Word: influenza
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March of Influenza" is what Nature calls the pandemic which, first evident in the U. S. (TIME, Dec. 12 et seq.). has spread over Europe. Between the continents it hit the Cameronia, put 500 passengers to berth, killed none. Off England last week the entire crew of a fishing smack caught the disease, but kept to sea until they exhausted their rum & quinine. French battleships Paris and Jean Bart reported most of their personnel disabled...
...meters read. A London bride with a 30-ft. train to her gown lost, at the last hour, a bridesmaid. At Oxford a coroners' jury could not determine the cause of a violent death because all the jurymen and most of the witnesses had influenza. At Whittingham bailiffs were obliged to hunt substitutes for the police magistrates, all of whom were...
...Wales Lanrwst had to cancel their Welsh Combination game with Lanfairfechan, most of their players being ill with influenza. In the Vale of Conway League Pentregwyddel had to cancel their game with Colwyn Bay Comrades for the same reason, and Mochdre had to cancel their game with Dolwyddelen. Colwyn Bay also had several of their team ill with influenza...
...last week seemed purging itself of influenza. The epidemic, which began in the South and Southwest, marked its peristaltic movement northeastward by a death toll increasing week by week: 807, 1,123, 1,327, 1,568, 1.775. Last week, however, only the Great Lakes region and New England had much to fear from the disease...
North Dakota. Tall, thick-set Republican William Langer took his oath in Bismarck's Atalexius Hospital where he lay ill with influenza. Mrs. Minnie Craig, elected Speaker of the House, led the inaugural audience in singing the State hymn...