On Nov. 30, 1918, after having reopened schools earlier in the month, Kansas City closed schools again following a spike in children’s influenza cases. Health Director Dr. E. H. Bullock announced that schools, still on break for the Thanksgiving holiday, would remain closed until further notice.

So did their current situation, given that parents were asked to keep children under 16 years of age at home, and movie houses and retailers agreed to bar youngsters from their premises until the epidemic had fully abated.