Shawnee County KS Archives News.....Influenza Epidemic Has Struck Shawnee County January 21, 1920
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The Topeka Daily Capital January 21, 1920
Wednesday
January 21, 1920

Influenza Epidemic Has Struck Shawnee County.
Forty-Nine Cases Reported North and West of Auburn.
Families Who Recently Returned From Vacation Introduced Disease, Physican Believes.

Influenza has hit Shawnee county. Dr. A.L. GOLIGHTLY, of Auburn, has reported
forty-nine cases, which have come under his care within the last few days. All
are in the country north and west of Auburn and so far none of them has resulted
seriously. Symptoms include an abnormally high fever and indications of a severe
cold. There has been no pneumonia. They have no cases in the immediate vicinity
of Auburn.
Dr. GOLIGHTLY believes that he can trace the source of the epidemic in the rural
community. One or two families recently returned from a vacation and were the
first to be stricken, last Wednesday. The remainder of the cases followed. 



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