healer

Sat., Nov. 24, 2018

The Spanish flu claimed one more victim, Benjamin Long, 41, a faith healer.

100 years ago in Pullman: Governor clears Washington State in probe into treatment of students with Spanish flu

Fri., Nov. 23, 2018

Gov. Ernest Lister announced that he was shutting down his investigation into Washington State College’s handling of the flu epidemic. The governor said he had determined that the college had done a commendable job of treating patients and no further investigation was necessary.

100 years ago in Spokane: City plans funeral pyre for Kaiser Wilhelm II to celebrate end of World War I

Thu., Nov. 22, 2018

Spokane was making plans for a giant “peace festival,” including a giant funeral pyre for Kaiser Wilhelm, to celebrate the end of the war. An effigy “of one W. Hohenzollern, late emperor of Germany,” would be burned at the stake in the 40-foot bonfire. The bonfire will “light up the river for a mile.”

100 years ago in Spokane: News of battlefield deaths arrive even after World War I ends

Tue., Nov. 20, 2018

The war in Europe had been over for more than a week, but bad news continued to arrive. The wife of Lt. R.G. White received word that her husband had died in the Battle of the Marne on July 24.

100 years ago in Spokane: Flu prudence urged as public life comes roaring back

Mon., Nov. 19, 2018

Spokane life roared back to normal, as thousands flocked back to theaters, churches and streetcars.

100 years ago in Spokane: City takes deep breath of relief as quarantine lifts

Sun., Nov. 18, 2018

“Spokane Is Happy Once More,” enthused a Spokane Daily Chronicle headline, because the ban on all public gatherings was lifted.

100 years ago in Spokane: Girl dies day after mother’s funeral as city’s death toll from flu rises to 181

Sat., Nov. 17, 2018

Five more people died of the Spanish flu in Spokane, bringing the total to 181. In one home, a 10-year-old girl died the day after her mother’s funeral.

100 years ago in Spokane: Demobilization heralds end of war

Fri., Nov. 16, 2018

Spokane was already making plans for what it called “The Great Home-Coming.”

100 years ago in Spokane: Nurses battling flu lauded; Washington Cracker Co. changes name

Thu., Nov. 15, 2018

The Spokesman-Review honored the heroes in the battle against the Spanish flu: the nurses at the city’s emergency influenza hospital. “They have worked often for 48 hours at a stretch,” said the paper. “… They have comforted the dying and helped the sick toward recovery. They have fought the fight as the men in the trenches fought when they were sleepy and hungry and tired.”