Influenza epidemic subsides

Schools reopen as the influenza epidemic also known as the "Spanish Flu" begins to subside. The epidemic had reached Washington County in October and resulted in the quarantine of 300 houses with at least six deaths reported. During this outbreak, 180 prisoners and 50 guards at the South Stillwater prison contracted the disease. In addition, one hundred men at the Twin City Forge Company in Stillwater fell ill.

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