Dr. Gannon ordered police to close Kansas City saloons unless they were sanitized
On Oct. 8, 1918, Director of the Contagious Diseases Department, Dr. A. J. Gannon sent inspectors to survey each…
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Kansas City Mayor declared a public emergency order for the influenza pandemic
By Oct. 7, 1918, Kansas City Mayor James Cowgill declared a public emergency order, granting the Board of…
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Twenty percent of Kansas City’s army training schools had contracted influenza
By Oct. 1, 1918, twenty percent of Kansas City’s army training schools had contracted influenza. Forty-three civilian cases…
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Kansas City suffered over 11,000 influenza cases and over 2,300 deaths from the influenza epidemic
By spring 1919, Kansas City had suffered over 11,000 influenza cases and over 2,300 deaths from the epidemic,…
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Kansas State Agricultural College (Kansas State University) was established
On Feb. 16, 1863, Kansas State University (K-State), previously Bluemont Central College, was founded in Manhattan, during the…
