Dallas Mayor announced the step-wise lifting of closure orders due to influenza
On Oct. 31, 1918, Dallas Mayor Lawther announced the step-wise lifting of closure orders due to influenza, allowing schools to reopen the next day. With extremely short notice, schools reopened the next morning so that students could receive assignments.
On Nov. 2, Dallas’s places of amusement reopened for business. Dallasites flocked downtown to have fun.
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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.
