Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-10-25 | Page 1 | Spanish Influenza Still Spreading

SPANISH INFLUENZA STILL SPREADING Spanish Influenza is spreading in this neighborhood. At this writing 68 cases have been reported to the health officers. The second death resulted from this disease this morning morn-ing at about 8 o'clock. Many of the first cases reported are recovering, but the quarantine has not yet been released. Twenty three new cases have been reported in Mount Pleasant during the past week. Precautions are being taken by most everyone in the community to avoid spreading the disease any farther. Most all clerks in the stores and a great many of the children child-ren about the city are wearing masks to protect themselves from the epidemic. epi-demic. Regulations have been put into effect at the local Post Office prohibiting any crowd from gathering gather-ing inside the building.